🔥 INSANE 2TB FIRESTICK 4K MAX - HOW TO EXPAND STORAGE 

HERE IS WHAT WE USED: 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)

If it wasn't for your channel, I would still be in the dinosaur age of streaming. Thank you!!

I made a comment earlier about your video not working for older firesticks. I was wrong you have to keep updating till there is no more updates to update!! Thank You For Giving Me The urge to try it!!!

Again, thank you for all the information that you provide helping make our firestick experience a lot easier.

This is super incredible. It does look like a lot but it is pretty simple when you stop and look at it. I will absolutely be doing this. I love messing around with the firestick. Thanks for this video and information.

I tried your instructions step by step and out of three power adapters including one Mission power adapter; one lasted 24 hrs before it lost the connection and the other two didn't last four hours. I will admit that I was pleased with the speed and performance at first. But why they wouldn't work beats me. My setup is 1) 2 tb ssd dr., 1) OTG ADAPTER, 1) 4K MAX FIRESTICK, and 1) USB 3-3.0 HUB with an ETHERNET connection. I had planned to setup my Cube but that will have to wait until I find out what is the problem. Thanks for your postings they have been most helpful.

THIS IS JUST GREAT! this is one of your best videos giving so much info in a very easy way to understand. thank you and keep on making these great videos!!!

I don’t know if you revisit your your earlier posts but I want to say much thanks for this. I followed your instructions and everything works perfectly.

Fantastic information! As someone who is very much a techie, but at the same time even if you're not a techie, this video explains everything very very simplistically. It sounds like a lot.....but I promise you, once it's all said and done you'll never have to worry about storage again! Also, great information about the hard wire connection to obtain the high-speed. Thank you very much for sharing this wonderful information! :-)

You are great. Always making it easy for us. Thanks for your time and energy. You’re the best!

These videos are so helpful. I follow them step by step and they all work One thing I was wondering, could you put out a list or a rule as to the apps that Firestick won't allowed to be moved to external storage. Like youtubetv and tubi? This way we won't go bonkers wondering what we are doing wrong.

Ty ty. So glad to stumble upon this. We like jackbox tv games and struggle with space

Although the Mission/other USB cords is a good concept to reduce wires and clutter. The downside is that Fire TV has to boot every time and VPNs need to be restarted. If the original power cord is used, Fire TV launches immediately and the VPN if previously loaded is still active.

thanks for the simple explanation how it goes together. i'm going shopping!

Thanks my friend.always very helpful just when I was trying to extend memory into my old fire stick 4 k.and also thanks for the tip on how to get it wired to my router ❤

Ahhhhhh I'm satisfied with what I got, it's fast HD quality great.

thats a great setup Mr. C, I'm ordering the stuff today.

Damn man thank you so much for this 🙌🏽

Why do you need additional storage? For apps? For content? If so, how do you access it?

Awesome job once again, thanks for all the info

That is an awesome set up. Wow. Thanks for this video..

Very good information. Keep up the good work

Great information...very helpful.

I did the setup step by step as you advised but the extra storage isn’t showing up. I used the Seagate Portable 2TB External Hard Drive HDD - USB 3.0. Not sure what I’m not doing right. The firestick is powered and connected but doesn’t show the external drive.

Wow, great information.. That's for posting, I'm definitely going to do the upgrade 👍👌

Great video as always, question once you hook up the otc does it automatically increase storage on the internal storage or does it need to be formatted?

That's great, now can you do a video on how to transfer apps and video or how to record to the hard drive. Thanks.

As usual, awesome!

Thank you!! Awesome set-up.

I appreciate all the information you provided and the parts list you show... BUT what software do we need to download to the firestick that will install the 2 TB drive .???? I love the HERE IS WHAT WE USED.... Except no information on the software .... Call me "lost and broke" with a drive that will not install ... Can anyone help me please ..?

So we have to join the Patreon to actually see how to set it up

I have a fire cube will this work with it

good video. easy to follow. 👍if you don't have a 2tb drive but a 1 or more 1tb or just 3 128b usb sticks is there likely power issues using them.?

It would be great if streaming services like Netflix and Amazon Prime could utilize that external storage to PRE-download movies and TV show seasons (like the mobile versions of the apps can do), so that you can watch shows without buffering, or in case of Internet outages.

Quick question.. why would you need 2 TB on a firestick? Is it for the ability to add a lot more apps? I have used firesticks for years and never felt like I needed that much storage... I am really just curious if I am missing something....

This is great. Thank you so much Sir

like always... great info !!!!! thanks

Very good tutorial.

Nice .. u explain it well

The OBD adapter I need the power booster for the firestick anyway you can help me I'm reaching out to you again it's my third time thank you

This is Great Great guide Thank you so much

Thank you for the class

Thanks for the great info

Your the Man

Thanks again for your knowledgeable videos question can you put third party apps on the fire stick max

Looks great

Thank you again

Setup is awesome only drawback is the USB hub only allows 100mbps max.....wirelessy I get almost 300mbps. Still awesome setup

I had messaged you earlier stating that I bought all the accessories exactly as you recommended and I could not get apps to the 2TB drive. The stick showed the storage was there. The mistake I made was to add a USB extension cord from the Hub to the firestick OTG adapter so I could access the USB hub from the front of the TV. It wouldn’t work. I took the extension out and it worked as your video suggested. Why would that be do you think?

Thanks for sharing

Thanks for the info. If I'm not worried about the power cord, can I just keep using the one provided by the firestick. Can you use a larger storage device like 4TB.

Thank you

Love your channel.. I am an advanced firestick user and have had a firestick 4k max since it came out. . I have an older 4k firestick before that with extra storage using third party apps and command line script. I have a 128gb flash drive hook up the same way you describe with OTG adapter. I have a ton of apps installed. I have my 128gb flash drive formated as internal storage just as you have your ssd 2tb. With formated this way it can only be used by the firestick and not able to be used on other devices. But firestick still shows as External storage and firestick internal storage still shows space as being 8gb with lil over 5gb available. Not 5:32 all apps install to the external drive unless developer put support for it. But there are work around with again 3rd party apps or command line script. But as you know doing so still causes you real 4( max still still goes down some with each app unless developer of app supports it. I think. So how can someone fix this and add to extra storage without lil by lil being taken away ftom actual firestick 4k max storage. As in the case of Happy chick I have tons installed without it taking away from 4k max as long as app was installed first to external storage or moved. I tried all methods without any luck am I missing something. If so what? Thanks!

Is there a way to check how much power the stick has to check the adaptor is charging it?

I guess this works for the majority of your viewers, but it didn't work for me. I did everything according to your instructions but my Firestick Max settings say "No USB Storage Detected" (this is in the Fire TV section, in "About", and then in "Storage" - there's no direct "USB Drive" item in the main menu as in your video). Everything else works and my external HD has power going to it. Any thoughts?

For the ethernet usb hub do I need one with the option to run a power adapter to it? Or will it gain enough power from the USB power adapter that is connected to the Fire Stick?

I don’t have a usb on my tv will a usb hub work

Is this additional storage restricted to merely storing your own data such as videos etc.. or does the additional storage integrate with the firestick OS itself, and thus allow you to install APPS on the additional storage, and also have those apps use the additional storage for cache?

I don’t mean to sound ungrateful but why would you need 2tb of storage on a streaming stick? When Amazon themselves recommend 128gb. Still a very informative and helpful video

I haven't set up this way the only problem is after a while the fire stick won't see the USB drive on either of the fire sticks any suggestions

Love your channel, I have a first Gen cube still works fine would a 4K max be a better device? What I’m getting at is cube 1st Gen outdated? Thanks.

I followed the instructions and even turned off debugging and extenal storage is not being recognized. I read on an Amazon thread they disabled that capability. Is this true and is there a workaround?

Problems!! I am following the You Tube video “INSANE 2TB FIRESTICK 4K MAX - HOW TO EXPAND STORAGE” and when I got to the part about adding the 2gb drive to the mix it all went south. I plugged the Seagate 2TB drive into the OTG adapter the light on the drive came on but nothing else happened. The screen never changed to the instructions to do the formatting. What am I doing wrong? Thanks for your help. Edd

We travel in a Motorhome that we use but don't enjoy great WiFi when out and about a few times per year. Would this help me 'playback' 'recorded' Movies on our Motorhome TV without the need to 'Stream'. I would need to learn how to 'Download' movies and show onto the HDD (wondering if a SSD might work as well). I'm enjoying your 'Tech Review' channel . Cheers from Tucson, AZ.

OK...but, how many apps can you install on the external drive that run stable (or are even allowed to be installed on the USB drive)???? Is this setup for a PVR/DVR type setup, or is it for installing many apps....you don't give this detail. Thanks.

Help deeded!! I have the d4k max and purchased everything you said I need. Everything works but the firestick doesn't recognize the external hardrive to format it. Please advise....

My firestick is stuck on the fire tv logo. How do I get my firestick back on? My firestick is set up exactly as your video and yes it works. Suddenly it has been stuck on the logo

4:35 - Do we know if this power setup works on old sets? I have a set from 2012 and I found the usb would not supply sufficient power to run the fire stick when I initially installed it in 2019.

Hi I keep getting an error message system UI that the seagate usb drive is corrupt. When I click on select to fix nothing happens

While using the Xfinity App, is there a remote I can buy that I can directly type the channel in and it go to that channel? For example, if I'm on channel 42 and I want to go to channel 128, is there a remote I can type 128 and it go there without me having to scroll down all the channels?

Might just be me, but, does anyone else just use their Firestick to warch TV?

HOW & WHERE can you get a PROGRAM to FORMAT these 2TB & UP to 20TB?

Will the hard drive work for a Toshiba Fire TV as well? I have 2 of them but the storage is pretty low. I’m forced to use Hulu, Netflix and HBO Max through my cable provider and directly from the TV.

Hello Mr. Curiosity, how are you? I'm going off topic here but I would like your opinion for the best iptv provider that you would reccomend. I have 2 accounts already but have constant problems with them. Is there such a thing as a perfect iptv??? Thanks in advance 😊

Could you add a second hard drive into the USB hub and have one as external and one as device storage?

How to watch PPV LIVE and what apps are the best one to download. Thanks

I added 124 gb memory stick to my 4K max firetv, but it shows as external storage rather than total internal memory, do I need to do something?

I got all the hardware you recommended, put it together but it did NOT recognize the external storage device, it did not ask me to format the drive. Got OS 7 software. Any clue as to what went wrong

Will this work on the 2nd Gen Firecube?

If I purchased the items how much would you charge to jailbreak the 4k Fire stick / format - program the 2tb hdd & set everything up?

How do you get the ability to record like a DVR to the external with this setup? Because I am having trouble figuring it out.

How do you hook up together ( the hub with internet connection and 2TB external storage all 2gether @ once..????. I'll be absolutely 💯 happy dad. Thank you .

Great video. Will the following Seagate drive work? Seems to be the same specs without the extra software. Seagate Portable 2TB External Hard Drive HDD - USB 3.0 for PC, Mac, PlayStation, & Xbox -1-Year Rescue Service. I've already found the other items and have them listed in my cart.

I set it up exactly like you showed. Fire Stick works but the Storage did not change. Do I have to factory reset the firestick for it to work properly?or do I need an app?

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why would you have extra storage on a firestick?

Bought the drive and cables shown in links. Followed directions step by step. Fire stick read the drive and asked how to format. Selected device storage. Drive was formatted. But doesn’t show up in storage. Running fire OS update as of today.

I only want to hardwire my router to my firestick. Where can I buy just the adapter without the usb hubs?

Hello friend. I have a question about the storage unit. I have a fire stick 4k Max with a WD Passport 2 TB external hard drive connected but it says cannot format due to unsupported filing system. I'm letting my firestick load before connecting but I get the same result. Am I doing something wrong? My gut tells me it's the Password but I thought I'd touch base with you before I start exchanging things at the store. Anywho, Happy 4th

When buying hard drive does it have to say expansion or will any external hard drive work

Hey Bro, it's not as simple as you explain it. You download apps that get installed on external storage, but after installation, the data is stored on the Fire Stick TV. This makes it impossible to play games or download, install, and use many apps. Or did I do something wrong? Please, answer me. Thank you

That must be the new fire stick s I have a older 3021 cube I don't have that USB

Alot of apps Like Netflix won't install in flash drive. Is there a way to force apps like Netflix to install on flash drive. Other apps like paramount do install on flash drive.

How would you do it for a firecube?

I did what u said, but the external hard drive is recognized by the fire stick. How do I format it? There isn’t a link.

thanks for the video, the 2 terabytes external hard drive came formatted as Ex fat, firestick does not read ex-fat only Fat32 how did you do. I understand you need to convert the 2 terabytes drive to Fat32 in order to us in the firestick?

Gotta get get Mission adapter 🖒

Does this work with the 2nd gen 4k Max?

Whats the RAM capacity in those Firesticks now ...... have they reached the 2Gb mark yet ?

Hello Curiosity Cafe, I installed my new 2TB as instructed but I am not getting the extra storage on my Firestick. Please help with issue. Thank you 🙏