In the event that you do not have a pc at your disposal and that you usually accumulate a lot of data, photos, or videos on your Oppo A1k, you must quickly become saturated with its internal memory . In recent years, manufacturers have adopted the habit of also integrating a micro SD port. However, exchanging files without a computer can be complex. You may have heard of a quick enough solution, using a USB stick.

We will precisely, in this article, teach you how to connect a usb stick to an Oppo A1k? To do this, 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 discover all the steps for connect your USB key to your Oppo A1k.

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Why connect a USB stick to an Oppo A1k?

Before showing you the technique for use a USB key directly on your Oppo A1k, we will go through the advantages of this procedure. Most of the time, taking advantage of storage on a phone is essential, especially since we do not really realize it, but with the quality of the photo sensors of our smartphones which are constantly improving, the volume of photos and videos gets pretty darn awesome. We therefore naively have the feeling that having 64GB or 128GB on a phone is enormous, except that with a 50 Mpx photo sensor which records videos in 4K they can be quickly saturated.

One of the first advantages of using a USB key directly on your Oppo A1k will be that you can free memory on your Oppo A1k by uploading content to it. In addition, you will also be able to 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 Oppo A1k.

How to connect a USB stick to an Oppo A1k?

Now is the time to move on to the practical part of this article! We will first see the method for connect a USB key to an Oppo A1k , then see show how to transfer data from one to the other.

How to read a USB flash drive on an Oppo A1k?

First of all, you will need an adapter to connect your USB key to your Oppo A1k. Indeed, if you have ever looked carefully at the curves of your smartphone, you must have quickly noticed that there was no USB socket on it. This is thanks to a technology called OTG that you can achieve your ends. You will need to get 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 Oppo A1k and it will turn into a USB socket. If you want connect an OTG cable to an Oppo A1k, see our article.

How to transfer files to USB flash drive from Oppo A1k?

Finally, now that you understand how the system works and that you are equipped with the right accessory, we will very simply show you how to transfer data between a USB key and your Oppo A1k? Either way, the process is the same. Follow the instructions below to get there:

  • Download a data manager if your phone's native app isn't right for you
  • Connect the OTG adapter to your Oppo A1k
  • 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 appear in the storage locations
  • Now do "Copy / Paste" or "Cut / Paste" depending on what you want to do between the two storage locations

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