In the event that you do not have a computer at your disposal and you have the habit of accumulating a lot of files, photos, or videos on your Blackview BL5100 Pro, you must quickly reach saturation of the internal storage of the latter . For some time now, manufacturers have become accustomed to also integrating a micro SD port. That said, sending data without a computer can be complex. You have probably heard of a sufficiently effective solution, using a USB key.
We will precisely, in this article, teach you how to connect a USB key to a Blackview BL5100 Pro? To do this, first of all, we will come back to the advantages you will benefit from performing this technique, then, the practical part, in which you will discover all the steps to connect your USB key to your Blackview BL5100 Pro.
Why connect a USB key to a Blackview BL5100 Pro?
Before showing you the process for use a USB key directly on your Blackview BL5100 Pro, we will come back to the advantages of this solution. As a general rule, having storage on a mobile phone is essential, especially since we don't really realize it, however with the quality of the photo sensors of our mobile phones which are constantly improving, the weight of the photos and videos gets pretty damn awesome. We therefore naively have the feeling that having 64GB or 128GB on a mobile phone is more than enough, except that with a 50 Mpx photo sensor that films in 4K they can be saturated very quickly.
One of the first advantages of using a USB key directly on your Blackview BL5100 Pro will be to give you the possibility of free up memory on your Blackview BL5100 Pro by uploading content to it. In addition, you can also directly download files that a colleague has put for you on a USB stick, for example. You can also in the same way connect an external hard drive to your Blackview BL5100 Pro.
How to connect a USB key to a Blackview BL5100 Pro?
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 a Blackview BL5100 Pro , then see learn how to transfer files from one to the other.
How to read a USB key on a Blackview BL5100 Pro?
First things to know, you are going to need an adapter to connect your USB key to your Blackview BL5100 Pro. Indeed, if you have ever looked carefully at the curves of your mobile phone, you must have quickly realized that there was no USB socket on it. This is thanks to a technology called OTG that you can perform this operation. You will have to buy an adapter or an OTG cable, these small accessories are simply for a few euros on the internet or in specialized stores.
Finally, you will have to connect the adapter or the cable that you have purchased to the micro or nano USB socket of your Blackview BL5100 Pro and it will turn into a USB socket. If you want connect an OTG cable to a Blackview BL5100 Pro, see our article.
How to transfer files to a USB key from a Blackview BL5100 Pro?
Finally, now that you have understood how the system works and that you are equipped with the right accessory, we will quickly teach you how to transfer files between a USB key and your Blackview BL5100 Pro? Either way, the process is the same. Apply the following guidelines to achieve this:
- Download a file manager if the original application installed on your mobile phone does not meet your expectations
- Plug the OTG adapter into your Blackview BL5100 Pro
- 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 displayed 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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