topic Re: Tablet A8 issues in Tablets

Tablet A8 not recognizing Verbatim Ext Portable SSD

Members_Cg8t5m0 — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:00:45 GMT

Folks,

Greetings and Thank You.

My A8 has Android 14 and connects with Windows Desktop/Laptops and Galaxy S21 and S23 without problems. Recognizes USB drives. However it does not recognize Verbatim Ext Portable SSD.

I am using the same cable to connect.

Battery can not be the issue I suppose because the Tablet has a battery of 7800mah whereas the phone is only4700mah

Done both Data reset and Factory reset of no avail.

Any ideas/advice.

Thanks again

Re: Tablet A8 issues

carvet — Sun, 12 Jan 2025 10:14:49 GMT

I bought a Tab A8 earlier this year and I absolutely hate it. Yes the screen looks good but it's VERY laggy to the point where I'm ready to just break it in half and call it a loss. I really miss my Tab S5E which was alot more responsive then this piece of **bleep**. Unfortunately I bricked that Tablet trying to install LineageOS on it. Does anyone else think this A8 tablet is a complete pile of e-waste **bleep**?

Re: Tablet A8 issues

neilth — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 03:23:32 GMT

Do the phones successfully connect with this Verbatim SSD? Is the drive formated with a file system recognized by Android?

Re: Tablet A8 issues

Members_Cg8t5m0 — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 04:00:07 GMT

Yes .Have tried with ex FAT and NTFS. Tried every possible solution except using OTG Adaptor.

Any thoughts?

Thank You.

Best.

Re: Tablet A8 issues

Members_Cg8t5m0 — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 04:01:02 GMT

Yes.The phones do connect.

Thanks.

Re: Tablet A8 issues

neilth — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 04:45:13 GMT

Have you tried contacting Samsung or Verbatim tech support about this? There's no apparent reason why your A8 can't successfully connect with the Verbatim SSD. I just checked the tablet diagnostics in the Support area here in the Members app and there's a test there for USB connectivity which you should run with the Verbatim drive and again with a USB drive looking for what differences it detects. You can create an error report there too describing what you find. In addition, when an error report is submitted, a system log is copied and submitted along with your error report to Samsung tech support. Maybe they can figure out what's going on with the Verbatim drive. Good luck.

Re: Re: Tablet A8 issues

neilth — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 04:47:32 GMT

You created this post in someone else's thread and therefore will likely not receive any responses.

Re: Re: Tablet A8 issues

realaud — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 22:59:32 GMT

Maybe you actually need to use the OTG adapter.