In the event that you do not have a computer at your disposal and that you tend to accumulate a lot of files, photos, or videos on your Lenovo K10 Note, you can easily reach saturation of its internal storage. this. For some time now, brands have become accustomed to integrating a micro SD port as well. However, transferring files without a computer can be complex. You have undoubtedly heard of a sufficiently effective solution, going through a USB key.
We will precisely, in this article, show you how to connect a usb stick to a Lenovo K10 Note? In this context, first of all, we will come back to the advantages that you will have to perform this technique, then, the practical part, in which you will discover all the steps for connect your USB key to your Lenovo K10 Note.
Why connect a USB flash drive to a Lenovo K10 Note?
Before showing you the technique for to use a USB key directly on your Lenovo K10 Note, we will review the advantages of this solution. Generally benefiting from storage on a phone is essential, especially as we do not really realize it, however, with the quality of the photo sensors of our phones which are constantly improving, the weight of photos and videos becomes damn imposing. So we naively feel that having 64GB or 128GB on a phone is more than enough, 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 Lenovo K10 Note will be that you can free memory on your Lenovo K10 Note by uploading content to it. In addition, you will also be able to 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 Lenovo K10 Note.
How to connect a USB flash drive to a Lenovo K10 Note?
Now is the time to move on to the practical part of this tutorial! We will first see the solution for connect a USB key to a Lenovo K10 Note , then see learn how to transfer files from one to the other.
How to read a USB flash drive on a Lenovo K10 Note?
First things to know, you are going to need an adapter to connect your USB key to your Lenovo K10 Note. Indeed, if you have looked carefully at the contours of your mobile phone, you must have quickly noticed that there was no USB socket on it. This is thanks to a technology called OTG that you can achieve your ends. You will have to get an adapter or an OTG cable, these little accessories are simply available for a few euros on the internet or in specialized stores.
To finish, you will have to connect the adapter or the cable that you have recovered to the micro or nano USB socket of your Lenovo K10 Note and it will turn into a USB socket. If you want connect an OTG cable on a Lenovo K10 Note, see our article.
How to transfer files to USB flash drive from Lenovo K10 Note?
Finally, now that you have understood how the system works and that you are equipped with the right accessory, we will quickly teach you how to transfer files between a USB key and your Lenovo K10 Note? Either way, the process is similar. Use the following instructions to get there:
- Download a file manager if your phone's native app doesn't meet your expectations
- Connect the OTG adapter to your Lenovo K10 Note
- 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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