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  #3530168 22-Sep-2026 16:03
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mattwnz:

 

Why not use Dropbox to copy the photos to the PCs hard drive overtime as you take photos?  Doing it your way also risks you losing photos if the phone just dies or you lose it.  

 

 

it's my wife's phone, she calls me to help when the phone storage is full.

 

not heard of this method ... certainly currrently it seems to be a 6 monthly to 12 monthly ordeal which i can cope with.

 

i just thought I bought a phone with faster transfer speeds but  ...




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  #3530170 22-Sep-2026 16:15
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Batman:

 

i just thought I bought a phone with faster transfer speeds but  ...

 

 

You did.. The Pro will do USB3 speed up to 10Gbs, but you need the right cable to support it...


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  #3530171 22-Sep-2026 16:19
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Batman:

 

Asteros:

 

Confirming you need to buy a USB 3 cable, one supplied is USB 2:

 

https://au.pcmag.com/mobile-phones/113005/apples-iphone-air-iphone-17-stick-with-slower-usb-2

 

 

 

A random USB 3.1 cable on PB Tech. There are lots to choose from....

 

https://www.pbtech.co.nz/product/ADPUNI1081/Unitek-C14082ABK-USB-31-Gen2-USB-C-Cable---1m---Sp

 

Definitely not $270.

 

 

I've tried some random cable from PB Tech before, the plug completely disintegrates from the cable, almost like they skimped on the glue ... but i'm happy to try

 

currently using the cable that came with my Galaxy S24 ultra and things seem to be moving slightly faster ... but difficult to quantify how much faster. definitely not double the speed.

 

 

I Should clarify that the cable I listed is $20 something dollars and has good reviews. So reasonable to expect it's a step above lower quality ones. I would probably find a faster SSD to back up to as well.




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  #3530175 22-Sep-2026 16:26
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Ok guys i found the cable that is attached to my ssd drive ... this one did 48Gbps with the ssd

 

i think  its moving a bit faster than the Samsung cable but again, difficult to quantify.

 

i think This is as fast as it's going to get as I've got the peak cable even though it's only 6 inches long ...


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  #3530176 22-Sep-2026 16:31
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Batman:

 

i think This is as fast as it's going to get as I've got the peak cable even though it's only 6 inches long ...

 



Clearly not going to go fast. It is an old cable using imperial measurements.

 

Why not buy a modern cable with metric measurements 🤣🤣


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  #3530177 22-Sep-2026 16:34
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Well it just moved 1000 photos in a minute ( no videos in this particular folder it seems) ... ok I'll consider this case closed.


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