If you ever do not have a computer at your disposal and you tend to accumulate a large amount of files, photos, or videos on your HUAWEI P smart 2021, you can quickly reach saturation of the internal memory of this one. For some time manufacturers have tended to also integrate a micro SD port. However, sending files without a computer can be complex. You have probably heard of a fairly effective technique, using a USB key.
We will precisely, in this article, show you how to connect a USB stick to a HUAWEI P smart 2021? For this, first, we will review the advantages you will benefit from performing this technique, then, the practical part, in which you will discover all the steps to connect your USB key to your HUAWEI P smart 2021.
What is the point of connecting a USB key to a HUAWEI P smart 2021?
Before showing you the procedure for use a USB key directly on your HUAWEI P smart 2021, we will come back to the advantages of this solution. In general, having storage on a mobile phone is essential, especially since 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 very substantial. We suddenly have the feeling that having 64GB or 128GB on a mobile phone is more than enough, 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 P smart 2021 will be to allow you to free up memory on your HUAWEI P smart 2021 by transferring content to it. In addition, you can also directly download 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 HUAWEI P smart 2021.
How to connect a USB key to a HUAWEI P smart 2021?
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 P smart 2021 , then see learn how to transfer files from one to the other.
How to read a USB key on a HUAWEI P smart 2021?
First of all things to understand, you are going to need an adapter to connect your USB key to your HUAWEI P smart 2021. Indeed, in the event that you have looked a little at the curves of your mobile phone, you had to quickly realize that there was no USB socket on this one. It is with a technology called OTG that you will be able to perform this operation. You will have to get an adapter or an OTG cable, these small accessories are simply 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 P smart 2021 and it will turn into a USB socket. If you want connect an OTG cable to a HUAWEI P smart 2021, see our article.
How to transfer files to a USB drive from a HUAWEI P smart 2021?
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 HUAWEI P smart 2021? Whether in one direction or the other, the process is identical. Follow the directions below to get there:
- Download a file manager in the event that the native application of your mobile phone is not suitable for you
- Connect the OTG adapter to your HUAWEI P smart 2021
- 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
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