If you do not have a PC at your disposal and you are used to accumulating a lot of files, photos, or videos on your Huawei Y7p, you may quickly become full of the internal storage of the latter. In recent years, manufacturers have tended to include a micro SD port as well. However, transferring files without a computer can be complex. You've probably heard of a fairly quick solution, via a USB key.

We will precisely, in this article, show you how to connect a usb stick to a Huawei Y7p? In this context, first of all, we will review the advantages you will benefit from performing this manipulation, then, the practical part, in which you will discover all the steps for connect your USB key to your Huawei Y7p.

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Why connect a USB stick to a Huawei Y7p?

Before showing you the procedure for use a USB key directly on your Huawei Y7p, we will summarize the advantages of this technique for you. In general, having storage on a smartphone is essential, especially since we do not really realize it, but with the quality of the photo sensors of our smartphones which are constantly improving, the volume of photos and videos becomes very therefore. We therefore naively feel that having 64GB or 128GB on a smartphone is more than enough, except that with a 50 Mpx photo sensor that films in 4K they can quickly become saturated.

One of the first advantages of using a USB key directly on your Huawei Y7p will be that you can free memory on your Huawei Y7p by uploading content to it. In addition, you can also directly recover files that a colleague has sent you for example on a USB key. You can also in the same way connect an external hard drive to your Huawei Y7p.

How to connect a USB stick to a Huawei Y7p?

Now is the time to move on to the practical part of this tutorial! We will first see the procedure for connect a USB key to a Huawei Y7p , then see explain how to transfer files from one to the other.

How to read a USB flash drive on a Huawei Y7p?

First of all, you will need an adapter to connect your USB key to your Huawei Y7p. Indeed, in the event that you have analyzed 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 with 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 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 Y7p and it will turn into a USB socket. If you want connect an OTG cable to a Huawei Y7p, see our article.

How to transfer files to USB flash drive from Huawei Y7p?

Finally, now that you have understood how the system works and that you are equipped with the right accessory, we will very simply explain how to transfer files between a USB key and your Huawei Y7p? Either way, the process is similar. Apply the directions below to do so:

  • Download a file manager in the event that the native application of your smartphone is not suitable for you
  • Connect the OTG adapter to your Huawei Y7p
  • 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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