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• redcalcium@lemmy.institute ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I went this route as well. You can get a good quality usb 3.1 portable nvme enclosure for ~$20-$30 (be careful not accidentally buy the msata version, which is cheaper but slower). Now you have a very fast thumbdrive! The main drawback is, unlike traditional thumbdrive, I can’t use it on my android phone.

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  • w2tpmf@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I have an nvme enclosure with USB on one end and USBC on the other end. It reads on my Pixel phones as well as on my Samsung tablet.

    Now that you mention 3.1 compatibility with devices, I wonder if my enclosure is only 3.0 or if all my devices support 3.1. I’ve never done a speed test on it, but I guess I should.

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  • circuscritic@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Your Android phone can absolutely mount an external drive enclosure over OTG, just make sure it’s compatible and formatted properly.

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    • elvith@feddit.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Depends on how much current the drive draws. If the m2 SSD needs more current than your regular thumb drive, your phone might not supply enough power and it stays unusable.

      Besides that, as long a the enclosure uses the standard protocol and the filesystem is supported by Android, it should work

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    • redcalcium@lemmy.institute ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      My old Android phone only has USB 2.0 port and can’t mount the external nvme drive (I tried with a USB 3.1 otg dongle). The same otg dongle works on M2 MBA though.

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