topic Re: External SSD in Other Smartphones

External SSD

f1r3plug — Fri, 03 Jul 2020 17:57:42 GMT

Galaxy S6 not seeing USB to Samsung SSD T5 or T7 external drive using OTG cable. Any ideas if port is active or how to activate it for this use. Thanks.

Re: External SSD

TessM — Fri, 03 Jul 2020 18:11:55 GMT

Hey @f1r3plug ,

Did you make sure the cable you are using supports OTG?

Re: External SSD

f1r3plug — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 05:35:08 GMT

Hello TessM, yes. 2 different brands.

Re: External SSD

Pugs1957 — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 11:57:47 GMT

What cables did you get? Do you have links?

Re: External SSD

f1r3plug — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 19:55:35 GMT

@Pugs1957
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00UUBRX0Y?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0744BKDRD?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

Re: External SSD

Pugs1957 — Tue, 07 Jul 2020 12:54:30 GMT

You need an OTG adaptor (very cheap)There's some helpful reading https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Monitors-and-Memory/T3-ssd-not-found-on-Galaxy-S6-or-S7/td-p/122123