[Maddie1995]

Hi guys! I have been trying to find a solution for this all day and I am wondering if anyone has any ideas/help.
 I have everything set up to change the data location for Kodi, however it looks like you need root access to replace/change the xbmc_env.properties file (Firestick 3rd Gen OS 7.6). As far as I can tell, you can't root a firestick without physically opening it, which I am trying to avoid. Is there any other way to make Kodi utilize the external storage space?

Thanks!

[User 476552]

I'm not sure you can move the entire profile folder but you can redirect certain sub paths.

https://kodi.wiki/view/Path_substitution

I'm using this on a FireTV redirecting the thumbnails to a local server, I'm sure you can find what you need this way.

[Maddie1995]

Thank you for the suggestion! I'll try that.

[Maddie1995]

Update for anyone looking at this. The solution below worked for me! It took me 15-25 minutes. Just note that you'll only be able to use half your storage space (so I used a 64 GB flash drive and now Kodi can access 28 GBs)

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Original thread/credit

It IS possible but a bit of a hassle. Warning : you must assume that you will need to reinstall every app on the Firestick, have a working installation of adb and sort of know what it is.

Also, sorry OP, you will need a PC. So this might not be for you. But even without using the tool you might be able to figure out what it does and Google how to move the data and configure Kodi manually.

First of all it is important to distinguish between the two ways a firestick can use a USB drive, there is no way around it

1) expanding the internal storage so it can hold more apps.
2) using it as external storage , more meant to be unplugged when the user wants to. aka no critical app data.

You can have both of them in two different ways : you partition the usb stick yourself with adb, or you use two usb sticks.

How to format a single usb drive into the two partitions 1) and 2) is found here : https://troypoint.com/expand-fire-tv-sti...l-storage/. Obviously this WILL destroy all data on your USB drive (!!!).

Install Kodi to 1), run Kodi at least once.

Download adblink (so not adblink2) for Windows, OS X or Linux from http://jocala.com/adblink.html
Configure it to connect to your firestick.
Use 'Move Kodi Data'. It will adjust a few kodi settings (I assume the bit that Klojum mentioned) and do the actual transfer to 2)

Good luck.

[Maddie1995]

Whoops, actual original thread link