In the event that you do not have a computer at your disposal and you have the habit of accumulating a lot of files, photos, or videos on your LG W10, you must quickly become full of the internal memory of it. For some time now, brands have become accustomed to also integrating a micro SD port. However, exchanging data without a computer can be a problem. You have probably heard of a sufficiently effective solution, using a USB key.
We will precisely, in this article, show you how to connect a usb stick to an LG W10? To do this, first of all, we will review the advantages you will benefit from performing this action, then the practical part, in which you will see all the steps for connect your USB key to your LG W10.
Why connect a USB stick to an LG W10?
Before showing you the procedure for use a USB key directly on your LG W10, we will come back to the advantages of this operation. In general, taking advantage of storage on a smartphone is essential, especially since we do not really realize it, however, with the quality of the photo sensors on our smartphones which are constantly improving, the weight of photos and videos gets pretty darn awesome. We naively get the feeling that having 64GB or 128GB on a smartphone is more than reasonable, except that with a 50 Mpx photo sensor that records videos in 4K, they can quickly become saturated.
One of the first advantages of using a USB key directly on your LG W10 will be that you can free memory on your LG W10 by uploading content to it. In addition, you can also 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 LG W10.
How to connect a USB stick to an LG W10?
Now is the time to move on to the practical part of this tutorial! We will first see the manipulation for connect a USB key to an LG W10 , then see learn how to transfer files from one to the other.
How to read a USB flash drive on an LG W10?
First things to know, you are going to need an adapter to connect your USB key to your LG W10. Indeed, if ever you have looked a little at the curves of your mobile phone, you must have realized rather quickly that there was no USB socket on it. It is with the help of 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 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 recovered to the micro or nano USB socket of your LG W10 and it will turn into a USB socket. If you want connect an OTG cable to an LG W10, see our article.
How to transfer files to USB flash drive from LG W10?
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 LG W10? Either way, the process is the same. Apply the instructions below to get there:
- Download a file manager if the native application of your smartphone does not meet your expectations
- Connect the OTG adapter to your LG W10
- 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
In the event that you are looking for a maximum of tutorials to become the king of the LG W10, we invite you to consult the other tutorials in the category: LG W10.
