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Firestick low storage
Posted on 3/20/23 at 9:29 am
Posted on 3/20/23 at 9:29 am
Anyone figured out the low storage problem? There are a couple threads about this problem but they are over a year old so I didn’t want to bump. None of them contain a solution.
My Firestick says I have only have 852M of storage space available. However, when I add up all the storage used by my apps I only come up with 1.4G. This means I should have like 4.5G remaining. I realize there is some operating software but I can’t believe it uses a majority of the space. For some reason my Firestick thinks there is more stuff on it then there really is.
Any suggestions? In the meantime I completely wiped the stick and will reinstall everything. Will report back with results.
UPDATE 1: After wiping the unit, reinstalling all of my apps, signing into them and starting a show on each one, I have almost 4G of space left which is close to where I thought it should be. Will update again if it changes down the road.
UPDATE 2: The storage being used is slowly creeping up. It could be just cache as we use it more. I’ll keep my eye on it.
My Firestick says I have only have 852M of storage space available. However, when I add up all the storage used by my apps I only come up with 1.4G. This means I should have like 4.5G remaining. I realize there is some operating software but I can’t believe it uses a majority of the space. For some reason my Firestick thinks there is more stuff on it then there really is.
Any suggestions? In the meantime I completely wiped the stick and will reinstall everything. Will report back with results.
UPDATE 1: After wiping the unit, reinstalling all of my apps, signing into them and starting a show on each one, I have almost 4G of space left which is close to where I thought it should be. Will update again if it changes down the road.
UPDATE 2: The storage being used is slowly creeping up. It could be just cache as we use it more. I’ll keep my eye on it.
This post was edited on 3/20/23 at 4:41 pm
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Posted on 3/20/23 at 9:38 am to skidry
This happened to mine before and uninstalling stuff didn't fix it. I had to do a factory reset which freed up the space.
Posted on 3/20/23 at 11:28 am to skidry
Could be an app creating temp files and not deleting them when it closes. Tivimate was doing this on my FireTV for a while but they finally fixed it . If you go into your Manage Apps setting it will show you how much space each app is taking up and you should see which one is eating storage.
Posted on 3/20/23 at 11:52 am to Zappas Stache
I did this, added each app usage up by hand, and it’s nowhere near the capacity it “thinks” I’m using. Complete restore to factory worked.
Posted on 3/20/23 at 6:24 pm to skidry
One of my kids TV was a fireTV and we had to reset it from time to time because it thought it was full when it was only running a few apps.
Posted on 3/20/23 at 8:29 pm to skidry
A little on the complicated side, but you can also purchase a cheap OTG cable from Amazon and move apps like Netflix, HBOMax, YouTube, etc. to a USB thumb drive.
Posted on 3/20/23 at 10:43 pm to skidry
You should be able to clear the cache in the Manage Aps area...
Posted on 3/21/23 at 6:43 am to skidry
Clear the cache (not data) on all apps
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