In the event that you do not have a computer at your disposal and that you tend to accumulate a lot of files, photos, or videos on your HTC Desire 21 pro, you must quickly reach saturation of the internal memory of it. this. For some time, manufacturers have become accustomed to additionally integrating a micro SD port. Despite everything, exchanging data without a computer can be a problem. You may have heard of a fairly quick technique, going through a USB flash drive.
We will precisely, in this tutorial, show you how to connect a usb key to an HTC Desire 21 pro? To do this, first, we are going to review the advantages that you will benefit from performing this technique, then, the practical part, in which you will see all the steps to connect your USB key to your HTC Desire 21 pro.
Why connect a USB key to an HTC Desire 21 pro?
Before revealing the procedure for use a USB key directly on your HTC Desire 21 pro, we are going to review the advantages of this procedure. As a general rule, having storage on a phone is essential, especially when we don't really realize it, however with the quality of the photo sensors of our smartphones which are constantly improving, the volume of photos and videos becomes damn imposing. 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 HTC Desire 21 pro will be to allow you to freeing up memory on your HTC Desire 21 pro by transferring content to it. In addition, you can also directly recover 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 HTC Desire 21 pro.
How to connect a USB key to an HTC Desire 21 pro?
Now is the time to move on to the practical part of this tutorial! We will first see the solution for connect a USB key to an HTC Desire 21 pro , then see learn how to transfer files from one to the other.
How to read a USB flash drive on an HTC Desire 21 pro?
First thing to know, you will need an adapter to connect your USB key to your HTC Desire 21 pro. Indeed, in the event that you have carefully analyzed the curves of your phone, you must have quickly realized 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 buy an adapter or an OTG cable, these small 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 HTC Desire 21 pro and it will turn into a USB socket. If you want connect an OTG cable to an HTC Desire 21 pro, see our article.
How to transfer files to USB drive from HTC Desire 21 pro?
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 HTC Desire 21 pro? Either way, the process is the same. Apply the guidelines below to achieve this:
- Download a file manager in case your phone's native app isn't right for you
- Plug the OTG adapter into your HTC Desire 21 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
If you are looking for as many tutorials as possible to become the absolute master of the HTC Desire 21 pro, we invite you to consult the other tutorials in the category: HTC Desire 21 pro.
