If you do not have a computer at your disposal and you tend to accumulate a lot of files, photos, or videos on your Asus ZenFone 3, you can easily reach the internal memory of the latter. In recent years, brands have tended to include a micro SD port as well. However, transferring files without a computer can be complex. You have probably heard of a fairly effective technique, through a USB key.
We will precisely, in this article, teach you how to connect a USB key to an Asus ZenFone 3? For this, first of all, we will come back to the advantages that you will have to perform this technique, then, the practical part, in which you will discover all the steps for connect your USB key to your Asus ZenFone 3.
Why connect a USB key to an Asus ZenFone 3?
Before showing you the procedure for use a USB key directly on your Asus ZenFone 3, we will review the advantages of this solution. In general, taking advantage of storage on a mobile phone is essential, especially as we do not really realize it, however with the quality of the photo sensors of our smartphones which are constantly improving, the weight of photos and videos gets pretty darn awesome. We therefore naively feel that having 64GB or 128GB on a mobile phone is more than reasonable, except that with a 50 Mpx photo sensor that records videos in 4K you will quickly reach the limits of your memory.
One of the first advantages of using a USB key directly on your Asus ZenFone 3 will be allowing you to free memory on your Asus ZenFone 3 by uploading content to it. In addition, you can also directly retrieve files that a colleague has put on a USB key, for example. You can also in the same way connect an external hard drive to your Asus ZenFone 3.
How to connect a USB key to an Asus ZenFone 3?
Now is the time to move on to the practical part of this guide! We will first see the method for connect a USB key to an Asus ZenFone 3 , then see explain how to transfer files from one to the other.
How to read a USB key on an Asus ZenFone 3?
First of all things to know, you will need an adapter to connect your USB key to your Asus ZenFone 3. Indeed, if you have ever looked carefully at the contours of your device, you must have quickly realized that there was no USB socket on the latter. It is with the help of a technology called OTG that you can perform this operation. You will need to get an adapter or an OTG cable, these small accessories are simply available for a few euros on the internet or in specialized stores.
To finish, you will have to connect the adapter or the cable that you have purchased to the micro or nano USB socket of your Asus ZenFone 3 and it will turn into a USB socket. If you want connect an OTG cable to an Asus ZenFone 3, see our article.
How to transfer files to a USB stick from an Asus ZenFone 3?
Finally, now that you understand how the system works and that you are equipped with the right accessory, we will quickly explain how to transfer files between a USB key and your Asus ZenFone 3? Either way, the process is the same. Follow the guidelines below to achieve this:
- Download a file manager if the native application of your mobile phone does not suit you
- Connect the OTG adapter to your Asus ZenFone 3
- Connect a USB key or an external hard drive
- Open your file manager
- Find the files you want to transfer to one of the two directories, you should see your USB key appear in the storage locations
- Now do "Copy / Paste" or "Cut / Paste" depending on what you want to do between the two storage locations
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