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More and more USB sticks and microSD cards are being made with dubious components — data recovery firm uncovers no-name, low-quality NAND inside many devices (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

I went this route as well. You can get a good quality usb 3.1 portable nvme enclosure for ~$20-$30 (be careful not to 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. Not sure if higher end phone with usb 3.1 port can actually use it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 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 nvme drive with the otg dongle works on M2 MBA though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 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.