In the event that you do not have a PC at your disposal and that you tend to accumulate a lot of files, photos, or videos on your Sony Xperia 5 IV, you can quickly reach saturation of its internal memory. . For some time manufacturers have tended to also integrate a micro SD port. However, transferring data without a computer can be a problem. You may have heard of a fairly quick technique, via a USB key.
We will precisely, in this tutorial, teach you how to connect a usb key to a Sony Xperia 5 IV? In this context, to begin with, we will come back to the advantages that you will have to perform this manipulation, then, the practical part, in which you will see all the steps for connect your USB key to your Sony Xperia 5 IV.
What will connecting a USB flash drive to a Sony Xperia 5 IV do?
Before explaining the procedure for use a USB key directly on your Sony Xperia 5 IV, we will come back to the advantages of this technique. In general, having storage on a phone is essential, especially when we don't really realize it, but with the quality of the photo sensors of our mobile phones which are constantly improving, the weight of photos and videos becomes very substantial. We suddenly have the impression 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 they can be saturated very quickly.
One of the first advantages of using a USB key directly on your Sony Xperia 5 IV will be to give you the possibility of free up memory on your Sony Xperia 5 IV by transferring content to it. In addition, you can also directly retrieve files that a colleague has placed on a USB key, for example. You can also in the same way Connect an external hard drive to your Sony Xperia 5 IV.
How to connect a USB flash drive to a Sony Xperia 5 IV?
Now it's time to move on to the practical part of this article! We will first see the method for connect a USB key to a Sony Xperia 5 IV , then see explain how to transfer files from one to the other.
How to read a USB flash drive on a Sony Xperia 5 IV?
First thing to know, you will need an adapter to connect your USB key to your Sony Xperia 5 IV. Indeed, in the event that you looked at the contours of your mobile phone for a few minutes, you must have noticed fairly quickly that there was no USB socket on it. It is using a technology called OTG that you will be able to achieve your ends. You will have 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 5 IV and it will turn into a USB socket. If you want connect an OTG cable to a Sony Xperia 5 IV, see our article.
How to transfer files to USB drive from Sony Xperia 5 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 files between a USB key and your Sony Xperia 5 IV? Either way, the process is similar. Follow the instructions below to achieve this:
- Download a file manager in the event that the native application of your phone does not meet your expectations
- Plug the OTG adapter into your Sony Xperia 5 IV
- 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 a lot of tutorials to become the king of the Sony Xperia 5 IV, we invite you to consult the other tutorials in the category: Sony Xperia 5IV.
