In the event that you do not have a computer at your disposal and that you have the habit of accumulating a large quantity of files, photos, or videos on your Pocophone M5s, you can quickly reach saturation of the storage internal to it. For some time manufacturers have tended to also integrate a micro SD port. However, sending files without a computer can be a problem. You may have heard of a sufficiently effective solution, through a USB key.
We will precisely, in this tutorial, teach you how to connect a usb key to a Pocophone M5s? For this, first, 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 to connect your USB key to your Pocophone M5s.
What is the point of connecting a USB flash drive to a Pocophone M5s?
Before showing you the process for use a USB key directly on your Pocophone M5s, we will summarize the advantages of this technique. Most of the time having storage on a phone is essential, especially when we don't really realize it, however with the quality of the photo sensors of our mobile phones which are constantly improving, the volume of photos and videos gets pretty damn awesome. We therefore naively have the feeling 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 Pocophone M5s will be to give you the possibility of free up memory on your Pocophone M5s by uploading content to it. In addition, you can also directly download files that a colleague has sent to you, for example, to a USB stick. You can also in the same way connect an external hard drive to your Pocophone M5s.
How to connect a USB flash drive to a Pocophone M5s?
Now is the time to move on to the practical part of this guide! We will first see the solution for connect a USB key to a Pocophone M5s , then see explain how to transfer files from one to the other.
How to read USB flash drive on Pocophone M5s?
First thing to know, you will need an adapter to connect your USB key to your Pocophone M5s. Indeed, in the event that you looked at the contours of your device for a few minutes, you must have quickly realized that there was no USB socket on it. It is with a technology called OTG that you will be able to perform this operation. 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 purchased to the micro or nano USB socket of your Pocophone M5s and it will turn into a USB socket. If you want connect an OTG cable to a Pocophone M5s, see our article.
How to transfer files to USB drive from Pocophone M5s?
Finally, now that you have understood 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 Pocophone M5s? Either way, the process is the same. Apply the guidelines below to achieve this:
- Download a file manager in the event that the application originally installed on your phone does not meet your expectations
- Plug the OTG adapter into your Pocophone M5s
- 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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