In the event that you do not have a computer at your disposal and that you have the habit of accumulating a lot of files, photos, or videos on your Vivo Y72, you can quickly reach saturation of the internal storage of this last. For some time, brands have tended to also integrate a micro SD port. However, exchanging data without a computer can be a problem. You've probably heard of a fast enough solution, via a USB key.
We will precisely, in this tutorial, show you how to connect a usb flash drive to a Vivo Y72? To do this, first, we will review the advantages you will benefit from performing this manipulation, then, the practical part, in which you will discover all the steps to plug your USB drive into your Vivo Y72.
Why connect a USB flash drive to a Vivo Y72?
Before presenting the technique for use a USB key directly on your Vivo Y72, we will review the advantages of this operation. As a general rule, having storage on a mobile 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 volume of photos and videos becomes very substantial. We therefore naively have the feeling that having 64GB or 128GB on a mobile phone is more than enough, except that with a 50 Mpx photo sensor that films in 4K they can be saturated very quickly.
One of the first advantages of using a USB key directly on your Vivo Y72 will be to give you the possibility of free up memory on your Vivo Y72 by uploading content to it. In addition, you can also directly download files that a friend has put for you on a USB stick, for example. You can also in the same way connect an external hard drive to your Vivo Y72.
How to connect a USB flash drive to a Vivo Y72?
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 Vivo Y72 , then see learn how to transfer files from one to the other.
How to read a USB flash drive on a Vivo Y72?
First thing to know, you will need an adapter to connect your USB key to your Vivo Y72. Indeed, if you looked at the contours of your mobile phone for a few minutes, you must have quickly noticed that there was no USB socket on it. It is with a technology called OTG that you will be able to achieve your ends. You will have to buy 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 Vivo Y72 and it will turn into a USB socket. If you want connect an OTG cable to a Vivo Y72, see our article.
How to transfer files to USB drive from Vivo Y72?
Finally, now that you have understood how the system works and that you are equipped with the right accessory, we will quickly teach you how to transfer files between a USB flash drive and your Vivo Y72? Either way, the process is the same. Follow the instructions below to achieve this:
- Download a file manager if the originally installed application on your mobile phone does not meet your expectations
- Plug the OTG adapter into your Vivo Y72
- 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 want as many tutorials as possible to become the king of the Vivo Y72, we invite you to consult the other tutorials in the category: Live Y72.
