USB Stick is not working

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Kka

Discussion Starter · 1 mo ago (Edited)

Are there any limitations or particular brands of USB sticks/drives that Nissan understands?
I tried few usb-c flash drives 64gb +
with NTFS and ex-Fat formatting. None of those worked. WTF?

My 2016 Durango works with anything via USB including 8Tb HDDs....

So this is a really strange to see not working USB drives in 2023 car....

Update:

Problem: ONLY FAT32 USB Devices (USB-C 32Gb of less) Work in my Ariya by default
This might be not the case for usb-a devices with ntfs file system and 32gb+
Workaround: Download Rufus Portable Rufus - Create bootable USB drives the easy way - in boot selection set "non-bootable" and in file System set FAT32. Click start and now you have you usb storage larger that 32GB formatted to FAT32.
Tested on 64gb & 512gb USB-A and USB-C flash drives

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mechmyday

· #2 · 1 mo ago

Seems unlikely that NTFS or exFAT would be supported. Did you try FAT32?

atreis

· #3 · 1 mo ago

Kka said:
Are there any limitations or particular brands of USB sticks/drives that Nissan understands?
I tried few usb-c flash drives 64gb +
with NTFS and ex-Fat formatting. None of those worked. WTF?

My 2016 Durango works with anything via USB including 8Tb HDDs....

So this is a really strange to see not working USB drives in 2023 car....

FAT32 works for me. Try that instead.

Kka

Discussion Starter · #4 · 1 mo ago

atreis said:
FAT32 works for me. Try that instead.

Can you teach me how do you format 64GB flash drive to Fat32 😂😂😂

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Kka

Discussion Starter · #5 · 1 mo ago

mechmyday said:
Seems unlikely that NTFS or exFAT would be supported. Did you try FAT32?

So basically what you are saying is that no usb devices with more than 32Gb onboard are supported in 2023 car? I don't even know should I laugh or cry here...Bad fail by nissan

DallasEV

· #6 · 1 mo ago

Kka said:
So basically what you are saying is that no usb devices with more than 32Gb onboard are supported in 2023 car? I don't even know should I laugh or cry here...Bad fail by nissan

I use a 32gb NTFS formatted USB A drive on port USB2... no issues with reading it. Perhaps the USB C and USB A ports have different limitations?

Kka

Discussion Starter · #7 · 1 mo ago

Ok. Went out and tested out a lot of different setups.
BAD NEWS for all of us guys. ONLY FAT32 USB Devices (USB-C & USB-A 32Gb of less) Work with our beautiful 2023 year built $50K+ EV auto

p.s. Have a wireless carplay and no support for any storage above 32GB 😂😂 speechless...

atreis

· #8 · 1 mo ago

Kka said:
Ok. Went out and tested out a lot of different setups.
BAD NEWS for all of us guys. ONLY FAT32 USB Devices (USB-C & USB-A 32Gb of less) Work with our beautiful 2023 year built $50K+ EV auto

p.s. Have a wireless carplay and no support for any storage above 32GB 😂😂 speechless...

While Windows can't format volumes larger than 32G as FAT32 natively, there are third party tools that can do it (as can Linux).
This help page references one of those tools: Formatting 64GB USB Drive to FAT32

Also, many larger USB drives come formatted FAT32 out of the box regardless of size.

ab13

· #9 · 1 mo ago

I'm using a SanDisk 128 GB with the default format, so I don't know what it is formatted to, but no issues for the USB A port.

SanDisk 128GB Ultra Fit USB 3.1 Flash Drive - SDCZ430-128G-G46

Hank

· #10 · 1 mo ago

Kka said:
Ok. Went out and tested out a lot of different setups.
BAD NEWS for all of us guys. ONLY FAT32 USB Devices (USB-C & USB-A 32Gb of less) Work with our beautiful 2023 year built $50K+ EV auto

p.s. Have a wireless carplay and no support for any storage above 32GB 😂😂 speechless...

If you think that’s bad, those poor Tesla owners can’t use the best selling smartphones (Androids and iPhones) in their Teslas. 😂😆

I think Nissan did great in this case.

Kka

Discussion Starter · #11 · 1 mo ago

atreis said:
While Windows can't format volumes larger than 32G as FAT32 natively, there are third party tools that can do it (as can Linux).
This help page references one of those tools: Formatting 64GB USB Drive to FAT32

Also, many larger USB drives come formatted FAT32 out of the box regardless of size.

Great minds think alike

I actually downloaded Rufus just few minutes before you posted, and formatted my 64gb and 512GB Drives to FAT32. Worked like a charm.

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Kka

Discussion Starter · #12 · 1 mo ago

Hank said:
If you think that’s bad, those poor Tesla owners can’t use the best selling smartphones (Androids and iPhones) in their Teslas. 😂😆

I think Nissan did great in this case.

Can't Argue that 😂😂

Kka

Discussion Starter · #13 · 1 mo ago

ab13 said:
I'm using a SanDisk 128 GB with the default format, so I don't know what it is formatted to, but no issues for the USB A port.

SanDisk 128GB Ultra Fit USB 3.1 Flash Drive - SDCZ430-128G-G46

interesting. Though I can’t use usb a as a permanent solution cause it’s occupied by my second charger 😀

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atreis

· #14 · 1 mo ago

Kka said:
interesting. Though I can’t use usb a as a permanent solution cause it’s occupied by my second charger 😀 View attachment 2048

OMG sometimes I'm an idiot. I was staring at your picture and then it hit me...

That thing above the phone holder is a cable wrap!!!

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mechmyday

· #15 · 1 mo ago

Kka said:
interesting. Though I can’t use usb a as a permanent solution cause it’s occupied by my second charger 😀 View attachment 2048

Not sure what your other end is for your charger, but you can buy USB-C to USB-Micro cables on Jeff Bezoz's Chinesium Emporium.

swzzle

· #16 · 1 mo ago

Using a 64 GB NTFS SanDisk on USB 2 no problemo. About 36 GB of mp3's - which obviously took awhile for the Ariya to index before becoming "readable". 😏

DallasEV

· #17 · 1 mo ago

Hank said:
If you think that’s bad, those poor Tesla owners can’t use the best selling smartphones (Androids and iPhones) in their Teslas. 😂😆

I think Nissan did great in this case.

Elon is seriously living rent free in your head.

I do like the native navigation, streaming audio, and entertainment apps from Tesla's software though. Much smoother and intuitive compared to NissanConnect. The cynic in me thinks Nissan created mediocre software with the expectation that you'll have to use something else anyway. They're also unlikely to add new features or improvements because they're relying on the third party software. Tesla, in contrast, tries to iteratively improve and add features because they know the product needs good software.

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DallasEV

· #18 · 1 mo ago

Kka said:
Are there any limitations or particular brands of USB sticks/drives that Nissan understands?
I tried few usb-c flash drives 64gb +
with NTFS and ex-Fat formatting. None of those worked. WTF?

My 2016 Durango works with anything via USB including 8Tb HDDs....

So this is a really strange to see not working USB drives in 2023 car....

Update:

Problem: ONLY FAT32 USB Devices (USB-C & USB-A 32Gb of less) Work in Ariya by default
Workaround: Download Rufus Portable Rufus - Create bootable USB drives the easy way - in boot selection set "non-bootable" and in file System set FAT32. Click start and now you have you usb storage larger that 32GB formatted to FAT32.
Tested on 64gb & 512gb USB-A and USB-C flash drives

You might want to clarify this... sounds like a number of people, myself included, are using NTFS and greater than 32GB USB without issue, at least on the USB-A interface. It may be a USB-C interface issue, but seems odd, assuming we're all using the same version of NissanConnect.

Kka

Discussion Starter · #19 · 1 mo ago

DallasEV said:
You might want to clarify this... sounds like a number of people, myself included, are using NTFS and greater than 32GB USB without issue, at least on the USB-A interface. It may be a USB-C interface issue, but seems odd, assuming we're all using the same version of NissanConnect.

Agree. Btw did you check that you have NTFS on yours?

DallasEV

· #20 · 1 mo ago

Kka said:
Agree. Btw did you check that you have NTFS on yours?

Yup, NTFS formatted 32GB PNY USB3 flash. Pretty sure I hadn't used Rufus to format this particular drive since it was just a portable one I used for transferring music/movies and not one I needed to make bootable.

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