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ZFold 6 - One UI 6.1 Will Not Mount exFAT SSD

(Topic created: 08-16-2024 05:33 AM)
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5uck3rpunch
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@KnightRiderRalph or Samsung Support:  I have a Crucial P3 4TB PCIe Gen3 3D NAND NVMe M.2 SSD that mounted & read & wrote on my ZFold 3 & 4 with no issues.  The same SSD reads & writes on my MacOS Sonoma 14.6.1 & Windows 11 on an Ayaneo 2 portable gaming PC.

The SSD power/data light illuminates & flickers like data is being read/transferred.  Other 1TB micro SD cards in a USB-C adapter can be read/written to by using the Paragon app/driver with Total Commander app.  These apps will not recognize the SSD though.  The SSD was  accessible natively without the use of apps on the older Fold phones & also before UI 6.1.

I don't know if the change is in One UI 6.1 or the ZFold 6 but I'm hoping that Samsung Support will see this & shed some light on this.  Anyone else having this type of issue with ExFAT or an external SSD connected to your ZFold 6?

Thanks in advance for your attention.

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LongHiker
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@5uck3rpunch That is a weird issue. I have no problem connecting my T7 500GB SSD to my Fold 6 running 6.1.1. It is formatted xFAT. [Edit] I directly connected it to my Fold 6. 

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5uck3rpunch
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@LongHiker It is odd.  I went through all of the Developer Options too & USB Debugging is enabled.  Also "File Transferring" is enabled as the default for USB.  I do see a TON of posts on the web where data transfer is blocked by new settings in Android 14.

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Members_91duaE3
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Hi, did you manage to solve the issue? I can mount the ssd on other tablets and phones, it's just Samsung devices are not mounting my ssd. Both are on 6.1.1. 

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5uck3rpunch
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Same here. No help in this forum, no help from Samsung support either.
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