In the event that you do not have a computer at your disposal and that you have the habit of accumulating a lot of files, photos, or videos on your Moto E6 Plus, you must quickly reach full memory internal of the latter. For some time now, manufacturers have become accustomed to integrating a micro SD port as well. However, transferring data without a computer can be problematic. You've probably heard of a quick enough solution, using a USB stick.
In this tutorial, we are going to teach you how to connect a USB stick to a Moto E6 Plus? 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 see all the steps for connect your USB key to your Moto E6 Plus.
What is the point of connecting a USB key to a Moto E6 Plus?
Before showing you the procedure for use a USB key directly on your Moto E6 Plus, we will summarize the advantages of this solution for you. 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 mobile phones which are constantly improving, the volume of photos and videos becomes very consequent. We naively get the impression that having 64GB or 128GB on a smartphone is huge, except that with a 50 Mpx photo sensor that records videos in 4K you will quickly reach the limits of your memory.
One of the first advantages of using a USB key directly on your Moto E6 Plus will be to give you the possibility of free memory on your Moto E6 Plus by uploading 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 Moto E6 Plus.
How to connect a USB stick to a Moto E6 Plus?
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 Moto E6 Plus , then see show how to transfer files from one to the other.
How to read a USB flash drive on a Moto E6 Plus?
First of all, you will need an adapter to connect your USB key to your Moto E6 Plus. Indeed, in the event that you have analyzed the curves of your device for a few minutes, you must have quickly noticed that there was no USB socket on it. This is thanks to a technology called OTG that you can 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.
To finish, you will have to connect the adapter or the cable that you have bought to the micro or nano USB socket of your Moto E6 Plus and it will turn into a USB socket. If you want connect an OTG cable to a Moto E6 Plus, see our article.
How to transfer files to a USB flash drive from Moto E6 Plus?
Finally, now that you have understood how the system works and that you are equipped with the right accessory, we will very simply show you how to transfer files between a USB key and your Moto E6 Plus? Either way, the process is the same. Apply the instructions below to achieve this:
- Download a file manager in the event that the native application of your smartphone does not suit you
- Connect the OTG adapter to your Moto E6 Plus
- 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 ever want as many tutorials as possible to become a Moto E6 Plus master, we invite you to explore the other tutorials in the category: Moto E6 Plus.
