Googletv problem adding USB storage

by alwayslearningdaily

Pleassee help this is driving me nuts. I'm relatively tech savvy have viewed all the tutorials to add extra storage to googletv puck. Using a USB c hub with extra power brick 25w sufficient to run an 8gb usb stick formatted to fat32. I've got Dev mode switched on. Each time I plug in a usb drive to the hub it simply doesn't recognize it at all no error mesgs nothing. I've tried multiple diff brands of usb stick all formatted correctly for fat32. And none work. I've tested the USB c hub in my laptop seperatly as well as the USB sticks and all work fine it's just when connected together it simply doesn't recognize they're connected. Any help greatly appreciated.

CallMeMrGibbs

Is the power adapter PD?

japzone

Not sure why your setup isn't working, but here's exactly what I used since my only goal was to pad out the storage a bit:

I plugged everything in, formatted it as Adoptable Storage, enabled the Developer option, and then manually started moving apps individually. Only the app itself, not its data, would move to the USB drive, and I can't use the drive for anything else, but at least I managed to get 1.7GB of free space after the latest firmware update despite having 40 apps installed. I hope Google gets around to fixing the bugged Adoptable Storage so that you can properly migrate everything and access the expanded storage.

alwayslearningdaily

Good point I haven't experimented with different power bricks yet. Just trying to save money will wait till after Xmas and buy a bigger brick. What wattage would you recommend to run a simple 8gb usb stick not running any other devices from it yet just want to get that working first before consider adding any other accessories like keyboard mouse etc

Se7enLC

Could be an issue with the hub. Not every device works with Android

linkinstreet

I gave up tying to get a micro SD card to play well with my CwGTV. It's only useable with dev mode, and lacks the feature of other Android TV box where you can adopt the SD card as a native storage where it can be properly utilised. :(