Attention Fire Stick Users

by boatboy63

Attention Fire Stick users. Are you constantly finding yourself running out of storage? I just noticed something less than a week ago. I had 503MB (.5 GB) showing in my screensaver cache. I deleted that cache and immediately found that my storage had increased by that much. Just checked it again today (less than a week) and saw the screensaver cache was back up to 401MB. Sure enough, I deleted it's cache and storage increased again. I just turned my screensaver off so I am hoping the cache will stay at 0.

Just a heads up if you constantly run low on storage. Delete your screensaver cache and see what happens. This is on my 4K FS but I would guess most models would be similar.

britt222

I had the exact same experience as you, and also did the same thing. With screensaver set to not ever come on, there shouldn't be any cache buildup.

Riyzoh

I have the fire TV 2nd generation so I just bought a microsd and put it in the back of it

UltraStreamz

There are MANY things you can do on a firestick to help the performance. I use them religiously. They are cheap awesome devices.

Turning the screen saver off is a big one. "supercharging" it works as well. You can find guides online that turn off certain features so you dont have to clear cache every day. I clear my cache about once a week now and everything runs smoothly!

VeryLoudAlfie

Recommended to get a otg cable and add a usb flash drive . Clear your files out, delete all those apks you have just sitting there. Clear cache, freeze certain processing files. It’ll all help

FondofFrogs

I constantly purge the cache of all Firestick programs. Helps sort of

ChanWee

What app do you use for FireSticks?

kieranbolty

could the more storage potentially hinder steaming quality eg buffering?

MagJack

Thank you! I was wondering but never got the chance to check it out.

MackmanXboxman

Mines used to have a lot of cache to,but after deleting it a few times.The most I see is around 75mbs.I have no clue why it dropped in size but been like that for 2 months or more.