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Hi Tanya, could you please help me, I can see my external storage when I go into my firestick 7, but cant see it when I open Xplore, how can I get it to recognize my Sandisk 60 GB(as per your suggested compatible USB storage). Also when I open my downloader which I've got a load of screen savers on there, how do I move them all to my new folder marked screensavers. I'm looking at all your vids but maybe you can give me any suggested vids. Your a Diamond.
@@magnacarta9364 If you cannot see your storage, please refer to this video - ruclips.net/video/3P4N7pmtfxQ/видео.html To move files, you need to use a file explorer app such as X-plore. Here's how - ruclips.net/video/zM52i-VhjPU/видео.html
Hello. Im trying to connect a mvme with an adapter but i have many problems. It is recognized but frecuently is unrecognized, desconected o restarting the firestcik. I think it is the adapter. Do you know some adapter wirking on it or a very good usb memory to buy with 512 gb or 250 at leaste? Thank you
After scanning several videos on this topic, your coverage was by far the most thorough. None of the other videos I watched answered which USB (1.0, 2.0, or 3.0) was required or best. You did. Overall a much more in-depth coverage of the topic. Thank you. Keep up the good work.
Best of many presentations on this subject. I made several attempts installing the cable and USB drive prior to powering up my Fire Stick 4K Max and the additional storage could not be found. After viewing your video, I noted that you installed the cable first and then powered up the Fire Stick prior to inserting the USB drive. I followed this installation sequence and the formatting screen appeared and the installation proceeded smoothly. I also followed your instructions regarding moving apps to this new storage location and found that very few of my apps can be moved.
Great help, you are the only one to mention that usb storage will not show in file manager app, if set to system storage. Many hours spent trying to resolve something that wasn't wrong.
Your advice was very helpful. Not all flash drives works with the firestick. The PNY brand didn't work at all. I got a SanDisk and it worked in minutes.
OTG cables are temperamental & sensitive, just ordered a OTG adapter, hopefully that'll works/detects usb storage better. My tv which has built in firestick easily detects storage
I think you've answered my question of why I can't see the USB drive in Xplore when formatted to 'Device storage'. You are the only person I've found so far who has explained that the storage allocation is 'private' and won't show up in Xplore. I have been pulling my hair out trying to figure out this thing. Here's the question I've posed to several videos: Does anyone have this dilemma? I have one Firestick w/OTG cable and 16GB Sandisk USB, one Firestick with UGreen USB hub ethernet connected and 16GB Sandisk USB. I've downloaded Xplore on both and am unable to see Device Storage. I can format for External storage and the USB's show up in Xplore. I've tried everything I know to do, but at this point I have no solution. Both Firesticks are running OS7.
Clear concise instructions! I have subscribed and will probably use the links to buy what I need to increase my storage on my OS 7 firestick. Thank you so much! This video has already helped me find out I have OS 7 and can move forward using your instructions. Cheers!
Thank you Tanya. After moving a TV into our bedroom the apps on my external storage disappeared. It had been working great Downstairs up till then. I have the correct usb device and my firestick is an OS 6 one. I tried disconnecting all the leads to the firestick for a few minutes and its working fine again now, tge apps are visible again. Cheers.
Hey Tanya I got a question I've bought a 1tb samsung ssd t7 external device the question is could I use the device to either my firestick 4k or to my fire tv cube (2nd gen)
Unfortunately, there is no way to upgrade the OS and you cannot add apps to the external storage on Fire OS5. Unfortunately, you cannot run the ADB process with a 2nd Gen Firestick or any Fire TV device running Fire OS 5 as it is running on an older operating system and will not recognise the ADB commands. You can watch this video to help you to add external storage to your Fire OS 5 device so that you can at least use that storage if you do things like download content from apps for example: ruclips.net/video/LQ7Na-hzeX4/видео.html If you are looking to upgrade: the 4K Max, 4K Firestick, 3rd Gen Fire TV Stick and the Lite Fire TV Stick are all capable of expanding the storage. The 4K Firestick follows this process: ruclips.net/video/TAy1VTaJk2o/видео.html The 4K Max, 3rd Gen and the Lite follow a different process that does not need ADB, you can add the external storage directly by following this video: ruclips.net/video/xilUcuHpk3Y/видео.html If you'd like to upgrade to any of these other Firesticks, please consider using my referral links as this helps to support my channel: ↪️ Amazon USA - tiny.cc/fireusa ↪️ Amazon UK - tiny.cc/fireuk I hope this helps. Thank you for watching 😊👍❤️
Wonderful Video. I have a firestick 4k max. I can see my sandisk 3.0 256 as an external drive. It ask if I want to format it to internal drive and I have done that, yet it still continues to show up as external drive. After telling it to format it for internal shouldn't it be showing up as internal? Or will it just show up as external but function as internal?
Question: Which type of mini wireless keyboard with a trackpad works better (eg with better connectivity, more precise tacking, scrolling, etc) with a Firestick 4K Max? A “Bluetooth” one or the RF 2.4 ghz-based dongle kind? I just bought a Bluetooth based Fosmon brand which various sites recommended for the Firestick and which has Bluetooth 3.0. I find it doesn’t track very precisely with the track pad and it’s cursor. I’m wondering if I should return it and buy an RF 2.4 GHz one, but then I’d also have to buy an OTG cable with 2 USB ports. I’m currently using an OTG adapter to plug in my USB flash drive for extra storage. Is it worth switching? If the dongle kind is better, can you plug the dongle into an OTG cable which has 2 USB ports (simultaneously using the second port for a USB flash drive to expand the internal storage on the Firestick)?
If you are using additional USB storage, it's probably best to stick with the Bluetooth keyboard. You can use a multi USB hub to use an RF keyboard AND your additional USB storage but it is not guaranteed to work with newer Firesticks. Many users have reported issues with 1 port working but not the other.
Hello you are very knowledgeable I wanted to ask how do you get your apps to install to your USB drive instead of internal drive or do the install to USB automatically when it can
Help! I’ve watched and tried just about all of your videos on external storage. I have a new Firestick 4K. I have a 1TB SDCard (usb adapter) and it will not read or pick up as storage. It’s formatted. I see it in X-plore., but no where else. Did Amazon remove the ability to add external storage? ? Any NEW tips? Please help.
Thank you for all of your excellently described videos. I only have one problem with the external usb drive. The firestick recognized it straight away and it shows in the settings/applications/managed applications as "external space ". However, it does not show on xplore or ES explorer. Despite being able to download new apps on to the usb drive including ES explorer! Please advise.
Hello, I have a big question. I have expanded via an ugreen hub and a 32 gig USB with a 50 percent partition on a firestick 4K with OS version 6. Everything has been fine but my question is about the problem most of us have with application cache. Is the cache memory going to stop being a problem now? If an application is installed on the internal memory of the firestick, would the cache data of that application necessarily be stored in that memory and therefore we would still have problems or would it be stored in the space we have allocated to it on the external storage? In the first case, would we then have to move the applications that have more cache memory to the external partition that we have created? Thank you very much for your videos. Best regards from Madrid.
Apologies for the delay in getting back to you, I have been on vacation. Are you still having some problems with Ludio? What is the issue specifically? Thank you for watching and thank you for being an awesome person by supporting my channel with your membership, I appreciate you! 😊👍❤️
@@FireTVSticks Hey Tanya I did think you forgot all about me :( hope you had a good vacation. The issues I was having with Ludio was the message on the screen from Ludio read, I need to upgrade to the latest version. Which I did. After many attempts it finally accepted your version. Not sure how. But all seems fine for now.Going forward if I need help, what is the best line of communication. Many Thanks Tanya.
Congratulations on the channel and your videos! I have a fire stick 4k Max with OS 7. I bought a 64Gb Scan Disk Ultra Fair USB stick and, following your instructions, I formatted it to FAT32, but I can't get the Fire Stick to recognize it 🤔😩 any ideas? Thank you very much !
@@FireTVSticks thank you very much for your reply. I tried another OTG cable but I also had problems. I tried the 32Gb usb storage that you recommend and the FIRE STICK recognized it the first time. I think the problem is that the USB pins I purchased do not make good contact with the female connector of the OTG cables (neither of the two I tried and... the second one came with two cables in the package and with neither both worked). Finally point out that the64Gb usb was FAT32 formatted. Greetings!
I never get ADB Shell to give a redline showing it is finished, so I wait as ADB's cursor blinks and eventually the Firestick goes to sleep. Yes, I already changed the screen saver to NEVER, but eventually the Firestick goes to sleep and I have never seen the finish red line of ADB Shell so I never know if my 1TB 2.5" Drive that I put in Orico hard drive case is actually formatted correctly for the Firestick. I also checked in ADB Shell using df -h and it doesn't look as if ADB has done it's job. Any suggestions?
Here are a few things to check to help discover why nothing is happening. Ensure your storage is formatted to FAT32. Check your IP address to ensure it is correct and hasn’t changed. Check you have input the IP Address correctly. Try entering the local hostname instead of your IP Address. Enter 127.0.0.1 and try again to connect. Unplug everything, including your Firestick and power supply. Wait at least 30 seconds, then plug everything back in and try again. Go into Settings and turn off ADB Debugging. Then, turn it back on and try again. Check which version of Fire OS is running on your Firestick. You can only use Remote ADB Shell with Fire TV devices running Fire OS 6, 7 and 8.
updated to a 4K max fire tv stick, OTG adapter and a 64 gig flash drive that was formatted to FAT32. OS software is a 6 and was surprised not a 7 getting it yesterday from Amazon. So your saying it will only show up in my fire stick with OS 7 software? I would like to move apps to usb to lighten the main drive, how would I do that?
If your Firestick runs on Fire OS 6, it is not the Fire TV Stick 4K Max but rather the Fire TV Stick 4K. To utilize additional system storage, follow the steps in this video ruclips.net/video/TAy1VTaJk2o/видео.html to partition the storage. Once done, you can return to this video and move apps to the newly partitioned USB storage.
Thank you so much. I was struggling for a long time. Your video was the best. I have an older Firestick OS 5. Your video was so comprehensive and easy to follow. I was not formatting correctly before, so that helped me a lot, and I also found out that I was using a Silicon power usb 3.1, but it didn't work, and then the San Disk you recommended worked perfectly. THANK YOU!!! so clear and complete. Subscribed!
You videos are always much more in depth. Unfortunately I am one of the unlucky ones. I have a 128 GB Drive Formatted with the AOMEI app to Fat32, OTG Cable, and even put in a way more powerful power supply than needed to make sure I had enough power. I have FO 6 and I can not even see the drive using sm list-disks but works fine on my computer so I know the drive is in working condition. Drive is also a USB 3. I also can not see it in the file explorer either. Any thoughts beyond the video to check or try? Thanks
Hi Tanya, Thank you for all your help I’ve learned a lot. I have a question and I hope you can help me out. I have a usb drive connected to my FireStick, I can see the external storage and I also set it up abd 50. My issue is that the 3rd party apps are taking a very long time to open and when they do it freezes. Any suggestions?
What storage you use is down to you, but there are few things you need to consider when choosing your USB storage. I personally use and recommend the SanDisk 32GB Flash Drive Amazon US - amzn.to/3aYwuGe Amazon UK - amzn.to/3vQy05t As Fire TV devices are formatted to FAT32, the maximum size of USB storage that you can use is 2TB, however, Amazon officially recommends using USB drives that are 128GB or smaller. Amazon also recommends that high speed USB 3.0 drives are used, even though Fire TV Devices have a 2.0 USB port because USB 3.0 drives tend to have faster read/write speeds and will perform better, even when connected to USB 2.0 ports. You also need to be aware that with this process, your Fire TV device is likely to run slower when launching apps and moving around the menus as files on your USB storage cannot be read as fast as they can be read directly on the internal device storage. I hope this helps. Thank you for watching 😊👍❤️
I have a Fire stick 4K. I see a RECORD option when I press and hold the centre button on my remote. I have a USB drive attached to my Fire stick that’s set up as system storage only. If I select the record button will the fire stick put the recording on the USB drive or the internal storage as default. As we all know there isn’t much space in the internal space. If it defaults to the internal storage is there a way to get it to put the recorded program on the USB instead?
I have bought the San disk usb memory in the description but only 128 GB and usb 3.1 was available. Memory not recognized After fat 32 formatting (dove also by the Firestick itself) and all the steps suggested, still no success. Is 3.1 incompatible wireless Firestick lite 3rd gen(is version 7)?
Hello @FireTVSticks, Thanks for the great tutorial playlist. I had many questions to I could not find the answer anywhere (e.g., why am I not able to see the internally formated USB stick in x-plore). However, I still have a question: Assume that I've been able to format a 128GB usb stick as internal memory for the fire stick. I managed to move certain apps (e.g., netflix, disney, some ip tv player) to it (it shows the USB symbol next to the app). However, I would expect each time when I download a movie or tv show locally in these apps, that they will be stored in my USB stick. However, this does not seem to be the case: the internal memory is almost full, and the external one still pops up as 128 GB / 128 GB free. My bet is that one the apps themselves are installed on the USB drive, but the downloaded files still are stored in the internal storage. Am I missing something? Sometimes I still think whether the easiest solution is to get rid of the stick and directly plug a micro pc into the tv
Yes, relying on additional storage for your Firestick device may not always be the best option. It can be a complicated and frustrating process. This is because some applications lack the necessary permissions within their coding to allow downloaded files to save to external storage. In some cases, you may have to manually access the settings of an application to change the default download location for files. A micro PC sounds like a good solution. I've actually looked at one myself and it's pretty neat! ruclips.net/video/1atoExEe_1A/видео.html
If your storage device exceeds 32GB and you're using it with a Fire OS 6 device, you'll need to format it manually. On the other hand, if you're using Fire OS 7, the formatting may be done automatically.
Hello and thank you for the video! I find my flash drive in xplore. I just wanted to ask what do I do in the options when I need to remove the flashdrive? Or can I just take it out without pressing a safely eject option? Sorry if you already went over this. Thanks
Tanya I don't know how to use x plore to add apks to my usb drive I've watched your last video on x plore but you were talking about moving files I need to be able to put some apks on the usb help !!
Hi Tanya. Thanks for all the tips. They are always interesting and often awesome! One question: if I do a factory reset on my Amazon TV, does that mean I also lose all the apps I have installed on the external USB stick? Would safely ejecting external storage before resetting be a solution and would the deserted Fire TV automatically re cognise the stick? Thanks.
@@FireTVSticks Thanks. I had a heavily loaded memory stick so it will take a long time to get it all back. The process has started. I needed a hobby anyway! I also have my old Firestick with extended storage in one of the inputs on my TV. Am I right in thinking I can safely take it out and use it on another television (e.g. on holiday) without losing the loaded apps? Thanks again for your help with this and thanks for your great videos. 🙂
@@billericaysteve Based on my understanding, as long as the extended storage remains connected to the same Firestick 🔥, it should be usable anywhere. However, I cannot guarantee this to be completely accurate as I have not personally tested it. 🤔
Hello Tonya. I have a Version 7.774 and 4k max firestick. I accidently deleted my apps on my usb flash drive and now my firestick won't even recognize my old flashdrive. I have also tried a brand new flash drive and formated it to FAT 32 and my firestick won't recognize that at all either. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Using a 64GB san disk flash drive.
Hello tonya. I have tried everything. Removed all attached hardware and reassembled it. I even reset it it and can't see it in Xplore either. I am totally baffled. @@FireTVSticks
You're a wiz, no doubt. Kodi stopped finding my usb until I removed the power cable and rebooted the firestick, per your suggestion. I forgot the golden rule for all devices: when nothing else works, REBOOT!
As far as I am aware, pre-installed apps cannot be removed. Pre-installed apps are not very likely to have the ability to transfer to USB storage. Once you have allocated your USB storage to additional system storage, within the Settings / Applications / Manage Installed Applications / select any app and if it can be moved to the USB storage, you'll see an option within this menu. Thank you for watching 😊👍❤️
I have a 3rd gen 4k firestick with OS 6.7.0.4 .....is there a way to resolve ADB Shell connection failure? Both ADB Debugging and Apps from unknown sources are both set to 'on' but connection fails when running adb shell.
As far as I know, a software update has caused issues with ADB Debugging, making it impossible to add storage to a Fire OS 6 device at this time. I don't know when this is likely to be fixed, sorry.
Hi Tanya,After removing an external USB drive to install an app to internal storage my apps on the usb drive no longer appear in the my apps after it was reconnected. They are in manage installed applications though. 🤔
Yes, this can be an issue when disconnecting your firestick. You can fix this issue by one of 2 ways: 1) Power down and unplug everything and then plug everything back together BEFORE powering on. Once, everything is connected, plug the power in LAST. 2) Unplug everything and DO NOT plug in your external memory. Plug your Firestick back in and power it up WITHOUT the external memory. Then when everything has loaded back up, plug your external memory in. One of these methods should resolve this for you. I hope this helps. Thank you for watching 😊👍❤️
I haven't personally tried this, but according to the Amazon website, devices that support Alexa Two-Way video calling include the Fire TV Omni QLED Series, as well as the 3rd and 2nd generation Fire TV Cubes.
Running Firestick 4k Max with OS-7.6.6.4, using OTG cable set up as instructed, I have Formatted USB to Fat32, but the USB Memory Stick will still not be recognised by Firestick 4k Max. I have also tried Connecting the USB Stick to a port hub as well and that still shows no USB Stick. I have tried RESET and REBOOT, I have tried the following USB Sticks: Kingston and DataTraveller at the moment. Will let you know how I go on with others later! - I even tried another OTG cable and another hub, still no external storage showing. Awesome videos and Channel too!
Confused @ 13:20. For the 50:50 split of a 32G drive I see that 15G is external fine, but where is the other 15G of system ( for the apps ) as your screen shot shows it as 2.78G of 5.33G, so it still has only 5.33G ?????. I can understand it not showing in the x-plorer but surely it has to show within the stick OS else you have no way of knowing how you storage is filling. Keep up the good work. Such a shame I seemed to have followed along great up until here, now completely lost confidence in even attempting any of this as it looks very hit and miss and with no confirmation of what is really going on in the system memory size within the stick. Having said all this I notice this is now a year old vid, perhaps this is now not valid with the later sticks and OS v7.x.x, do you have a more up to date version, I don't see any other on your YT page. oh well onward & upward, hopefully. Kind Rgds.
@@FireTVSticks Ah ok, confusing them labelling it external when it extends the internal, so confusion cured and thank you so much, new FS user and soooo much to take in all at once, must slow down. Kind Rgds.
I havetried everything. Have brand new 4k max, new 2TB hard drive, added power supply, and otg adapter. firestick loads up fine, but when I connect the hard drive, firestick doesn't see it. Formated the drive to fat32 on my laptop, still will not see it.which left me two options - either the otg usb port is bad, or the cable is bad. I switched out both. With the original otg and cable the hard drive just blinked, and was not seen. with the replacements connected, the firestick rebooted on its own as soon as I plugged up the hard drive. still doesn't see it. I need help.
Is this the new 2nd Gen Fire TV Stick 4K Max? It hasn't yet been released in the UK, so I cannot test how well it works with external storage. Have you tried a smaller drive?
yes it is the new firestick. I have ordered the thumb drive you have linked, and will try that. One thing I will say the new 4k max has better compression. I have everything loaded on it that was on my old one, and stll have over half the storage left, whereas with the old one, I was always fighting to keep available storage at 1GB.
First I updated my OS to 7 and I am using the Amazon Ethernet Adapter with a OTG Cable for my USB drive. I have not be able to get the USB to be recognized on the Firestick. So I tried connecting the power cord into ethernet adapter and then into the OTG cable/USB then into the 4k firestick. This worked but then I some how lost my ethernet adapter and I back on Wi-Fi.
Thanks for sharing, I have HDD 3.5 in my HDD docking connect to Fire Tv but fire tv reboot and not loading, before I used 2.5 in my docking no problem and succeed.. Any thought?
Without knowing your specific setup, I can't help sorry, You could try to see if you can discover any differences between what you did before and what you are doing now to troubleshoot the issue? Thank you for watching 😊👍❤️
My Firestick 4K doesn't see my brand USB 128 Sandisk Ultra. I don't get the "Unable to read the USB Device" screen. I bought the Auvipal 2 pack OTG cables and tried with both cables on 2 different sticks. I'm sure I'm doing something wrong here. Although it's all pretty straightforward.
I noticed a big problem was the power, using the standard firestick cable wasn't enough to boot the extra usb storage, only when i used another usb micro cable phone charger it worked
This may have been addressed. I added a USB drive. Then formatted it for internal. The drive formats but stays external. Debugging needs to be off for the process then turned back on. after.
if you drive is showing in the Fire TV settings as an external drive, you have a Fire OS 7 device. Please refer to all the information in the video for Fire OS 7 - Timestamp: 10:40 Part 6 - Fire OS 7
I'm using a 3G USB-2 SanDisk formatted fat 32 but I don't see the storage with FS Version OS 7 I have my external 50% - 50%. I have x-plore installed but I don't know if it's set proper. Please help.
My 4K FireStick running OS6. I have formatted the USB as FAT32 for system use. I have installed various apps on the USB and they run. My USB drive is about 20% used (df -h) and I have 3Gb free space showing in the about menu->storage. I have an issue updating apps, where the 4K FireStick complains there is not enough space. Do you have any tips on how to solve this?
Unfortunately, this does appear to be an issue. Uninstall the app and then re-install the updated app. Or you can move the app to your internal storage, update the app and move it back to the external storage.
To install apps on your USB storage, you must format it as additional system storage. All apps installed will install to the external storage as a default unless the app does not have permission to do so.
I followed your advice and got a SanDisk, 128G, USB drive. It came formatted FAT32. My Firestick 4K Max does not see it. I also bought a Samsung 128G that I formatted myself to FAT32. I get the same result: not seen by Firestick. Any recommendations?
hi - i followed all your instructions but my fire stick 4k max OS 7 still doesnt recognize my thumb stick. Im using the OTG cable, san disk 512 gb 3.0 thumb stick. I formatted the thumb stick as FAT32 using AOMEI as well. I did try using the ADB command to no avail. It doesnt see the storage at all. thank you in advance.
Please follow the instructions in the video below. Then, when you get to a point where you get a problem, please let me know the timestamp you are stopped at. Thanks. ADD EXTERNAL STORAGE TO FIRESTICK 4K MAX | FIRE CUBE | FIRE OS 7 - ruclips.net/video/xilUcuHpk3Y/видео.html
Hi, I did try that video also. And that took me to this video. I tried a new OTG cable and now I'm able to use the adb shell command to mix my storage. I didn't think my otg cable was bad because it's been working fine previously. But all is good now. Thank you so much for your quick reply! You're very informative and I appreciate all your RUclips videos!
Unable to access apps installed on the flash drive. Has been working great for the past few months but I’m now getting a message saying that the app I’m trying to access cannot be seen because it is on an external drive that needs to be plugged in to my Firestick. It is plugged into my Firestick 4K but all of a sudden I am unable to access them. Any suggestions? As I said everything was working great but suddenly it’s not.
There are two ways to potentially fix the issue you're experiencing. The first method involves powering down and unplugging all devices, then reconnecting them before turning them back on. Make sure to plug in the power source last. The second method involves unplugging all devices and excluding any external memory. First, plug in the Firestick and power it up without the external memory. Once everything has loaded, plug in the external memory. Either of these methods may solve your problem. I hope this advice is helpful. Thank you for watching! 😊👍❤️
i have formatted 256 gb usb drive to FAT and i'm having firestick 2nd gen with fireOS .2.9.5 but still unable to see external storage nor unable to move installed apps to usb drive what to do?
Unfortunately, you cannot add extra storage and install apps on it using a 2nd Gen Firestick or any Fire TV device running Fire OS 5 as it is running on an older operating system. You can watch this video to help you to add external storage to your Fire OS 5 device so that you can at least use that storage if you do things like share files for example: ruclips.net/video/LQ7Na-hzeX4/видео.html If you are looking to upgrade: the 4K Max, 4K Firestick, 3rd Gen Fire TV Stick and the Lite Fire TV Stick are all capable of expanding the storage. The 4K Firestick follows this process: ruclips.net/video/TAy1VTaJk2o/видео.html The 4K Max, 3rd Gen and the Lite follow a different process that does not need ADB, you can add the external storage directly by following this video: ruclips.net/video/xilUcuHpk3Y/видео.html If you'd like to upgrade to any of these other Firesticks, please consider using my referral links as this helps to support my channel: ↪️ Amazon USA - tiny.cc/fireusa ↪️ Amazon UK - tiny.cc/fireuk
Hi I have a fire stick 3rd gen running version 7 but my external Storage won’t show up?? I’ve formatted the usb So I’m totally Lost?? Any ideas??? Thanks x
Had a 128GB SanDisk ultra working fine on a firestick 4K. Decided to move upto the 4K Max. No matter what I tried it would not recognize ANY of 8 different jump drives I have. I figured my OTC cable died or something. I checked here to see what I could do to get it to work. I disabled the ADB in hopes that would do it but nothing I tried worked with any of the drives. So I went and bought a powered 4 port USB hub and tried that in several different configurations. Only one worked for me. I hooked up the OTC cable to the firestick and it's power adapter. But instead of plugging a jump drive into the OTC cable. I plugged the hub upstream cable into the OTC cable, powered up the hub and now I can see any of them, but only 1 at a time. I did try plugging in 2 to the hub but the firestick can only see the smaller one. So my feeling is there isn't enough power from the firestick adapter and I am willing to bet the MAX uses more juice than the 4k does. So having the hub handle the jump drive allows all the power from the firestick adapter to supply just the firestick. OK, so let me partition the 1 TB USB it just recognized. Hope this helps someone.
Strange problem here. Formatted 128 gb sandisk with fat32 using rufus. plugged in usb with adapter, which was located by firestick max as external. went into storage, saw usb, chose format as internal. says it does it, but when i go back to storage, continues to appear as external.
Thank you for all this explanation. I guess I cant do it then I am fire OS 5. I even bought to usbs as well to connect to get extra storage, sigh...Shame didnt see this video first.. Oh well.
You CANNOT FORMAT ANY DEVICE to FAT32 that is larger than 32G! That is the limit of FAT32. Anyhow, the 30 second reboot you mentioned worked and caused it to detect them just fine. I think it is important to mention that you only need FAT32 (and no larger than a 32G drive) for External storage ONLY. That 32G/FAT32 limit does not apply to SYSTEM storage. That's what confused me.
I'm glad the 30-second reboot did the trick for you. However, you are incorrect in your statement re. formatting. You CAN FORMAT ANY DEVICE to FAT32 as per my instructions in this video @ 14:01 Part 7 - How to format a USB drive.
@@FireTVSticks Not on Windows you can't. Any drive greater than 32G cannot be formatted with FAT32 on Windows anyhow. Even trying to force it with the command prompt format will fail if it is greater than 32G. Not sure why as the specification states that it is good up to 2TB.
@@NeilRoy YES you CAN FORMAT ANY DEVICE to FAT32 on Windows as per my instructions in this video @ 14:01 Part 7 - How to format a USB drive. The first part of these instructions shows how to format drives smaller than 32 GB. The second part of the instructions shows you how to install software that allows you to format drives larger than 32 GB.
@@FireTVSticks Ah, okay, my apologies then. My main issue was I thought I NEEDED to format it to FAT32, when I didn't need to at all if it was just for system storage and not external.
Depending on which Fire OS your Firestick is running, please jump to the relevant part of the video for help: 7:16 Part 5 - Fire OS 6 or 10:40 Part 6 - Fire OS 7.
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Hi Tanya, could you please help me, I can see my external storage when I go into my firestick 7, but cant see it when I open Xplore, how can I get it to recognize my Sandisk 60 GB(as per your suggested compatible USB storage). Also when I open my downloader which I've got a load of screen savers on there, how do I move them all to my new folder marked screensavers. I'm looking at all your vids but maybe you can give me any suggested vids. Your a Diamond.
@@magnacarta9364 If you cannot see your storage, please refer to this video - ruclips.net/video/3P4N7pmtfxQ/видео.html
To move files, you need to use a file explorer app such as X-plore. Here's how - ruclips.net/video/zM52i-VhjPU/видео.html
Hello. Im trying to connect a mvme with an adapter but i have many problems. It is recognized but frecuently is unrecognized, desconected o restarting the firestcik. I think it is the adapter. Do you know some adapter wirking on it or a very good usb memory to buy with 512 gb or 250 at leaste? Thank you
By the way. Nobody speaks about a good nvme adapter to connect to firestick
After scanning several videos on this topic, your coverage was by far the most thorough. None of the other videos I watched answered which USB (1.0, 2.0, or 3.0) was required or best. You did. Overall a much more in-depth coverage of the topic. Thank you. Keep up the good work.
Best of many presentations on this subject. I made several attempts installing the cable and USB drive prior to powering up my Fire Stick 4K Max and the additional storage could not be found. After viewing your video, I noted that you installed the cable first and then powered up the Fire Stick prior to inserting the USB drive. I followed this installation sequence and the formatting screen appeared and the installation proceeded smoothly. I also followed your instructions regarding moving apps to this new storage location and found that very few of my apps can be moved.
BTW my additional storage is a SanDisk Ultra 64GB 3.0 which I formatted to FAT32 using AOMEI and following your excellent instructions.
Great help, you are the only one to mention that usb storage will not show in file manager app, if set to system storage. Many hours spent trying to resolve something that wasn't wrong.
Your advice was very helpful. Not all flash drives works with the firestick. The PNY brand didn't work at all. I got a SanDisk and it worked in minutes.
Wow finally a quality thorough video.
I also really appreciated your coverage of the formatting of the external drive. Great job!
OTG cables are temperamental & sensitive, just ordered a OTG adapter, hopefully that'll works/detects usb storage better. My tv which has built in firestick easily detects storage
I think you've answered my question of why I can't see the USB drive in Xplore when formatted to 'Device storage'. You are the only person I've found so far who has explained that the storage allocation is 'private' and won't show up in Xplore. I have been pulling my hair out trying to figure out this thing. Here's the question I've posed to several videos:
Does anyone have this dilemma? I have one Firestick w/OTG cable and 16GB Sandisk USB, one Firestick with UGreen USB hub ethernet connected and 16GB Sandisk USB. I've downloaded Xplore on both and am unable to see Device Storage. I can format for External storage and the USB's show up in Xplore. I've tried everything I know to do, but at this point I have no solution. Both Firesticks are running OS7.
Glad this video was able to help! :)
Clear concise instructions! I have subscribed and will probably use the links to buy what I need to increase my storage on my OS 7 firestick. Thank you so much! This video has already helped me find out I have OS 7 and can move forward using your instructions. Cheers!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you Tanya.
After moving a TV into our bedroom the apps on my external storage disappeared. It had been working great Downstairs up till then. I have the correct usb device and my firestick is an OS 6 one.
I tried disconnecting all the leads to the firestick for a few minutes and its working fine again now, tge apps are visible again.
Cheers.
Hey Tanya I got a question I've bought a 1tb samsung ssd t7 external device the question is could I use the device to either my firestick 4k or to my fire tv cube (2nd gen)
Yes.
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Thank you for your help. I have a micro computer center flash drive. I purchased a san disk. Formatted as external storage it works great
Tanya you are my favorite!!!, Tanya can you upgrade os5 to os6, or is there any way to add apps to the external extorage on os5?
Unfortunately, there is no way to upgrade the OS and you cannot add apps to the external storage on Fire OS5.
Unfortunately, you cannot run the ADB process with a 2nd Gen Firestick or any Fire TV device running Fire OS 5 as it is running on an older operating system and will not recognise the ADB commands.
You can watch this video to help you to add external storage to your Fire OS 5 device so that you can at least use that storage if you do things like download content from apps for example: ruclips.net/video/LQ7Na-hzeX4/видео.html
If you are looking to upgrade: the 4K Max, 4K Firestick, 3rd Gen Fire TV Stick and the Lite Fire TV Stick are all capable of expanding the storage.
The 4K Firestick follows this process: ruclips.net/video/TAy1VTaJk2o/видео.html
The 4K Max, 3rd Gen and the Lite follow a different process that does not need ADB, you can add the external storage directly by following this video: ruclips.net/video/xilUcuHpk3Y/видео.html
If you'd like to upgrade to any of these other Firesticks, please consider using my referral links as this helps to support my channel:
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I hope this helps. Thank you for watching 😊👍❤️
@@FireTVSticks thanks Tanya ❤️
Wonderful Video. I have a firestick 4k max. I can see my sandisk 3.0 256 as an external drive. It ask if I want to format it to internal drive and I have done that, yet it still continues to show up as external drive. After telling it to format it for internal shouldn't it be showing up as internal? Or will it just show up as external but function as internal?
Try turning of debugging. The do the process. Then turn debugging back on.
what you can see is correct as explained in the video for Fire OS 7 devices.
Timestamp: 10:40 Part 6 - Fire OS 7
Question: Which type of mini wireless keyboard with a trackpad works better (eg with better connectivity, more precise tacking, scrolling, etc) with a Firestick 4K Max? A “Bluetooth” one or the RF 2.4 ghz-based dongle kind?
I just bought a Bluetooth based Fosmon brand which various sites recommended for the Firestick and which has Bluetooth 3.0. I find it doesn’t track very precisely with the track pad and it’s cursor. I’m wondering if I should return it and buy an RF 2.4 GHz one, but then I’d also have to buy an OTG cable with 2 USB ports. I’m currently using an OTG adapter to plug in my USB flash drive for extra storage. Is it worth switching?
If the dongle kind is better, can you plug the dongle into an OTG cable which has 2 USB ports (simultaneously using the second port for a USB flash drive to expand the internal storage on the Firestick)?
If you are using additional USB storage, it's probably best to stick with the Bluetooth keyboard. You can use a multi USB hub to use an RF keyboard AND your additional USB storage but it is not guaranteed to work with newer Firesticks. Many users have reported issues with 1 port working but not the other.
A great video. I have a Fire Cube 4K, Firestick 4K Max and a Firestick 4k and all your steps work. Thank you!
Thank you for watching 😊👍❤️
Hello you are very knowledgeable I wanted to ask how do you get your apps to install to your USB drive instead of internal drive or do the install to USB automatically when it can
Please refer to the step-by-step tutorial on my website, firetvsticks.com/how-to-increase-firestick-storage/.
Que vídeo incrível, todas as informações que eu precisava disponibilizadas de forma fácil e direta.
Muito obrigado!
Que bom que você gostou do vídeo.
Best tutorial I've seen. Helped me sort my storage issue. Thank you so much🎉🎉
Glad it helped!
Help! I’ve watched and tried just about all of your videos on external storage. I have a new Firestick 4K. I have a 1TB SDCard (usb adapter) and it will not read or pick up as storage. It’s formatted. I see it in X-plore., but no where else.
Did Amazon remove the ability to add external storage? ? Any NEW tips? Please help.
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What do you think of these Update blockers For fire stick
They are good if you want to block updates :)
Thank you for all of your excellently described videos. I only have one problem with the external usb drive. The firestick recognized it straight away and it shows in the settings/applications/managed applications as "external space ". However, it does not show on xplore or ES explorer. Despite being able to download new apps on to the usb drive including ES explorer! Please advise.
Hi, please watch this video for an explanation.
Why is the 2 TB the max for an external hard drive for a Firestick?
Because the firestick file system is FAT32. 2TB is the maximum amount FAT32 supports.
Loved ur video.
Ur always giving us great info on how to increase our storage or keep our fire sticks/Tv running at the top of it's game.
Great video.
Thank you for watching 😊👍❤️
Hello, I have a big question. I have expanded via an ugreen hub and a 32 gig USB with a 50 percent partition on a firestick 4K with OS version 6. Everything has been fine but my question is about the problem most of us have with application cache. Is the cache memory going to stop being a problem now? If an application is installed on the internal memory of the firestick, would the cache data of that application necessarily be stored in that memory and therefore we would still have problems or would it be stored in the space we have allocated to it on the external storage? In the first case, would we then have to move the applications that have more cache memory to the external partition that we have created? Thank you very much for your videos. Best regards from Madrid.
Hi. As far as I know, no matter where the application is installed, all cache will always be stored on the internal memory.
Is there a way to add a cloud drive to the firestick?
So having things (films) on the cloud and watching them via an app on the fire stick
Yes, you can use X-plore to sign into several cloud storage locations such as Google Drive, OneDrive, Mega.co, Dropbox, Box, Webdav and others.
@@FireTVSticks thanks 😃
Thanks Tanya since updating olatv having problems with Ludio(updated that too) your skirt rocks!
Apologies for the delay in getting back to you, I have been on vacation. Are you still having some problems with Ludio? What is the issue specifically? Thank you for watching and thank you for being an awesome person by supporting my channel with your membership, I appreciate you! 😊👍❤️
@@FireTVSticks Hey Tanya I did think you forgot all about me :( hope you had a good vacation. The issues I was having with Ludio was the message on the screen from Ludio read, I need to upgrade to the latest version. Which I did. After many attempts it finally accepted your version. Not sure how. But all seems fine for now.Going forward if I need help, what is the best line of communication.
Many Thanks Tanya.
@@333trilogy Do you have Telegram? That is the fastest way to get a response as you are a channel member and can direct chat with me for help.
Good video Tanya have put extra storage on my Fire TV Cube following your video working great.👍
Thank you for watching 😊👍❤️
Is there any way to safely eject usb in fireos6？ Worried that my disk would be broken.
Remove the power supply, then safely remove the USB.
Congratulations on the channel and your videos! I have a fire stick 4k Max with OS 7. I bought a 64Gb Scan Disk Ultra Fair USB stick and, following your instructions, I formatted it to FAT32, but I can't get the Fire Stick to recognize it 🤔😩 any ideas? Thank you very much !
Try a different OTG? Or change the power cable, ensure it is plugged into a power outlet at the wall.
@@FireTVSticks thank you very much for your reply. I tried another OTG cable but I also had problems. I tried the 32Gb usb storage that you recommend and the FIRE STICK recognized it the first time. I think the problem is that the USB pins I purchased do not make good contact with the female connector of the OTG cables (neither of the two I tried and... the second one came with two cables in the package and with neither both worked). Finally point out that the64Gb usb was FAT32 formatted. Greetings!
Cool video Tanya.
Thank you for watching 😊👍❤️
I never get ADB Shell to give a redline showing it is finished, so I wait as ADB's cursor blinks and eventually the Firestick goes to sleep. Yes, I already changed the screen saver to NEVER, but eventually the Firestick goes to sleep and I have never seen the finish red line of ADB Shell so I never know if my 1TB 2.5" Drive that I put in Orico hard drive case is actually formatted correctly for the Firestick. I also checked in ADB Shell using df -h and it doesn't look as if ADB has done it's job. Any suggestions?
Here are a few things to check to help discover why nothing is happening.
Ensure your storage is formatted to FAT32.
Check your IP address to ensure it is correct and hasn’t changed.
Check you have input the IP Address correctly.
Try entering the local hostname instead of your IP Address. Enter 127.0.0.1 and try again to connect.
Unplug everything, including your Firestick and power supply. Wait at least 30 seconds, then plug everything back in and try again.
Go into Settings and turn off ADB Debugging. Then, turn it back on and try again.
Check which version of Fire OS is running on your Firestick. You can only use Remote ADB Shell with Fire TV devices running Fire OS 6, 7 and 8.
updated to a 4K max fire tv stick, OTG adapter and a 64 gig flash drive that was formatted to FAT32. OS software is a 6 and was surprised not a 7 getting it yesterday from Amazon. So your saying it will only show up in my fire stick with OS 7 software? I would like to move apps to usb to lighten the main drive, how would I do that?
If your Firestick runs on Fire OS 6, it is not the Fire TV Stick 4K Max but rather the Fire TV Stick 4K.
To utilize additional system storage, follow the steps in this video ruclips.net/video/TAy1VTaJk2o/видео.html to partition the storage.
Once done, you can return to this video and move apps to the newly partitioned USB storage.
All fixed...........Thanks!
Great information ,i take in my country in India
Thank you for watching 😊👍❤️
Very Helpful info. I needed to format a 64G USB Drive to FAT32 to add to my 4K Max. Downloaded the free AOMEI app and it worked perfectly, Thank you.
Can I make partition my HDD and play on fire tv? Many thanks Tanya
If you have a networked hard drive, you should be able to view files from it on to your Fire TV by using VLC player. Thank you for watching 😊👍❤️
Thank you so much. I was struggling for a long time. Your video was the best. I have an older Firestick OS 5. Your video was so comprehensive and easy to follow. I was not formatting correctly before, so that helped me a lot, and I also found out that I was using a Silicon power usb 3.1, but it didn't work, and then the San Disk you recommended worked perfectly. THANK YOU!!! so clear and complete. Subscribed!
Glad it helped
This is wild! I was just having this problem earlier today. Thank you beautiful
Happy to help! Thank you for watching 😊👍❤️
@@FireTVSticks is there anyway I can contact you about something? I don't want to mention it on RUclips but it is about a 3rd party movie app
You videos are always much more in depth. Unfortunately I am one of the unlucky ones. I have a 128 GB Drive Formatted with the AOMEI app to Fat32, OTG Cable, and even put in a way more powerful power supply than needed to make sure I had enough power. I have FO 6 and I can not even see the drive using sm list-disks but works fine on my computer so I know the drive is in working condition. Drive is also a USB 3. I also can not see it in the file explorer either. Any thoughts beyond the video to check or try? Thanks
Sorry to hear this. To start some troubleshooting to identify the problem, try changing the OTG cable or use a smaller drive.
Hey Tanya, thank you for this great video.
Thank you for watching 😊👍❤️
Hi Tanya, Thank you for all your help I’ve learned a lot. I have a question and I hope you can help me out. I have a usb drive connected to my FireStick, I can see the external storage and I also set it up abd 50. My issue is that the 3rd party apps are taking a very long time to open and when they do it freezes. Any suggestions?
What storage you use is down to you, but there are few things you need to consider when choosing your USB storage. I personally use and recommend the SanDisk 32GB Flash Drive
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As Fire TV devices are formatted to FAT32, the maximum size of USB storage that you can use is 2TB, however, Amazon officially recommends using USB drives that are 128GB or smaller.
Amazon also recommends that high speed USB 3.0 drives are used, even though Fire TV Devices have a 2.0 USB port because USB 3.0 drives tend to have faster read/write speeds and will perform better, even when connected to USB 2.0 ports.
You also need to be aware that with this process, your Fire TV device is likely to run slower when launching apps and moving around the menus as files on your USB storage cannot be read as fast as they can be read directly on the internal device storage. I hope this helps. Thank you for watching 😊👍❤️
If Tanya becomes a lecturer, I don't think any of her students will ever fail a test
I have a Fire stick 4K. I see a RECORD option when I press and hold the centre button on my remote. I have a USB drive attached to my Fire stick that’s set up as system storage only. If I select the record button will the fire stick put the recording on the USB drive or the internal storage as default. As we all know there isn’t much space in the internal space. If it defaults to the internal storage is there a way to get it to put the recorded program on the USB instead?
On the internal as a default. Depending on what app is used to record, you may be able to change the download directory.
I have bought the San disk usb memory in the description but only 128 GB and usb 3.1 was available. Memory not recognized After fat 32 formatting (dove also by the Firestick itself) and all the steps suggested, still no success. Is 3.1 incompatible wireless Firestick lite 3rd gen(is version 7)?
Please confirm which Firestick model you have?
Please also confirm the steps taken that led you to believe that the USB is incompatible?
Thanks
Hello @FireTVSticks,
Thanks for the great tutorial playlist. I had many questions to I could not find the answer anywhere (e.g., why am I not able to see the internally formated USB stick in x-plore).
However, I still have a question:
Assume that I've been able to format a 128GB usb stick as internal memory for the fire stick. I managed to move certain apps (e.g., netflix, disney, some ip tv player) to it (it shows the USB symbol next to the app).
However, I would expect each time when I download a movie or tv show locally in these apps, that they will be stored in my USB stick. However, this does not seem to be the case: the internal memory is almost full, and the external one still pops up as 128 GB / 128 GB free.
My bet is that one the apps themselves are installed on the USB drive, but the downloaded files still are stored in the internal storage. Am I missing something?
Sometimes I still think whether the easiest solution is to get rid of the stick and directly plug a micro pc into the tv
Yes, relying on additional storage for your Firestick device may not always be the best option. It can be a complicated and frustrating process. This is because some applications lack the necessary permissions within their coding to allow downloaded files to save to external storage. In some cases, you may have to manually access the settings of an application to change the default download location for files. A micro PC sounds like a good solution. I've actually looked at one myself and it's pretty neat! ruclips.net/video/1atoExEe_1A/видео.html
I have the same scan disk that you have do I need to format it?
If your storage device exceeds 32GB and you're using it with a Fire OS 6 device, you'll need to format it manually. On the other hand, if you're using Fire OS 7, the formatting may be done automatically.
Hi. What is the link for AOMEI partition assistant? I just want to make sure I'm at the right website.. I don't see it in the descriptions
Sorry, firetvsticks.com/download-aomei-partition-assistant/
I will add the link to the description :)
Bonsoir madame vous faites de beaux travail ben continuation
Hi Tanya, I can’t find my 64gb usb storage in x-plore but it’s shows up on the fire stick, please advise
You'll find the answer in this video. Please give it a watch. Thank you 😊👍❤️
Hello and thank you for the video! I find my flash drive in xplore. I just wanted to ask what do I do in the options when I need to remove the flashdrive? Or can I just take it out without pressing a safely eject option? Sorry if you already went over this. Thanks
Unfortunately, there is not a safe eject option. Remove the power from your Firestick, then remove the USB drive.
@@FireTVSticks on the fire stick 4k Max I thought I saw eject usb in the managed apps area
Tanya I don't know how to use x plore to add apks to my usb drive I've watched your last video on x plore but you were talking about moving files I need to be able to put some apks on the usb help !!
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Hi Tanya. Thanks for all the tips. They are always interesting and often awesome! One question: if I do a factory reset on my Amazon TV, does that mean I also lose all the apps I have installed on the external USB stick? Would safely ejecting external storage before resetting be a solution and would the deserted Fire TV automatically re cognise the stick? Thanks.
Unfortunately, performing a factory reset will result in the loss of all apps stored both internally and externally.
@@FireTVSticks Thanks. I had a heavily loaded memory stick so it will take a long time to get it all back. The process has started. I needed a hobby anyway! I also have my old Firestick with extended storage in one of the inputs on my TV. Am I right in thinking I can safely take it out and use it on another television (e.g. on holiday) without losing the loaded apps? Thanks again for your help with this and thanks for your great videos. 🙂
@@billericaysteve Based on my understanding, as long as the extended storage remains connected to the same Firestick 🔥, it should be usable anywhere. However, I cannot guarantee this to be completely accurate as I have not personally tested it. 🤔
@@FireTVSticks Thanks. It will be a case of taking a chance. I'll let you know what happens just in case you get the same question again. Take care. 🙂
Hey Tanya good video.
Thank you for watching 😊👍❤️
Hello Tonya. I have a Version 7.774 and 4k max firestick. I accidently deleted my apps on my usb flash drive and now my firestick won't even recognize my old flashdrive. I have also tried a brand new flash drive and formated it to FAT 32 and my firestick won't recognize that at all either. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Using a 64GB san disk flash drive.
Can you see it in X-plore? Try removing all attached hardware and reassembling it. It could be a loose/dodgy connection.
Hello tonya. I have tried everything. Removed all attached hardware and reassembled it. I even reset it it and can't see it in Xplore either. I am totally baffled. @@FireTVSticks
You're a wiz, no doubt. Kodi stopped finding my usb until I removed the power cable and rebooted the firestick, per your suggestion. I forgot the golden rule for all devices: when nothing else works, REBOOT!
Excellent channel. Can you explain how to remove Pre-installed apps on firestick 4K max or move them to USB.
As far as I am aware, pre-installed apps cannot be removed. Pre-installed apps are not very likely to have the ability to transfer to USB storage. Once you have allocated your USB storage to additional system storage, within the Settings / Applications / Manage Installed Applications / select any app and if it can be moved to the USB storage, you'll see an option within this menu. Thank you for watching 😊👍❤️
I have a 3rd gen 4k firestick with OS 6.7.0.4 .....is there a way to resolve ADB Shell connection failure? Both ADB Debugging and Apps from unknown sources are both set to 'on' but connection fails when running adb shell.
As far as I know, a software update has caused issues with ADB Debugging, making it impossible to add storage to a Fire OS 6 device at this time. I don't know when this is likely to be fixed, sorry.
Hi Tanya,After removing an external USB drive to install an app to internal storage my apps on the usb drive no longer appear in the my apps after it was reconnected. They are in manage installed applications though. 🤔
Yes, this can be an issue when disconnecting your firestick. You can fix this issue by one of 2 ways:
1) Power down and unplug everything and then plug everything back together BEFORE powering on. Once, everything is connected, plug the power in LAST.
2) Unplug everything and DO NOT plug in your external memory. Plug your Firestick back in and power it up WITHOUT the external memory. Then when everything has loaded back up, plug your external memory in.
One of these methods should resolve this for you. I hope this helps. Thank you for watching 😊👍❤️
Can the usb be used for webcam too?
I haven't personally tried this, but according to the Amazon website, devices that support Alexa Two-Way video calling include the Fire TV Omni QLED Series, as well as the 3rd and 2nd generation Fire TV Cubes.
Running Firestick 4k Max with OS-7.6.6.4, using OTG cable set up as instructed, I have Formatted USB to Fat32, but the USB Memory Stick will still not be recognised by Firestick 4k Max. I have also tried Connecting the USB Stick to a port hub as well and that still shows no USB Stick.
I have tried RESET and REBOOT, I have tried the following USB Sticks: Kingston and DataTraveller at the moment. Will let you know how I go on with others later!
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I even tried another OTG cable and another hub, still no external storage showing.
Awesome videos and Channel too!
I recommend trying this: amzn.to/2zQhydV.
Confused @ 13:20. For the 50:50 split of a 32G drive I see that 15G is external fine, but where is the other 15G of system ( for the apps ) as your screen shot shows it as 2.78G of 5.33G, so it still has only 5.33G ?????. I can understand it not showing in the x-plorer but surely it has to show within the stick OS else you have no way of knowing how you storage is filling.
Keep up the good work. Such a shame I seemed to have followed along great up until here, now completely lost confidence in even attempting any of this as it looks very hit and miss and with no confirmation of what is really going on in the system memory size within the stick. Having said all this I notice this is now a year old vid, perhaps this is now not valid with the later sticks and OS v7.x.x, do you have a more up to date version, I don't see any other on your YT page. oh well onward & upward, hopefully. Kind Rgds.
Please listen to the explanation starting at 13:04. Thanks
@@FireTVSticks Ah ok, confusing them labelling it external when it extends the internal, so confusion cured and thank you so much, new FS user and soooo much to take in all at once, must slow down. Kind Rgds.
Thanksss i had larger pendrive of 256gb formatting it to fat32 from the software provided in description worked right away ❤❤
Thank you for watching 😊👍❤️
I had one on my last one but never hooked up another one yet. Maybe I will. Thanks for sharing this
Finally someone told me I need fireos version 7.
Great job! Attractive and Intelligent, good combo! nice video with exactly what i needed!! Thanks LOTS!!
Hi I tried watching my usb content using X-plore, it plays but no sound? Any ideas?
Try using VLC Player instead.
I havetried everything. Have brand new 4k max, new 2TB hard drive, added power supply, and otg adapter. firestick loads up fine, but when I connect the hard drive, firestick doesn't see it. Formated the drive to fat32 on my laptop, still will not see it.which left me two options - either the otg usb port is bad, or the cable is bad. I switched out both. With the original otg and cable the hard drive just blinked, and was not seen. with the replacements connected, the firestick rebooted on its own as soon as I plugged up the hard drive. still doesn't see it. I need help.
Is this the new 2nd Gen Fire TV Stick 4K Max? It hasn't yet been released in the UK, so I cannot test how well it works with external storage. Have you tried a smaller drive?
yes it is the new firestick. I have ordered the thumb drive you have linked, and will try that. One thing I will say the new 4k max has better compression. I have everything loaded on it that was on my old one, and stll have over half the storage left, whereas with the old one, I was always fighting to keep available storage at 1GB.
THe sandisk flash drive you recommended WILL NOT FORMAT to Fat 32. the only options the PC gives me is NFTS and exFAT. What now?
14:01 Part 7 - How to format a USB drive
Hi I have a firestick 4K running OS6 and am trying to view files from my usb. How can I do this I have the OTG cable
Try using VLC Player instead.
First I updated my OS to 7 and I am using the Amazon Ethernet Adapter with a OTG Cable for my USB drive. I have not be able to get the USB to be recognized on the Firestick. So I tried connecting the power cord into ethernet adapter and then into the OTG cable/USB then into the 4k firestick. This worked but then I some how lost my ethernet adapter and I back on Wi-Fi.
Thanks for the info, I'll take a look at my set-up, see if I can replicate the issue.
Thanks for sharing, I have HDD 3.5 in my HDD docking connect to Fire Tv but fire tv reboot and not loading, before I used 2.5 in my docking no problem and succeed.. Any thought?
Without knowing your specific setup, I can't help sorry, You could try to see if you can discover any differences between what you did before and what you are doing now to troubleshoot the issue? Thank you for watching 😊👍❤️
My Firestick 4K doesn't see my brand USB 128 Sandisk Ultra. I don't get the "Unable to read the USB Device" screen. I bought the Auvipal 2 pack OTG cables and tried with both cables on 2 different sticks. I'm sure I'm doing something wrong here. Although it's all pretty straightforward.
Is it formatted correctly?
@@FireTVSticks Yes, I used Aomei to format it to FAT32.
I noticed a big problem was the power, using the standard firestick cable wasn't enough to boot the extra usb storage, only when i used another usb micro cable phone charger it worked
My flash drive is not recognized by the fire stick but you can see it in xplorer
In that case, the flash drive is being treated as general storage.
This may have been addressed. I added a USB drive. Then formatted it for internal. The drive formats but stays external. Debugging needs to be off for the process then turned back on. after.
if you drive is showing in the Fire TV settings as an external drive, you have a Fire OS 7 device.
Please refer to all the information in the video for Fire OS 7 - Timestamp: 10:40 Part 6 - Fire OS 7
I'm using a 3G USB-2 SanDisk formatted fat 32 but I don't see the storage with FS Version OS 7 I have my external 50% - 50%. I have x-plore installed but I don't know if it's set proper.
Please help.
Please refer to all the information in the video for Fire OS 7 - Timestamp: 10:40 Part 6 - Fire OS 7
My 4K FireStick running OS6. I have formatted the USB as FAT32 for system use. I have installed various apps on the USB and they run. My USB drive is about 20% used (df -h) and I have 3Gb free space showing in the about menu->storage. I have an issue updating apps, where the 4K FireStick complains there is not enough space. Do you have any tips on how to solve this?
Unfortunately, this does appear to be an issue. Uninstall the app and then re-install the updated app.
Or you can move the app to your internal storage, update the app and move it back to the external storage.
Another Great Video!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for watching 😊👍❤️
Question- When my fire stick internal storage is full,does the USB I added automatically start storage of any apps I add?
To install apps on your USB storage, you must format it as additional system storage. All apps installed will install to the external storage as a default unless the app does not have permission to do so.
I followed your advice and got a SanDisk, 128G, USB drive. It came formatted FAT32. My Firestick 4K Max does not see it. I also bought a Samsung 128G that I formatted myself to FAT32. I get the same result: not seen by Firestick. Any recommendations?
Where are you trying to view your storage? Are you going into any menus? File explorer apps?
hi - i followed all your instructions but my fire stick 4k max OS 7 still doesnt recognize my thumb stick. Im using the OTG cable, san disk 512 gb 3.0 thumb stick. I formatted the thumb stick as FAT32 using AOMEI as well. I did try using the ADB command to no avail. It doesnt see the storage at all.
thank you in advance.
Please follow the instructions in the video below. Then, when you get to a point where you get a problem, please let me know the timestamp you are stopped at. Thanks.
ADD EXTERNAL STORAGE TO FIRESTICK 4K MAX | FIRE CUBE | FIRE OS 7 - ruclips.net/video/xilUcuHpk3Y/видео.html
Hi, I did try that video also. And that took me to this video. I tried a new OTG cable and now I'm able to use the adb shell command to mix my storage. I didn't think my otg cable was bad because it's been working fine previously. But all is good now. Thank you so much for your quick reply! You're very informative and I appreciate all your RUclips videos!
Unable to access apps installed on the flash drive. Has been working great for the past few months but I’m now getting a message saying that the app I’m trying to access cannot be seen because it is on an external drive that needs to be plugged in to my Firestick. It is plugged into my Firestick 4K but all of a sudden I am unable to access them. Any suggestions? As I said everything was working great but suddenly it’s not.
There are two ways to potentially fix the issue you're experiencing.
The first method involves powering down and unplugging all devices, then reconnecting them before turning them back on. Make sure to plug in the power source last.
The second method involves unplugging all devices and excluding any external memory. First, plug in the Firestick and power it up without the external memory. Once everything has loaded, plug in the external memory.
Either of these methods may solve your problem. I hope this advice is helpful. Thank you for watching! 😊👍❤️
Thanks for trying. But it is still not working.
Good info 👍
Glad you think so! Thank you for watching 😊👍❤️
so by system storage you are referring as the fire stick will think it's internal storage?
yes :)
i have formatted 256 gb usb drive to FAT and i'm having firestick 2nd gen with fireOS .2.9.5 but still unable to see external storage nor unable to move installed apps to usb drive what to do?
Unfortunately, you cannot add extra storage and install apps on it using a 2nd Gen Firestick or any Fire TV device running Fire OS 5 as it is running on an older operating system.
You can watch this video to help you to add external storage to your Fire OS 5 device so that you can at least use that storage if you do things like share files for example: ruclips.net/video/LQ7Na-hzeX4/видео.html
If you are looking to upgrade: the 4K Max, 4K Firestick, 3rd Gen Fire TV Stick and the Lite Fire TV Stick are all capable of expanding the storage.
The 4K Firestick follows this process: ruclips.net/video/TAy1VTaJk2o/видео.html
The 4K Max, 3rd Gen and the Lite follow a different process that does not need ADB, you can add the external storage directly by following this video: ruclips.net/video/xilUcuHpk3Y/видео.html
If you'd like to upgrade to any of these other Firesticks, please consider using my referral links as this helps to support my channel:
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Hi. I can see my usb storage in fire stick storage but not in xplore
Please refer to all the information in the video for Fire OS 7 - Timestamp: 10:40 Part 6 - Fire OS 7
Hi Tanya cool video
Thank you for watching 😊👍❤️
Hi I have a fire stick 3rd gen running version 7 but my external
Storage won’t show up?? I’ve formatted the usb So I’m totally
Lost?? Any ideas??? Thanks x
Please refer to all the information in the video for Fire OS 7 - Timestamp: 10:40 Part 6 - Fire OS 7
intéressant merci
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Had a 128GB SanDisk ultra working fine on a firestick 4K. Decided to move upto the 4K Max. No matter what I tried it would not recognize ANY of 8 different jump drives I have. I figured my OTC cable died or something. I checked here to see what I could do to get it to work. I disabled the ADB in hopes that would do it but nothing I tried worked with any of the drives. So I went and bought a powered 4 port USB hub and tried that in several different configurations.
Only one worked for me. I hooked up the OTC cable to the firestick and it's power adapter. But instead of plugging a jump drive into the OTC cable. I plugged the hub upstream cable into the OTC cable, powered up the hub and now I can see any of them, but only 1 at a time. I did try plugging in 2 to the hub but the firestick can only see the smaller one.
So my feeling is there isn't enough power from the firestick adapter and I am willing to bet the MAX uses more juice than the 4k does. So having the hub handle the jump drive allows all the power from the firestick adapter to supply just the firestick. OK, so let me partition the 1 TB USB it just recognized. Hope this helps someone.
Try exchanging cables or hubs with new ones, in my case it worked perfectly.
Good job
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Strange problem here. Formatted 128 gb sandisk with fat32 using rufus. plugged in usb with adapter, which was located by firestick max as external. went into storage, saw usb, chose format as internal. says it does it, but when i go back to storage, continues to appear as external.
Not a problem. As shown in the video: 10:40 Part 6 - Fire OS 7.
I have two scandisc 32 GB 3.0 sticks on my fire TV 4K Maxx and neither are appearing on the about
Please detail what actions you have taken.
Thank you for all this explanation. I guess I cant do it then I am fire OS 5. I even bought to usbs as well to connect to get extra storage, sigh...Shame didnt see this video first.. Oh well.
You CANNOT FORMAT ANY DEVICE to FAT32 that is larger than 32G! That is the limit of FAT32. Anyhow, the 30 second reboot you mentioned worked and caused it to detect them just fine. I think it is important to mention that you only need FAT32 (and no larger than a 32G drive) for External storage ONLY. That 32G/FAT32 limit does not apply to SYSTEM storage. That's what confused me.
I'm glad the 30-second reboot did the trick for you. However, you are incorrect in your statement re. formatting. You CAN FORMAT ANY DEVICE to FAT32 as per my instructions in this video @ 14:01 Part 7 - How to format a USB drive.
@@FireTVSticks Not on Windows you can't. Any drive greater than 32G cannot be formatted with FAT32 on Windows anyhow. Even trying to force it with the command prompt format will fail if it is greater than 32G.
Not sure why as the specification states that it is good up to 2TB.
@@NeilRoy YES you CAN FORMAT ANY DEVICE to FAT32 on Windows as per my instructions in this video @ 14:01 Part 7 - How to format a USB drive. The first part of these instructions shows how to format drives smaller than 32 GB. The second part of the instructions shows you how to install software that allows you to format drives larger than 32 GB.
@@FireTVSticks Ah, okay, my apologies then. My main issue was I thought I NEEDED to format it to FAT32, when I didn't need to at all if it was just for system storage and not external.
Hi,in my firetv stick 4k..usb drive is not showing in settings but it is showing in x-plore app..what to do?
Depending on which Fire OS your Firestick is running, please jump to the relevant part of the video for help: 7:16 Part 5 - Fire OS 6 or 10:40 Part 6 - Fire OS 7.
What about 2nd Generation cube how can I add more storage to my cube
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