In the event that you do not have a computer at your disposal and you tend to accumulate a lot of files, photos, or videos on your Fairphone 4, you must quickly reach saturation of the internal memory of this last. In recent years, manufacturers have tended to also integrate a micro SD port. However, transferring files without a computer can be a problem. You have probably heard of a sufficiently effective solution, using a USB key.
We will precisely, in this tutorial, show you how to connect a USB key to a Fairphone 4? In this context, first, we will return to the advantages that you will have to perform this technique, then, the practical part, in which you will learn all the steps to plug your USB key into your Fairphone 4.
Why connect a USB stick to a Fairphone 4?
Before presenting the technique for use a USB key directly on your Fairphone 4, we are going to review the advantages of this solution. In general, taking advantage of 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 volume of photos and videos becomes very substantial. We suddenly have the impression that having 64GB or 128GB on a phone is more than reasonable, except that with a 50 Mpx photo sensor that records videos in 4K they can be saturated very quickly.
One of the first advantages of using a USB key directly on your Fairphone 4 will be to give you the possibility of free up memory on your Fairphone 4 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 Fairphone 4.
How to connect a USB key to a Fairphone 4?
Now is the time to move on to the practical part of this article! We will first see the manipulation for connect a USB key to a Fairphone 4 , then see learn how to transfer files from one to the other.
How to read a USB flash drive on a Fairphone 4?
First thing to know, you will need an adapter to connect your USB key to your Fairphone 4. Indeed, in the event that you looked carefully at the contours of your mobile phone, you must have quickly realized that there was no USB port on it. It is with a technology called OTG that you will be able to achieve your ends. You will have to buy an adapter or an OTG cable, these little accessories are simply available 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 Fairphone 4 and it will turn into a USB socket. If you want connect an OTG cable to a Fairphone 4, see our article.
How to transfer files to USB from Fairphone 4?
Finally, now that you have understood how the system works and that you are equipped with the right accessory, we will very simply teach you how to transfer files between a USB key and your Fairphone 4? Either way, the process is the same. Follow the instructions below to do so:
- Download a file manager in the event that the native application of your phone does not meet your expectations
- Plug the OTG adapter into your Fairphone 4
- 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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