If you do not have a pc at your disposal and you are in the habit of accumulating a large number of files, photos, or videos on your Oppo RX17, you can easily become saturated with the internal storage of the latter. For some time now, brands have tended to also integrate a micro SD port. However, exchanging files without a computer can be problematic. You may have heard of a fairly effective technique, using a USB stick.
We will precisely, in this article, show you how to connect a usb stick to an Oppo RX17? To do this, first of all, we will come back to the advantages you will benefit from performing this technique, then, the practical part, in which you will discover all the steps for connect your USB key to your Oppo RX17.
What is the point of connecting a USB key to an Oppo RX17?
Before showing you the technique for to use a USB key directly on your Oppo RX17, we will come back to the advantages of this solution. In general, taking advantage of storage on a smartphone is essential, especially as we do not really realize it, but with the quality of the photo sensors of our mobile phones which are constantly improving, the volume of photos and videos gets pretty darn awesome. We therefore naively feel 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 you will quickly reach the limits of your memory.
One of the first advantages of using a USB key directly on your Oppo RX17 will be to allow you to free memory on your Oppo RX17 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 RX17.
How to connect a USB stick to an Oppo RX17?
Now is the time to move on to the practical part of this article! We will first see the technique for connect a USB key to an Oppo RX17 , then see explain how to transfer files from one to the other.
How to read a USB flash drive on an Oppo RX17?
First things to know, you will need an adapter to connect your USB key to your Oppo RX17. Indeed, if ever you have looked a little at the curves of your smartphone, you must have quickly noticed that there was no USB socket on it. It is thanks to a technology that we call 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 recovered to the micro or nano USB socket of your Oppo RX17 and it will turn into a USB socket. If you want connect an OTG cable to an Oppo RX17, see our article.
How to transfer files to USB stick from Oppo RX17?
Finally, now that you have integrated how the system works and that you are equipped with the right accessory, we will quickly explain how to transfer files between a USB key and your Oppo RX17? Either way, the process is similar. Use the following instructions to achieve this:
- Download a file manager if the native application of your smartphone does not meet your expectations
- Connect the OTG adapter to your Oppo RX17
- 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
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