In the event that you do not have a pc at your disposal and that you tend to accumulate a lot of files, photos, or videos on your Xiaomi Mix 3, you can easily reach the saturation point of its internal storage. In recent years, manufacturers have taken the habit of integrating a micro SD port as well. However, sending your data without a computer can be problematic. You may have heard of a sufficiently effective technique, through a USB key.
We will precisely, in this article, teach you how to connect a USB stick to a Xiaomi Mix 3? To do this, to begin with, we will come back to the advantages that you will have to carry out this manipulation, then, the practical part, in which you will discover all the steps for connect your USB key to your Xiaomi Mix 3.
What is the point of connecting a USB stick to a Xiaomi Mix 3?
Before showing you the procedure for to use a USB key directly on your Xiaomi Mix 3, we will come back to the advantages of this technique. Generally, taking advantage of storage on a phone is essential, especially since we do not 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 therefore. We naively feel that having 64GB or 128GB on a phone is more than enough, except that with a 50 Mpx photo sensor that films 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 Mix 3 will be to give you the possibility of free memory on your Xiaomi Mix 3 by uploading content to it. In addition, you will also be able to directly download 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 Mix 3.
How to connect a USB stick to a Xiaomi Mix 3?
Now is the time to move on to the practical part of this tutorial! We will first see the solution for connect a USB key to a Xiaomi Mix 3 , then see learn how to transfer files from one to the other.
How to read a USB stick on a Xiaomi Mix 3?
First things to know, you will need an adapter to connect your USB key to your Xiaomi Mix 3. Indeed, if you have ever looked at the contours of your phone for a few minutes you must rather quickly have noticed that there is no had no usb plug on this one. This is using a technology called OTG that you can perform this operation. You will have to get an adapter or an OTG cable, these little 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 purchased to the micro or nano USB socket of your Xiaomi Mix 3 and it will turn into a USB socket. If you want connect an OTG cable to a Xiaomi Mix 3, see our article.
How to transfer files to a USB stick from a Xiaomi Mix 3?
Finally, now that you understand 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 Xiaomi Mix 3? Either way the process is similar. Apply the directions below to do so:
- Download a file manager if your phone's native app isn't right for you
- Connect the OTG adapter to your Xiaomi Mix 3
- 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
If you are looking for as many tutorials as possible to become the king of the Xiaomi Mix 3, we invite you to browse the other tutorials in the category: Xiaomi Mix 3.
