Help Anyone know the OTG connected flash drive max capacity for the S8+?

[paulb104]

My fully functional 512gb flash drive is completely invisibly to my S8+. Either I keep reformatting the drive over and over with different file systems and sizes to figure it out or, hopefully, find someone who already knows...

The drive I have is like this https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-512GB...cUvbUpU6975768

 

[Dannydet]

https://m.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s8-8161.php
Let the phone format the device?
It should format it to its max capacity

 

[The_Chief]

The likely reason your 512GB OTG drive cannot be read by your Galaxy S8+ is that it FAR exceeds the external storage capacity of the phone, which tops out at 256GB.

https://www.samsung.com/levant/supp...epted-external-memory-size-of-the-s8-s8-plus/

 

[svim]

Android only supports FAT32 and exFAT for external USB media so the issue doesn't sound like it necessarily has anything to do with that Sandisk flash drive itself but there's a good chance whatever OTG adapter is the actual problem. If that is the case, it makes no difference what USB storage media you try, if the OTG adapter/cable isn't compatible with your S8, nothing can be detected and mounted.
Do other USB devices connect to your S8 through this OTG adapter/cable and it's just this Sandisk drive that's a problem? That would indicate the problem is with the Sandisk drive and your phone. If you cannot get anything to connect to your S8, using that OTG adapter/cable, that would indicate that it is the problem.
What OTG cable/adapter do you have?