If you do not have a pc at your disposal and you have the habit of accumulating a lot of files, photos, or videos on your HTC U19, you should easily become saturated with the internal memory of the latter. In recent years, manufacturers have adopted a habit of integrating a micro SD port as well. However, transferring data without a computer can be complex. You have probably heard of a fairly fast technique, using a USB key.
In this article, we are going to show you precisely how to connect a usb stick to an HTC U19e? In this context, first of all, we will come back to the advantages that you will have to perform this action, then, the practical part, in which you will discover all the steps for connect your USB key to your HTC U19e.
Why connect a USB flash drive to HTC U19e?
Before revealing the procedure for use a USB key directly on your HTC U19e, we will go through the advantages of this operation. Most of the time, taking advantage of storage on a phone is essential, especially since we do not really realize it, however, with the quality of the photo sensors on our smartphones which are constantly improving, the volume of photos and videos becomes very consequent. We naively get the feeling that having 64GB or 128GB on a phone is huge, except that with a 50 Mpx photo sensor that films in 4K you will quickly reach the limits of your memory.
One of the first advantages of using a USB key directly on your HTC U19 will be that you can free some memory on your HTC U19e by uploading content to it. In addition, you can also directly recover files that a friend has put on a USB stick for example. You can also in the same way connect an external hard drive to your HTC U19e.
How to connect a USB flash drive to HTC U19e?
Now is the time to move on to the practical part of this article! We will first see the method for connect a USB key to an HTC U19e , then see explain how to transfer files from one to the other.
How to read a USB flash drive on HTC U19e?
First of all, you are going to need an adapter to connect your USB key to your HTC U19e. Indeed, in the event that you have looked at the curves of your device for a few minutes, you must have realized rather quickly 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 have 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 recovered to the micro or nano USB socket of your HTC U19e and it will turn into a USB socket. If you want connect an OTG cable to an HTC U19e, see our article.
How do I transfer files to a USB flash drive from HTC U19e?
Finally, now that you have understood how the system works and that you are equipped with the right accessory, we will quickly explain how to transfer files between a USB key and your HTC U19e? Either way, the process is the same. Apply the following guidelines to get there:
- Download a file manager in the event that the native application of your phone does not meet your expectations
- Connect the OTG adapter to your HTC U19e
- 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 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 ever want a maximum of tutorials to become the absolute master of the HTC U19e, we invite you to explore the other tutorials in the category: HTC U19e.
