How to Enable OTG on Vivo Y12, Connect Pendrive

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USB OTG on the Vivo Y12 allows users to transfer data between USB devices, such as a pendrive or DSLR camera, as well as connect a mouse and keyboard. We will provide a guide to using OTG on the Vivo Y12.

The Vivo Y12, Y12i, and Y12s are smartphones that have similar designs and specifications and already support the USB On the Go (OTG) feature. Through this feature, users can connect USB devices such as flash drives, DSLR cameras, mice, and keyboards to their phones.

This OTG feature is commonly used to transfer files between devices quickly and easily. For example, users can transfer videos from a pendrive to their phone or vice versa.

To help users understand how to use this OTG feature, DroidBeep will share a useful guide.

How To Use OTG on Vivo Y12

For those of you who don’t know how to connect a flash drive to your Vivo phone via OTG, you can follow these steps.

Android 10 and below

  1. The first step is to open the Settings app.
  2. After that, select the Network and Other Connections option.
  3. Next, scroll down and tap the OTG toggle to enable it.
  4. Now, plug the pendrive into Vivo Phone, a USB Drive notification will appear.
  5. Open the notification panel by swiping the screen from top to bottom, then tap Drive USB.
  6. File Manager will automatically open, and you can transfer files from your phone to the pendrive or vice versa.

Android 11/12 and above

  1. Open your Vivo smartphone and then launch the Settings app.
  2. Scroll down and tap the Bluetooth and Other Devices option.
  3. Locate and enable the OTG option.
  4. Connect OTG to your Vivo phone.
  5. Open File Manager, then tap the USB Drive folder.
  6. You can now move files from your smartphone to your pendrive or vice versa.

Make sure your pendrive uses Fat32 format and that the OTG function will be disabled automatically if not used for 5 minutes.

Also, during the file transfer process, make sure the phone screen stays on. Usually, if the screen is off, the file transfer process will stop.

How to Safely Remove OTG Pendrive

It’s good that you don’t immediately remove the pendrive from the cellphone, the goal is to reduce the risk of damage to the pendrive. For the method is also easy, just disable the OTG function again or leave it for 5 minutes unused.

Here’s how to safely remove USB OTG from Hp vivo:

  1. Open Settings menu.
  2. Then scroll down and select Bluetooth and Other Devices.
  3. Next, tap the OTG toggle to disable it.
  4. You can now safely remove the USB OTG.

That’s how to enable and use OTG on Vivo Y12. In addition, this method can be applied to Y12i and Y12s.