Why they don't provide more storage in the tv itself afterall a basic android phone has a minimum 64 GB of storage these days and it does cost much to provide 64 GB
Migrate back? Ehm... did the tv just magically get more space in the meantime? I would assume the usb stick will have to be permantly in the usb port, so you get it as a 2nd hardrive for the tv;)
Data collected from the apps fills up the memory as well in this case some of the files will move to the usb instead of the TV, if you need the the usb for something else then you would move the files back to the TV. You may have to delete some apps again. I plugged in a hard drive and it didn’t work on this sony
@@TechSteve I plugged in a SAMSUNG MUF-64AB/AM FIT Plus 64GB drive and formatted it. For some reason when I try to move some apps that can be moved it’s giving me a “not enough storage space”. Not sure when when this is a new drive. Thoughts?
You makes awesome videos and you honest. Question: I have a Sony A80J great Tv but like many Sony Tv with Google OS I have an issue hoping you might know something. It's shut down twice already on it's own. All the power options and Bravia sync are turned off. Timer and sleep time are both off. I can't figure out why this is happening, many other people having this same issue. Once it turn off, I would simply turn it back on and continue but why is Google Tv so buggy. Never had any of my Samsung Tv turn off or on on it own. Any advise would be great. I know I can reset the Tv and wait to see what happens, however many other people said they reset the Tv and it started happening again. Sony tech when you call are level 1 tech and they don't know much at all.
On ym xh90 i added a usb drive exactly how you said and it killed my thumb drive within a week. I booted up the tv and apps were no longer working and then found out the drive was kaput. It was brand new too. Thank god for amazins return policy.
Thank you for this video. It helped me in all kinds of ways I started to get frustrated with having the right amount of space but not knowing after I had put some apps on the usb i needed it inserted all the time to even delete the app for re'installing it back on my tv's hard drive.
This is only applicable to a TV with "Google TV" installed, not a Google TV device (CCWGTV), which doesn't have USB ports. You can get a USB hub, but you will need to find one that works and probably get a new charging brick to supply enough power through PD. Just know that after doing all this, the apps that you move to the USB stick run incredibly slow, Kodi is almost unusable. I'm guessing it's the same with this method as the speed is restricted by the USB flash drive.
Thanks man my TCL 40 inch android tv I'm trying to setup my USB as device storage but it's taking ages to format. I have tried different USB sticks but all the same issue and I end up turning it off. I have had it running for 30 mins and still nothing. Any ideas? Faulty TV?
I have done all of that, but the Hisense TV just keeps forgetting that I have a thumb drive installed after a few weeks and it's back to running out of storage space with no thumb drive even showing anymore.
My tv has 4gb of storage.. I added a usb drive and migrated the data over. The internal storage is still saying there 3.3gb used by apps!?! Is bloatware really taking up that much space?!
Hi steve i have a question:I bought yesterday the hisense 4k google tv that you showed in one of your videos,I haven’t set it up yet since I need the answer to the following question:can I use a 2tb thumb drive on it so that I don’t have to worry about memory space & can I leave it plugged in all the time even when the tv is off?i hope that you can reply since I’m not familiar with smart tvs since this is my first smart tv & I need the answer before i set it up(I’m not in a hurry to set it up even though the box takes a lot of space but I hope you can reply as soon as possible.)
Format exFat is something that will appear when I insert the thumb drive,right?sorry for the rookie questions,it’s my first time with a smart tv & with something like this,hope you can reply as soon as possible.
So ridiculous to have to do this on a product that should be able to have more storage when a phone can upgrade to a TB! Thanks for this info. I didn’t get a message but nothing is updating. Any ideas about what bloatware is safe to remove? Thanks for the info.
You can try but most bloatware is built in. It would be great if they added a micro sd card on TVs. I tested a QN85A Samsung and i was able to download over 40 apps and it still have plenty of room. Interesting 🤨
@@TechSteve I don’t know if that’s the issue. But I have many apps but they aren’t updating on the TV and if I try to add another one, it still says pending. Using a Roku as well.
I followed your advice and now when I don't have the usb in it still lists the usb under storage, though it has "not connected' near it, but when I put it back in, the usb is shown below it, so I end up with 2 listed but one saying it's not connected. is there a way to fix this?
Does anyone have a problem with delayed power on a Bravia after adding USB storage. Have this on a XR77A80J in the UK. You turn the TV on first thing in the morning, sort of have to press it twice. I have found one other person on youtube with the same issue.
@@TechSteve I figured it out. I turned on Developer Mode and then turned on Force To External Storage. Then restarted the tv. After that I was able to move things over to the flash drive and update and reinstall my apps! Thanks man!
Can somebody give me a proper fix this is not a fix of the error its jsut free up space ... The problem i have is that i have 3.2 gb of space and i cannot isntall nothing ex: HBO MAX ... That app dont have more than 200mb and i bet on that still i get the message error with not enough space while i have 3.2gb of free space ... Any fix of that error ? or i throw the tv out the window ? im going mad already don't make any sense at all !
i added a 128 g thumb drive and formatted it, but it will only move some apps, even apps that give you the options, it says insufficient storage, but there is 119 g left on the stick, im stumped. any body with an Idea? Thanks
@@mikeolivieri6491 I succeeded today. In my LG and I think in every other TV receiver. after connecting the external drive and its initial formatting by the device (TV), you then need to look in the menu for what this space will be used. Will it be "recording" or, for example, space for applications. You cannot use the new disk/memory for both purposes at the same time.
@@jeydee6695 Did not revolved it! Attached USB does not help… It just stupid buggy Android OS… on top of low 5GB memory space… When you start using downloaded Apps you get cache, bigger and bigger… This expensive OLED TV should be with build in more space memory! Thats all, we are fucked.
I bought 32gb lexar flash drive. Apps are not migrating into it. Its showing could not migrate to lexar data drive. What should I do. Why its like this.?.??
@@kanwalpreet8607 getting the same message after I reformat on the tv to internal storage. removable storage does not even give the option to migrate. sandisk 64gb 3.0 usb. Just keeps saying could not migrate to sandisk usb
Yes, much worse on samsungs socalled smart tv. Running out of space is notorius on samsung i bought in 2018. So much that the smart tv basicly just is a dressed up lemon with only enough space to max 20 apps. 20 apps may sound like a lot, but if you start to count youtube, amazon prime, spotify, etc... ypu quickly get over 20 apps;)
It depends on the model, most Samsung Tizen apps are less than 11mb so you can add more to there newer TVs without issue. Since the gaming selection is limited it normally good for most users
@@TechSteve my 2018 model i think had 2 gb. It ran out of space within a few weeks. Many apps took way more then 11 mb. And updates takes space. And samsung starts to complain if there is not several hundred mbs left. Same with most other mobiles etc... because updates needs to extract etc etc... so they basicly need "workspace". If a tv has 4 Gb, then can deduct 500 mb for workspace. Without workspace for the apps for temporary storage and for extracting their updatefiles etc... you will quickly get into problems. So then left is 1,5 GB on my device from 2018 i guess. Which Samsung itself uses a big chunks for its own software etc. It is not like you get all for your own apps. So... then maybe 0,5 gb - 1 gb left for own app selections. And many apps do take some more space if they are to run ok. But if 2021 models comes with 4 GB, and the os itself has not blown up in size,... then i guess maybe have 2,5 gb space left for app selections etc. It is definitly more then what 2gb storage would given effective. But i am scepticalto apps only being 11 mb? I see on my samsung mobile it constantly say that this and this app is this and that... but when i installed them.... they end up taking a lot more space;) And if use the apps constantly, then canadd up some big chunks of profiledata and data also. In 2018 i wanted tobuy the sony model because i could add up to 64 gb usb stick to it for extra storage to the androidstore there. But the tv itself was so slow and buggy, so i ended up with a nice 74xx UHD tv. (Was ironiclybetter image quality then many of samsungs qled.i considered qled a joke at that time...
I have 4.6GB but still it's showing not enough external storage. (Haier Android TV)
Same problem with same tv,did you find out how to solve that problem
Solved my App install problem, low storage from not needed apps. Thank you very much!
Thanks Bro. I've learned a lot from you. Last week I bought a 1TB Flash Drive for my TV. My tv was saying I have insufficient storage. Thanks again.
You’re welcome
Why they don't provide more storage in the tv itself afterall a basic android phone has a minimum 64 GB of storage these days and it does cost much to provide 64 GB
I completely agree, 4.4GB isn’t a lot of storage at all, especially if you want to use games.
Migrate back? Ehm... did the tv just magically get more space in the meantime?
I would assume the usb stick will have to be permantly in the usb port, so you get it as a 2nd hardrive for the tv;)
Data collected from the apps fills up the memory as well in this case some of the files will move to the usb instead of the TV, if you need the the usb for something else then you would move the files back to the TV. You may have to delete some apps again. I plugged in a hard drive and it didn’t work on this sony
@@TechSteve I plugged in a SAMSUNG MUF-64AB/AM FIT Plus 64GB drive and formatted it. For some reason when I try to move some apps that can be moved it’s giving me a “not enough storage space”. Not sure when when this is a new drive. Thoughts?
Make sure it’s formatted to EX Fat
You makes awesome videos and you honest. Question: I have a Sony A80J great Tv but like many Sony Tv with Google OS I have an issue hoping you might know something. It's shut down twice already on it's own. All the power options and Bravia sync are turned off. Timer and sleep time are both off. I can't figure out why this is happening, many other people having this same issue. Once it turn off, I would simply turn it back on and continue but why is Google Tv so buggy. Never had any of my Samsung Tv turn off or on on it own. Any advise would be great. I know I can reset the Tv and wait to see what happens, however many other people said they reset the Tv and it started happening again. Sony tech when you call are level 1 tech and they don't know much at all.
On ym xh90 i added a usb drive exactly how you said and it killed my thumb drive within a week. I booted up the tv and apps were no longer working and then found out the drive was kaput. It was brand new too. Thank god for amazins return policy.
Can anyone tell me how to customise the quick links menu to the right?
Thank you for this video. It helped me in all kinds of ways I started to get frustrated with having the right amount of space but not knowing after I had put some apps on the usb i needed it inserted all the time to even delete the app for re'installing it back on my tv's hard drive.
Some (big) Apps, like Paramount and others, can in fact be stored on the USB drive.
This is only applicable to a TV with "Google TV" installed, not a Google TV device (CCWGTV), which doesn't have USB ports. You can get a USB hub, but you will need to find one that works and probably get a new charging brick to supply enough power through PD.
Just know that after doing all this, the apps that you move to the USB stick run incredibly slow, Kodi is almost unusable. I'm guessing it's the same with this method as the speed is restricted by the USB flash drive.
Always nice to get any new info, brother. Thanks! Stay safe out there!
I appreciate it
@@TechSteve sir can you say how to do in android tv
The same thing
Thanks man my TCL 40 inch android tv I'm trying to setup my USB as device storage but it's taking ages to format. I have tried different USB sticks but all the same issue and I end up turning it off. I have had it running for 30 mins and still nothing. Any ideas? Faulty TV?
I have done all of that, but the Hisense TV just keeps forgetting that I have a thumb drive installed after a few weeks and it's back to running out of storage space with no thumb drive even showing anymore.
Same here Hisense TV
I have installed 64 gb drive, still my Sony x80j says not enough storage to install ashphalt 9 game, request to please help
My tv has 4gb of storage.. I added a usb drive and migrated the data over. The internal storage is still saying there 3.3gb used by apps!?! Is bloatware really taking up that much space?!
Hi steve i have a question:I bought yesterday the hisense 4k google tv that you showed in one of your videos,I haven’t set it up yet since I need the answer to the following question:can I use a 2tb thumb drive on it so that I don’t have to worry about memory space & can I leave it plugged in all the time even when the tv is off?i hope that you can reply since I’m not familiar with smart tvs since this is my first smart tv & I need the answer before i set it up(I’m not in a hurry to set it up even though the box takes a lot of space but I hope you can reply as soon as possible.)
Yes you can leave it plugged in, make sure it’s format exFat
Format exFat is something that will appear when I insert the thumb drive,right?sorry for the rookie questions,it’s my first time with a smart tv & with something like this,hope you can reply as soon as possible.
I did it on my computer
@@TechSteve can you send me a tutorial video or link on how to do that?I don't know how to do that.
I don’t have a video, there’s plenty online
Great video 😍+ what is the difference between Samsung AU8000 and Samsung AU8100 and whose better?
So ridiculous to have to do this on a product that should be able to have more storage when a phone can upgrade to a TB! Thanks for this info. I didn’t get a message but nothing is updating. Any ideas about what bloatware is safe to remove? Thanks for the info.
You can try but most bloatware is built in. It would be great if they added a micro sd card on TVs. I tested a QN85A Samsung and i was able to download over 40 apps and it still have plenty of room. Interesting 🤨
@@TechSteve I don’t know if that’s the issue. But I have many apps but they aren’t updating on the TV and if I try to add another one, it still says pending. Using a Roku as well.
Unplugged the roku and plug back in, if that doesn’t help you may be out of memory or something going on with your wifi
Only way to save space is basically just chromecast everything from your phone to the tv and just keep your apps on your phone
What should be the format of the USB THUMB DRIVE.
NTFS ? FAT32 ? OR exFAT?
Please help ,
SONY 55A80K OLED TV
I showed on video, hard to remember this months later
I followed your advice and now when I don't have the usb in it still lists the usb under storage, though it has "not connected' near it, but when I put it back in, the usb is shown below it, so I end up with 2 listed but one saying it's not connected. is there a way to fix this?
Did you format to EXfat on a computer?
@@TechSteve no, the tv recognised it and formatted it.
Are you able to reformat the flash drive from ntfs or fat32 to exfat on the tv?
No
hey Steve does your x80j have slightly black corners?Thanks
I didn’t notice
Whenever I pick device storage. I can no longer see my SD card. It just say mass storage was safely ejected. Sony A80J
You can force apps to install and work from the USB drive by enabling developer mode.
Thank complex and risky for the average person
Can do this from a Google cloud?
Install and launch from cloud?
correct and easy to do as well even a corpse could do it
Does anyone have a problem with delayed power on a Bravia after adding USB storage. Have this on a XR77A80J in the UK. You turn the TV on first thing in the morning, sort of have to press it twice. I have found one other person on youtube with the same issue.
Do I have to format the usb drive with a laptop before using it as storage for the tv?
Yes it needs exfat
I have 16 gb but available only 5 gb without installing any app
Thanks, brother, save me a lot of time and fix my storage issue.
Nice because 4K fire stick do not have to much space
Can you show us how to fix a 404error code on a Sony Internet player with Google NSZ-GS8 or how to make a reboot USB drive
Sorry I’m not a technician
Doesn't do much .... Keeps coming with memory issues.
Android TV sucks.
No problem migrating to the thumb drive. How to you move it back to internal storage?
I cnt.migarte any app to thumb drive?
Man did all this! And still getting the low storage message. Any other ideas?
It’s not a perfect solution and some apps are locked into the software because they have to be on the main system. Smh google
@@TechSteve I figured it out. I turned on Developer Mode and then turned on Force To External Storage. Then restarted the tv.
After that I was able to move things over to the flash drive and update and reinstall my apps! Thanks man!
Great information
What usb drive do u use ? I use sandisk and it doesnt work
@shadowfax08 it will work you have to format to exFat on your computer 1st
Can somebody give me a proper fix this is not a fix of the error its jsut free up space ... The problem i have is that i have 3.2 gb of space and i cannot isntall nothing ex: HBO MAX ... That app dont have more than 200mb and i bet on that still i get the message error with not enough space while i have 3.2gb of free space ... Any fix of that error ? or i throw the tv out the window ? im going mad already don't make any sense at all !
Hi mate. Ive got copy of your issue - did you find solution?
Can you add an SSD Storage on Google TV om Hisense TV U8K?
There’s no reason for it for apps. I didn’t try to play files off of one.
When I hit migrate, I get the error “could not migrate data to usb drive”??
You probably need to format as ex Fat
Its not letting me to migrate and apps
You probably need to format the thumb drive to ex fat in a computer other wise it will not transfer
i added a 128 g thumb drive and formatted it, but it will only move some apps, even apps that give you the options, it says insufficient storage, but there is 119 g left on the stick, im stumped. any body with an Idea? Thanks
Did you solve your problem with memory ? Got same issue
@@jeydee6695 no i didnt
@@mikeolivieri6491 I succeeded today. In my LG and I think in every other TV receiver. after connecting the external drive and its initial formatting by the device (TV), you then need to look in the menu for what this space will be used. Will it be "recording" or, for example, space for applications. You cannot use the new disk/memory for both purposes at the same time.
Not very useful at all.
Philips 55OLED818 5GB memory here… used USb 64GB and format… Nothing to move/migrate…
Still have that message ‘Memory full’
Hi. Did you find any solution? Ive Got same issue but TV 65OLED
@@jeydee6695 Did not revolved it!
Attached USB does not help…
It just stupid buggy Android OS… on top of low 5GB memory space…
When you start using downloaded Apps you get cache, bigger and bigger…
This expensive OLED TV should be with build in more space memory! Thats all, we are fucked.
Will a Portable Harddrive work ?
I didn’t try
Great tips Steve! Can apk be install into the tv using a thumbdrive? Thanks
That’s a more complicated process but yes
Do you know what's the best Android Tv To Use?
I bought 32gb lexar flash drive. Apps are not migrating into it. Its showing could not migrate to lexar data drive. What should I do. Why its like this.?.??
Reformat to EXfat
@@TechSteve i done everything thing, nothing changed same thing could not migrate. Its x85j and 32gb lexar. What could be the problem.
Sorry I can’t help you remotely but it’s something to do with the formatting of your card
@@kanwalpreet8607 getting the same message after I reformat on the tv to internal storage. removable storage does not even give the option to migrate. sandisk 64gb 3.0 usb. Just keeps saying could not migrate to sandisk usb
Kanwalpreet - Did your issue resolved?
Where to get that Thumbdrive at ?
You can picked up a Staples or Best Buy. It doesn’t matter I just got the USB 3.0 version
@@TechSteve ok thank you bro
Didn't show anything on my Google tv when connecting a usb to my Samsung TV.
Samsung TVs uses Tizen OS not Google TV
Samsung use Tizen, will this issue appear on them?
Yes, much worse on samsungs socalled smart tv.
Running out of space is notorius on samsung i bought in 2018. So much that the smart tv basicly just is a dressed up lemon with only enough space to max 20 apps.
20 apps may sound like a lot, but if you start to count youtube, amazon prime, spotify, etc... ypu quickly get over 20 apps;)
It depends on the model, most Samsung Tizen apps are less than 11mb so you can add more to there newer TVs without issue. Since the gaming selection is limited it normally good for most users
@@TechSteve I've just bought the Q60A, good memory or nah?
@@TechSteve my 2018 model i think had 2 gb.
It ran out of space within a few weeks.
Many apps took way more then 11 mb.
And updates takes space.
And samsung starts to complain if there is not several hundred mbs left. Same with most other mobiles etc... because updates needs to extract etc etc... so they basicly need "workspace".
If a tv has 4 Gb, then can deduct 500 mb for workspace. Without workspace for the apps for temporary storage and for extracting their updatefiles etc... you will quickly get into problems.
So then left is 1,5 GB on my device from 2018 i guess.
Which Samsung itself uses a big chunks for its own software etc. It is not like you get all for your own apps.
So... then maybe 0,5 gb - 1 gb left for own app selections.
And many apps do take some more space if they are to run ok.
But if 2021 models comes with 4 GB, and the os itself has not blown up in size,... then i guess maybe have 2,5 gb space left for app selections etc.
It is definitly more then what 2gb storage would given effective.
But i am scepticalto apps only being 11 mb?
I see on my samsung mobile it constantly say that this and this app is this and that... but when i installed them.... they end up taking a lot more space;)
And if use the apps constantly, then canadd up some big chunks of profiledata and data also.
In 2018 i wanted tobuy the sony model because i could add up to 64 gb usb stick to it for extra storage to the androidstore there.
But the tv itself was so slow and buggy, so i ended up with a nice 74xx UHD tv. (Was ironiclybetter image quality then many of samsungs qled.i considered qled a joke at that time...
mine got 4 gb free in it but still unavailable to download anything.
Some games are like that for some reason
I already have 2.3G free space, but still when I do update to some app, gives an error (no enough space) 😐
i think someone stole the cip in the tv or something.