If you ever do not have a computer at your disposal and you have the habit of accumulating a lot of files, photos, or videos on your Wiko Y82, you can quickly reach saturation of the internal memory of it. this. For some time now, brands have tended to integrate a micro SD port in addition. However, sending your data without a computer can be complex. You have probably heard of a technique that is fast enough, using a USB key.

We are going to show you in this article how to connect a usb key to a Wiko Y82? To do this, first of all, we are going to come back to the advantages that you will have to carry out this manipulation, then, the practical part, in which you will see all the steps to connect your USB key to your Wiko Y82.

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What will connecting a USB key to a Wiko Y82 allow?

Before presenting the process for use a USB key directly on your Wiko Y82, we will review the advantages of this solution. In general, taking advantage of storage on a mobile phone is essential, especially when 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 mobile phone is huge, 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 Wiko Y82 will be to allow you to free up memory on your Wiko Y82 by transferring content to it. In addition, you can also directly recover files that a friend has put on a USB key, for example. You can also in the same way connect an external hard drive to your Wiko Y82.

How to connect a USB key to a Wiko Y82?

Now is the time to move on to the practical part of this guide! We will first see the procedure for connect a USB key to a Wiko Y82 , then see learn how to transfer files from one to the other.

How to read a USB key on a Wiko Y82?

First thing to know, you are going to need an adapter to connect your USB key to your Wiko Y82. Indeed, in the event that you have looked a little at the contours of your smartphone, you must have rather quickly noticed that there was no USB socket on it. It is with a technology called OTG that you can 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 Wiko Y82 and it will turn into a USB socket. If you want connect an OTG cable to a Wiko Y82, see our article.

How to transfer files to a USB key from a Wiko Y82?

Finally, now that you have understood how the system works and that you are equipped with the right accessory, we will very simply teach you how to transfer files between a USB key and your Wiko Y82? Either way, the process is similar. Apply the instructions below to get there:

  • Download a file manager in the event that the native application of your mobile phone is not suitable for you
  • Plug the OTG adapter into your Wiko Y82
  • 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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