USB Flash Drive Upgrade / Replacement in Glovebox (to Increase Memory Storage Capacity) -- How-to DIY

[rb92gt]

Cybertruck new USB Flash Drive Install and Formatting instructions:

Purpose - For a much larger capacity multipurpose USB drive, I used a Samsung SSD T7 2TB. It will hold a ton more Sentry and Dashcam footage than the stock USB flash drive that came with the truck, located in the back of the glovebox USB-A port.

Some particular things need to be done or it won’t function properly:

New drive must be formatted in exFat with four partitions:

Plug new USB drive into your personal computer, then type “Create” in search bar at bottom of Windows computer (if Mac there’s another way I’m not privy too but a quick google search should get you there), select “Create and Format Hard Drive Partitions,” right click the USB drive and choose “Delete Volume.” It will then read Unallocated. Then create four partitions (case sensitive) -TeslaCam, LightShow, Boombox, and Audio. In the LightShow partition place a folder named Lightshow. In the Boombox partition place a folder named Boombox. In the Audio partition you can place mp3 music files, wav files, etc. These can be played in the truck's media player.

For instructions on adding LightShow files, this is a good source, and also confirms the above:
Using one USB drive for Custom Light Shows, Boombox, Lock Sounds and Tesla Cam - Your Personal Ninja (ustech.ninja)

If you want a custom lock sound for the external speaker, find a file that is in .wav format, some good ones here- Popular Tesla Custom Lock Sounds & Chimes - Video Games, Cartoons, TV Shows, Movies and Retro / 90's , (notateslaapp.com) , change its name to LockChime and place the file in the Audio partition (not within a subfolder). Then BEFORE plugging USB into truck, open Toybox, change source of LockChime to anything OTHER than USB. Then plug in USB Drive in truck (Must plug into USB-A drive in back of glovebox) and select USB as LockChime source on screen.

Good to go! Enjoy. Took me three hours to figure the above out, hopefully saves you some time.

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[tmeyer3]

Great little guide, thx!

For those that like links (I know someone was gonna ask), here is the drive OP is referring to on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3TAEuUn

 

[rb92gt]

Great little guide, thx!

For those that like links (I know someone was gonna ask), here is the drive OP is referring to on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3TAEuUn

Yep, thanks. And below is a link to another one that looks interesting but haven't tried it. Looks like a Cybertruck, and looks like a more traditional flash drive. The Samsung one I used above has a small cable that comes with it that needs to be in the glovebox, looks a little messy, but huge capacity.
https://a.co/d/fgn8onm

 

[XCeilidhX]

Does the 4TB version also work or does it introduce problems?

Cheers

 

[rb92gt]

Does the 4TB version also work or does it introduce problems?

Cheers

I've heard it works but can't confirm.

 

[Rory]

Cybertruck new USB Flash Drive Install and Formatting instructions:

Purpose- For a much larger capacity multipurpose USB drive, I used a Samsung SSD T7 2TB. It will hold a ton more Sentry and Dashcam footage than the stock USB flash drive that came with the truck, located in the back of the glovebox USB-A port.

Some particular things need to be done or it won’t function properly:

New drive must be formatted in exFat with two partitions:

Plug new USB drive into your personal computer, then type “Create” in search bar at bottom of Windows computer (if Mac there’s another way I’m not privy too but a quick google search should get you there), select “Create and Format Hard Drive Partitions,” right click the USB drive and choose “Delete Volume.” It will then read Unallocated. Then create two partitions one a time with one slightly larger than the other (my 2TB drive had about 1.9TB available so I made the larger volume 1TB), and label the larger volume TeslaCam, then create folders teslacam, dashcam, and sentry mode within it. Then create another partition and label the volume Audio. In the Audio partition you can place mp3 music files, wav files, etc. These can be played in the truck's media player.

If you want a custom lock sound for the external speaker, find a file that is in .wav format, some good ones here- Popular Tesla Custom Lock Sounds & Chimes - Video Games, Cartoons, TV Shows, Movies and Retro / 90's , (notateslaapp.com) , change its name to LockChime and place the file in the Teslacam and Audio partitions (not within a subfolder). Then BEFORE plugging USB into truck, open Toybox, change source of LockChime to anything OTHER than USB. Then plug in USB Drive in truck (Must plug into USB-A drive in back of glovebox) and select USB as LockChime source on screen.

Good to go! Enjoy. Took me three hours to figure the above out, hopefully saves you some time.

Thank you very much for doing the work, spending the time, and posting this. This kind of info and contribution from members is the reason I still look through this forum. No noise, no silly rants, no insults, just good fun stuff that makes owning a CT that much more interesting. Appreciated. Cheers.

 

[hgpilot]

Cybertruck new USB Flash Drive Install and Formatting instructions:

Purpose- For a much larger capacity multipurpose USB drive, I used a Samsung SSD T7 2TB. It will hold a ton more Sentry and Dashcam footage than the stock USB flash drive that came with the truck, located in the back of the glovebox USB-A port.

Some particular things need to be done or it won’t function properly:

New drive must be formatted in exFat with two partitions:

Plug new USB drive into your personal computer, then type “Create” in search bar at bottom of Windows computer (if Mac there’s another way I’m not privy too but a quick google search should get you there), select “Create and Format Hard Drive Partitions,” right click the USB drive and choose “Delete Volume.” It will then read Unallocated. Then create two partitions one a time with one slightly larger than the other (my 2TB drive had about 1.9TB available so I made the larger volume 1TB), and label the larger volume TeslaCam, then create folders teslacam, dashcam, and sentry mode within it. Then create another partition and label the volume Audio. In the Audio partition you can place mp3 music files, wav files, etc. These can be played in the truck's media player.

If you want a custom lock sound for the external speaker, find a file that is in .wav format, some good ones here- Popular Tesla Custom Lock Sounds & Chimes - Video Games, Cartoons, TV Shows, Movies and Retro / 90's , (notateslaapp.com) , change its name to LockChime and place the file in the Teslacam and Audio partitions (not within a subfolder). Then BEFORE plugging USB into truck, open Toybox, change source of LockChime to anything OTHER than USB. Then plug in USB Drive in truck (Must plug into USB-A drive in back of glovebox) and select USB as LockChime source on screen.

Good to go! Enjoy. Took me three hours to figure the above out, hopefully saves you some time.

I used a 2TB Sandisk SSD drive and it didn't work at first - spent a few minutes messing around and after trying some different cables, it works perfectly.

 

[truck]

Be careful when buying on Amazon. Make sure you're getting a legit SSD/USB from a reputable brand AND seller. Some USBs are modified to show an incorrect amount of data which will mess up sentry recordings.

 

[mcorf]

Doesn’t the stock flash drive just continuously erase and rewrite when it gets full ?

 

[rb92gt]

Doesn’t the stock flash drive just continuously erase and rewrite when it gets full ?

Good Question.

 

[getsometom]

Doesn’t the stock flash drive just continuously erase and rewrite when it gets full ?

That is correct. Old footage is replaced with new ones.

 

[asucher]

I recommend also creating partitions for LightShow and BoomBox content. I did this using the Tesla 1TB drive

 

[Geebz]

That is correct. Old footage is replaced with new ones.

Saved clips and Dashcam clips don’t get overridden.

 

[Cyber_95]

Unfortunately, when I changed the LockChime off of the default, all of my custom LightShow files no longer appear in the car. The custom LightShow was working previous, then I put a LockChime.wav onto the same partition, and although the LockChime sound works fine, the LightShow disappeared.

 

[rb92gt]

Unfortunately, when I changed the LockChime off of the default, all of my custom LightShow files no longer appear in the car. The custom LightShow was working previous, then I put a LockChime.wav onto the same partition, and although the LockChime sound works fine, the LightShow disappeared.

Strange. Have you put the USB drive into your computer to see if the Lightshow files are on the drive just not being recognized by the vehicle? Maybe Lightshow and Boombox need their own partitions?

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