Equipment needed: 4K MAX FIRESTICK: amzn.to/3YZVK5h OTG ADAPTER: amzn.to/3lpKkda OTG CORD ADAPTER: amzn.to/3Jwd4ZI MISSION POWERED USB CORD: amzn.to/3FAo5YW USB HUB: amzn.to/3yKGZZn ALTERNATE HUB: amzn.to/3YTpikJ 2TB HARD DRIVE: amzn.to/3TuKpZQ NOTE: THE DRIVE WE USED IS OUT OF STOCK (SEAGATE SLIM)
Cannot thank you enough! I watched this video months ago, saved it and bought the items listed. I waited until my firestick 4K Max notified me that it was out of memory.. (I am a procrastinator and was a bit anxious that I couldn't do this by myself.) Lo and behold, with your awesome instructions, I got the whole thing set up properly first time! I've already started moving some apps to the additional drive. Your instructions are the best I've found on TH-cam. Thank you! (Next problem is to replace the broken garbage disposal. Can you do a video?! Hahaha ❤)
Thanks, very complete demonstration on how to increase my device storage. I have been trying to do this using other channels instructions and it didn’t work. I called Amazon Firestick Tech Support 4 Times and due to poor documentation or training they couldn’t do it even with remote access to my TV and the device and finally a Supervisor told me it was not allowed and couldn’t be done. So I gave up until I just saw your video. I Followed your video just now, step by step and it worked!!! Thanks, so now as home tech support I am going to order another Firestick for the kid’s playroom TV with additional storage. 🎯😎
Followed your directions and it worked perfectly. Thank you so much! However I have a question. I have more than one 4k max firestick. Can I share the same storage device between my other firestick? The 1st firestick I used to set this up recognizes the storage and let me transfer apps. But when I tried attaching my drive to my other firestick, it gave me a message saying it was unable to read usb device and wanted me to format it again. I was hoping to share apps and any recordings between the two firesticks. Is that not possble?
Thank you so much for all your great advice. I was a streaming novice, and fell in love with my 1st Fire Stick, when it quit working I took your advice & got The 4K Max on sale! I want to do more of your tips as I am able. God bless you! 😊
I ordered mine just now. It's a great deal. Thanks for the heads. I even got a rebate for trade-in old firestick and $3 Amazon gift card, and It came out to $27. Nice.THANKS
I would absolutely positively appreciate the fire stick Max and be the next big winner on curiosity Café thanks again for all your help and dedication and help to help us get on the right track and not be frustrated🎉❤😊 I used to be a subscriber, but had to stop temporarily due to financial situations at this time. Hope to be back soon.
Great video and exactly what I was looking for to add storage , remove the power cable and use a wired network connection, but it's not working for me either... I have a 4K Max that is updated with latest software. I powered up the Mission Powered USB for about an hour before plugging it into the 5V 1A USB on the back of my AV receiver and the mini USB into the OTG Cord adapter, with the other mini USB into the Firestick. This all works and starts up when the AV receiver is turned on. 1. I plugged in a 1TB thumb drive into the OTG USB and after a while of formatting, there was an error message (can't remember what it said) but I turned it all off and re-tried but it wont recognize it (doesn't detect that thumb drive when inserted). It did detect and format a different 4G thumb drive, for which I selected "device storage", so that part now also works but any idea on what happened to the other drive please? I did put it into my laptop and it still isn't formatted and only options were NTFS or exFAT. 2. The USB hub was out of stock so I bought the alternate powered USB hub you recommend. I plugged in the ethernet cable and plugged in the USB where the thumb drive was in the OTG adapter, but the firestick is still on Wi-Fi connection and doesn't detect the thumb drive in the USB hub - I assume that is because it needs to be powered with the extra cable, but how does that get hooked up in the set up in the video please? Thanks, I really appreciate the help!
I would stick to the hard drive we recommended. Link in the description: there are many that aren't compatible. We did the work for you to make it easy
@@CuriosityCafe Understood, thanks. I think I can get away with a smaller size stick for what I need. But I really don't think the USB hub recommended will work as this one needs power through the USB and data through the micro USB. I will hunt around for a different one with alternative power source or the one that you recommend that doesn't need separate power. Thanks again!
Have fun experimenting. If you get down to it, you can always go back to this video and the equipment that we know works. It's a pretty inexpensive solution. Most drives do need the powered cable, Regardless, fun to try stuff so I get it.
Wow wow Wow ...i learned sooo much from you tonight ..Thank you for all your videos and for helping us to learn so much more about our firesticks and how to keep it running smoothly...Your AWESOME 🥰
This was a great video..I was looking for some of the 3 so I now saved this one in a file I created called Fire TV Thank you.. Also..I hope I did not screw up things but I cleared out of the video without first "Likening" . Then when I left i thought i forgot to comment. then saw i did not like.. Thanks for this... Rich
Well presented video! I always chuckle when people say `cut the cord` when actually they end up having a LOT more cords and adapters and wires and gadgets dangling around.
Hi, i have a question. I had a thumb drive on my 4k Firestick, it stop working. I bought the new 4k max 2 gen, i would like to use my thumb drive on it but it wants me to format it. Is there a way without me losing all my apps that are on my drive? Thanks
Ok thanks, the one that I had was a 128gb. But now that I have seen your video, I'm gonna order the same setup that you just showed from your links. Thank you for the great videos.
Thank you for the video, the process was very easy. Now all I have to buy is the new fire stick 4k max and the mission power USB. I already have the other items and then I'm ready to follow the instructions of your video. Thank you again.
Very interesting! Thank you for the tutorial video(s). Definetely will look into getting the MISSION POWERED USB CORD... wouldn't it be nice if Amazon just created a future Firestick with this kind of cord? Thank you for sharing this information. Very helpful.
Your videos are awesome and easy to understand. I was able to clear my APK and got over - 1Gig of memory. Need your help on buying the right OTG to many out there. Thanks your the best
Thanks again for this great info, we have buffering issues at times and this should help a bunch with that and storage... your videos are really intuitive and allow us more capability on our cableless venture into streaming.... have a great day... ~D~
I was delighted to find you and your excellent videos re everything Firestick. I followed your directions to the letter using your Amazon links to buy the necessary equipment to set myself up with a 2TB external drive (the suggested Seagate, the Mission cable, the OTG, etc.). The only items I didn’t use was an Ethernet (my router is too far from the TV) and the USB Hub (but I have ordered the Alternate). I was so pleased to get it set up today. All was looking good and the 2TB of space was showing in “My Fire TV” in Settings. About 4 hours after set up, I began to hear intermittent beeping that I found out was coming from the Seagate. I have simply unplugged the drive from the set up for now. As search told me as the most likely reason is the drive may not be getting enough power. Have you heard of this? Do you know what the problem could be? Do you know of a fix? I hope commenting this may help others. Thank you.
We actually did a troubleshooting video you should watch. Your issue is either the usb port on your tv isn’t strong enough or you did not precharge the mission cable (required)
Thank you for the quick reply. I had the mission cable plugged in for 20 minutes prior to set up so it wasn't that. I will try to find the troubleshooting video and hopefully I can figure it out. Thanks.
I have a feeling your USB on your tv might be one of the low power ones not able to support a 2TB drive. You can do a smaller thumb drive. Maybe 64gb and see if it works, or the other option would be to get and extension cord and run it to the wall instead of your tv power. Either option should help you. I know about that beeping, and the mission cable isn't able to support it with the low power on your tv.
Thank u for video i love it cause i didn't hv no storage on my firestick i delete sum apps i wasn't using i use the setup u did n video now i hv plenty of storage thanks again it was a great video
Nice video putting everything together that provides what all your options are. On older fire sticks, you can take a bigger size drive and use Windows Disk Management to partition it several times in 64gb partition sizes, then format each partition. Then plug into the fire stick, and the fire stick will take care of the rest. It would be super cool to get one of these 4K Max's from you. I would be able to finally retire my fire stick from 2018. So please pick me!
You can actually do the same thing with the older firesticks without partitioning it with the same equipment. The only difference is you need to use 3rd party apps to move and access the content. We have another video on this process (however it's much easier on a max)
@@CuriosityCafe How do you pick users for the Firestick giveaway? How are you able to contact someone, do we need to post up some kind of contact info?
Same with all our videos... like, comment, subscribe. We verify you clicked the thumbs up, are active subscriber and you comment. One comment is picked from a comment randomizer (awesome thing they have for youtube comments).
If you are talking about display, you can go into prime settings (we have videos on the developer menu)... If you are talking about theater sound system, you do this: To turn off Home Theater mode: Go to Settings. Select Display & Sounds. Select Home Theater System. Select Gaming Audio. Gaming audio mode switches audio back to your TV's speakers. Select Enabled.
Thank you for your video, it has been very helpful. I seem to be having an issue though. I have the 4K Max v7. I charged the mission cable for well over 1/2 hour just to make sure.I am using hard drive STKM2000400 as I already have it. I guess there is no significant difference then the one you linked GX vs KM - (both slim drives). I am in Canada. I formatted the hard drive to fat32 on my computer. When I fully load up the firestick and attach the hard drive it shuts down the screen on my TV. I get a message pop up "Please check the power of the external device and cable connection status." I have tried permutations and combination of cable and usb ports to no avail and at a bit of a loss. I would appreciate any input. Thanks in advance.
You did everything right, except the drive. Not all drives work because of power draw. Try connecting direct to the wall bypassing the usb on your tv. It might not be supplying enough power
Great video, I now have a working fire stick with a 64GB thump drive. Every app I add with downloaded goes to the new deuce. The only problem I am having is I wish to move TH-cam to the thumb drive, to free more memory on the fire stick, but it just loads back onto the stick. What am I doing wrong? Can what I want to do be done? Thank you.
I added an external 2tb drive and put Tivimate on it. It shows the little pencil in applications. My problem is anything else I added and any recording are still going on main storage. I haven’t added much but it shows I have 415mb out of 5.33gb. How do I solve this.
We used to, but youtube shut it down. But its really not hard. When you first set the recording a box pops up. Click the location and set it to the drive (default is internal)
@@CuriosityCafe Tivimate is installed on the external storage yet I get this path: /storage/emulated/0/Diwnload/Tivimate/Recordings. It doesn’t show me an external drive to choose.
When you click on that path it should open your file manager and you can select the external drive. If not, you might need to look at your tivimate settings, especially if you initially downloaded it on your internal. You can do it! Tens of thousands of subs are doing it. Private help is through Patreon it you need video help
I'm 4ever a beginner. I love and I've learn a lot for pass 5 years. TY. How can i win the newest firestick? Where's the link?? Don't find or see it. Help? I never win anything😂. But i did, you sharing your knowledge. TY so much.
First I wanted to say thank you so much. It's really helped you showing us all the great things to do. I have bought both items and now need that storage you use. Please tell me what it is and where to buy it. I def need the storage. I bought the VPN you showed us and will be using it. My biggest problem with no bigger storage is the buffering so I have to go in and get rid of the cache and restart. I have a jailbroke firestick out of the UK. But what you showed how to look for other countries will work better. Again Thank you so much!!!❤❤😊
Thanks for supporting the channel. We always put the links in the description section and the comments section so you can find them easier. Here they are as well: Pinned by Curiosity Cafe Curiosity Cafe • 4 weeks ago 409K subscribers Equipment needed: 4K MAX FIRESTICK: amzn.to/3YZVK5h OTG ADAPTER: amzn.to/3lpKkda OTG CORD ADAPTER: amzn.to/3Jwd4ZI MISSION POWERED USB CORD: amzn.to/3FAo5YW USB HUB: amzn.to/3yKGZZn ALTERNATE HUB: amzn.to/3YTpikJ 2TB HARD DRIVE: amzn.to/3TuKpZQ
I bought one of those $6 outlet timers (often used for setting on/off for Christmas lights) and set it to cutoff power to my firestick at 3am and back on at 3:15 am
I just bought the fire stick but pretty sure its not the 4hd. Have it simply set up so far with just kodi and 2 add on's. As interesting as this is at this point I'm fairly satisfied with just access to more TV channels and movie access. As I do not have cable television. However I am assuming the longer I have this I will be adding more apps and things so eventually increasing the storage is a good idea... Thanks for sharing this..
Thanks for your video! At 9:00, you talk about the OTG cord adapter. Is my understanding correct that it can replace the mission power cord and provide sufficient power to fire stick and external drive in using power from outlet? That seems simpler and more economical, no?
It depends on the drive used. Thumb drive, no problem. 2TB Hard drive? You need a mission power boost more than likely to be stable. It might work for a while, but no one wants a firestick crash in the middle of Tulsa King
@@CuriosityCafe Thanks. Is it a matter of power supply level or control/tension stability ? SSD disk are less power consuming, I believe would it be more adequate?
Thanks for the video and good advises. I have a question how do you put applications and movies and music in the same external hard drive without do a partition?
Great video and very informative. Just curious if you know if the configuration on the Fire TV Stick 4K Max is different if you purchase it in Canada. There are some differences such as when I plugged in my USB drive it did not come up asking saying Unable to read USB Device with the option of selecting Device Storage. It automatically installed it as an External Device and when I’m trying to record something from Tivimate it’s saving it to the Internal Drive. This is just one example of differences. Hoping that’s not the case!!! Thanks
It should be the same. If you have Tivimate on the external drive AND you set the recordings to that external drive, it will do it. You have to do both. You’ll see when you set the recordings, you can select the directory. The default is always internal. You have to change it. Our Patreon post would help you if you are a member
Hi, thanks for all your videos very informative. I am using the Firestick 4k max - got all the equipment you suggested - everything works except the USB HUB to have it hardwired into my TV and have a new remote with a dongle - I think I might have gotten the wrong one cuz the one you showed was out of stock. Could you explain why mine won't work with this setup Please, Thank You
Yeah, sadly not all will work. It's very annoying. Also you will need the mission cable due to power draw. I will see if another seller has the one I use. The Ugreen works good also
I now have all the right equipment except I can' get the Oassuosse USB hub you recommended to work. The drive is recognized and formatted through the mission cable but not through the hub. Do you have a video on how to hook up this alternate hub?
20:36 I've everything you recommended from the mission power supply to the Two Terabytes external hard drive. Everything is getting power but firestick 4k max will not Recognize the external drive to format said drive. Whats your suggestion on this.
Love this video, you made it so easy to do, thanks. One question I have is if I record some program from TVmate it stores the video on the Fire Stick, can that content be recorded to the USB drive instead. Thanks again.
@@CuriosityCafe I joined your Patreon site and found the video you spoke about. when I go to Settings and my Fire TV and I select about, I see the storage on the menu and it shows external space 4 gigabytes. The problem I’m having is when I follow your video to change the location it doesn’t show me the USB drive. I know that I can download programs like flex and it will store it on the USB drive. That seems to work fine it’s just having an issue saving content like recorded programs to the USB Drive is the issue, any ideas? Thanks in advance and hope you had a great new year.
Love your tutorials. I have a question for you, what is the path for recording on a firestick 4k max to usb with tivimate? I sure would appreciate the info.
When using an Ethernet connection to the fire stick isn’t the max connection speed limited to 100Mbs by the fire stick? Thank you for your help. Dellie
100mbps stable is better than 200 via WiFi. For streaming you don't want ups and downs. If you get 100mbps stable no buffering even at 4k... I would be super happy. Now it's different if you are uploading or downloading. But if just streaming. Ethernet all the way
Great helpful video! I bought all of the pieces and set it up exactly as instructed. I watched Hulu for about an hour and then heard a couple of beeps and the message came on the screen that there was nothing connected to my HDMI port where the firestick is inserted. The HDMI2 is showing as nothing is plugged into it on the Source menu. It feels like this is a power issue? The Mission box was charged for 15 minutes before I hooked everything up. Should the power be plugged in to the 5v USB jack? It is currently plugged into the other USB jack. Thanks again for your help.
Yes, that usb port is not sufficient. Two options. A more powerful usb port or just plug into the wall. Some tv usb just isn’t sufficient. Especially those larger drives. Easy fix
Thanks so much for the quick response! If I go back to using the wall plug cord to be plugged into the OTG cord, would I then still need the Mission box plugged into the OTG cord as well? Thanks again!@@CuriosityCafe
OK thanks again! Since that is a super short cord on that OTG adapter and won't reach a wall plug, I'll have to use an extension cord to plug it into the power strip, which shouldn't be a big deal. Not sure how much protection that strip will offer in a surge. I appreciate your videos and your help!@@CuriosityCafe
Exactly! I had to do that in one of our guest rooms. LG and Sony tv was fine, but my Hisense usb port didn't have enough power, so I added the extension cord. You are on the right track.
My firestick 4k max wont recognize an external thumb drive or hard drive with the typical ac plug. I have tried over and over. Will this make a difference? Thanks for the awesome channel.
Really like your videos, I have a question, I set everything the way you instructed, but everytime I format the thumb drive, after the formatting is down, nothing shows up as external storage, did this with two thumb drives, one 128G and on 1TB, the results are the same. Please advise
Hi there. Bumped into your video last night, and bought just about all of the equipment. A couple of points: 1) I used the cheaper Oassusose adapter over the Mission one. Saved $7 and it worked just fine; 2) your alternate OTG hub is not compatible with your solution, so you may want to delete the link to it on Amazon; 3) the Ugreen USB hub is out of stock, but it had an older 10/100 Ethernet port. I substituted it with the newer Ugreen USB 3.2 hub with a Gigabit port and it works great; 4) I tried to install a Kingston 128GB USB drive and my Fire Stick didn’t see it. In your video, you used a 2TB hard drive. Do you recommend only using that? Or could a smaller hard drive also work? Obviously my USB thumb drive didn’t work. Great video, it’s appreciated!
The mission cable is the key as you charge it for 10 min prior to first use. Larger drives require the powered cord. Thanks for the update about the links. Both hubs do work though. I've used both. Charging your powered cord first is a must as the tag instructions tell you to do it.
FYI, I found the issue. I had a bad USB drive, and I’m getting it replaced as we speak. I did get a 256GB thumb drive from Amazon, and that works just great. I can also add 2 more components to the USB hub, and now I’m getting 230MBit from the Wired Ethernet connection (I was using an Amazon wired adapter and it never got more than 80MBit). I’m so glad I ran into your videos. Thank you.
Thankyou you make this so easy, even we 70+ year old farts can make this stuff work. Now my question. I know you can put apps on this added drive, can you also download movies. television programs, and Utube videos for private viewing? Would this be legal to do ? Again thank you for the knowledge, I would probably never bought a fire stick if not for your videos. I now have 3 on our tvs even a 4k max on one.
Ok so am I right that any apps I had on internal storage should be uninstalled then reinstalled to external storage? I also noticed you didn’t open the app after installing is that right? Also everything went smoothly but I did notice when I installed app again my internal storage went from 2.17 available to 2.31 is that ok?
Hi I have the same setup accept I use a green ugreen ethernet adapter with USB and I noticed that my TV mates would crash a lot so I did get a power cord it does help but once in a while it does still crash is it a good idea to take it off to USB and put it on the firestick I need a little help thank you
hi sorry about that I figured it out and got it to work out I appreciate your time I do have one last question do you know of any other device that has built-in external and internal like the fire stick and that works consistently@@CuriosityCafe14:10
Love your videos very informative. I have a question for you I was hooking up Ethernet cable on the firestick. The problem I have, if the External thumb drive is hooked up it doesn't recognize the Ethernet connection in setting. When I removed the OTG Adapter with the thumb drive it recognizes it.. do you have any suggestions.
Two questions. Did you use the exact drive we posted a link to? Or a different one (some draw too much power)... Did you charge the Mission powered cable for 10 min prior to first use (as described on the cord tag)? These are common issues with your situation.
@Curiosity Cafe thanks for the reply, I should be receiving the mission power cable by 5 today and will try that. One last question: What is your name? You are very good getting back to people. Thanks again, Jeffrey
No, just make sure it's the 4K max and all the same equipment we linked including the same drive. Also make sure the mission cable is charged for 10min before first use. No skipped steps and works just like the video
Need a bit of help have everything required and connected. Fire stick 4k Max connected to Tv HDMI, OG cable connected to firestick, Mission cable connected to OG cable and usb on TV. When connecting new 2 TB Toshiba slim drive 4k Max is not detecting theHD. Hard drive works everywhere else? Any info you can provide would help as I picked this all up new to accomplish it, appreciate the help.
Is the drive formatted fat32? It should prompt you when you first install it to format with that setting. Did you use the drive we shared in the video? Did you charge the mission cable for 10 min prior to first use? Just make sure all these. If you need private help, we offer that on Patreon.com/curiositycafeyoutube
Equipment needed:
4K MAX FIRESTICK: amzn.to/3YZVK5h
OTG ADAPTER: amzn.to/3lpKkda
OTG CORD ADAPTER: amzn.to/3Jwd4ZI
MISSION POWERED USB CORD: amzn.to/3FAo5YW
USB HUB: amzn.to/3yKGZZn
ALTERNATE HUB: amzn.to/3YTpikJ
2TB HARD DRIVE: amzn.to/3TuKpZQ
NOTE: THE DRIVE WE USED IS OUT OF STOCK (SEAGATE SLIM)
Cannot thank you enough! I watched this video months ago, saved it and bought the items listed. I waited until my firestick 4K Max notified me that it was out of memory.. (I am a procrastinator and was a bit anxious that I couldn't do this by myself.) Lo and behold, with your awesome instructions, I got the whole thing set up properly first time! I've already started moving some apps to the additional drive. Your instructions are the best I've found on TH-cam. Thank you! (Next problem is to replace the broken garbage disposal. Can you do a video?! Hahaha ❤)
Thanks, very complete demonstration on how to increase my device storage. I have been trying to do this using other channels instructions and it didn’t work. I called Amazon Firestick Tech Support 4 Times and due to poor documentation or training they couldn’t do it even with remote access to my TV and the device and finally a Supervisor told me it was not allowed and couldn’t be done. So I gave up until I just saw your video. I Followed your video just now, step by step and it worked!!! Thanks, so now as home tech support I am going to order another Firestick for the kid’s playroom TV with additional storage. 🎯😎
Followed your directions and it worked perfectly. Thank you so much! However I have a question. I have more than one 4k max firestick. Can I share the same storage device between my other firestick? The 1st firestick I used to set this up recognizes the storage and let me transfer apps. But when I tried attaching my drive to my other firestick, it gave me a message saying it was unable to read usb device and wanted me to format it again. I was hoping to share apps and any recordings between the two firesticks. Is that not possble?
Thank you so much for all your great advice. I was a streaming novice, and fell in love with my 1st Fire Stick, when it quit working I took your advice & got The 4K Max on sale! I want to do more of your tips as I am able. God bless you! 😊
I ordered mine just now. It's a great deal. Thanks for the heads. I even got a rebate for trade-in old firestick and $3 Amazon gift card, and It came out to $27. Nice.THANKS
I would absolutely positively appreciate the fire stick Max and be the next big winner on curiosity Café thanks again for all your help and dedication and help to help us get on the right track and not be frustrated🎉❤😊 I used to be a subscriber, but had to stop temporarily due to financial situations at this time. Hope to be back soon.
This is a great demonstration on how to add the 2 TB storage to Firestick 4K Max! Thanks!
Thank you again and again I going to try to by those adapters
Thanks for talking about the differences between using internal vs external.
I use the Ethernet adapter over Wi-Fi. Will try the storage addition. Thanks for sharing.
Great video and exactly what I was looking for to add storage , remove the power cable and use a wired network connection, but it's not working for me either...
I have a 4K Max that is updated with latest software. I powered up the Mission Powered USB for about an hour before plugging it into the 5V 1A USB on the back of my AV receiver and the mini USB into the OTG Cord adapter, with the other mini USB into the Firestick. This all works and starts up when the AV receiver is turned on.
1. I plugged in a 1TB thumb drive into the OTG USB and after a while of formatting, there was an error message (can't remember what it said) but I turned it all off and re-tried but it wont recognize it (doesn't detect that thumb drive when inserted). It did detect and format a different 4G thumb drive, for which I selected "device storage", so that part now also works but any idea on what happened to the other drive please? I did put it into my laptop and it still isn't formatted and only options were NTFS or exFAT.
2. The USB hub was out of stock so I bought the alternate powered USB hub you recommend. I plugged in the ethernet cable and plugged in the USB where the thumb drive was in the OTG adapter, but the firestick is still on Wi-Fi connection and doesn't detect the thumb drive in the USB hub - I assume that is because it needs to be powered with the extra cable, but how does that get hooked up in the set up in the video please?
Thanks, I really appreciate the help!
I would stick to the hard drive we recommended. Link in the description: there are many that aren't compatible. We did the work for you to make it easy
@@CuriosityCafe Understood, thanks. I think I can get away with a smaller size stick for what I need. But I really don't think the USB hub recommended will work as this one needs power through the USB and data through the micro USB. I will hunt around for a different one with alternative power source or the one that you recommend that doesn't need separate power.
Thanks again!
Have fun experimenting. If you get down to it, you can always go back to this video and the equipment that we know works. It's a pretty inexpensive solution. Most drives do need the powered cable, Regardless, fun to try stuff so I get it.
You've just recruited & gained a new subscriber..... sweet video with a walkthrough explanation.....🤙🏾
Brilliant, great and informative video. Thanks
Wow wow Wow ...i learned sooo much from you tonight ..Thank you for all your videos and for helping us to learn so much more about our firesticks and how to keep it running smoothly...Your AWESOME 🥰
This was a great video..I was looking for some of the 3 so I now saved this one in a file I created called Fire TV Thank you.. Also..I hope I did not screw up things but I cleared out of the video without first "Likening" . Then when I left i thought i forgot to comment. then saw i did not like.. Thanks for this... Rich
Your videos are awesome. Easy to understand and equally easy to follow your directions Thank you!
Well presented video! I always chuckle when people say `cut the cord` when actually they end up having a LOT more cords and adapters and wires and gadgets dangling around.
Hi, i have a question. I had a thumb drive on my 4k Firestick, it stop working. I bought the new 4k max 2 gen, i would like to use my thumb drive on it but it wants me to format it. Is there a way without me losing all my apps that are on my drive? Thanks
You would have to reformat it because it uses a different operating system. Why not just grab a 64gb drive off amazon? They are about $8 right now
Ok thanks, the one that I had was a 128gb. But now that I have seen your video, I'm gonna order the same setup that you just showed from your links. Thank you for the great videos.
The USB power booster unit an d expansion option is awesome. Thanks.
Once again, than you so much for the information and the visuals. It helps a lot!
Looks like its time for an upgrade, Thanks so much for all of the great understandable information. Your videos are always wonderful!!!
Finally fixed my connectivity issues. I had to upgrade to the 4K. It solved all of it.
Thank you for the video, the process was very easy. Now all I have to buy is the new fire stick 4k max and the mission power USB. I already have the other items and then I'm ready to follow the instructions of your video. Thank you again.
Very interesting! Thank you for the tutorial video(s). Definetely will look into getting the MISSION POWERED USB CORD... wouldn't it be nice if Amazon just created a future Firestick with this kind of cord? Thank you for sharing this information. Very helpful.
GREAT video, your actual installation made things much easier to understand!
I've learned a thing are too from this guy no BS really useful tips given
Fantastic video,very informative i can't wait for my new adapter to arrive,goodbye power cord.
What a great help. Now I understand how it all goes together. Thank you for your insights and help
Your videos are awesome and easy to understand. I was able to clear my APK and got over - 1Gig of memory. Need your help on buying the right OTG to many out there. Thanks your the best
This sounds really good I am going to check it out and try it
Thanks again for this great info, we have buffering issues at times and this should help a bunch with that and storage... your videos are really intuitive and allow us more capability on our cableless venture into streaming.... have a great day... ~D~
I was delighted to find you and your excellent videos re everything Firestick. I followed your directions to the letter using your Amazon links to buy the necessary equipment to set myself up with a 2TB external drive (the suggested Seagate, the Mission cable, the OTG, etc.). The only items I didn’t use was an Ethernet (my router is too far from the TV) and the USB Hub (but I have ordered the Alternate). I was so pleased to get it set up today. All was looking good and the 2TB of space was showing in “My Fire TV” in Settings. About 4 hours after set up, I began to hear intermittent beeping that I found out was coming from the Seagate. I have simply unplugged the drive from the set up for now. As search told me as the most likely reason is the drive may not be getting enough power. Have you heard of this? Do you know what the problem could be? Do you know of a fix? I hope commenting this may help others. Thank you.
We actually did a troubleshooting video you should watch. Your issue is either the usb port on your tv isn’t strong enough or you did not precharge the mission cable (required)
Thank you for the quick reply. I had the mission cable plugged in for 20 minutes prior to set up so it wasn't that. I will try to find the troubleshooting video and hopefully I can figure it out. Thanks.
I have a feeling your USB on your tv might be one of the low power ones not able to support a 2TB drive. You can do a smaller thumb drive. Maybe 64gb and see if it works, or the other option would be to get and extension cord and run it to the wall instead of your tv power. Either option should help you. I know about that beeping, and the mission cable isn't able to support it with the low power on your tv.
I used everything in the second part, the only thing is I had a 1t WD hard drive that is not being recognized. What should I do? Thanks
I got it working had to change the format first then it read it on my stick
Thank u for video i love it cause i didn't hv no storage on my firestick i delete sum apps i wasn't using i use the setup u did n video now i hv plenty of storage thanks again it was a great video
Awesome video...I love all of your content on Amazon Fire stick, the 4k MAX looks like a huge improvement
Very good information. Thank you.
Nice video putting everything together that provides what all your options are.
On older fire sticks, you can take a bigger size drive and use Windows Disk Management to partition it several times in 64gb partition sizes, then format each partition. Then plug into the fire stick, and the fire stick will take care of the rest.
It would be super cool to get one of these 4K Max's from you. I would be able to finally retire my fire stick from 2018. So please pick me!
You can actually do the same thing with the older firesticks without partitioning it with the same equipment. The only difference is you need to use 3rd party apps to move and access the content. We have another video on this process (however it's much easier on a max)
@@CuriosityCafe How do you pick users for the Firestick giveaway? How are you able to contact someone, do we need to post up some kind of contact info?
Same with all our videos... like, comment, subscribe. We verify you clicked the thumbs up, are active subscriber and you comment. One comment is picked from a comment randomizer (awesome thing they have for youtube comments).
Great video!! can you help with problem!! How can I show videos on Prime that keep showing in theater mode?
If you are talking about display, you can go into prime settings (we have videos on the developer menu)...
If you are talking about theater sound system, you do this:
To turn off Home Theater mode:
Go to Settings.
Select Display & Sounds.
Select Home Theater System.
Select Gaming Audio. Gaming audio mode switches audio back to your TV's speakers.
Select Enabled.
Thank you for your video, it has been very helpful. I seem to be having an issue though. I have the 4K Max v7. I charged the mission cable for well over 1/2 hour just to make sure.I am using hard drive STKM2000400 as I already have it. I guess there is no significant difference then the one you linked GX vs KM - (both slim drives). I am in Canada. I formatted the hard drive to fat32 on my computer. When I fully load up the firestick and attach the hard drive it shuts down the screen on my TV. I get a message pop up "Please check the power of the external device and cable connection status." I have tried permutations and combination of cable and usb ports to no avail and at a bit of a loss. I would appreciate any input. Thanks in advance.
You did everything right, except the drive. Not all drives work because of power draw. Try connecting direct to the wall bypassing the usb on your tv. It might not be supplying enough power
Good info! I am like the little engine…..”I think I can”!
Thanks for the video. Great info.. one question. Does installing more memory help to stop buffering on my IPTV?
No relation. Some IPTVs just buffer. Ours doesn't, but you need a special box to use it. But the IPTV is free so there's that.
Thank you, all in one video. Does the work with the Fire Cube. If so what generations?
We have another video for the cube on the channel. Different process
Great information enjoy your videos thanks
Great video, I now have a working fire stick with a 64GB thump drive. Every app I add with downloaded goes to the new deuce. The only problem I am having is I wish to move TH-cam to the thumb drive, to free more memory on the fire stick, but it just loads back onto the stick. What am I doing wrong? Can what I want to do be done? Thank you.
Only way to move TH-cam is to install it from aptoide
@@CuriosityCafe thank you for the info, I will do it today. Again thank you.
Always something to learn I like that. Never too old to learn useful.
I added an external 2tb drive and put Tivimate on it. It shows the little pencil in applications. My problem is anything else I added and any recording are still going on main storage. I haven’t added much but it shows I have 415mb out of 5.33gb. How do I solve this.
When you set the recording on tivimate you have to select the drive. It won't automatically go there
@@CuriosityCafe do you have a video showing where to go for that. I’m generally pretty good at this but this one stumped me.
We used to, but youtube shut it down. But its really not hard. When you first set the recording a box pops up. Click the location and set it to the drive (default is internal)
@@CuriosityCafe Tivimate is installed on the external storage yet I get this path: /storage/emulated/0/Diwnload/Tivimate/Recordings.
It doesn’t show me an external drive to choose.
When you click on that path it should open your file manager and you can select the external drive. If not, you might need to look at your tivimate settings, especially if you initially downloaded it on your internal. You can do it! Tens of thousands of subs are doing it. Private help is through Patreon it you need video help
I'm 4ever a beginner. I love and I've learn a lot for pass 5 years. TY. How can i win the newest firestick? Where's the link?? Don't find or see it. Help?
I never win anything😂. But i did, you sharing your knowledge. TY so much.
We do monthly drawings on Patreon. If a video qualifies for subscriber drawing, you just have to comment, and like the video
First I wanted to say thank you so much. It's really helped you showing us all the great things to do. I have bought both items and now need that storage you use. Please tell me what it is and where to buy it. I def need the storage. I bought the VPN you showed us and will be using it. My biggest problem with no bigger storage is the buffering so I have to go in and get rid of the cache and restart. I have a jailbroke firestick out of the UK. But what you showed how to look for other countries will work better. Again Thank you so much!!!❤❤😊
Thanks for supporting the channel. We always put the links in the description section and the comments section so you can find them easier. Here they are as well:
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Yes the power adapter is nice. I don't know if Alexa will work if the tv off, IF TRYING TURN LIGHTS ON.
Unless have echo or cubi
Not unless you have an Alexa tv. Most people use echo dots for that
I bought one of those $6 outlet timers (often used for setting on/off for Christmas lights) and set it to cutoff power to my firestick at 3am and back on at 3:15 am
Love the creativity. If I can add one thing. Make sure auto updates are OFF in settings or you could brick the stick.
Oh I found where you posted what the storage is. TY
Great video. Very informative.
I just bought the fire stick but pretty sure its not the 4hd. Have it simply set up so far with just kodi and 2 add on's. As interesting as this is at this point I'm fairly satisfied with just access to more TV channels and movie access. As I do not have cable television. However I am assuming the longer I have this I will be adding more apps and things so eventually increasing the storage is a good idea... Thanks for sharing this..
Thanks for your video! At 9:00, you talk about the OTG cord adapter. Is my understanding correct that it can replace the mission power cord and provide sufficient power to fire stick and external drive in using power from outlet? That seems simpler and more economical, no?
It depends on the drive used. Thumb drive, no problem. 2TB Hard drive? You need a mission power boost more than likely to be stable. It might work for a while, but no one wants a firestick crash in the middle of Tulsa King
@@CuriosityCafe Thanks. Is it a matter of power supply level or control/tension stability ? SSD disk are less power consuming, I believe would it be more adequate?
Yes and SSD will need some formatting to make it work. That's why I don't recommend them. Too many can't figure it out. Plug and play is always better
Thanks for the video and good advises. I have a question how do you put applications and movies and music in the same external hard drive without do a partition?
Es File Manager or set your download to the external drive using the program you downloaded with (example tivimate recordings)
Just what I needed! ❤
Great video and very informative. Just curious if you know if the configuration on the Fire TV Stick 4K Max is different if you purchase it in Canada. There are some differences such as when I plugged in my USB drive it did not come up asking saying Unable to read USB Device with the option of selecting Device Storage. It automatically installed it as an External Device and when I’m trying to record something from Tivimate it’s saving it to the Internal Drive. This is just one example of differences. Hoping that’s not the case!!! Thanks
It should be the same. If you have Tivimate on the external drive AND you set the recordings to that external drive, it will do it. You have to do both. You’ll see when you set the recordings, you can select the directory. The default is always internal. You have to change it. Our Patreon post would help you if you are a member
Hi, thanks for all your videos very informative. I am using the Firestick 4k max - got all the equipment you suggested - everything works except the USB HUB to have it hardwired into my TV and have a new remote with a dongle - I think I might have gotten the wrong one cuz the one you showed was out of stock. Could you explain why mine won't work with this setup Please, Thank You
Yeah, sadly not all will work. It's very annoying. Also you will need the mission cable due to power draw. I will see if another seller has the one I use. The Ugreen works good also
I now have all the right equipment except I can' get the Oassuosse USB hub you recommended to work. The drive is recognized and formatted through the mission cable but not through the hub. Do you have a video on how to hook up this alternate hub?
I don't know what hub that is. We show you in the video the physical hook up process for the hub we used.
Nothing beats an Ethernet connection. Always stable.
You guys are fantastic!
You always have the very best videos and simple to follow. Thank you.
20:36 I've everything you recommended from the mission power supply to the Two Terabytes external hard drive. Everything is getting power but firestick 4k max will not Recognize the external drive to format said drive. Whats your suggestion on this.
Reach out for support on Patreon. We need to ask a lot of questions to see what you missed
Love this video, you made it so easy to do, thanks. One question I have is if I record some program from TVmate it stores the video on the Fire Stick, can that content be recorded to the USB drive instead. Thanks again.
Yes, when you set the recording, you can choose the location. Did you watch our Patreon video on that subject?
@@CuriosityCafe I joined your Patreon site and found the video you spoke about. when I go to Settings and my Fire TV and I select about, I see the storage on the menu and it shows external space 4 gigabytes. The problem I’m having is when I follow your video to change the location it doesn’t show me the USB drive. I know that I can download programs like flex and it will store it on the USB drive. That seems to work fine it’s just having an issue saving content like recorded programs to the USB Drive is the issue, any ideas? Thanks in advance and hope you had a great new year.
That's great news and value ❤🎉😮
Love your tutorials. I have a question for you, what is the path for recording on a firestick 4k max to usb with tivimate? I sure would appreciate the info.
The tutorial is already posted on Patreon. You can see it for free
Prim movies such a Jack Ryan when I Play it shows in theater mode, how can I change that?
When using an Ethernet connection to the fire stick isn’t the max connection speed limited to 100Mbs by the fire stick? Thank you for your help. Dellie
100mbps stable is better than 200 via WiFi. For streaming you don't want ups and downs. If you get 100mbps stable no buffering even at 4k... I would be super happy. Now it's different if you are uploading or downloading. But if just streaming. Ethernet all the way
Great helpful video! I bought all of the pieces and set it up exactly as instructed. I watched Hulu for about an hour and then heard a couple of beeps and the message came on the screen that there was nothing connected to my HDMI port where the firestick is inserted. The HDMI2 is showing as nothing is plugged into it on the Source menu. It feels like this is a power issue? The Mission box was charged for 15 minutes before I hooked everything up. Should the power be plugged in to the 5v USB jack? It is currently plugged into the other USB jack. Thanks again for your help.
Yes, that usb port is not sufficient. Two options. A more powerful usb port or just plug into the wall. Some tv usb just isn’t sufficient. Especially those larger drives. Easy fix
Thanks so much for the quick response! If I go back to using the wall plug cord to be plugged into the OTG cord, would I then still need the Mission box plugged into the OTG cord as well? Thanks again!@@CuriosityCafe
Only necessary if you worry about power outages or surges. It can mess up your stick. The mission cable is good for that also.
OK thanks again! Since that is a super short cord on that OTG adapter and won't reach a wall plug, I'll have to use an extension cord to plug it into the power strip, which shouldn't be a big deal. Not sure how much protection that strip will offer in a surge. I appreciate your videos and your help!@@CuriosityCafe
Exactly! I had to do that in one of our guest rooms. LG and Sony tv was fine, but my Hisense usb port didn't have enough power, so I added the extension cord. You are on the right track.
Love the videos my guy. Keep up the good work
Awesome video and great information keep up the great work Thanks
As always, your videos are very helpful. Thank you
Good information, thanks for sharing ! Slainte' ! Cheers !
My firestick 4k max wont recognize an external thumb drive or hard drive with the typical ac plug. I have tried over and over. Will this make a difference? Thanks for the awesome channel.
What size thumb drive? Did you make sure it’s compatible? Use our link?
Really informative and thanks for the links to the items! Cheers!
love this, love your content, keep it coming!
Love your content!! Keeping me going, all the time
Really like your videos, I have a question, I set everything the way you instructed, but everytime I format the thumb drive, after the formatting is down, nothing shows up as external storage, did this with two thumb drives, one 128G and on 1TB, the results are the same. Please advise
I'd have to see if you missed any steps and if using a compatible drive - did you charge the mission power cable for 10 min before first use?
Very well done...good clear and concise information
This is AWESOME. can i download Twitch on the firestick??? thank you
very informative, easy too understand thank you for your time n vids!!
Hi there. Bumped into your video last night, and bought just about all of the equipment.
A couple of points: 1) I used the cheaper Oassusose adapter over the Mission one. Saved $7 and it worked just fine;
2) your alternate OTG hub is not compatible with your solution, so you may want to delete the link to it on Amazon;
3) the Ugreen USB hub is out of stock, but it had an older 10/100 Ethernet port. I substituted it with the newer Ugreen USB 3.2 hub with a Gigabit port and it works great;
4) I tried to install a Kingston 128GB USB drive and my Fire Stick didn’t see it.
In your video, you used a 2TB hard drive. Do you recommend only using that? Or could a smaller hard drive also work? Obviously my USB thumb drive didn’t work.
Great video, it’s appreciated!
The mission cable is the key as you charge it for 10 min prior to first use. Larger drives require the powered cord. Thanks for the update about the links. Both hubs do work though. I've used both. Charging your powered cord first is a must as the tag instructions tell you to do it.
FYI, I found the issue. I had a bad USB drive, and I’m getting it replaced as we speak. I did get a 256GB thumb drive from Amazon, and that works just great. I can also add 2 more components to the USB hub, and now I’m getting 230MBit from the Wired Ethernet connection (I was using an Amazon wired adapter and it never got more than 80MBit). I’m so glad I ran into your videos. Thank you.
Love the Vortex shirt.
This is a grand slam. Thank you.
Thankyou you make this so easy, even we 70+ year old farts can make this stuff work. Now my question. I know you can put apps on this added drive, can you also download movies. television programs, and Utube videos for private viewing? Would this be legal to do ? Again thank you for the knowledge, I would probably never bought a fire stick if not for your videos. I now have 3 on our tvs even a 4k max on one.
Ok so am I right that any apps I had on internal storage should be uninstalled then reinstalled to external storage? I also noticed you didn’t open the app after installing is that right? Also everything went smoothly but I did notice when I installed app again my internal storage went from 2.17 available to 2.31 is that ok?
I have fire stick 4k but thinking end get me 4K max, you say that amazon give you credit?
Great Job. Very informative. Thank you.
I have the otg cable and a usb stick and I could not get it to work
No? Did you forget the mission powered cord in this video? It's critically important. Are you also using a firestick 4k max?
Hi I have the same setup accept I use a green ugreen ethernet adapter with USB and I noticed that my TV mates would crash a lot so I did get a power cord it does help but once in a while it does still crash is it a good idea to take it off to USB and put it on the firestick I need a little help thank you
Did you charge the mission cord for 10 min prior to first use? Very important or it could crash
@@CuriosityCafe hi the ugreen has a separate power cord that I bought but I did not charge anything it just plugged into the TV thank you
Yes, I'm aware of what ugreen is. You are missing an important part of this whole process. Might want to re-watch
hi sorry about that I figured it out and got it to work out I appreciate your time I do have one last question do you know of any other device that has built-in external and internal like the fire stick and that works consistently@@CuriosityCafe14:10
Love your videos very informative. I have a question for you I was hooking up Ethernet cable on the firestick. The problem I have, if the External thumb drive is hooked up it doesn't recognize the Ethernet connection in setting. When I removed the OTG Adapter with the thumb drive it recognizes it.. do you have any suggestions.
Yeah, it's either the hub you are using, or you don't have the mission power cable.
@Curiosity Cafe I did order the power cable, I used 2 different Ethernet hubs.
Two questions. Did you use the exact drive we posted a link to? Or a different one (some draw too much power)... Did you charge the Mission powered cable for 10 min prior to first use (as described on the cord tag)? These are common issues with your situation.
@Curiosity Cafe thanks for the reply, I should be receiving the mission power cable by 5 today and will try that. One last question: What is your name? You are very good getting back to people. Thanks again, Jeffrey
Hello, great informative video. Would this work with an SSD 2T storage device?
No, unfortunately not. We put links in the description section of drives that work
I'm having a problem with the 2T drive and adding storage. My TV doesn't recognize the extra storage. Is there a work around.
No, just make sure it's the 4K max and all the same equipment we linked including the same drive. Also make sure the mission cable is charged for 10min before first use. No skipped steps and works just like the video
Do you have tutorial on adding storage to older firesticks? With Fire OS 6?
Yes, been on the channel since 2019. Longer process for sure, but can be done if you follow along. Click our channel name and look for it
I think I chose external so will I need to factory reset to change to device storage please. 😊
What about adding apps you download from downloader will they go straight to your exstended storage,like kodi ,bee tv apps like that
They go to external if set up properly. All ours do
Need a bit of help have everything required and connected. Fire stick 4k Max connected to Tv HDMI, OG cable connected to firestick, Mission cable connected to OG cable and usb on TV. When connecting new 2 TB Toshiba slim drive 4k Max is not detecting theHD. Hard drive works everywhere else? Any info you can provide would help as I picked this all up new to accomplish it, appreciate the help.
Is the drive formatted fat32? It should prompt you when you first install it to format with that setting. Did you use the drive we shared in the video? Did you charge the mission cable for 10 min prior to first use? Just make sure all these. If you need private help, we offer that on Patreon.com/curiositycafeyoutube
Always learn a golden nugget of information. Thank you 🙏
Thanks for the updated info!