Move Photographs From Internal Storage To SIM

[lgldsr73]

Greetings,

I have a Galaxy A42-5G and I need to transfer (Move) the photographs from the internal storage to the SIM.

How can I accomplish this?

Many thanks!

LGLDSR73

[Pianodude58]

You cannot directly move or store photos on a SIM card because its storage capacity is too small and designed only for contact data and network information. 

[lgldsr73]

No. The SIM is 128GB and the cell is now setup to store photographs taken to store images there. I should have set it up like that from the beginning.

Thanks,

LGLDSR73

[Pianodude58]

I believe you are talking about an SD Card

SIM cards and SD cards differ primarily in purpose: SIM cards store network authentication data for cellular connectivity, while SD cards act as portable storage for user files like photos and apps

[lgldsr73]

Astronaut,

I should not have used the word 'SIM'. It is a MicroSD card. My bad!

LGLDSR73

[GaryB82 · Accepted solution]

@lgldsr73  You would need to install a Micro SD card on the opposite side of the Sim card and then you open files and select the images you want to move to the Sd card.

[lgldsr73]

Thanks Gary. There is a 128GB MicroSD card in there now. I should not have used the word 'SIM'. My bad on that.

Thanks,

LGLDSR73

[GaryB82]

Ok so you now need to move the files to the sd card
Open File explorer
Select the files you want to move and click on the move icon on the bottom of the screen
then select SD card on the page that popped up and then click move here

[GaryB82]

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[DEK45]

I have a Galaxy A51, which is newer than yours OP, but should work in a similar way. This is what I do to move files between the phones internal memory and the MicroSD card. If you have a PC available, at home or friends house or even a public library, you can connect your phone to the PC using a USB cable. You turn your phone ON, then plug the cable into the phone and PC and you'll be able to see the phone using Windows Explorer. From there you can move, swap, make new folders, delete stuff, whatever you need to do. The Windows PC sees your phone as a storage drive and the access you now have is the same as plugging in a USB thumb drive.

BTW, if you've never connected your phone to a PC before, I think you might have to watch your phone screen when it connects to the PC as it might ask you if you wish the PC to simply charge your phone, or be able to access it to transfer files, be used as storage etc.