hello, you should've put a link to buy the product. even an affiliate link, I don't care. it's the 1st time in my life that I see a video about a product without mentionning a link to buy it. Strange.
Hi, great video, l had the same error message ' cannot migrate to ext sd card' after following your video. I solved it by doing a factory reset of Google Chrome tv, reinstalled my account, then remade the changes in your video and Voila l can now move apps to my external storage, go into settings, Apps, click See all apps, click across to the apps and open an app, scroll down to storage used, click on storage used, it will show the external storage to move to. Hope this helps someone 🤞
Hi, have someone tips which usb stick is the best or work with the chromecast tv? I tried to use a 32 Gig USB-a 2.0 stick but I can’t transfer the data’s to it and the chromecast is getting full. I would appreciate if someone can tell me which model it use and which will work before I buy a new one.
I tried everything but my chromecast is not showing any external storage while my phone does all in the hub in the same time... Fat32. exFat NTFS, card, memory stick... nothing..
Did you go to system, then about, click it 7 times to get admin rights? It will tell you that you have developer rights. Once that is done, go to system, then storage, select the drive, then format.
Thanks, this video was helpful but I too ended up with Can't Migrate error. By accident watching yet another video after formatting and to the part to chose Migrate now or later the author chose later ,, oh noooooo. but a moment later he did the Later. Do everything in this video first. So give this a try as it worked for me. Choose Settings/ Apps click on just to highlight an App you want to migrate over. now look on the right side column, your are looking for "Storage used" and there it will say Internal storage or after it will say your USB drive. Now click to the right column, scroll down to the storage used and click on that Now you will have a choice , Internal Shared Storage or what ever your USB Drive is called......select the USB Drive and Wala, . So one app at a time but it works.
Not all usb hub supported chromecast aka android device. I have vention usb hub powered with baesus adapter 65 watt gan 3 version with pd but still not work! And its such!
I bought a USB c hub and connected Connect it to my Chromecast TV and transferred files to a USB drive. It is so slow and playing the file app that is in the drive and it crashes. Is any recommendations. The whole purpose to buy the hub Is to have more internal memory in the Chromecast but the external memory slows down Everything that I open. My ports are 3.0
I'm hoping you can help. I had my tv set up like this for a year. Today nothing on the usb is showing. In the storage menu says mass usb not connected and usb safely ejected. It was never ejected. How do I fix? Thanks in advance
This is becoming an issue with Google. Pull the USB out when no power is on the unit. Plug back in , turn on power. If it recognizes it then you will be forced to format it. If not try when the power is on. If it still doesn't recognize it, try another USB drive. If that fails, you will be like a million other users recently and will be forced not to have one. Why? Google's new updates are ruining the experience of many people.
I have been running into the same issue many others have of not being able to migrate the data and also I too noticed the slow speeds when loading apps on micro sd and 2.0 flash drives. Would you happen to know which flash drives generations it will recognize I found a tutorial where someone had used a 256GB flash drive but it was 3.0 I threw my 128GB 3.1 Samsung flash drive and it just recognized it but wouldn't let me format it. Would you happen to know if 3.0 is the max capability it has or will it recognize 3.1 or even 3.2 so long as it's maybe a different brand or size?. EDIT: Nevermind I actually somehow got my 128GB to work I don't know what the issue was.
@@KimRozell Yeah i learned the hard way old storage just isn't up to par. I tried using an approximately 20 year old SD card and roughly 10 year old microSD card. Both were unsurprisingly slow. I ran into the same issue with a 32GB flash drive that may very likely be 1.0 as it was 10x slower than either of the SD cards. Thankfully i got the 3.1 Samsung usb drive working and it's all running smoothly.
Yes, on the side of the hub is a USB C port for the power., From the hub the power to the Chromecast is how it gets it's power.. the Chromecast is then plugged into the TV. I ordered a heavier duty power supply to power them both. The standard power supply will burn out in ßhort order. So order the biggest one you can buy. Power supply to the hub, power from the hub to the Chromecast, from the Chromecast to the TV. If it is not working try another power supply...
Google TV needs about 5 watts, my USB hub is rated @ 15 watts, so I needed minimum 20 watts charger. I got a 45 watt USB-C charger on Amazon & it works great. You just need to pay attention to the wattage requirements of your hub & add extra wattage to power the devices you plan to plug into it. 45 watt charger is pretty good I got a tiny one it's Ugreen brand.
Any more advice , I still have not had any success adding storage via usb 3.0 flash drive or micro Sd card . I have developer options enabled and selected force install apps onto the external drive. The chromecast recognizes the usb storage I selected erase and format as external storage something I wondered if second message poup confirming I that I want to format . Yes , and after a few moments it's all I formatted so it then I select , migrate data to this storage and immediately a message pops up that says can not mergedata to the usb drive. Am I missing something? Although there was no other option, I thought the flash drives were formatted as and became part of the internal storage. Thru searching I have noticed I'm not the only guy to have this issue but at the same time I have not read a post about how to resolve the issue
I too am at a loss. If it formats it, it is supposed to be able to move the app to the new drive. It worked for me with no issues. In fact it automatically moved the program to the new drive! Frustrating.
Maybe this is too late of a reply, as I’m just coming across this video. I had the same issue on my Sony Google TV. I was not able to migrate the apps as it was trying to migrate system apps, which was seemingly not allowed. However, after I had a formatted USB drive and the developer option enabled with the forced install on, if you then delete an app that is currently installed on the internal storage and then reinstall it, it will install on the USB drive.
I have discovered that not all "C" hubs will allow it to migrate. Just in the last 2 updates has this become an issue. I found that if you change brands of flash drives, and go smaller, say 16gig or 32 gig sometimes will bypass this issue. Don't know what they did in the updates but, I too am having issues with some flash drives. When I change out my "C" hub of a different brand, it refuses to work. So far my "HiEar Cool" brand works like a charm with almost everything.
i purchased two different type c hubs compatible with the chromecast with google tv . Using a 64g flash drive it formats as internal srorageth n but when i click migrate data to this storage, then click move now. i get a message that says could not move data to usb drive?????
Once you go down to about, click seven times, and invoke developer mode, this should allow you to easily do so. I do not have an explanation as why this failed for you. I have done a number of Chromecast with Google TV setups, without any difficulty whatsoever. I do know that Chromecast is changing settings every time they do a software update. I have noticed that you can no longer flush the cash on all programs but have to do it individually now. It may be that Chromecast has done something with our software update that I am not yet aware of. Will check into it and if I find anything I will get back to you. Try a 32 or 16 gig and see if that works for you. This method has worked for the last 6 Chromecast I have set up for other people.
Did you remember to format the USB stick using Chromecast? You have to format it using the system's format. Then you can move all of the channels to the stick.
Does anyone know how I can format the chromecast to download new apps directly onto the memory card? I'm trying to download an app that is larger than the cromecasts capacity so it's telling me I don't have enough memory, yet there is 60gb free on my sd card
Once you have developer privileges by pressings the "about" 7 times, then when you are in developer mode you should be able to format the card. Chromecast has done 2 updates that have caused many of the developer options to no longer function. It is depressing sometimes.
@@KimRozell Not only that but they either forgot to add or just removed on purpose the ability to select a file manager to use which makes apps like most emulators or apps that dont rely on a built in file picker... Im working on modding some emulators and other apps to get them working within the chromecast under android 12.
Thanks bro!
Unable to get to Developer options throw pushing about 7 had to go to android TV os build and click 7 time not sure how old this video is
Had same issue thank you for posting that!
Np
Is there any way of connecting an external hard drive to the hub, in the range of two terabytes?
hello, you should've put a link to buy the product. even an affiliate link, I don't care. it's the 1st time in my life that I see a video about a product without mentionning a link to buy it. Strange.
Most any brand will work, very few won't. Best wishes
Hi, great video, l had the same error message ' cannot migrate to ext sd card' after following your video.
I solved it by doing a factory reset of Google Chrome tv, reinstalled my account, then remade the changes in your video and Voila l can now move apps to my external storage, go into settings, Apps, click See all apps, click across to the apps and open an app, scroll down to storage used, click on storage used, it will show the external storage to move to.
Hope this helps someone 🤞
Hi, have someone tips which usb stick is the best or work with the chromecast tv?
I tried to use a 32 Gig USB-a 2.0 stick but I can’t transfer the data’s to it and the chromecast is getting full.
I would appreciate if someone can tell me which model it use and which will work before I buy a new one.
I tried everything but my chromecast is not showing any external storage while my phone does all in the hub in the same time... Fat32. exFat NTFS, card, memory stick... nothing..
Did you go to system, then about, click it 7 times to get admin rights? It will tell you that you have developer rights. Once that is done, go to system, then storage, select the drive, then format.
@@KimRozell Yes I did, I believe the hub is not compatible with Chromecast. From what I read not all are compatible. Thank anyway
@@IvanovMarius I am finding a number of hubs that doesn't work with Chromecast. So sorry about that
@@KimRozell I returned, I will look for something else. Thanks anyway!
@@IvanovMarius I am so sorry, it seems that after the last update Chromecast has gotten finicky. I have a Hiear cool brand hub and it works great.
Thanks, this video was helpful but I too ended up with Can't Migrate error. By accident watching yet another video after formatting and to the part to chose Migrate now or later the author chose later ,, oh noooooo. but a moment later he did the Later. Do everything in this video first. So give this a try as it worked for me. Choose Settings/ Apps click on just to highlight an App you want to migrate over. now look on the right side column, your are looking for "Storage used" and there it will say Internal storage or after it will say your USB drive. Now click to the right column, scroll down to the storage used and click on that Now you will have a choice , Internal Shared Storage or what ever your USB Drive is called......select the USB Drive and Wala, . So one app at a time but it works.
*voila
Not all usb hub supported chromecast aka android device. I have vention usb hub powered with baesus adapter 65 watt gan 3 version with pd but still not work! And its such!
I am sorry that the hub your using doesn't work
send a link for hub please. or better discription please. ty
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Chromecast keeps rebooting upon connecting the USB type C hub. How to fix this issue!
I bought a USB c hub and connected Connect it to my Chromecast TV and transferred files to a USB drive. It is so slow and playing the file app that is in the drive and it crashes. Is any recommendations. The whole purpose to buy the hub Is to have more internal memory in the Chromecast but the external memory slows down Everything that I open. My ports are 3.0
I'm hoping you can help. I had my tv set up like this for a year. Today nothing on the usb is showing. In the storage menu says mass usb not connected and usb safely ejected. It was never ejected. How do I fix? Thanks in advance
This is becoming an issue with Google. Pull the USB out when no power is on the unit. Plug back in , turn on power. If it recognizes it then you will be forced to format it. If not try when the power is on. If it still doesn't recognize it, try another USB drive. If that fails, you will be like a million other users recently and will be forced not to have one. Why? Google's new updates are ruining the experience of many people.
Thank you I will try this
yeah does not seem to work , the latest update killed this feature ?
@@nakorau Yes for most users. Mine still works.
does it support ntfs?
it doesn't recignize my 128GB flash drive in the Storage menu. stuck with it
The hub has a micro-SD slot. Could you use an SD card instead of the thumb drive?
Yes
@@KimRozell Thanks.
I have been running into the same issue many others have of not being able to migrate the data and also I too noticed the slow speeds when loading apps on micro sd and 2.0 flash drives. Would you happen to know which flash drives generations it will recognize I found a tutorial where someone had used a 256GB flash drive but it was 3.0 I threw my 128GB 3.1 Samsung flash drive and it just recognized it but wouldn't let me format it. Would you happen to know if 3.0 is the max capability it has or will it recognize 3.1 or even 3.2 so long as it's maybe a different brand or size?.
EDIT: Nevermind I actually somehow got my 128GB to work I don't know what the issue was.
64 is tops. Recommend 32 on Sd. 3.1 is good, but 2.0 is too slow.
On Sd, go with 32 gig, v3.0 or faster
@@KimRozell Yeah i learned the hard way old storage just isn't up to par. I tried using an approximately 20 year old SD card and roughly 10 year old microSD card. Both were unsurprisingly slow. I ran into the same issue with a 32GB flash drive that may very likely be 1.0 as it was 10x slower than either of the SD cards. Thankfully i got the 3.1 Samsung usb drive working and it's all running smoothly.
@@FedID-NotSure Yes you are right about older media cards.
I installed a usb-c hub on my chromecast but not getting no power. What am i doing wrong? Do I need a usb-c wall charger and if so, how many watts
Yes, on the side of the hub is a USB C port for the power., From the hub the power to the Chromecast is how it gets it's power.. the Chromecast is then plugged into the TV. I ordered a heavier duty power supply to power them both. The standard power supply will burn out in ßhort order. So order the biggest one you can buy. Power supply to the hub, power from the hub to the Chromecast, from the Chromecast to the TV. If it is not working try another power supply...
Google TV needs about 5 watts, my USB hub is rated @ 15 watts, so I needed minimum 20 watts charger. I got a 45 watt USB-C charger on Amazon & it works great. You just need to pay attention to the wattage requirements of your hub & add extra wattage to power the devices you plan to plug into it. 45 watt charger is pretty good I got a tiny one it's Ugreen brand.
@@sonofdirt Yes it takes a lot of power
Where did you buy the C type with USB Hub?
I got it from Amazon
Got it from Amazon
Also, what is the name of the Hub?
It is a generic, Chinese named hub
HiEar Cool. Strange meme, great hub
Any more advice , I still have not had any success adding storage via usb 3.0 flash drive or micro Sd card . I have developer options enabled and selected force install apps onto the external drive. The chromecast recognizes the usb storage I selected erase and format as external storage something I wondered if second message poup confirming I that I want to format . Yes , and after a few moments it's all I formatted so it then I select , migrate data to this storage and immediately a message pops up that says can not mergedata to the usb drive. Am I missing something? Although there was no other option, I thought the flash drives were formatted as and became part of the internal storage. Thru searching I have noticed I'm not the only guy to have this issue but at the same time I have not read a post about how to resolve the issue
I too am at a loss. If it formats it, it is supposed to be able to move the app to the new drive. It worked for me with no issues. In fact it automatically moved the program to the new drive! Frustrating.
I have the same exact issue. I bought the same exact one that you recommended on Amazon and it formats but I can't move anything there I get an error.
@@natemurray311 I just don't get it, mine works so well. I wish that it would work for you as it worked for me.
Maybe this is too late of a reply, as I’m just coming across this video. I had the same issue on my Sony Google TV. I was not able to migrate the apps as it was trying to migrate system apps, which was seemingly not allowed. However, after I had a formatted USB drive and the developer option enabled with the forced install on, if you then delete an app that is currently installed on the internal storage and then reinstall it, it will install on the USB drive.
@@terrancetucker8471 Thanks for the information
It won't let me migrate the apps over to the flash drive . I don't know what I'm doing wrong
I have discovered that not all "C" hubs will allow it to migrate. Just in the last 2 updates has this become an issue. I found that if you change brands of flash drives, and go smaller, say 16gig or 32 gig sometimes will bypass this issue. Don't know what they did in the updates but, I too am having issues with some flash drives. When I change out my "C" hub of a different brand, it refuses to work. So far my "HiEar Cool" brand works like a charm with almost everything.
i purchased two different type c hubs compatible with the chromecast with google tv . Using a 64g flash drive it formats as internal srorageth n but when i click migrate data to this storage, then click move now. i get a message that says could not move data to usb drive?????
Once you go down to about, click seven times, and invoke developer mode, this should allow you to easily do so. I do not have an explanation as why this failed for you. I have done a number of Chromecast with Google TV setups, without any difficulty whatsoever. I do know that Chromecast is changing settings every time they do a software update. I have noticed that you can no longer flush the cash on all programs but have to do it individually now. It may be that Chromecast has done something with our software update that I am not yet aware of. Will check into it and if I find anything I will get back to you. Try a 32 or 16 gig and see if that works for you. This method has worked for the last 6 Chromecast I have set up for other people.
Did you remember to format the USB stick using Chromecast? You have to format it using the system's format. Then you can move all of the channels to the stick.
Does anyone know how I can format the chromecast to download new apps directly onto the memory card? I'm trying to download an app that is larger than the cromecasts capacity so it's telling me I don't have enough memory, yet there is 60gb free on my sd card
Once you have developer privileges by pressings the "about" 7 times, then when you are in developer mode you should be able to format the card. Chromecast has done 2 updates that have caused many of the developer options to no longer function. It is depressing sometimes.
@@KimRozell Not only that but they either forgot to add or just removed on purpose the ability to select a file manager to use which makes apps like most emulators or apps that dont rely on a built in file picker... Im working on modding some emulators and other apps to get them working within the chromecast under android 12.
How is the name of the generic Chinese hub
Isn't it dangerous?
Isn't it bad for TV?
Not that I know of. I have had good luck with it. Some folks can't get it to work as different models of C type hubs treat the Chromecast differently.
@@KimRozell okey thanks commenting ❤️