In the event that you do not have a pc at your disposal and that you tend to accumulate a lot of data, photos, or videos on your Honor 20i, you can quickly reach the saturation point of its internal memory . For some time now, manufacturers have become accustomed to integrating a micro SD port as well. However, exchanging data without a computer can be problematic. You may have heard of a fairly quick technique, using a USB stick.
We will precisely, in this tutorial, teach you how to connect a USB stick to an Honor 20i? In this context, first of all, we will come back to the advantages that you will have to carry out this manipulation, then, the practical part, in which you will discover all the steps for connect your USB key to your Honor 20i.
What is the point of connecting a USB key to an Honor 20i?
Before revealing the process for use a USB key directly on your Honor 20i, we will come back to the advantages of this procedure. In general, taking advantage of storage on a smartphone is essential, especially as we do not really realize it, nevertheless with the quality of the photo sensors of our smartphones which are constantly improving, the volume of photos and videos becomes damn imposing. We naively get the feeling that having 64GB or 128GB on a smartphone is more than reasonable, except that with a 50 Mpx photo sensor that records videos in 4K, they can quickly become saturated.
One of the first advantages of using a USB key directly on your Honor 20i will be to give you the possibility of free memory on your Honor 20i by uploading content to it. In addition, you can also directly download files that a friend sent you for example on a USB key. You can also in the same way connect an external hard drive to your Honor 20i.
How to connect a USB stick to an Honor 20i?
Now is the time to move on to the practical part of this guide! We will first see the technique for connect a USB key to an Honor 20i , then see show how to transfer data from one to the other.
How to read a USB flash drive on an Honor 20i?
First of all, you will need an adapter to connect your USB key to your Honor 20i. Indeed, if you have ever carefully analyzed the contours of your device, you must have quickly realized that there was no USB socket on it. It is thanks to a technology that we call OTG that you can achieve your ends. You will need to get an adapter or an OTG cable, these small accessories are very easily found 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 Honor 20i and it will turn into a USB socket. If you want connect an OTG cable on an Honor 20i, see our article.
How to transfer files to a USB stick from an Honor 20i?
Finally, now that you have integrated how the system works and that you are equipped with the right accessory, we will very simply show you how to transfer data between a USB key and your Honor 20i? Either way the process is similar. Follow the directions below to do so:
- Download a data manager if the native application of your smartphone does not meet your expectations
- Connect the OTG adapter to your Honor 20i
- 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
If you are looking for a lot of tutorials to become the king of Honor 20i, we invite you to browse the other tutorials in the category: Honor 20i.
