In the event that you do not have a computer at your disposal and that you have the habit of accumulating a large number of files, photos, or videos on your Pocophone X3 Pro, you can quickly reach saturation of the internal storage of this one. For some time manufacturers have tended to also integrate a micro SD port. However, transferring data without a computer can be complex. You've probably heard of a fast enough solution, via a USB key.
In this tutorial, we will teach you how to connect a usb key to a Pocophone X3 Pro? To do this, first of all, we are going to come back to the advantages you will benefit from performing this action, then, the practical part, in which you will learn all the steps to plug your USB key into your Pocophone X3 Pro.
Why connect a USB flash drive to a Pocophone X3 Pro?
Before revealing the procedure for use a USB key directly on your Pocophone X3 Pro, we will review the advantages of this technique. As a general rule, taking advantage of storage on a phone is essential, especially since we don't really realize it, however, with the quality of the photo sensors of our phones which are constantly improving, the weight of the photos and videos becomes very substantial. We therefore naively have the impression that having 64GB or 128GB on a phone is huge, 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 Pocophone X3 Pro will be to allow you to free up memory on your Pocophone X3 Pro by uploading content to it. In addition, you will also be able to directly recover files that a colleague has sent you for example on a USB key. You can also in the same way connect an external hard drive to your Pocophone X3 Pro.
How to connect a USB flash drive to a Pocophone X3 Pro?
Now is the time to move on to the practical part of this tutorial! We will first see the solution for connect a USB key to a Pocophone X3 Pro , then see show how to transfer files from one to the other.
How to read USB flash drive on Pocophone X3 Pro?
First thing to know, you will need an adapter to connect your USB key to your Pocophone X3 Pro. Indeed, if you have ever carefully analyzed the curves of your phone, you must have noticed rather quickly that there was no USB socket on it. This is thanks to a technology called OTG that you can perform this operation. You will have to buy an adapter or an OTG cable, these small accessories are simply 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 X3 Pro and it will turn into a USB socket. If you want connect an OTG cable to a Pocophone X3 Pro, see our article.
How to transfer files to USB drive from Pocophone X3 Pro?
Finally, now that you have understood how the system works and that you are equipped with the right accessory, we will quickly show you how to transfer files between a USB key and your Pocophone X3 Pro? Either way, the process is the same. Follow the instructions below to achieve this:
- Download a file manager if your phone's native app isn't right for you
- Plug the OTG adapter into your Pocophone X3 Pro
- 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
If you ever want as many tutorials as possible to become the king of the Pocophone X3 Pro, we invite you to browse the other tutorials in the category: Pocophone X3 Pro.
