In the event that you do not have a pc at your disposal and that you tend to accumulate a large amount of data, photos, or videos on your ZenFone Max M2, you can quickly become saturated with the internal memory of the latter. . In recent years, brands have also tended to integrate a micro SD port. However, transferring data without a computer can be a problem. You have probably heard of a fairly effective technique, using a USB key.
We will precisely, in this article, teach you how to connect a USB key to a ZenFone Max M2? To do this, first of all, we will come back to the advantages you will benefit from performing this manipulation, then the practical part, in which you will learn all the steps for connect your USB key to your ZenFone Max M2.
Why connect a USB key to a ZenFone Max M2?
Before showing you the procedure for to use a USB key directly on your ZenFone Max M2, we will review the advantages of this operation. In general, taking advantage of 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 mobile phones which are constantly improving, the volume of photos and videos becomes very consequent. So we naively have the impression that having 64GB or 128GB on a mobile phone is more than reasonable, except that with a 50 Mpx photo sensor that films in 4K, they can quickly become saturated.
One of the first advantages of using a USB key directly on your ZenFone Max M2 will be to allow you to free memory on your ZenFone Max M2 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 ZenFone Max M2.
How to connect a USB key to a ZenFone Max M2?
Now is the time to move on to the practical part of this tutorial! We will first see the technique for connect a USB key to a ZenFone Max M2 , then see explain how to transfer data from one to the other.
How to read a USB key on a ZenFone Max M2?
First of all, you will need an adapter to connect your USB key to your ZenFone Max M2. Indeed, in the event that you took a look at the contours of your phone, you must have quickly noticed that there was no USB socket on it. 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 recovered to the micro or nano USB socket of your ZenFone Max M2 and it will turn into a USB socket. If you want connect an OTG cable to a ZenFone Max M2, see our article.
How to transfer files to a USB stick from a ZenFone Max M2?
Finally, now that you understand how the system works and that you are equipped with the right accessory, we will very simply explain how to transfer data between a USB key and your ZenFone Max M2? Either way, the process is similar. Follow the directions below to do so:
- Download a data manager in the event that the application originally installed on your mobile phone does not meet your expectations
- Connect the OTG adapter to your ZenFone Max M2
- 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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