If you do not have a computer at your disposal and you tend to accumulate a lot of files, photos, or videos on your LG X2, you may quickly become full of its internal memory. For some time now, brands have also tended to integrate a micro SD port. However, transferring data without a computer can be problematic. You may have heard of a quick enough solution, via a USB stick.
In this article, we are going to show you how to connect a usb stick to an LG X2? To do this, first, we will come back to the advantages that you will have to accomplish this manipulation, then, the practical part, in which you will see all the steps for connect your USB key to your LG X2.
What is the point of connecting a USB key to an LG X2?
Before explaining the process for to use a USB key directly on your LG X2, we will review the advantages of this procedure. Most of the time, benefiting from storage on a mobile phone is essential, especially as we do not really realize it, however with the quality of the photo sensors of our mobile phones which are constantly improving, the weight of the photos and videos gets pretty darn awesome. So we naively get the impression that having 64GB or 128GB on a mobile phone 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 X2 will be that you can free memory on your LG X2 by uploading content to it. In addition, you will also be able to directly download files that a friend has put on a USB key, for example. You can also in the same way connect an external hard drive to your LG X2.
How to connect a USB stick to an LG X2?
Now is the time to move on to the practical part of this guide! We will first see the method for connect a USB key to an LG X2 , then see show how to transfer files from one to the other.
How to read a USB flash drive on an LG X2?
First things to know, you are going to need an adapter to connect your USB key to your LG X2. Indeed, in the event that you have looked at the curves of your phone for a few minutes, you must have quickly noticed that there was no USB socket on it. This is using 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 small 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 purchased to the micro or nano USB socket of your LG X2 and it will turn into a USB socket. If you want connect an OTG cable to an LG X2, see our article.
How to transfer files to USB flash drive from LG X2?
Finally, now that you have integrated how the system works and that you are equipped with the right accessory, we will quickly show you how to transfer files between a USB key and your LG X2? Either way, the process is similar. Follow the instructions below to achieve this:
- Download a file manager in the event that the originally installed application on your mobile phone is not suitable for you
- Connect the OTG adapter to your LG X2
- 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
If you want a lot of tutorials to become the absolute master of the LG X2, we invite you to explore the other tutorials in the category: LG X2.
