Transferring data from Micro SD to OTG USB via Edge 7 Nougat

[Benson007]

I'm about to embark on a cycling trip and need to transfer data from my video camera to a portable USB drive each day.

I'm travelling light so won't be taking a laptop. My plan was to take the micro-sd card out of my camera, put it in my phone, connect a USB drive to my phone via OTG and transfer the content.

Good idea in theory but I'm running into permissions issues when trying to transfer data. I'm reading that I may need to root my pen to be able to do this, can anyone confirm this is still the case please?

Thanks in advance

 

[SamCarterX302]

What kind of permissions issues? What messages are you seeing?
Are you using Samsung's default file manager? (My Files)

I just tried transferring a random files from my SD card to a random flash drive + OTG. It worked fine for me.

 

[Toes Up]

In order to transfer video from my phone to the computer via USB I have to to to Settings>Developer Options>USB configuration>MTP(Media Transfer Protocol). There may be an easier way, but I'm not aware of it (of course, you can transfer wirelessly to Google Drive, etc.).

 

[Benson007]

What kind of permissions issues? What messages are you seeing?
Are you using Samsung's default file manager? (My Files)

I just tried transferring a random files from my SD card to a random flash drive + OTG. It worked fine for me.

You're absolutely right! I was using a third party Synology file manager app, when I use the default file manager app it worked fine. Thank you