In the event that you do not have a computer at your disposal and you tend to accumulate a lot of data, photos, or videos on your OnePlus Nord 2T, you can quickly reach saturation of its internal memory. . In recent years, manufacturers have tended to integrate a micro SD port in addition. That said, transferring your data without a computer can be complex. You have probably heard of a technique that is fast enough, using a USB key.
We will precisely, in this tutorial, show you how to connect a USB key to a OnePlus Nord 2T? In this context, first, we will review the advantages that you will have to perform this technique, then, the practical part, in which you will learn all the steps to connect your USB key to your OnePlus Nord 2T.
What is the point of connecting a USB key to a OnePlus Nord 2T?
Before showing you the technique for use a USB key directly on your OnePlus Nord 2T, we are going to review the advantages of this solution. Most of the time taking advantage of storage on a smartphone is essential, especially when we don't really realize it, however with the quality of the photo sensors of our phones which are constantly improving, the volume of photos and videos becomes very substantial. We therefore naively have the feeling 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 OnePlus Nord 2T will be to give you the possibility of free up memory on your OnePlus Nord 2T by transferring content to it. In addition, you will also be able to directly recover 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 Nord 2T.
How to connect a USB key to a OnePlus Nord 2T?
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 a OnePlus Nord 2T , then see learn how to transfer data from one to the other.
How to read a USB key on a OnePlus Nord 2T?
First thing to know, you will need an adapter to connect your USB key to your OnePlus Nord 2T. Indeed, in the event that you looked at the contours of your smartphone for a few minutes, you must have noticed quite quickly 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 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 obtained to the micro or nano USB socket of your OnePlus Nord 2T and it will turn into a USB socket. If you want connect an OTG cable to a OnePlus Nord 2T, see our article.
How to transfer files to a USB drive from a OnePlus Nord 2T?
Finally, now that you understand how the system works and are equipped with the right accessory, we will quickly teach you how to transfer data between a USB key and your OnePlus Nord 2T? Either way, the process is the same. Follow the directions below to get there:
- Download a data manager in the event that the application originally installed on your smartphone does not meet your expectations
- Plug the OTG adapter into your OnePlus Nord 2T
- Connect a USB key or an external hard drive
- Open your file manager
- Find the data 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
If you ever want a lot of tutorials to become the king of the OnePlus Nord 2T, we invite you to consult the other tutorials in the category: OnePlus North 2T.
