If you ever do not have a computer at your disposal and you are used to accumulating a large number of data, photos, or videos on your Blackview BV7100, you can easily reach saturation of the internal storage of the latter. For some time now, brands have become accustomed to also integrating a micro SD port. However, exchanging files without a computer can be problematic. You may have heard of a sufficiently effective solution, going through a USB key.

We will precisely, in this tutorial, show you how to connect a USB stick to a Blackview BV7100? To do this, to begin with, we are going to review the advantages you will benefit from performing this action, then, the practical part, in which you will see all the steps to connect your USB key to your Blackview BV7100.

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Why connect a USB stick to a Blackview BV7100?

Before revealing the procedure for use a USB key directly on your Blackview BV7100, we will review the advantages of this procedure. Generally benefiting from storage on a phone is essential, especially when we do not really realize it, however, with the quality of the photo sensors of our mobile phones which are constantly improving, the weight of photos and videos becomes very substantial. We suddenly have the feeling that having 64GB or 128GB on a phone is huge, 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 Blackview BV7100 will be to allow you to free memory on your Blackview BV7100 by transferring content to it. In addition, you can also directly download files that a colleague has sent to you, for example, on a USB stick. You can also in the same way connect an external hard drive to your Blackview BV7100.

How do I connect a USB stick to a Blackview BV7100?

Now it's 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 BV7100 , then see show how to transfer data from one to the other.

How do I read a USB flash drive on a Blackview BV7100?

First thing to know, you will need an adapter to connect your USB key to your Blackview BV7100. Indeed, if you have ever carefully analyzed the contours of your smartphone, you must have noticed rather quickly that there was no USB socket on it. It's thanks to a technology called OTG that you will be able to perform this operation. You will have to get 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 BV7100 and it will turn into a USB socket. If you want connect an OTG cable to a Blackview BV7100, see our article.

How do I transfer files to a USB flash drive from a Blackview BV7100?

Finally, now that you have figured out how the system works and are equipped with the right accessory, we will quickly show you how to transfer data between a USB key and your Blackview BV7100? Either way, the process is the same. Use the following instructions to achieve this:

  • Download a data manager if your phone's native app isn't right for you
  • Connect the OTG adapter to your Blackview BV7100
  • Connect a USB key or an external hard drive
  • Open your file manager
  • Find the data 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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