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 Vivo V21, you must quickly reach saturation of the internal memory of it. this. For some time manufacturers have tended to also integrate a micro SD port. However, transferring files without a computer can be problematic. You've probably heard of a fairly quick solution, using a USB key.
We are going to show you in this article how to connect a usb stick to a Vivo V21? In this context, first, we will come back to the advantages that you will have to perform this manipulation, then, the practical part, in which you will discover all the steps to plug your USB drive into your Vivo V21.
What will connecting a USB drive to a Vivo V21 allow?
Before showing you the procedure for use a USB key directly on your Vivo V21, we will review the advantages of this operation. As a general rule, taking advantage of storage on a smartphone is essential, especially since we don't 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 suddenly have the feeling that having 64GB or 128GB on a smartphone is more than reasonable, except that with a 50 Mpx photo sensor that films in 4K you will quickly reach the limits of your memory.
One of the first advantages of using a USB key directly on your Vivo V21 will be to allow you to free up memory on your Vivo V21 by transferring content to it. In addition, you can also directly download files that a colleague has placed for you on a USB stick, for example. You can also in the same way connect an external hard drive to your Vivo V21.
How to connect a USB flash drive to a Vivo V21?
Now is the time to move on to the practical part of this article! We will first see the manipulation for connect a USB key to a Vivo V21 , then see show how to transfer files from one to the other.
How to read a USB flash drive on a Vivo V21?
First things to know, you are going to need an adapter to connect your USB key to your Vivo V21. Indeed, in the event that you looked carefully at the curves of your phone, you must have noticed quite quickly that there was no USB socket on it. It is with 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 obtained to the micro or nano USB socket of your Vivo V21 and it will turn into a USB socket. If you want connect an OTG cable to a Vivo V21, see our article.
How to transfer files to USB drive from Vivo V21?
Finally, now that you understand 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 flash drive and your Vivo V21? Either way, the process is the same. Follow the guidelines below to get there:
- Download a file manager in the event that the application originally installed on your smartphone does not suit you
- Plug the OTG adapter into your Vivo V21
- 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 displayed 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 absolute master of the Vivo V21, we invite you to explore the other tutorials in the category: Live V21.
