Installing Applications Using the USB Connection Use
Installing Applications Using the USB Connection Use
Use the USB connection to install applications onto the device.
When connecting the device to a host computer and mounting the microSD card, follow the host computer’s instructions for connecting and disconnecting USB devices, to avoid damaging or corrupting files.
This method is not recommended due to limited Internal Storage.
Connect the device to a host computer using the USB-C cable.
On the device, pull down the Notification panel and touch
Charging this device via USB
.
By default,
No data transfer
is selected.
Touch
File Transfer
.
On the host computer, open a file explorer application.
On the host computer, copy the application APK file from the host computer to the device.
Disconnect the device from the host computer.
Swipe the screen up and select to view files on the Internal Storage.
Locate the application APK file.
Touch the application file.
Touch
Continue
to install the app or
Cancel
to stop the installation.
To confirm installation and accept what the application affects, touch
to view files on the Internal Storage.