Modern mobile phones support reading text files using built-in or additionally installed utilities. It is very important to respect the supported file format and document encoding.
Necessary
cable for connecting the phone to the computer
Instructions
Step 1
Find out the operating system of your mobile device and download the installation file of the reader program. This can be done on the manufacturer's website. Go to the section of programs for reading books and text files designed for devices with your platform.
Step 2
Choose a reading program such as Tequila Cat or ReadManiac. Download the installation file to the memory of your computer or mobile phone, and then start the installation of the application. Wait for the installation to finish and run the program. Typically, all mobile readers have a built-in file browser that searches for text documents in a specified directory.
Step 3
Connect your mobile device to your computer, and then copy a text document to it in a format supported by the application, it is best to use files with the.txt extension. Pay attention to the encoding as well, since later you may have problems reading the document. Use Unicode encoding when opening the file. Disconnect the phone from the computer and in the file browser of the running program for reading, select the text document in the directory where you copied it.
Step 4
You can also upload a text document to your mobile phone using e-mail. To do this, go to your email client and save the document in one of the folders on your mobile device, then also open it in the reader's menu.
Step 5
When downloading documents from the Internet, pay attention to the correspondence of the encodings; it is quite possible that you will have to edit the file by connecting the device to a computer. In this case, just open it with a text editor and save it in Unicode encoding in the memory of your mobile phone.
