In the event that you do not have a PC at your disposal and you are used to accumulating a lot of data, photos, or videos on your Huawei Y6p, you can easily reach saturation of the internal storage of the latter. For some years now, manufacturers have become accustomed to also integrating a micro SD port. However, transferring 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, show you how to connect a usb stick to a Huawei Y6p? In this context, first, we will review the advantages that you will have to perform this manipulation, then, the practical part, in which you will discover all the steps to connect your USB key to your Huawei Y6p.
Why connect a USB stick to a Huawei Y6p?
Before showing you the process for use a USB key directly on your Huawei Y6p, we will come back to the advantages of this technique. In general, having storage on a smartphone is essential, especially since we don't really realize it, nevertheless with the quality of the photo sensors of our phones 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 smartphone is more than reasonable, 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 Huawei Y6p will be to allow you to free memory on your Huawei Y6p by transferring content to it. In addition, you can also directly download 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 Huawei Y6p.
How to connect a USB stick to a Huawei Y6p?
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 a Huawei Y6p , then see explain how to transfer data from one to the other.
How to read a USB flash drive on a Huawei Y6p?
First thing to know, you are going to need an adapter to connect your USB key to your Huawei Y6p. Indeed, if you have ever looked carefully at the contours of your device, you must have quickly realized that there was no USB socket on it. It is with a technology called OTG that you will be able to achieve your ends. You will have to buy an adapter or an OTG cable, these little 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 recovered to the micro or nano USB socket of your Huawei Y6p and it will turn into a USB socket. If you want connect an OTG cable to a Huawei Y6p, see our article.
How to transfer files to USB flash drive from Huawei Y6p?
Finally, now that you have understood how the system works and that you are equipped with the right accessory, we will very simply explain to you how to transfer data between a USB key and your Huawei Y6p? Either way, the process is similar. Follow the instructions below to get there:
- Download a data manager if the original application installed on your smartphone does not suit you
- Connect the OTG adapter to your Huawei Y6p
- 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 ever looking for as many tutorials as possible to become the king of the Huawei Y6p, we invite you to explore the other tutorials in the category: Huawei Y6P.
