Usb drive disconnect/reconnect

by CutestDevil

Hello, i have an Android 11 TV and use an 32 gb usb 3.0 drive as an extended storage. My issue is that everytime when i turn off and turn on my tv, the drive gets disconnected from software front, it does reconnect after few seconds but sometimes it doesn't which makes my tv unusable, it becomes like total blank and i have to turn off/on power supply all together to restart it. Is there any way to make usb drive not disconnect upon turning off ? Thanx

AwsomeUncle

So your usb drive is plugged in directly to a USB port on your TV. Therefore whenever you turn off your TV it also powers down the USB port that your drive is plugged into. I wonder if you got a powered USB Adapter to use to plug it into your TV if that would keep your drive from disconnecting?

ReflectionHour9762

Not directly what you asked but maybe it helps as a workaround... this sometimes happens on my Philips TV, what I do is press the home button on the remote for like 5secs and the installed apps show up. Android Home screen still doesn't show but I don't care as long as I can just start Netflix etc...