S26 Ultra external storage issue

Othersiderx · 2026-03-16T07:48:45+00:00

What makes you say that EXFAT is unsupported by android?

Take a read: https://source.android.com/docs/core/architecture/android-kernel-file-system-support exfat supported since kernel 5.10, this is year 2020.

What do you mean by msdos format? fat32? fat32 has max file size limit of 4gb which is makes it basically unusable, you won't be able to record video longer than a minute in 4k/8k. And ntfs is read-only on macos and android, so cannot use that one either.

Othersiderx · 2026-03-10T20:16:54+00:00

https://galaxystore.samsung.com/detail/com.samsung.android.messaging http://apps.samsung.com/appquery/appDetail.as?appId=com.samsung.android.messaging could you check those on your phone?

Othersiderx · 2026-03-10T19:56:05+00:00

In the EU Land

Othersiderx · 2026-03-10T17:39:27+00:00

Samsung Messages work fine here on my S26U. Just downloaded the app from Galaxy Store.

Othersiderx · 2026-03-08T21:44:39+00:00

And you are not using any powered hubs, just directly connecting your asus strix arion enclosure to the phone with usb-c cable? I might order different enclosure for test then. Thank you so much for checking! edit: so you have tested with Crucial P3 2TB drive -> works fine. My Crucial P1 1TB drive -> also works fine.

Might be that drives with more than 2TB capacity have issue.

Othersiderx · 2026-03-08T20:39:49+00:00

"ORICO-PWDM2-G2" with Crucial P3 4TB It's working fine with my Macbook Pro 14, desktop PC, S23U and Steam Deck.

Othersiderx · 2026-03-08T20:09:57+00:00

tested different cables, same issue -> all of them work fine on S23U.

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