If you ever do not have a computer at your disposal and you are used to accumulating a large number of files, photos, or videos on your Xiaomi Redmi Note 11, you can quickly reach saturation of the internal storage of the last. For some time now, manufacturers have tended to integrate a micro SD port in addition. That said, exchanging files without a computer can be a problem. You have no doubt heard of a rather fast technique, via a USB key.
We will precisely, in this article, teach you how to connect a USB stick to a Xiaomi Redmi Note 11? In this context, first of all, we will review the advantages you will benefit from performing this action, then, the practical part, in which you will see all the steps for connect your USB key to your Xiaomi Redmi Note 11.
What will the connection of a USB key to a Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 allow?
Before showing you the technique for use a USB key directly on your Xiaomi Redmi Note 11, we will review the advantages of this procedure. In general, taking advantage of storage on a mobile phone is essential, especially since we do not really realize it, nevertheless, with the quality of the photo sensors of our smartphones which are constantly improving, the weight of the photos and videos gets pretty damn 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 films in 4K they can be saturated very quickly.
One of the first advantages of using a USB key directly on your Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 will be to give you the possibility of free memory on your Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 by uploading content to it. In addition, you will also be able to directly recover files that a colleague has sent you for example on a USB key. You can also in the same way connect an external hard drive to your Xiaomi Redmi Note 11.
How to connect a USB stick to a Xiaomi Redmi Note 11?
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 Note 11 , then see show how to transfer files from one to the other.
How to read a USB stick on a Xiaomi Redmi Note 11?
First thing to know, you are going to need an adapter to connect your USB key to your Xiaomi Redmi Note 11. Indeed, if you looked at the curves of your mobile phone for a few minutes, you must have noticed rather quickly that there was no USB port on it. It is with a technology called OTG that you will be able to perform this operation. You will need 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 purchased to the micro or nano USB socket of your Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 and it will turn into a USB socket. If you want connect an OTG cable to a Xiaomi Redmi Note 11, see our article.
How to transfer files to USB flash drive from Xiaomi Redmi Note 11?
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 files between a USB key and your Xiaomi Redmi Note 11? Whether in one direction or the other, the process is identical. Follow these guidelines to achieve this:
- Download a file manager if the originally installed application on your mobile phone does not meet your expectations
- Connect the OTG adapter to your Xiaomi Redmi Note 11
- 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 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 want as many tutorials as possible to become a master of the Xiaomi Redmi Note 11, we invite you to watch the other tutorials in the category: Xiaomi Note 11 Redmire.
