Using a "go" cable, I connected a flash stick to my S24 FE, but the phone >doesn't seem to see the stick, which has music, photos, etc. on it.
Should I be able to make this work?
Using a "go" cable, I connected a flash stick to my S24 FE,Oh, a *Samsung Galaxy" S24 FE ---^^^^^^
but the
phone doesn't seem to see the stick, which has music, photos, etc. on
it.
Should I be able to make this work?
Using a "go" cable, I connected a flash stick to my S24 FE, but the phone doesn't seem to see the stick, which has music, photos, etc. on it.
Should I be able to make this work?
How is the USB drive formatted? FAT, FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, exFAT, ext, or >something else?
When you plug the USB flash drive into a desktop PC or laptop, can it
see the media files on it?
Did you configure Android to recognize the USB port as an MTP device?
Under Developer Options(*), find Select USB Configuration. What is your
set to? Some settings are:
Charging: USB port only usable for charging. Data lines are ignored.
MTP: Use this instead of PTP.
PTP: Another media protocol.
other modes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picture_Transfer_Protocol
Old, unreliable, sometimes doesn't work.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_Transfer_Protocol
Successor to PTP.
I don't have your phone to see if there as USB options other than under >Developer Options. I did find:
https://www.galaxys24manual.com/change-default-usb-configuration-on-galaxy-s24/
(*) If Developer Options are not listed under your Android settings, you
have to enable it. There are general routines, but best is to search on >"<phonebrand> <phonemodel> developer options enable".
If you're trying to copy the contents of the stick to the phone, then
why not plug both into a PC and drag and drop from one to the other?
Using a "go" cable, I connected a flash stick to my S24 FE, but the phone >doesn't seem to see the stick, which has music, photos, etc. on it.
Should I be able to make this work?
On Wed, 30 Jul 2025 17:13:11 -0700, croy <croy@spam.invalid.net> wrote:
Using a "go" cable, I connected a flash stick to my S24 FE, but the phone >>doesn't seem to see the stick, which has music, photos, etc. on it.
Should I be able to make this work?
Update: I had only tried one USB stick. I just tried another, and it
worked just fine. Experimenting with other sticks now.
Maybe 128GB is too large for the Android system? I would
think not, but my knowledge of Android is very limited.
Croy,
Maybe 128GB is too large for the Android system? I would
think not, but my knowledge of Android is very limited.
Have you checked what filesystems your thumbdrives are formatted with ?
Of the sticks I have to test with, two don't work with the phone (no >response):
Samsung 128GB
Patriot RAGE2 128GB
Four that do work with the phone are:
PNY 4GB
ONN 16GB
Patriot 32GB
Lexar 64GB
Maybe 128GB is too large for the Android system? I would think not, but my >knowledge of Android is very limited.
On Thu, 31 Jul 2025 14:42:33 +0100, Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid>
wrote:
If you're trying to copy the contents of the stick to the phone, then
why not plug both into a PC and drag and drop from one to the other?
What I'm after is being able to view photos and other multimedia files on
the phone--files that are located on the flash drive.
Also, when in the field, using a trail camera that does not have a viewing screen, I'd like to be able to plug the SD card into a card reader, and
plug that to the phone, and be able to view the photos/videos.
I was hoping that the "go" cable would allow me to use flash sticks and
card reader like external storage on the phone, but so far, I'm dead in the water.
On Thu, 31 Jul 2025 10:05:19 -0700, croy <croy@spam.invalid.net> wrote:
Further testing has shown that some USB sticks work, and some don't. All
are FAT32.
Of the stick I have to test with, two don't work with the phone (no response):
Samsung 128GB
Patriot RAGE2 128GB
Four that do work with the phone are:
PNY 4GB
ONN 16GB
Patriot 32GB
Lexar 64GB
Maybe 128GB is too large for the Android system? I would think not, but my knowledge of Android is very limited.
On Thu, 31 Jul 2025 01:30:01 -0500, VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> wrote:
How is the USB drive formatted? FAT, FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, exFAT, ext, or >>something else?
FAT32
When you plug the USB flash drive into a desktop PC or laptop, can it
see the media files on it?
Yes, no problems at all.
When I connect the phone to my Windows PC, I have no trouble exchanging
files back and forth. But plugging a flash stick (FAT32) to the phone gets me nowhere.
Did you configure Android to recognize the USB port as an MTP device?
I don't know what that is, or why I should/shouldn't do it, or how to do
it.
Under Developer Options(*), find Select USB Configuration. What is
your set to?
...
I don't have your phone to see if there as USB options other than
under Developer Options. I did find:
https://www.galaxys24manual.com/change-default-usb-configuration-on-galaxy-s24/
(*) If Developer Options are not listed under your Android settings,
you have to enable it. There are general routines, but best is to
search on "<phonebrand> <phonemodel> developer options enable".
"Developer Options" sounds like something I could totally screw up.
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