In the event that you do not have a PC at your disposal and you tend to accumulate a large number of data, photos, or videos on your Xiaomi Redmi 9T, you can quickly reach saturation of the internal memory of this one. For some time now, brands have become accustomed to also integrating a micro SD port. However, exchanging files without a computer can be problematic. You have probably heard of a fairly quick technique, using a USB key.
We will precisely, in this tutorial, show you how to connect a USB key to a Xiaomi Redmi 9T? For this, first, we are going to come back to the advantages you will benefit from performing this action, then, the practical part, in which you will discover all the steps to connect your USB key to your Xiaomi Redmi 9T.
What is the point of connecting a USB flash drive to a Xiaomi Redmi 9T?
Before showing you the procedure for use a USB key directly on your Xiaomi Redmi 9T, we will come back to the advantages of this procedure. Most of the time having storage on a smartphone is essential, especially since we don't really realize it, but with the quality of the photo sensors of our smartphones which are constantly improving, the volume of photos and videos becomes very substantial. We suddenly have the impression that having 64GB or 128GB on a smartphone is huge, 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 Redmi 9T will be to give you the possibility of free up memory on your Xiaomi Redmi 9T by transferring content to it. In addition, you can also directly recover files that a colleague has put on a USB key, for example. You can also in the same way connect an external hard drive to your Xiaomi Redmi 9T.
How to connect a USB key to a Xiaomi Redmi 9T?
Now is the time to move on to the practical part of this article! We will first see the procedure for connect a USB key to a Xiaomi Redmi 9T , then see explain how to transfer data from one to the other.
How to read a USB key on a Xiaomi Redmi 9T?
First things to understand, you are going to need an adapter to connect your USB key to your Xiaomi Redmi 9T. In fact, if you ever looked a little at the contours of your phone, you must have noticed fairly quickly that there was no USB socket on it. This is thanks to a technology called OTG that you can achieve your ends. 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 obtained to the micro or nano USB socket of your Xiaomi Redmi 9T and it will turn into a USB socket. If you want connect an OTG cable to a Xiaomi Redmi 9T, see our article.
How to transfer files to a USB drive from a Xiaomi Redmi 9T?
Finally, now that you have understood how the system works and that you are equipped with the right accessory, we will very simply explain to you how to transfer data between a USB flash drive and your Xiaomi Redmi 9T? Either way, the process is the same. Apply the instructions below to do so:
- Download a data manager if the native application of your smartphone does not suit you
- Plug the OTG adapter into your Xiaomi Redmi 9T
- 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
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