In the event that you do not have a computer at your disposal and you are used to accumulating a lot of data, photos, or videos on your Sony Xperia 10 IV, you must quickly reach saturation of the internal memory of this last. For some time manufacturers have tended to also integrate a micro SD port. Despite everything, transferring files without a computer can be complex. You may have heard of a sufficiently effective solution, through a USB key.
We are going to teach you in this article how to connect a usb key to a Sony Xperia 10 IV? To do this, first of all, we will review the advantages that you will have to perform this action, then, the practical part, in which you will discover all the steps for connect your USB key to your Sony Xperia 10 IV.
What will connecting a USB flash drive to a Sony Xperia 10 IV do?
Before revealing the procedure for use a USB key directly on your Sony Xperia 10 IV, we will review the advantages of this procedure. In general, taking advantage of storage on a mobile phone is essential, especially since 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 therefore naively have the feeling that having 64GB or 128GB on a mobile phone 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 Sony Xperia 10 IV will be to give you the possibility of free up memory on your Sony Xperia 10 IV by transferring content to it. In addition, you will also be able to directly download files that a colleague has sent to you on a USB key, for example. You can also in the same way Connect an external hard drive to your Sony Xperia 10 IV.
How to connect a USB flash drive to a Sony Xperia 10 IV?
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 Sony Xperia 10 IV , then see explain how to transfer data from one to the other.
How to read a USB flash drive on a Sony Xperia 10 IV?
First thing to know, you will need an adapter to connect your USB key to your Sony Xperia 10 IV. Indeed, in the event that you have analyzed the contours of your mobile phone a little, you must have quickly realized that there was no USB socket on it. It is with a technology called OTG that you can achieve your ends. You will need 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 Sony Xperia 10 IV and it will turn into a USB socket. If you want connect an OTG cable to a Sony Xperia 10 IV, see our article.
How to transfer files to USB drive from Sony Xperia 10 IV?
Finally, now that you understand how the system works and that you are equipped with the right accessory, we will quickly explain how to transfer data between a USB flash drive and your Sony Xperia 10 IV? Either way, the process is the same. Apply the instructions below to achieve this:
- Download a data manager in the event that the application originally installed on your mobile phone does not meet your expectations
- Plug the OTG adapter into your Sony Xperia 10 IV
- 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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