In the event that you do not have a computer at your disposal and you tend to accumulate a large amount of data, photos, or videos on your Xiaomi, you must quickly become full of the internal memory of this last. For some time now, brands have also tended to integrate a micro SD port. However, sending files without a computer can be complex. You've probably heard of a fast enough solution, going through a USB key.
We will precisely, in this tutorial, show you how to connect a USB stick to a Xiaomi? For this, first of all, we will review the advantages that you will have to perform this manipulation, then, the practical part, in which you will learn all the steps for connect your USB key to your Xiaomi.
Why connect a USB stick to a Xiaomi?
Before presenting the process for to use a USB key directly on your Xiaomi, we will go through the advantages of this solution. Most of the time, benefiting from storage on a mobile phone is essential, especially as we do not really realize it, but with the quality of the photo sensors of our phones which are constantly improving, the weight of the photos and videos becomes very consequent. So we 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 will be to give you the possibility of free memory on your Xiaomi by uploading content to it. In addition, you can also 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.
How to connect a USB stick to a Xiaomi?
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 , then see explain how to transfer data from one to the other.
How to read a USB stick on a Xiaomi?
First thing to know, you are going to need an adapter to connect your USB stick to your Xiaomi. Indeed, if you have looked at the curves of your smartphone for a few minutes, you must have quickly noticed that there was no USB socket on it. It is thanks to a technology that we call OTG that you can perform this operation. You will have to buy an adapter or an OTG cable, these small accessories are simply for a few euros on the internet or in specialized stores.
To finish, you will have to connect the adapter or the cable that you have bought to the micro or nano USB socket of your Xiaomi and it will turn into a USB socket. If you want connect an OTG cable to a Xiaomi, see our article.
How to transfer files to USB stick from Xiaomi?
Finally, now that you have integrated how the system works and that you are equipped with the right accessory, we will quickly explain how to transfer data between a USB key and your Xiaomi? Either way, the process is similar. Apply the following guidelines to do so:
- Download a data manager if the application originally installed on your mobile phone is not suitable for you
- Connect the OTG adapter to your Xiaomi
- 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
In the event that you want a maximum of tutorials to become the absolute master of Xiaomi, we invite you to consult the other tutorials in the category: Xiaomi.
