If you do not have a computer at your disposal and you are used to accumulating a lot of files, photos, or videos on your OnePlus N10, you must quickly reach saturation of its internal storage. In recent years, manufacturers have become accustomed to integrating a micro SD port in addition. However, sending your data without a computer can be a problem. You have probably heard of a fairly effective technique, via a USB key.
In this tutorial, we will teach you how to connect a usb key to a OnePlus N10? To do this, first, we will come back to the advantages you will benefit from performing this action, then, the practical part, in which you will learn all the steps to plug your USB key into your OnePlus N10.
Why connect a USB flash drive to a OnePlus N10?
Before showing you the procedure for use a USB key directly on your OnePlus N10, we will summarize the advantages of this procedure. Generally taking advantage of storage on a phone is essential, especially when we don't really realize it, however, with the quality of the photo sensors of our smartphones which are constantly improving, the weight of photos and videos becomes very therefore. We therefore naively have the impression that having 64GB or 128GB on a phone is more than reasonable, except that with a 50 Mpx photo sensor that films in 4K they can be saturated very quickly.
One of the first advantages of using a USB key directly on your OnePlus N10 will be to allow you to free up memory on your OnePlus N10 by uploading content to it. In addition, you can also 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 OnePlus N10.
How to connect a USB key to a OnePlus N10?
Now is the time to move on to the practical part of this article! We will first see the solution for connect a USB key to a OnePlus N10 , then see explain how to transfer files from one to the other.
How to read a USB key on a OnePlus N10?
First thing to know, you are going to need an adapter to connect your USB key to your OnePlus N10. In fact, if you have analyzed the contours of your device for a few minutes, you must have quickly realized that there was no USB socket on it. This is using 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.
Finally, you will have to connect the adapter or the cable that you have purchased to the micro or nano USB socket of your OnePlus N10 and it will turn into a USB socket. If you want connect an OTG cable to a OnePlus N10, see our article.
How to transfer files to a USB drive from a OnePlus N10?
Finally, now that you have understood how the system works and that you are equipped with the right accessory, we will very simply explain to you how to transfer files between a USB key and your OnePlus N10? Either way the process is similar. Apply the guidelines below to achieve this:
- Download a file manager if the originally installed application on your phone does not meet your expectations
- Plug the OTG adapter into your OnePlus N10
- 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 displayed 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 absolute master of the OnePlus N10, we invite you to explore the other tutorials in the category: One Plus N10.
