In the event that you do not have a pc at your disposal and that you are used to accumulating a lot of data, photos, or videos on your OPPO Reno 8, you can quickly reach saturation of its internal storage . For some time now, brands have tended to also integrate a micro SD port. However, sending your files without a computer can be a problem. You may have heard of a sufficiently effective solution, going through a USB key.
In this tutorial, we are going to teach you how to connect a USB flash drive to an OPPO Reno 8? 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 discover all the steps to plug your USB key into your OPPO Reno 8.
What is the point of connecting a USB flash drive to an OPPO Reno 8?
Before presenting the technique for use a USB key directly on your OPPO Reno 8, we will summarize the advantages of this procedure. In general, taking advantage of storage on a smartphone is essential, especially when we do not really realize it, however with the quality of the photo sensors of our smartphones which are constantly improving, the volume of photos and videos becomes damn imposing. We suddenly have the feeling that having 64GB or 128GB on a smartphone is more than reasonable, except that with a 50 Mpx photo sensor that records videos in 4K they can be saturated very quickly.
One of the first advantages of using a USB key directly on your OPPO Reno 8 will be to allow you to free up memory on your OPPO Reno 8 by transferring content to it. In addition, you can also directly download files that a friend has sent to you, for example, on a USB key. You can also in the same way connect an external hard drive to your OPPO Reno 8.
How to connect a USB flash drive to an OPPO Reno 8?
Now it's time to move on to the practical part of this guide! We will first see the procedure for connect a USB key to an OPPO Reno 8 , then see explain how to transfer data from one to the other.
How to read a USB flash drive on an OPPO Reno 8?
First thing to understand, you are going to need an adapter to connect your USB key to your OPPO Reno 8. Indeed, if you have ever carefully analyzed the curves of your device, you must have realized rather quickly that there was no USB socket on this one. 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 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 purchased to the micro or nano USB socket of your OPPO Reno 8 and it will turn into a USB socket. If you want connect an OTG cable on an OPPO Reno 8, see our article.
How to Transfer Files to USB Drive from OPPO Reno 8?
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 data between a USB key and your OPPO Reno 8? Whether in one direction or the other, the process is identical. Follow the instructions below to achieve this:
- Download a data manager if the native application of your smartphone does not meet your expectations
- Plug the OTG adapter into your OPPO Reno 8
- 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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