If you do not have a computer at your disposal and you tend to accumulate a large number of files, photos, or videos on your Xiaomi Redmi Note 7, you can quickly become saturated with its internal memory. For some time now, manufacturers have become accustomed to integrating a micro SD port as well. However, sending files without a computer can be complex. You have probably heard of a fairly fast technique, using a USB key.
We will precisely, in this tutorial, show you how to connect a USB stick to a Xiaomi Redmi Note 7? To do this, to begin with, we will come back to the advantages you will benefit from performing this manipulation, then the practical part, in which you will discover all the steps for connect your USB key to your Xiaomi Redmi Note 7.
What is the point of connecting a USB key to a Xiaomi Redmi Note 7?
Before showing you the process for to use a USB key directly on your Xiaomi Redmi Note 7, we will go through the advantages of this procedure. In general, benefiting from storage on a mobile phone is essential, especially since 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 is getting pretty darn awesome. We therefore naively have the impression that having 64GB or 128GB on a mobile phone is more than sufficient, except that with a 50 Mpx photo sensor which films in 4K they can be quickly saturated.
One of the first advantages of using a USB key directly on your Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 will be to give you the possibility of free memory on your Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 by uploading content to it. In addition, you can also directly download files that a colleague has sent to you, for example, on a USB stick. You can also in the same way connect an external hard drive to your Xiaomi Redmi Note 7.
How to connect a USB stick to a Xiaomi Redmi Note 7?
Now is the time to move on to the practical part of this guide! We will first see the technique for connect a USB key to a Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 , then see learn how to transfer files from one to the other.
How to read a USB stick on a Xiaomi Redmi Note 7?
First thing to understand, you will need an adapter to connect your USB key to your Xiaomi Redmi Note 7. Indeed, in the event that you have analyzed the curves of your phone a little, you must have gone fairly quickly to account that there was no USB socket on it. It is with the help of 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 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 recovered to the micro or nano USB socket of your Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 and it will turn into a USB socket. If you want connect an OTG cable to a Xiaomi Redmi Note 7, see our article.
How to transfer files to USB flash drive from Xiaomi Redmi Note 7?
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 Redmi Note 7? Whether in one direction or the other, the process is identical. Use the following instructions to achieve this:
- Download a file manager in the event that the native application of your mobile phone does not meet your expectations
- Connect the OTG adapter to your Xiaomi Redmi Note 7
- 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 ever want as many tutorials as possible to become the king of the Xiaomi Redmi Note 7, we invite you to explore the other tutorials in the category: Xiaomi Note 7 Redmire.
