In the event that you do not have a pc at your disposal and you are used to accumulating a lot of data, photos, or videos on your Realme GT Neo 2, you can easily reach saturation of the internal storage of it. this. For some time now, brands have tended to integrate a micro SD port in addition. However, transferring files without a computer can be problematic. You may have heard of a fairly quick technique, using a USB flash drive.
We will precisely, in this tutorial, show you how to connect a usb key to a Realme GT Neo 2? To do this, first, we will review the advantages that you will have to perform this technique, then, the practical part, in which you will see all the steps to plug your USB key into your Realme GT Neo 2.
Why connect a USB key to a Realme GT Neo 2?
Before presenting the technique for use a USB key directly on your Realme GT Neo 2, we will review the advantages of this procedure. Generally 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 mobile phones which are constantly improving, the weight of photos and videos becomes damn imposing. 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 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 Realme GT Neo 2 will be to give you the possibility of free up memory on your Realme GT Neo 2 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 Realme GT Neo 2.
How to connect a USB flash drive to a Realme GT Neo 2?
Now is the time to move on to the practical part of this guide! We will first see the manipulation for connect a USB key to a Realme GT Neo 2 , then see explain how to transfer data from one to the other.
How to read a USB key on a Realme GT Neo 2?
First thing to know, you will need an adapter to connect your USB key to your Realme GT Neo 2. Indeed, in the event that you have analyzed the curves of your smartphone a little, you must have realized rather quickly that there was no USB socket on this one. It is with a technology called OTG that you can achieve your ends. You will have to buy an adapter or an OTG cable, these small 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 purchased to the micro or nano USB socket of your Realme GT Neo 2 and it will turn into a USB socket. If you want connect an OTG cable to a Realme GT Neo 2, see our article.
How to transfer files to USB drive from Realme GT Neo 2?
Finally, now that you have understood how the system works and that you are equipped with the right accessory, we will quickly explain to you how to transfer data between a USB flash drive and your Realme GT Neo 2? Whether in one direction or the other, the process is identical. Follow the instructions below to do so:
- Download a data manager in the event that the application originally installed on your phone is not suitable for you
- Plug the OTG adapter into your Realme GT Neo 2
- 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 displayed in the storage locations
- Now do "Copy / Paste" or "Cut / Paste" depending on what you want to do between the two storage locations
In the event that you want as many tutorials as possible to become the absolute master of the Realme GT Neo 2, we invite you to explore the other tutorials in the category: Realm GT Neo 2.
