If you ever do not have a computer at your disposal and you are used to accumulating a lot of data, photos, or videos on your Xiaomi 12, you must quickly reach saturation of the internal storage of the latter. In recent years, brands have become accustomed to also integrating a micro SD port. However, sending files without a computer can be complex. You've probably heard of a quick enough solution, via a USB key.
We will precisely, in this article, teach you how to connect a usb key to a Xiaomi 12? To do this, first, we will review the advantages that you will have to perform this action, then, the practical part, in which you will see all the steps to plug your USB key into your Xiaomi 12.
Why connect a USB stick to a Xiaomi 12?
Before showing you the procedure for use a USB key directly on your Xiaomi 12, we will summarize the advantages of this operation. Most of the time having storage on a 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 consequent. We therefore naively have the impression that having 64GB or 128GB on a 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 Xiaomi 12 will be to give you the possibility of free up memory on your Xiaomi 12 by uploading content to it. In addition, you will also be able to 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 Xiaomi 12.
How to connect a USB key to a Xiaomi 12?
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 Xiaomi 12 , then see show how to transfer data from one to the other.
How to read a USB key on a Xiaomi 12?
First of all things to understand, you will need an adapter to connect your USB key to your Xiaomi 12. Indeed, if you have ever analyzed the contours of your device for a few minutes, you must have noticed rather quickly that there was no USB socket on the latter. It is using a technology called OTG that you will be able to perform this operation. 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 Xiaomi 12 and it will turn into a USB socket. If you want connect an OTG cable on a Xiaomi 12, see our article.
How to transfer files to a USB drive from a Xiaomi 12?
Finally, now that you have understood how the system works and that you are equipped with the right accessory, we will very simply show you how to transfer data between a USB key and your Xiaomi 12? Either way, the process is the same. Follow the guidelines below to achieve this:
- Download a data manager if the original application installed on your phone does not suit you
- Plug the OTG adapter into your Xiaomi 12
- 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 appear 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 king of the Xiaomi 12, we invite you to consult the other tutorials in the category: Xiaomi 12.
