In the event that you do not have a computer at your disposal and you are used to accumulating a large amount of files, photos, or videos on your HUAWEI Mate 30 Pro, you should easily reach saturation of the internal storage of this one. For some time now, manufacturers have become accustomed to additionally integrating a micro SD port. That said, exchanging data without a computer can be complex. You've probably heard of a fairly quick solution, using a USB key.
We will precisely, in this tutorial, teach you how to connect a USB stick to a HUAWEI Mate 30 Pro? To do this, first, we are going to come back to the advantages that you will have to perform this action, then, the practical part, in which you will see all the steps to connect your USB key to your HUAWEI Mate 30 Pro.
What is the point of connecting a USB flash drive to a HUAWEI Mate 30 Pro?
Before showing you the technique for use a USB key directly on your HUAWEI Mate 30 Pro, we will go over the advantages of this procedure. Most of the time having storage on a phone is essential, especially when we don't really realize it, nevertheless with the quality of the photo sensors of our phones which are constantly improving, the weight of the photos and videos becomes damn imposing. We suddenly have the feeling that having 64GB or 128GB on a phone is more than reasonable, except that with a 50 Mpx photo sensor that films in 4K they can be saturated very quickly.
One of the first advantages of using a USB key directly on your HUAWEI Mate 30 Pro will be to give you the possibility of free memory on your HUAWEI Mate 30 Pro by uploading content to it. In addition, you will also be able to directly recover 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 HUAWEI Mate 30 Pro.
How to connect a USB flash drive to a HUAWEI Mate 30 Pro?
Now is the time to move on to the practical part of this article! We will first see the technique for connect a USB key to a HUAWEI Mate 30 Pro , then see explain how to transfer files from one to the other.
How to read a USB flash drive on a HUAWEI Mate 30 Pro?
First thing to know, you are going to need an adapter to connect your USB key to your HUAWEI Mate 30 Pro. In fact, if you ever looked carefully at the contours of your device, you must have quickly realized that there was no USB socket on it. It is using a technology called OTG that you can achieve your ends. You will have to buy 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 HUAWEI Mate 30 Pro and it will turn into a USB socket. If you want connect an OTG cable to a HUAWEI Mate 30 Pro, see our article.
How to transfer files to USB flash drive from HUAWEI Mate 30 Pro?
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 HUAWEI Mate 30 Pro? Either way, the process is the same. Follow the instructions below to do so:
- Download a file manager if the original application installed on your phone does not suit you
- Connect the OTG adapter to your HUAWEI Mate 30 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
In case you want a maximum of tutorials to become a master of the HUAWEI Mate 30 Pro, we invite you to consult the other tutorials in the category: HUAWEI Mate 30 Pro.
