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Thanks for the video. The only problem with the Android boxes is that they don't have the Play/Pause button on the remote control, like the Firestick and Roku remotes have. Have you seen a universal remote control for Android boxes that has the Play/Pause button? Thanks again.
Thanks Man. (Update I figured out how to get the USB and Ethernet working on the 2023 Onn box read my 2nd comment below) I was going to get 2 over the weekend after you sent me an email and ended up side tracked. You sent me another notification letting me know they are for order now. At first it said they were already sold out but I was persistent and was able to order two. I think you were right and they might go fast again. Usually I don't like notifications but I haven't minded yours. I appreciate what you do. So does my family they just don't realize it. I am going to be switching them off of Amazon devices I purchased for them in the past and if these onns work out, as I believe you in that they will, that's what they are going to be using now as I switch them out and say that they are the newest and best thing Lol. I have never passed down any of my Shields so they really don't know. Have a good day.
It took me a minute to figure out how get a USB splitter with Ethernet dongle and Ethernet working. The people who designed the Onn box for walmart set the micro USB port to charge only. But I got it working, this is what I did. Turn off wifi. Get into "developer options" and scroll down to "select USB configuration" switch it from "charging" to "RNDS (USB Ethernet)" go back scroll down and hit restart. When it powered back on with my OTG dongle connected with my USB 3 splitter with Ethernet, I now had an Ethernet connection and my USB keyboard also worked. It is now perfect. I also did not have any issues with external storage. Have fun
Thanks for the video, I thought these were only available "in store", but I clicked your link and was able to order online! Picked up two and can't wait to check them out.
I just bought 5 of these before they become really popular and the price starts going up .. these boxes are highly underrated way better than Amazon and roku
Honest question. What's the point of adding external storage if you don't move Kodi etc on to it and you can't move Netflix etc on to it? I just deleted the other apps like prime 🤷
I believe I followed one of your videos doing this exact same thing with the Firestick. Looking forward to doing the same with the new ONN once I can get my hands on one, or two. All I’m getting at the moment is “out of stock”😢.
You are the GURU go to guy on all things streaming! So clear, organized and user friendly Troy. I just love the way this ONN device seems so superior to it's Fierstick competitor. I've stopped using my Firestick as the ONNS speed and quality of picture is so superior, also I've become less trustful using my Amazon. Thanks so much for helping us navigate the tech.🖐
Excellent info, and EXCELLENTLY shown and described, THANK YOU, Subscribed. I have one of these, note to folks, if you use a separate google account for your device (as I do), be sure to log into it once in a while or somethnig, otherwise after a year or two, it'll be disabled. Happened to me and things weren't working on the ONN to add any apps, etc. Used the Resolve option for the account, got it restored, and all was well with it again. VERY frustrating there's NO ONN help other than for their actual ONN/Roku TVs. Lost my manual (couldn't figure what all the buttons were for, some icons meant nothing to me,. I think I've finally figured them all out, still not sure what the bookmark(?) button does/is for though... :) Also frustrating the the small round button with a TV on it jumps you to RUclips TV, and no way I've found of changing what they do, ditto for other bottom buttons, Netflix, etc. Rather than opening the box up and clipping the bottoms of the buttons, I expect I'll finally just remove the whole button, and put something over the holes to keep dust out. I often hit the Netflix button when trying to go forward or back in something playing. Lastly, I DO wish they'd include play/paust button as well as fast forward and back buttons, lots easier/more intuitive than clicking the "OK" button, then clicking it again to pause. And having to go down/over to jump ahead 10 seconds or back. Thanks for listening to my rant, again fantastic video, super info and super well explained, unlike many other tutorial videos.
Thanks again for a great video!! Maybe I'm wrong, but I'm assuming that if I can add extra storage to this box with a usb drive, I can also add an SSD drive??
I bought this onn box and the same exact usb drive you describe and it will not recognize this brand new drive nor any other drive I’ve tried. I followed the instructions exactly. Why won’t it see my drive?
I had this same problem, and hopefully my solution can help you and others. What I noticed is that my usb drive (which normally blinks when in use) was not lighting up or blinking. In my case, I was using my TV USB port to power my ONN. It wasn't giving enough power to run anything other than the ONN Box. When I unplugged and switched to the factory power adapter, my USB drive lit up and was now recognized. Am now running a 128GB storage on this cheap TV box. Thank you to the OP for this video, and I hope my resolution is able to help others
This is not working. I too am using the same exact drive and Onn TV Box. I also leave USB debugging off, follow instructions while keeping the Onn Box connected to its own power cord but the drive remains unconnected. I believe this is a firmware issue because I’ve read comments that under Google TV android 11 you could connect the drive and the Onn Box would immediately recognize it.
Thanks for all the great videos. They are a lot of help. So I am trying to expand my storage on my Onn box. I have a formatted thumb drive to FAT32 but it’s not being recognized. I filled your video step by step.
I tried to add the same brand USB stick to my Onn TV streaming device. I added a 32GB USB stick. I can see it in the "storage" settings. But I can not get apps to move there. I have uninstalled the apps, then downloaded again to kove them to the USB stick. But they do not? Is there a way of moving a app from internal storage, to the USB storage? Thanks!
This is great! *QUESTION*. Is this only useful for moving apps to the adoptable storage? I want to use the extra memory to store downloaded files, movies, photos, etc. How do I copy these to the adoptable storage vs how they are currently default downloaded to internal storage?
Hello Guy, yes you can definitely do that. Just don't expand internal storage. Install Xplore File Manager from app store and you will see your USB drive with that.
I'd think you should be able to do it the same as with the Fire Stick. Once the OTG cable is connected, instead of plugging the USB drive into the cable, plug in a USB ethernet adapter with USB hub. Then you can use the hub to plug in the USB drive and also use it for other external USB devices like a Bluetooth mouse/keyboard or such.
@@txchristopherreed Hi. Thanks Christopher for responding. I tried that with a Ugreen model i bought but it never worked or seemed to recognize my SanDisk. When i applied this method to my Firestick it worked. I may give it another try. Thanks
I hooked up my new ONN to a Ugreen USB 3.0 Hub Ethernet Adapter and added a 128 GB flash drive. The ONN did not recognize the flash drive. Tried another drive with the same results. Analiti shows it running on Ethernet with VPN, so Ethernet part of hub works. I may have a bad hub. I hope someone else tries it and gets it to work so I know which way to go...new hub or resort to an OTG cable and WIFI.
@@robertmcdowell9750 It took me a minute to figure out how get a USB 3 splitter with Ethernet dongle and Ethernet working. But I got it to work, this is what I did, but if you're going to use Wi-Fi you probably don't need to turn off Wi-Fi. Turn off wifi. Get into developer options and scroll down to "select USB configuration" switch it from "charging" to RNDS (USB Ethernet) go back hit restart. When it powered back on with my OTG dongle connected with my USB 3 splitter with Ethernet I now I had an ethernet connection and my USB keyboard also worked. It is now perfect. There are a couple different USB settings you can play with but after I did another restart powered it back up, it switched itself back to charging in developer options but my USB dongles are working just fine and with Ethernet. I tried several including a ugreen.
Great video. First problem I ran across with the updated ONN, is that it blocks you from setting a custom launcher as the default launcher. You can access wolf launcher, but no way to make it default. It prevents you from making it default in the launcher manager. I hope this isn't the start of Onn becoming like the Firestick
@@troypoint funny thing is, I had launcher manager installed, and everytime I clicked enable custom launcher, I was thrown out. I deleted it, and reinstalled from your tool box, and it works. Thanks for your reply Troy, your videos and other stuff is always informative.
Is it possible to use the onn remote on the fire stick? I like the page up and down buttons on the onn remote for iptv perfect player epg guide. I tried to do it but it's not connecting
ive bought like 4 of these babies,one of them started crapping out on me with a network temporary disabled message,and unable to connect it to wifi. Once in a while itll connnect to wifi for a good 40 minutes,and then crap out again with the same message. Any suggestions would be appreciated
Does anyone knows if the imou cameras app works on this tv box? I was thinking on getning one and it would be awesome to be able to view my cameras on it but cant find anyone that had tested
Thank you for all your wonderful tech videos over the years! I followed the instructions on your older "supercharged" video for the original $19 onn box and got it working exactly as you showed. That was the one where you had to type all them commands. I found the storage on that to be pretty unusable as far as running apps on it, just way too slow and laggy. Is the performance any better on this one compared to that? I know you kinda answered that in the video. I really don't see the point in expansion for the use of apps if you can't really use them. Great for adding your own music and videos! Thanks again!
Hi Dan, glad the last one worked for you! No, the storage isn't any better and I really don't advise doing this. Not sure why people need so many apps on their device anyway. I commonly use 5 apps and that is all I need to get everything.
@@troypoint Yeah I tend to get silly with apps and then need to do a house cleaning.. LoL.. In reality I only use about 5 myself! Thanks for your quick response and the great videos!
Having same issue I am with my firestick. I have to keep uninstalling and reinstalling tvmob for it to work. Also unlinked doesn't work right with the onn box.
Good day I tried this steps on Xiaomi tv stick, the USB didn't appear. Can you assist if it's possible for the mentioned tv stick to add storage with USB.
Thank you Troy... your work and tutorial videos are beyond helpful. .. :) I have a question i there a way to install a USB drive or a SSD drive to download and save content.. ie: over the air network programs...using TiVi Mate recording feature. Thanks in advance for any help you may offer.
Hi Lawrence, yes you can simply install a USB drive and not go through with Formatting as Internal Storage. When you connect a USB drive, you can use it for file storage, etc.
I have a junk 32 gig drive I can get to work, but a 3.0 128 gig won't. It doesn't even see it. I went and did a quick format using utility not Rufus, but it only showed up to 64 gig sectors. Any ideas? Should I try Rufus?
Picked up two of these yesterday and ordered the two OTG cables from your links. I set one box up yesterday and it works amazingly well. The cables came today and I’m trying to do this hack. The first cable I tried must have been DOA. it didn’t do anything. Second one I tried found and formatted the Sandisk cruiser 32g drive but wouldn’t move the files/data over. Nothing I’ve tried will make this work. I’ve tried three different working Sandisk drives but no luck. Any ideas? Thanks!
Running x-plore file manager external storage not showing up I have tried several file managers the external storage is not available any ideas it does work as I can move files from my onn nix to the USB but it won't show up in file managers as I want to record from tivimate to the USB drive
Fantastic Information but I still have a problem. I was able to add the storage on my own the other day. Everything looked fine, but I woke up the next morning to find that all of the sudden my flash drive was not connected and it was no longer flashing(the flash drive 3.0 has a light on it that flashes when in use) I read your instructions and tried to repeat the steps, but the device says USB Not Connected. I did what you said which was to turn off the USB debugging and then restart, but even after the restart it still read USB not connected. It’s possible I did something that might’ve affected all of this. I had downloaded the “K“ app and a few other apps directly to the device. After I added the external storage flash drive, I was able to move those apps to the flash drive. They seem to work OK over the next 12 hours and checking apps it recognized them as being on the flash drive. When I woke up this morning, I noticed that the apps were gone, and the flash drive was listed as not connected . After fiddling around with it a bit, I decided to go ahead and download those apps again expecting them to go to the device since it was not recognizing the flash drive as connected. I got messages for those four apps of “update” and not “download”. It now shows all the apps that I had download previously that I had moved to the flash drive were now back on the device. Any thoughts???? Thanks!
I added the downloader on mine and the round cursor goes so fast and not slow enough to use it. it goes from top to bottom with just the lightest touch on the control. does anyone know how to fix this?
Greetings Troy point ✌🏿I’m on the new Onn I have mouse toggle installed but I can’t get it to click on anything it moves up down side to side but won’t click on anything 😞 help me please
How is the device different from the chromecast with google tv? I bought the chromecast a while back hoping to use it for browsing with a keyboard and mouse. I found the different web browser choices to be very awkward and slow that I gave up on it.. What other applications are useful on google tv that I can't have on other devices? I already have a roku, firesticks and the chromecast with google tv.
I turned on something on my Onn 4K box and now I get nothing but a black screen. I've tried to reset it but nothing works. I can't get the settings up to get a factory reset. How can I reset it?
Does it go the distance? I tried that same thing on the older model. It was cool but after a little while the drive got corrupted and lost everything that was on the drive. A bad experience cause I lost precious saved game data.
I appreciate the video and set up guide. I was curious about how you mention to not enable usb debugging as it will not show the external files on reboot. I am a big fan of TDUK cache cleaner, which uses adb command to clear caches fully. This requires usb debugging enables. Would this render the application useless or do I have to reboot multiple times to show storage after using application?
Hi I have a question do you know how I can solve my problem with viva tv app, out of no where everything link I chose for a movie or TV show has been in Spanish. I don't know how to change this if that's possible, ty
I installed a third party app today with downloader. I can not for the life of me figure out how to find the icon to pin it to the home page. Can you help? I set up both the tv and sound bar to work with the remote, but it will only turn one on and off 😮. It will not operate them simultaneously. Am I missing something? Is there a calibration setting somewhere to resize the display? My new streaming app is running off the screen? THANK YOU in advance for any help you can offer.
Hello Troy, I followed the steps and it shows me the new storage without the option to format it, my flash drive was already formatted to fat32, what will be the problem? And thanks in advance!
Yes but keep in mind that you can still enable it and everything will work as it should. Just don't power off the device. Once it reboots, the USB will not show unless you turn off USB Debugging and then restart device again.
@@troypoint I like to configure my ONN boxes (old model) with the extended storage BUT autoload a custom launcher. Asking clients (who are not tech savvy to trun on this option wouldn't work. No way (like on the old android TV Box) to code it to recognize the additional storage?
Hello @cuecunerd OK, I just tried Wolf Launcher along with Launcher Manager and here's what I did. I installed both Wolf and Launcher Manager then I went in and enabled USB Debugging. Then, I set Wolf Launcher as default in Launcher Manager. Once I had Wolf set, I went back into Dev options and turned off USB Debugging, restarted device and everything works as it should. So, long story short...if you need USB Debugging, turn it on, make your changes, then turn it off.
@@troypoint You are the absolute BEST!! I live outside the US and won't be able to pick up my ONN order until it's available online (so I can order) AND I get back to the US to pick up and mule home. I can't begin to tell you how appreciative I am of you taking the time to test this and find a solution. YOU ROCK!!!!!!
@@cuecunerd2499 You are very welcome. It appears to be working properly this way for me and I haven't seen any problems not having Debugging on after making the changes. Before you order a bunch of these, I would suggest testing all of this on one yourself. I love this new box!
I couldn't run Teamviewer QS & Host on T95 Max Allwinner H618 box with Android 11. Could you or are you able to install and run Teamviewer on that ONN box? I have an old Nexbox 7.1 Android box with S905x Amlogic CPU, but it's slow. I just wanted to know if boxes with other CPU's will run Teamviewer QS or Host. I don't care if it's running version 9, 10, or 11 Android. Thanks!
This is not working. I too am using the same exact drive and Onn TV Box. I also leave USB debugging off, follow instructions while keeping the Onn Box connected to its own power cord but the drive remains unconnected. I believe this is a firmware issue because I’ve read comments that under Google TV android 11 you could connect the drive and the Onn Box would immediately recognize it.
That USB debugging thing doesn't happen on the Chromecast but it doesn't allow me to look at the USB drive files or migrate. I wish they would make it easier to expand the storage on these things , they barely come with memory......... It's not fair. If your savy enough , you could figure out how to change the adb commands to force it to recognize external USB drive.........
Thanks for this. I ordered 2. Should ha e them tomorrow. Im so tired of the firestick and all of the Amazon propaganda that comes with it. I am also happy that i can expand the memory, which isnt easy on the firestick. I have a Shield and i love it, but these will be great for my other tvs and a great replacement for my firesticks!!
Kinda late. Just saw your video. If you go to device preferences, storage and click to clear cache, when it says okay, click quickly 3 times. It will clear the majority of the cache. Someone else may have already posted that.
I need some help. I tried to add external storage to the ONN Box following your instructions and using Rufus to format my storage but it doesn't appear in the storage. The device is recognized on my PCs but not the ONN box. Thanks
Hi Nick, more than likely you are using the old Onn Android TV Box. This is the new one that allows for expanding storage. It was just released this past Friday.
Hey Troy, Can't get tivimate to load the playlist. Never a problem with the firestick. I go through the same process on the onn and it says tivmate has been installed successfully, but the channels will not load? Without tivimat, i won't be using this much. I tried to load with surfshark off too. Do I need to invove Cobra hosting in this process somehow? Thanks.
Hi Gregg, double check that you didn't make a mistake typing in Portal address or M3U. My service is working as it should in TiviMate so it definitely isn't the box.
@@troypoint Ok, So I'm an idiot! LOL! I admit to the whole Troypoint World! I'm too stubborn to admit I'm too blind/stupid to check the correct case sensitivity for the codes I wrote down! Oh no I told my wife, I'm entering the right codes damn it! Don't all husbands love to be told by our wives we're wrong and ignore them, only to come begging back on our knees asking forgiveness? Do you know how many pair of knee pads I've worn out in 23 years! Big smile on my face now. Thank you for your patience and personally answering puny little question. I'm going to ban myself from the TP group for 10 minutes and sit in the corner for a timeout. all I can do now is humbly say thank you and go have a cocktail.
Thank you so much! I was on TP attempting to watch a video only available to subscribers who donated and was unable to access it. I definitely donated , your info is priceless! Any help to rectify that issue? Ty in advance.
I haven't had good luck using those OTG cables, I get random reboots. This happens when plugged into the wall for power, not USB ports on the TV. It's almost like the stick stops getting enough power. Is there a hard-limit on storage size? I see there's a battery backup that you can put in-line w/ the OTG cable, but it's more expensive than this box and wondering if necessary. I'm surprised I don't see this brought up more often, with so many talking about expanding storage.
Seems to me, the smaller the USB storage, the better luck. I wouldn't recommend using anything over 64GB. I've been testing 64GB and no problems at all with this one.
So does anyone know how to download and save movies to the usb thumb drive. I can tell ya it ain't like doing it on the firestick, with ADB shell and Total commander. I can download movies from the crew add on in Kodi and it goes to MX player Pro, but when i go to TC it shows up on the internal storage and there is no place to copy and past it to the usb. And ADB shell isn't recognized on the ONN Bummer. Is there a process to download on ONN?
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Awesome for showing all this ty
Thanks for the video. The only problem with the Android boxes is that they don't have the Play/Pause button on the remote control, like the Firestick and Roku remotes have. Have you seen a universal remote control for Android boxes that has the Play/Pause button? Thanks again.
@@rootcanal7188 Correct but you can still pause by clicking the select button on remote and then click the pause/play button on the screen.
Ad-free YT pls Troy - grateful for your contributions to the streaming society
I have 2 Older units and picked New one up today. Everything is New... WOW works better on my LG 4K TV than the older one did.😎
Just added a 64 gig drive. Had problems at first. Finally did a factory reset and Bingo! it worked perfectly. Thank you for all the videos and help.
I love device. I think it’s way better than a fire stick or even fire cube. My old Samsung smart tv is so unusably slow. This fixed that.
Thanks Man. (Update I figured out how to get the USB and Ethernet working on the 2023 Onn box read my 2nd comment below) I was going to get 2 over the weekend after you sent me an email and ended up side tracked. You sent me another notification letting me know they are for order now. At first it said they were already sold out but I was persistent and was able to order two. I think you were right and they might go fast again. Usually I don't like notifications but I haven't minded yours. I appreciate what you do. So does my family they just don't realize it. I am going to be switching them off of Amazon devices I purchased for them in the past and if these onns work out, as I believe you in that they will, that's what they are going to be using now as I switch them out and say that they are the newest and best thing Lol. I have never passed down any of my Shields so they really don't know. Have a good day.
It took me a minute to figure out how get a USB splitter with Ethernet dongle and Ethernet working. The people who designed the Onn box for walmart set the micro USB port to charge only. But I got it working, this is what I did. Turn off wifi. Get into "developer options" and scroll down to "select USB configuration" switch it from "charging" to "RNDS (USB Ethernet)" go back scroll down and hit restart. When it powered back on with my OTG dongle connected with my USB 3 splitter with Ethernet, I now had an Ethernet connection and my USB keyboard also worked. It is now perfect. I also did not have any issues with external storage. Have fun
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Thank you for this tutorial! Troypoint is always the first to get info out on new devices
Great teacher... Good work 👍
Thanks for the video, I thought these were only available "in store", but I clicked your link and was able to order online! Picked up two and can't wait to check them out.
Thanks Christopher, yes they are now available for purchase online.
Very well and comprehensively explained. Thanks a lot.
bought 3 ONN s from WalMart on line, delivered next day for free
Great infomative video as usual from Troy. Thanks.
I just bought 5 of these before they become really popular and the price starts going up .. these boxes are highly underrated way better than Amazon and roku
Price go up? It’s still $20🤔
They've been $20 for about 4 years
Honest question. What's the point of adding external storage if you don't move Kodi etc on to it and you can't move Netflix etc on to it? I just deleted the other apps like prime 🤷
There are hundreds of other apps that people use besides those.
@@troypoint probably no point for me then... I appreciate your videos and tutorials by the way, I've benefitted from them a lot over the years 👍
You’re the man! Thanks for all of your help/knowledge through the years
I believe I followed one of your videos doing this exact same thing with the Firestick. Looking forward to doing the same with the new ONN once I can get my hands on one, or two. All I’m getting at the moment is “out of stock”😢.
I going to get one tomorrow thanks for the info
My box will not see the usb drive, I tried formatting it, what am I missing?
You are the GURU go to guy on all things streaming! So clear, organized and user friendly Troy. I just love the way this ONN device seems so superior to it's Fierstick competitor. I've stopped using my Firestick as the ONNS speed and quality of picture is so superior, also I've become less trustful using my Amazon. Thanks so much for helping us navigate the tech.🖐
Glad you like it Sean. Thanks for following TROYPOINT!
Excellent info, and EXCELLENTLY shown and described, THANK YOU, Subscribed. I have one of these, note to folks, if you use a separate google account for your device (as I do), be sure to log into it once in a while or somethnig, otherwise after a year or two, it'll be disabled. Happened to me and things weren't working on the ONN to add any apps, etc. Used the Resolve option for the account, got it restored, and all was well with it again.
VERY frustrating there's NO ONN help other than for their actual ONN/Roku TVs. Lost my manual (couldn't figure what all the buttons were for, some icons meant nothing to me,. I think I've finally figured them all out, still not sure what the bookmark(?) button does/is for though... :) Also frustrating the the small round button with a TV on it jumps you to RUclips TV, and no way I've found of changing what they do, ditto for other bottom buttons, Netflix, etc. Rather than opening the box up and clipping the bottoms of the buttons, I expect I'll finally just remove the whole button, and put something over the holes to keep dust out. I often hit the Netflix button when trying to go forward or back in something playing.
Lastly, I DO wish they'd include play/paust button as well as fast forward and back buttons, lots easier/more intuitive than clicking the "OK" button, then clicking it again to pause. And having to go down/over to jump ahead 10 seconds or back.
Thanks for listening to my rant, again fantastic video, super info and super well explained, unlike many other tutorial videos.
Thanks for the comment!
Thanks again for a great video!! Maybe I'm wrong, but I'm assuming that if I can add extra storage to this box with a usb drive, I can also add an SSD drive??
Great video and info mate thanks 👍
I bought this onn box and the same exact usb drive you describe and it will not recognize this brand new drive nor any other drive I’ve tried. I followed the instructions exactly. Why won’t it see my drive?
Were you able to get it working?
I had this same problem, and hopefully my solution can help you and others. What I noticed is that my usb drive (which normally blinks when in use) was not lighting up or blinking.
In my case, I was using my TV USB port to power my ONN. It wasn't giving enough power to run anything other than the ONN Box. When I unplugged and switched to the factory power adapter, my USB drive lit up and was now recognized.
Am now running a 128GB storage on this cheap TV box. Thank you to the OP for this video, and I hope my resolution is able to help others
This is exactly what happens with Firestick. It wint update on tv usb. You need the adapter.
This is not working. I too am using the same exact drive and Onn TV Box. I also leave USB debugging off, follow instructions while keeping the Onn Box connected to its own power cord but the drive remains unconnected. I believe this is a firmware issue because I’ve read comments that under Google TV android 11 you could connect the drive and the Onn Box would immediately recognize it.
Have you formatted the drive
Thanks for all the great videos. They are a lot of help. So I am trying to expand my storage on my Onn box. I have a formatted thumb drive to FAT32 but it’s not being recognized. I filled your video step by step.
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I tried to add the same brand USB stick to my Onn TV streaming device. I added a 32GB USB stick. I can see it in the "storage" settings. But I can not get apps to move there. I have uninstalled the apps, then downloaded again to kove them to the USB stick. But they do not? Is there a way of moving a app from internal storage, to the USB storage? Thanks!
Did you ever get it to work?
💪😎👍thanks for the information and orientation you are the best thanks ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I did everything you said in the video but my USB 3.0 64gb flash was not found any ideas?
JUST RESTART YOUR DEVICE AFTER SETUP!
I have a spare 2TB usb drive. Will the ONN recognize it ?
I have 1 question for you. Do I remove the usb drive after the setup or not since there’s no mention of it?
Worked ! Thanks
This is great! *QUESTION*. Is this only useful for moving apps to the adoptable storage? I want to use the extra memory to store downloaded files, movies, photos, etc. How do I copy these to the adoptable storage vs how they are currently default downloaded to internal storage?
Hello Guy, yes you can definitely do that. Just don't expand internal storage. Install Xplore File Manager from app store and you will see your USB drive with that.
@@troypoint Thanks. So you mean it is either/or but not both. ?
Thanks Troy! Can you please do a video on how to hardwire the Onn device and have external storage?
I'd think you should be able to do it the same as with the Fire Stick. Once the OTG cable is connected, instead of plugging the USB drive into the cable, plug in a USB ethernet adapter with USB hub. Then you can use the hub to plug in the USB drive and also use it for other external USB devices like a Bluetooth mouse/keyboard or such.
@@txchristopherreed
Hi. Thanks Christopher for responding. I tried that with a Ugreen model i bought but it never worked or seemed to recognize my SanDisk.
When i applied this method to my Firestick it worked.
I may give it another try. Thanks
I hooked up my new ONN to a Ugreen USB 3.0 Hub Ethernet Adapter and added a 128 GB flash drive. The ONN did not recognize the flash drive.
Tried another drive with the same results. Analiti shows it running on Ethernet with VPN, so Ethernet part of hub works. I may have a bad hub. I hope someone else tries it and gets it to work so I know which way to go...new hub or resort to an OTG cable and WIFI.
@@robertmcdowell9750
I agree. Same or at least similar issue
@@robertmcdowell9750 It took me a minute to figure out how get a USB 3 splitter with Ethernet dongle and Ethernet working. But I got it to work, this is what I did, but if you're going to use Wi-Fi you probably don't need to turn off Wi-Fi. Turn off wifi. Get into developer options and scroll down to "select USB configuration" switch it from "charging" to RNDS (USB Ethernet) go back hit restart. When it powered back on with my OTG dongle connected with my USB 3 splitter with Ethernet I now I had an ethernet connection and my USB keyboard also worked. It is now perfect. There are a couple different USB settings you can play with but after I did another restart powered it back up, it switched itself back to charging in developer options but my USB dongles are working just fine and with Ethernet. I tried several including a ugreen.
Great video. First problem I ran across with the updated ONN, is that it blocks you from setting a custom launcher as the default launcher. You can access wolf launcher, but no way to make it default. It prevents you from making it default in the launcher manager. I hope this isn't the start of Onn becoming like the Firestick
Hi Frank, you need to install Launcher Manager. I go through all of that in my new video here - ruclips.net/video/ndBAPX-66vk/видео.html
@@troypoint funny thing is, I had launcher manager installed, and everytime I clicked enable custom launcher, I was thrown out. I deleted it, and reinstalled from your tool box, and it works. Thanks for your reply Troy, your videos and other stuff is always informative.
Is it possible to use the onn remote on the fire stick? I like the page up and down buttons on the onn remote for iptv perfect player epg guide. I tried to do it but it's not connecting
Does the usb drive have to be formatted to fat 32 so I can't download files over 4gb?
ive bought like 4 of these babies,one of them started crapping out on me with a network temporary disabled message,and unable to connect it to wifi. Once in a while itll connnect to wifi for a good 40 minutes,and then crap out again with the same message. Any suggestions would be appreciated
Thanks for sharing brother. Much Appreciated. Keep the content coming. Hope you have an incredible day. Much love and RESPECT
Como se llama el cable que adaptaste para que lea el usb
Does anyone knows if the imou cameras app works on this tv box? I was thinking on getning one and it would be awesome to be able to view my cameras on it but cant find anyone that had tested
Thank you for all your wonderful tech videos over the years! I followed the instructions on your older "supercharged" video for the original $19 onn box and got it working exactly as you showed. That was the one where you had to type all them commands. I found the storage on that to be pretty unusable as far as running apps on it, just way too slow and laggy. Is the performance any better on this one compared to that? I know you kinda answered that in the video. I really don't see the point in expansion for the use of apps if you can't really use them. Great for adding your own music and videos! Thanks again!
Hi Dan, glad the last one worked for you! No, the storage isn't any better and I really don't advise doing this. Not sure why people need so many apps on their device anyway. I commonly use 5 apps and that is all I need to get everything.
@@troypoint Yeah I tend to get silly with apps and then need to do a house cleaning.. LoL.. In reality I only use about 5 myself! Thanks for your quick response and the great videos!
exacty my question,thanks for that
I love it.
Having same issue I am with my firestick. I have to keep uninstalling and reinstalling tvmob for it to work. Also unlinked doesn't work right with the onn box.
Good day
I tried this steps on Xiaomi tv stick, the USB didn't appear. Can you assist if it's possible for the mentioned tv stick to add storage with USB.
Thank you Troy... your work and tutorial videos are beyond helpful. .. :) I have a question i there a way to install a USB drive or a SSD drive to download and save content.. ie: over the air network programs...using TiVi Mate recording feature. Thanks in advance for any help you may offer.
Hi Lawrence, yes you can simply install a USB drive and not go through with Formatting as Internal Storage. When you connect a USB drive, you can use it for file storage, etc.
Great Video
Usb working now?
I have a junk 32 gig drive I can get to work, but a 3.0 128 gig won't. It doesn't even see it. I went and did a quick format using utility not Rufus, but it only showed up to 64 gig sectors. Any ideas? Should I try Rufus?
Picked up two of these yesterday and ordered the two OTG cables from your links. I set one box up yesterday and it works amazingly well. The cables came today and I’m trying to do this hack. The first cable I tried must have been DOA. it didn’t do anything. Second one I tried found and formatted the Sandisk cruiser 32g drive but wouldn’t move the files/data over. Nothing I’ve tried will make this work. I’ve tried three different working Sandisk drives but no luck. Any ideas? Thanks!
Did you ever get it working?
Did you format the USB drive using the ONN box?
Running x-plore file manager external storage not showing up I have tried several file managers the external storage is not available any ideas it does work as I can move files from my onn nix to the USB but it won't show up in file managers as I want to record from tivimate to the USB drive
Fantastic Information but I still have a problem. I was able to add the storage on my own the other day. Everything looked fine, but I woke up the next morning to find that all of the sudden my flash drive was not connected and it was no longer flashing(the flash drive 3.0 has a light on it that flashes when in use) I read your instructions and tried to repeat the steps, but the device says USB Not Connected.
I did what you said which was to turn off the USB debugging and then restart, but even after the restart it still read USB not connected.
It’s possible I did something that might’ve affected all of this.
I had downloaded the “K“ app and a few other apps directly to the device. After I added the external storage flash drive, I was able to move those apps to the flash drive. They seem to work OK over the next 12 hours and checking apps it recognized them
as being on the flash drive. When I woke up this morning, I noticed that the apps were gone, and the flash drive was listed as not connected . After fiddling around with it a bit, I decided to go ahead and download those apps again expecting them to go to the device since it was not recognizing the flash drive as connected. I got messages for those four apps of “update” and not “download”. It now shows all the apps that I had download previously that I had moved to the flash drive were now back on the device.
Any thoughts????
Thanks!
Did you ever get it to work?
@@Omardottcom sorry, just seeing this. Yes I did but I can’t remember what I did to get it to work.
I added the downloader on mine and the round cursor goes so fast and not slow enough to use it. it goes from top to bottom with just the lightest touch on the control. does anyone know how to fix this?
Question: I cannot get any Kodi build to play on my mothers Samsung smart tv. Would you tell me what I need to do please?
Oh, what is a MOT cable? Is it needed to do what you describe in this video?
Hi there, no a MOT cable shouldn't be needed for this tutorial?
@@troypointWhat does MOT stand for?
Greetings Troy point ✌🏿I’m on the new Onn I have mouse toggle installed but I can’t get it to click on anything it moves up down side to side but won’t click on anything 😞 help me please
How is the device different from the chromecast with google tv? I bought the chromecast a while back hoping to use it for browsing with a keyboard and mouse. I found the different web browser choices to be very awkward and slow that I gave up on it.. What other applications are useful on google tv that I can't have on other devices? I already have a roku, firesticks and the chromecast with google tv.
I turned on something on my Onn 4K box and now I get nothing but a black screen. I've tried to reset it but nothing works. I can't get the settings up to get a factory reset. How can I reset it?
Can't use this everytime I do my TV keeps flashing picture then black screen keeps doing this as long as ext usb is hooked up any chance you know why
Hi with the recordings from TV mate go and the storage with the USB or the ONN storage?
Hi Dennis, I need to test that.
@@troypoint thanks
Good question, I'm curious too
Does it go the distance? I tried that same thing on the older model. It was cool but after a little while the drive got corrupted and lost everything that was on the drive. A bad experience cause I lost precious saved game data.
I appreciate the video and set up guide. I was curious about how you mention to not enable usb debugging as it will not show the external files on reboot. I am a big fan of TDUK cache cleaner, which uses adb command to clear caches fully. This requires usb debugging enables. Would this render the application useless or do I have to reboot multiple times to show storage after using application?
What about apps like tduk that need usb debugging on????
Hi I have a question do you know how I can solve my problem with viva tv app, out of no where everything link I chose for a movie or TV show has been in Spanish. I don't know how to change this if that's possible, ty
Hello. Can a mouse be added to control the onn tv?
any way to add an wireless usb keyboard to the ONN? Thanks!
I installed a third party app today with downloader. I can not for the life of me figure out how to find the icon to pin it to the home page. Can you help?
I set up both the tv and sound bar to work with the remote, but it will only turn one on and off 😮. It will not operate them simultaneously. Am I missing something?
Is there a calibration setting somewhere to resize the display? My new streaming app is running off the screen?
THANK YOU in advance for any help you can offer.
Is there a way to use the usb as external device to be able to add files from pc? I mean I don't want to use it as onn internal storage.
Can this play 4k videos off an external hard drive formatted to NTFS with Kodi?
I just ordered the same flash drive that got more GB do it have to be a certain GB the onn box is sold out but I'm waiting for it to get back in store
Hello Troy, I followed the steps and it shows me the new storage without the option to format it, my flash drive was already formatted to fat32, what will be the problem? And thanks in advance!
Did you ever get it to work?
As always, thanks for the great info. Is USB debugging ON required to add a custom launcher (like Wolf) with launcher manager?
Yes but keep in mind that you can still enable it and everything will work as it should. Just don't power off the device. Once it reboots, the USB will not show unless you turn off USB Debugging and then restart device again.
@@troypoint I like to configure my ONN boxes (old model) with the extended storage BUT autoload a custom launcher. Asking clients (who are not tech savvy to trun on this option wouldn't work. No way (like on the old android TV Box) to code it to recognize the additional storage?
Hello @cuecunerd OK, I just tried Wolf Launcher along with Launcher Manager and here's what I did. I installed both Wolf and Launcher Manager then I went in and enabled USB Debugging. Then, I set Wolf Launcher as default in Launcher Manager. Once I had Wolf set, I went back into Dev options and turned off USB Debugging, restarted device and everything works as it should. So, long story short...if you need USB Debugging, turn it on, make your changes, then turn it off.
@@troypoint You are the absolute BEST!! I live outside the US and won't be able to pick up my ONN order until it's available online (so I can order) AND I get back to the US to pick up and mule home. I can't begin to tell you how appreciative I am of you taking the time to test this and find a solution. YOU ROCK!!!!!!
@@cuecunerd2499 You are very welcome. It appears to be working properly this way for me and I haven't seen any problems not having Debugging on after making the changes. Before you order a bunch of these, I would suggest testing all of this on one yourself. I love this new box!
Can you use a mouse with a dongle and connect it to the OTG cable will the mouse work
So can u download anything but apks? I have 3 apks and none of them recognized any file managers
Do know Where do I find both usb -Ethernet connection for this ?
Hello how do you do a factory reset without the remote
Hey troypoint quick question can I use a samsung ssd t7 external hard drive on the onn google 4k tv device. Will it work..?
Nice video. I have the previous version ONN that hasn’t been set up yet. Does the additional usb storage process work the same for the older model?
It works but you need to issue ADB commands to get it to work. I will put out a new video on this soon.
How can the USB be setup to store my .mp4 and .avi TV shows & Movies I'd like to have access to via VLC player?
Nice
This neefs to be updated. I upgraded to Android 12 and my USB mounts but every file mngr I've given permission comes up with Access Denied message!
When I try to migrate to USB drive it says cannot migrate for some reason any clues on why this might be?
I couldn't run Teamviewer QS & Host on T95 Max Allwinner H618 box with Android 11. Could you or are you able to install and run Teamviewer on that ONN box? I have an old Nexbox 7.1 Android box with S905x Amlogic CPU, but it's slow. I just wanted to know if boxes with other CPU's will run Teamviewer QS or Host. I don't care if it's running version 9, 10, or 11 Android. Thanks!
This is not working. I too am using the same exact drive and Onn TV Box. I also leave USB debugging off, follow instructions while keeping the Onn Box connected to its own power cord but the drive remains unconnected. I believe this is a firmware issue because I’ve read comments that under Google TV android 11 you could connect the drive and the Onn Box would immediately recognize it.
That USB debugging thing doesn't happen on the Chromecast but it doesn't allow me to look at the USB drive files or migrate. I wish they would make it easier to expand the storage on these things , they barely come with memory......... It's not fair. If your savy enough , you could figure out how to change the adb commands to force it to recognize external USB drive.........
will this work with harddrives? like the Tb harddrives?
Thanks for this. I ordered 2. Should ha e them tomorrow. Im so tired of the firestick and all of the Amazon propaganda that comes with it. I am also happy that i can expand the memory, which isnt easy on the firestick. I have a Shield and i love it, but these will be great for my other tvs and a great replacement for my firesticks!!
From personal experience, some brand USB drives are funky, try using another brand.
Hi Troy i have to ask . Do you have any problem with opening youtube app or RUclips TV on this Walmart Onn Google TV? If so how can I fix this issue?
Hi Joe, no problem with RUclips and I haven't tried RUclips TV as I use IPTV instead.
Kinda late. Just saw your video.
If you go to device preferences, storage and click to clear cache, when it says okay, click quickly 3 times. It will clear the majority of the cache.
Someone else may have already posted that.
Ok but How much external storage can I add because right now I have a fire stick And I can only add 64gb of Storage on it
Can you use this with firestick
Is the remote from this device bluetooth or not??? Thanks for your reply!!!
Yes it's Bluetooth.
Can i use a SanDisk Ultra Dual Drive Luxe USB Type-C 64GB - 150MB/s, USB 3.1 Gen 1 ?
I need some help. I tried to add external storage to the ONN Box following your instructions and using Rufus to format my storage but it doesn't appear in the storage. The device is recognized on my PCs but not the ONN box. Thanks
Hi Nick, more than likely you are using the old Onn Android TV Box. This is the new one that allows for expanding storage. It was just released this past Friday.
@@troypoint Thanks for your reply, how can I tell the old from the new.
@@Nick-u9q the new one was just released this past Friday.
Hey Troy, Can't get tivimate to load the playlist. Never a problem with the firestick. I go through the same process on the onn and it says tivmate has been installed successfully, but the channels will not load? Without tivimat, i won't be using this much. I tried to load with surfshark off too. Do I need to invove Cobra hosting in this process somehow? Thanks.
Hi Gregg, double check that you didn't make a mistake typing in Portal address or M3U. My service is working as it should in TiviMate so it definitely isn't the box.
@@troypoint Ok, So I'm an idiot! LOL! I admit to the whole Troypoint World! I'm too stubborn to admit I'm too blind/stupid to check the correct case sensitivity for the codes I wrote down! Oh no I told my wife, I'm entering the right codes damn it! Don't all husbands love to be told by our wives we're wrong and ignore them, only to come begging back on our knees asking forgiveness? Do you know how many pair of knee pads I've worn out in 23 years! Big smile on my face now. Thank you for your patience and personally answering puny little question. I'm going to ban myself from the TP group for 10 minutes and sit in the corner for a timeout. all I can do now is humbly say thank you and go have a cocktail.
Can you get this in the uk
Thank you so much! I was on TP attempting to watch a video only available to subscribers who donated and was unable to access it. I definitely donated , your info is priceless! Any help to rectify that issue? Ty in advance.
Hi Tonya, please send me an email at troypoint@gmail.com about this problem and we will get you taken care of. Thanks for being a Patron!
Instalas una sola apk y evitas esos cables. Zank remote en el móvil y en la onn tv de receptor y ok..
Can this be done on Onn 4k Pro?
Yes but you don't need the OTG cable as the Onn already has a USB port.
Hi how can I customize home screen and also is there a a way to adjust display size?
Hi Maria, use a 3rd party launcher. Stay tuned, I have a Supercharge video coming out tomorrow (Saturday) that will show you all of this.
Fabulous. Your content is the best. I thought I was doing something wrong. My original Onn didn't have that issue. Thanks
I haven't had good luck using those OTG cables, I get random reboots. This happens when plugged into the wall for power, not USB ports on the TV. It's almost like the stick stops getting enough power. Is there a hard-limit on storage size? I see there's a battery backup that you can put in-line w/ the OTG cable, but it's more expensive than this box and wondering if necessary. I'm surprised I don't see this brought up more often, with so many talking about expanding storage.
Seems to me, the smaller the USB storage, the better luck. I wouldn't recommend using anything over 64GB. I've been testing 64GB and no problems at all with this one.
So does anyone know how to download and save movies to the usb thumb drive. I can tell ya it ain't like doing it on the firestick, with ADB shell and Total commander. I can download movies from the crew add on in Kodi and it goes to MX player Pro, but when i go to TC it shows up on the internal storage and there is no place to copy and past it to the usb. And ADB shell isn't recognized on the ONN Bummer. Is there a process to download on ONN?