Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
This video explains one reason why your iPhone is not working with your external SSD storage drive.
Do you have a problem with your USB-C iPhone 16 or 15 and it can't see or connect to your external USB-C SSD storage Drive? While there could be a number of reasons why this is happening. As long as your external drive is formatted to a disk format that iPhone understands. It could be that your external SSD requires more power than your iPhone can supply. Which could be the difference between using a Gen 3 NVMe SSD or a Gen 4 NVMe SSD.
You may see people saying that they don't have any issues using a Gen 4 SSD. In my experience I have had nothing but trouble with Gen 4 NVMe SSDs with any iPhone and in my experience the best SSD for an iPhone is Gen 3 NVMe. My advice is don't take the risk, just stick to Gen 3.
If you are on an earlier iPhone that uses a Lightning port, you may find this video useful.
How To Connect An External USB SSD Storage Drive To An iPhone & Copy, Move, Backup & Duplicate Files
youtube.com/watch?v=VjZCiicTCTU
For my demonstration I am using an iPhone 16 Pro Max. However all iPhones suffer from this problem. At most an iPhone will only supply a maximum of 4.5W to its USB-C port or Lightning port and this power is simply not enough for certain external hard drives or external USB-C SSD storage drives.
Video chapters:
00:00 Intro and explanation
01:42 Hardware setup
06:36 Test 1
07:57 test 2
09:27 Test 3
11:03 Test 4
13:06 Test 5
14:13 Test 6
15:55 Test 7
17:37 Test 8
18:29 Test 9
20:16 End summary and recommendations
Here's some videos that you may find interesting:
How To Build The Fastest External Thunderbolt 4 USB4 SSD For Your M1 M2 M3 Apple Silicon Mac MacBook youtu.be/sV9EDKc5zpk?si=9r5gdz6mlVJakr-v
Best and Fastest External USB-C SSD Drive for Your iPhone 15 using Samsung SSD 980 Sabrent Enclosure youtu.be/YHbkrF4W1cI
iPhone 15 Not Working With USB-C SSD youtu.be/Uk-3yp9Zc3E
iPhone 15 Pro Max SSD Speed Test With a 1TB Samsung T7 External USB-C SSD Storage Drive youtu.be/CkRUqqA_4V4
iPhone 15 Problems With External SSD youtu.be/h9DiORV6DRc
Here's my iPhone 16 playlist youtube.com/playlist?list=PLleKChtNUwZRmt2wIdprAJ5ry5XZSlTiW
Here's my iPhone 15 playlist youtube.com/playlist?list=PLleKChtNUwZQS2gQH2AaeSnEj9iM_6tDX
Components used in the video. Don't forget, I would not advise using the Acasis enclosures for your iPhone, use the Sabrent enclosure and the Samsung SSD980. Keep an eye on my channel for my upcoming new ACASIS Thunderbolt SSD builds for MacBook Pro and Mac. I would also not recommend buying any of these enclosures for iPhones with the lightning socket on them.
iPhone 16 Pro Max geni.us/rdAXg
ACASIS TBU401E ACASIS website geni.us/Acasis-TBU401
ACASIS TBU401E Amazon geni.us/u9A5heL
ACASIS TBU405Pro M1 ACASIS website bit.ly/4eF6Kh7
ACASIS TBU405Pro M1 Amazon geni.us/ACASIS-TBU405ProM1
ACASIS website for Thunderbolt and USB-C docks, hubs and enclosures bit.ly/45RAaUA
Sabrent enclosure amzn.to/3XJ9brF
WD SN850X 4TB geni.us/SN850X-4TB
WD SN850X 2TB geni.us/SN850X-2TB
WD SN850X 1TB geni.us/SN850X-1TB
Crucial P3 4TB geni.us/OAdU
Samsung T7 1TB geni.us/pqBzC9T
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This video explains one reason why your iPhone is not working with your external SSD storage drive.
Do you have a problem with your USB-C iPhone 16 or 15 and it can't see or connect to your external USB-C SSD storage Drive? While there could be a number of reasons why this is happening. As long as your external drive is formatted to a disk format that iPhone understands. It could be that your external SSD requires more power than your iPhone can supply. Which could be the difference between using a Gen 3 NVMe SSD or a Gen 4 NVMe SSD.
You may see people saying that they don't have any issues using a Gen 4 SSD. In my experience I have had nothing but trouble with Gen 4 NVMe SSDs with any iPhone and in my experience the best SSD for an iPhone is Gen 3 NVMe. My advice is don't take the risk, just stick to Gen 3.
If you are on an earlier iPhone that uses a Lightning port, you may find this video useful.
How To Connect An External USB SSD Storage Drive To An iPhone & Copy, Move, Backup & Duplicate Files
youtube.com/watch?v=VjZCiicTCTU
For my demonstration I am using an iPhone 16 Pro Max. However all iPhones suffer from this problem. At most an iPhone will only supply a maximum of 4.5W to its USB-C port or Lightning port and this power is simply not enough for certain external hard drives or external USB-C SSD storage drives.
Video chapters:
00:00 Intro and explanation
01:42 Hardware setup
06:36 Test 1
07:57 test 2
09:27 Test 3
11:03 Test 4
13:06 Test 5
14:13 Test 6
15:55 Test 7
17:37 Test 8
18:29 Test 9
20:16 End summary and recommendations
Here's some videos that you may find interesting:
How To Build The Fastest External Thunderbolt 4 USB4 SSD For Your M1 M2 M3 Apple Silicon Mac MacBook youtu.be/sV9EDKc5zpk?si=9r5gdz6mlVJakr-v
Best and Fastest External USB-C SSD Drive for Your iPhone 15 using Samsung SSD 980 Sabrent Enclosure youtu.be/YHbkrF4W1cI
iPhone 15 Not Working With USB-C SSD youtu.be/Uk-3yp9Zc3E
iPhone 15 Pro Max SSD Speed Test With a 1TB Samsung T7 External USB-C SSD Storage Drive youtu.be/CkRUqqA_4V4
iPhone 15 Problems With External SSD youtu.be/h9DiORV6DRc
Here's my iPhone 16 playlist youtube.com/playlist?list=PLleKChtNUwZRmt2wIdprAJ5ry5XZSlTiW
Here's my iPhone 15 playlist youtube.com/playlist?list=PLleKChtNUwZQS2gQH2AaeSnEj9iM_6tDX
Components used in the video. Don't forget, I would not advise using the Acasis enclosures for your iPhone, use the Sabrent enclosure and the Samsung SSD980. Keep an eye on my channel for my upcoming new ACASIS Thunderbolt SSD builds for MacBook Pro and Mac. I would also not recommend buying any of these enclosures for iPhones with the lightning socket on them.
iPhone 16 Pro Max geni.us/rdAXg
ACASIS TBU401E ACASIS website geni.us/Acasis-TBU401
ACASIS TBU401E Amazon geni.us/u9A5heL
ACASIS TBU405Pro M1 ACASIS website bit.ly/4eF6Kh7
ACASIS TBU405Pro M1 Amazon geni.us/ACASIS-TBU405ProM1
ACASIS website for Thunderbolt and USB-C docks, hubs and enclosures bit.ly/45RAaUA
Sabrent enclosure amzn.to/3XJ9brF
WD SN850X 4TB geni.us/SN850X-4TB
WD SN850X 2TB geni.us/SN850X-2TB
WD SN850X 1TB geni.us/SN850X-1TB
Crucial P3 4TB geni.us/OAdU
Samsung T7 1TB geni.us/pqBzC9T
AMAZON ASSOCIATE DISCLOSURE:
I am an Amazon Associate.
My Amazon links are Amazon affiliate links.
I earn money from qualifying purchases when you use my Amazon affiliate links.
OTHER EARNINGS AND COMMISSIONS:
I also earn money from other product links within my video description.
For the sake of clarity and for the avoidance of any confusion, assume that I earn money from commissions from any and all links that I have within my video description.
You can also send me a coffee donation via PayPal if you found my video super helpful:
paypal.me/DavidHarry
My Amazon pages with videos and product links:
Amazon USA amazon.com/shop/davidharry
Amazon UK amazon.co.uk/shop/davidharry
If you would like to help my channel please use my global Amazon Affiliate links. I will be paid a small commission for anything you buy from Amazon when using these links. These commissions don't cost you any extra but really do help me to buy gear for my productions and to review:
Amazon USA: geni.us/Amazon-USA
Amazon UK: geni.us/Amazon-UK
Amazon Deutschland: geni.us/Amazon-Deutschland
Amazon Canada: geni.us/Amazon-Canada
Contact for product reviews: YouTube@DavidHarry.com
DavidHarry.com
I'm David Harry. Thank you very much for watching this video, take care and goodbye now.
Cheers,
Dave.
#iphone#iphone16#ssd
