If you do not have a computer at your disposal and you usually accumulate a lot of data, photos, or videos on your Wiko Tommy 2, you can quickly become full of its internal storage. In recent years, manufacturers have tended to include a micro SD port as well. However, sending files without a computer can be problematic. You have probably heard of a fairly quick solution, through a USB key.
We will precisely, in this tutorial, show you how to connect a USB key to a Wiko Tommy 2? In this context, 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 discover all the steps for connect your USB key to your Wiko Tommy 2.
What is the point of connecting a USB key to a Wiko Tommy 2?
Before presenting the process for use a USB key directly on your Wiko Tommy 2, we will summarize the advantages of this solution for you. 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 weight of the photos and videos gets pretty darn awesome. We therefore naively have the impression that having 64GB or 128GB on a mobile phone is more than enough, except that with a 50 Mpx photo sensor that records videos in 4K you will quickly reach the limits of your memory.
One of the first advantages of using a USB key directly on your Wiko Tommy 2 will be that you can free memory on your Wiko Tommy 2 by uploading content to it. In addition, you will also be able to directly recover files that a friend sent you for example on a USB key. You can also in the same way connect an external hard drive to your Wiko Tommy 2.
How to connect a USB key to a Wiko Tommy 2?
Now is the time to move on to the practical part of this tutorial! We will first see the method for connect a USB key to a Wiko Tommy 2 , then see show how to transfer data from one to the other.
How to read a USB key on a Wiko Tommy 2?
First things to know, you will need an adapter to connect your USB key to your Wiko Tommy 2. Indeed, if you have looked carefully at the curves of your device you must have quickly realized that there is no had no usb plug on this one. It is thanks to a technology that we call 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 simply available 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 Tommy 2 and it will turn into a USB socket. If you want connect an OTG cable to a Wiko Tommy 2, see our article.
How to transfer files to a USB stick from a Wiko Tommy 2?
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 data between a USB key and your Wiko Tommy 2? Either way, the process is similar. Apply the instructions below to do so:
- Download a data manager if the native application of your mobile phone does not meet your expectations
- Connect the OTG adapter to your Wiko Tommy 2
- 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 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 are looking for as many tutorials as possible to become the absolute master of the Wiko Tommy 2, we invite you to watch the other tutorials in the category: Wiko Tommy 2.
