Samsung T7 Touch Portable USB SSD w/Fingerprint Reader Review
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
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You’ll receive the SSD, 18” USB-C to USB-C cable, 18” USB-A to USB-C cable, and a quick start guide. The drive measures 3.25”W x 2.25”L and 0.25” thick. On the left side is a USB-C port which fits either cable, which are reversible. The brushed aluminum case shows the device name on the back, while the right hand side shows the model number and serial number. On top of the drive is a 0.5” square fingerprint reader and Samsung’s branding. The SSD weighs only 2 oz. Compared to my Galaxy Note 9 mobile phone, this drive is pretty small and has a footprint the size of a credit card.
To setup the password and fingerprint security for this drive, plug it into a USB-A or USB-C port of a computer using one of the cables. The LED around the fingerprint scanner will turn on. On your computer, navigate to the drive in a file explorer. It’ll be called T7 Touch. Launch the installation file for your Windows or Apple OS and follow the instructions on the screen to install the software. It’ll ask you whether or not you’re in the EU.
Once in the software, you can rename your drive and activate security with password only or password and fingerprint. Select a password you’ll remember. If you forget it, there is no way to recover the data on the drive. The second part will ask you to scan your fingerprint. For this step, you’ll have to scan the same finger multiple times. Lift and rescan your finger in different positions so it can get a full scan; you’ll see the progress bar in the software increment as it recognizes more of your fingerprint. After you’re done, you can save another fingerprint, up to 4 total, in case you want a backup or want to add a trusted second person to give access to it; the process is the same. When you’re done you can start using the drive. If you don’t want to secure the drive and have to enter a password or scan your finger each time you plug it in, you can turn security mode off, but if you do so, your password and fingerprints will be deleted, so you’d have to do this process again. You can manage your fingerprints too which lets you delete or rename them if multiple people have access or you use different fingers etc.
When connected via the USB-C to USB-C cable, the read and write speed are around 400-425 MB/s for sequential data and around 100-120 MB/s for random 512K read and write. When I switched the cable over to the USB-A to USB-C, the results were very similar, which isn’t surprising given that both types of ports on my laptop are USB generation 3.1. What this means in practical terms is that when moving large files to and from the drive, around 1 GB in size, this operation only takes a couple seconds.
When you unplug and subsequently plug-in in the drive, if you try to access it without entering a password or scanning a fingerprint, you’ll see only the installation files and a text document that says “This is a read only partition.” All other folders and file will not be visible. If you try to add new files to the drive it’ll say there isn’t enough space or that the drive is write-protected. After logging in or scanning your fingerprint, then you can access the other files on the drive.
The other cool thing you can do with this drive is plug it directly into a smartphone with a USB-C port. First you’ll have to download and install the Samsung Portable SSD app on your Android phone. Then connect the SSD to your phone’s charging port and scan your fingerprint. For me, there was a bug where the app never recognized that the SSD was connected, although after scanning my fingerprint I was able to access the drive’s contents, copy files to it, and view the secured files on it. If I didn't scan my fingerprint the drive remained locked. However, this bug prevented me from using the password to unlock the SSD, so hopefully this bug is fixed in the next app update.
Other than that, I thought the drive worked great. It’s small and compact, has fast read and write times, and adds security to the data on the drive in the event that it gets lost or stolen. I can use it to backup sensitive personal data, for important work documents, or even just to offload photos and video from my phone while on vacation to free up more space on my phone.
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Of dozens of videos about this drive I have watched, this one is the only one that thoroughly covers all aspects and answers the pertinent questions without any ambiguity. Thank you so much for making this.
4:36 Samsung has a separate app called Samsung Portable SSD 1.0 for T7 users. The app you installed was for T3 and T5
Thanks, at the time I made the video that was the only app that was available (the new app was released May 12th, a month after I posted this) and the app in the video is what was linked to in the instruction manual. Glad to hear there's been a new app released for it! I've made a note of this in the video description. I'll have to check it out.
Great video i use my phone only can i set up the drive with the app or do i need to use a computer? I'm un boxing mine right now I'm so excited . We started a channel two years and starting running out of room n got really stressful havig no room keeping older videos for backup just incase, glad we got the space now thanks for sharing much love from Canadian proud get outdoors
Awesome you are genius sir thanks a lot 👍
You are most welcome
I had a problem getting it to recognize the device on my Mac. Had to go into settings, Privacy and Security and scroll down until I saw the Samsung prompt and hit the "Allow" button. Then reboot the laptop and it finally recognized my T7 and would allow me to set up the fingerprints. I watched a ton of videos and no one talked about this for MacBooks.
Ah, thanks! I don't have a Mac so wasn't able to test that out, but this info will be helpful for other folks!
Can you please make a video formating the partitions if what will happen to the fingerprint reader
Thank you I bought this SPECIFICALLY to download 2 gb of video from my phone and I was getting that bug where the SSD is not recognized. So this helped save me hours if trying to get it to work. I bought the 1Tb on 10/31/23 and the app still doesn't work with the phone.
1. How many times for the fingerprint or password to be entered and it fails all login attempts then?
2. In case you failed all login attempts, what happens after you unplug it and plug it again, can you THEN login again?
Amazing video probably the best I've seen on UA-cam so far.
There is no maximum number of tries and no lock out period. You can attempt to scan your fingerprint (or enter the password in the software) as many times as you like with no cool down for multiple failed attempts. Once the drive is unlocked by fingerprint or password, the only way to lock it again is to unplug it.
Excellent presentation. Thank you ! +++++
You're welcome and thank you too!
Keep it up bro
Helpful review thank you..... but can we have a talk about that yellow jumper •_•
It's from Express, circa 2012.
@@ReviewedByPhil Burn it with fire
i wonder - what if the finger print doesnt work one day? is there a backup manual code you can enter ?
Can the drive be formated in locked state btw nice video keep it up.
Yes, the drive can be wiped while in the locked state (say, if you forgot the password). You can have the T7 Touch restored to factory setting through Samsung's online service or customer service centers. Any data on the T7 Touch will be erased by factory reset. However, you cannot initiate manual formatting while the drive is locked and it won't automatically wipe the data after a certain number of failed login attempts.
@@ReviewedByPhil Thanks for the reply does this mean that the user could not format the drive in lock state by through Samsung it could be done. I am so sorry to bug with questions but I am a wedding photographer and cinematographer I usually make a backup of the raw wedding photos and videos for the clients just in case if my copy gets lost or damaged I want to make sure that they don't accidentally format the backup. I am looking for a way to make drives unformatable.
Correct. A user cannot format the drive while it is in the locked state. You have to contact Samsung customer service to do it for you.
@@ReviewedByPhil That gives me a huge relief thank you.
Hey I just got a t7 touch ssd and when I play games that or downloaded on to the drive and when i start a match in the game i get a corrupt files message it has never happened before on my old drive and I have made sure it’s not the game it self that miss some files how should I fix thi?
Hm, I've not experienced this. Do you have the security feature turned on? This encrypts the files and may change how they appear to the main game files. Perhaps try disabling the password/fingerprint security and seeing if the problem persists with new game downloads/saves.
Samsung says that the speeds are over 1000mb/s. Why they say that if the speed is around 500?
Sorry, I should have clarified. In order to unlock the higher read/write speeds, you'll need a computer or laptop with USB 3.1 Gen 2 ports or higher, which allow for data transfer rates of up to 1 GB/s (10 Gbps) or more. My laptop has USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports, which are still fairly common, and only supports speeds up to 625 MB/s (5 Gbps). I don't have any system in my possession that would have been able to test the "advertised" maximum speeds of the drive.
@@ReviewedByPhil How we can connect to Macbook Pro
It says device is not connectecd
I tried looking for that app to download and only see Samsung Magician. Is this the same thing and why does it have a mere 2.9 🌟 rating?
I can see the Samsung Portable SSD app in the Google Play store, though it may not be compatible will all devices. I believe Samsung Magician is also compatible with this portable harddrive.
If wanting to access my files from this SSD on someone else's PC/Mac, I do not need to download Samsung software on theirs? Just plug in, fingerprint/pw, and can instantly read/write?
Yes, you will be able to use your saved fingerprint to unlock it and access the files on any computer without having to install the setup software.
Does it comes with fingerprint in red color? Also any extra charge for fingerprint? Does it work with apple iPhone 12 Pro Max ?
Did you review the Facialv B-Pro? Wanted to make sure it was you before purchasing. Thanks
I did not. I did discover that they were using clips from my review of another brand's products a few days ago, and I sent them a cease and desist. The review I did for the Kinga facial scrubber is here: ua-cam.com/video/DwV6hvFjjFg/v-deo.html and the link for that product is in the description of the video.
My T7 Touch does not have any files to setup the password and fingerprint scan? It's completely blank. Can I download it online??
Yes. All the way at the bottom of its product page, are links to download the software for it: semiconductor.samsung.com/us/consumer-storage/portable-ssd/t7-touch/
Nice
Is it worth getting the T7 Touch or just the T7 ?
Is there a SSD faster than this in 2022
Thanks
Personally, I don't use the fingerprint unlock because I don't keep anything sensitive on it and it just sits on my desk at home. I guess it depends what you're using it for if you need that extra layer of security, but for me, I would have been fine with the T7. Currently, over a USB 3.2 port connection the max speeds you'll get out of any portable drive will be about 1050MB/s, but if you have a Thunderbolt 2 or 3 port you should be able to get 2-3x that speed, for example with the Samsung X5: geni.us/yBkrJ [Amazon Affiliate Product Link]
@@ReviewedByPhil
Thanks
I have Surface Book 2 15" with 1TB
How do I find out if it has USB 3.1 or 3.2 or Thunderbolt 3 or....
Please
How did u eject the T7 Touch from the pc????
I am trying to move about 7.79GB of videos from my Windows laptop to my T7 and it says 16 HOURS estimate. What did I do wrong??
Does it work in an iPhone as well as in Android? Thanks
Well it has a USB-C cable so it's natively compatible with devices that use this type of input port (Android/PC). Since the iPhone uses Lightning, I'm not positive this would work with it, even if you were to use some sort of adapter. I couldn't find any documentation on Samsung's website mentioning use of this portable SSD with any iOS mobile devices, so I'm guessing that means it's probably not compatible, or at least not fully compatible.
@@ReviewedByPhil thank you for replying :)
Can i use otg in connecting non usb-c devices?
Sorry, I'm not sure I understand the question. Are you asking if you can use an OTG adapter, say with a mobile phone that has a microUSB charging port, that converts to either USB-C or USB-A and then plug the drive into the adapter? Yes, I think that would work.
ReviewedByPhil exactly:) you understood it correctly. Thanks!
Can this also be used to clear up space from Gmail?
Sure, if you use a local email program on your computer, like Outlook, you can log into your Gmail account using IMAP to create a local copy of it, then save this archive file to the hard drive and delete them from your Gmail account once downloaded. But this process is not automatic, and you'll have to manually backup the emails periodically.
Great video!. I have a question: Suppose I have already set the Samsung T7 device with password and fingerprints. If I want to access the drive data in another laptop or PC, Do I have to install the software again on each new laptop or PC to have access to the data? I am expecting the software to be needed only to configure the drive. Thank you!
If you stored fingerprint data to unlock the drive, that information will exist on the drive itself, so you can unlock it with your fingerprint, even if the new PC/laptop does not have the software installed. You're correct, you only need to install the software on the new device if you want to change the security settings or need to access the drive using the password. The drive should show you the software installation file on the drive even when it is locked, unless you purposefully delete it (or format the drive).
what about t7 shield ,can i set a password
The T7 Shield doesn't have a fingerprint scanner, but it does have the same 256-bit AES encryption with password protection support. The drive comes pre-loaded with the software to create the password or it can be downloaded from Samsung's website.
@ReviewedByPhil good,, thanks man .
Can I use this ssd as external ssd by installing windows for using this with widows laptop
Do you want to install the operating system on the external SSD? Or just use it to load/install Windows as installation/recovery media? Either way, I think the answer is yes. If you are trying to boot from it, you can install Windows to the SSD then change the boot priority in your BIOS. If re-installing Windows from it, you'll have to use the "create recovery drive" function in Windows and select the SSD as the disk.
@@ReviewedByPhil thank you now I can buy it without regret 😄👋