If you do not have a computer at your disposal and you tend to accumulate a large amount of files, photos, or videos on your Wiko JERRY, you can easily become full of its internal storage. In recent years, manufacturers have adopted the habit of also integrating a micro SD port. However, exchanging files without a computer can be problematic. You have undoubtedly heard of a sufficiently fast technique, via a USB key.

We will precisely, in this tutorial, teach you how to connect a USB key to a Wiko JERRY? To do this, first of all, we will come back to the advantages you will benefit from performing this manipulation, then the practical part, in which you will learn all the steps for connect your USB key to your Wiko JERRY.

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What is the point of connecting a USB key to a Wiko JERRY?

Before presenting the technique for use a USB key directly on your Wiko JERRY, we will come back to the advantages of this operation. In general, taking advantage of storage on a smartphone is essential, especially as 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. So we naively have the feeling that having 64GB or 128GB on a smartphone is more than enough, except that with a 50 Mpx photo sensor that films in 4K, they can quickly become saturated.

One of the first advantages of using a USB key directly on your Wiko JERRY will be to allow you to free some memory on your Wiko JERRY by uploading content to it. In addition, you can also directly download files that a friend has sent you for example on a USB key. You can also in the same way connect an external hard drive to your Wiko JERRY.

How to connect a USB key to a Wiko JERRY?

Now is the time to move on to the practical part of this tutorial! We will first see the manipulation for connect a USB key to a Wiko JERRY , then see explain how to transfer files from one to the other.

How to read a USB key on a Wiko JERRY?

First things to know, you are going to need an adapter to connect your USB key to your Wiko JERRY. Indeed, if you have ever looked closely at the curves of your phone, you must have quickly noticed that there was no USB socket on it. It is with the help of a technology called OTG that you will be able to perform this operation. 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 recovered to the micro or nano USB socket of your Wiko JERRY and it will turn into a USB socket. If you want connect an OTG cable to a Wiko JERRY, see our article.

How to transfer files to a USB stick from a Wiko JERRY?

Finally, now that you have integrated 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 Wiko JERRY? Either way, the process is the same. Follow the instructions below to achieve this:

  • Download a file manager if the original application installed on your smartphone does not meet your expectations
  • Connect the OTG adapter to your Wiko JERRY
  • 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

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