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Dash Cam Error - Says Drive is full but it's nearly empty?

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murphyS90D said:
It appears this doesn't apply to removable drives.
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lol... i was about to correct you and say in windows 10, removable drives do not retain trash cans, so i was gonna ask are you on iOS?

derichio02 said:
Experiencing the same with a Samsung T5 500gb. Working fine for 3 months then started to fail with the latest updates. Are people formatting to FAT32 or EXFat now that we are supposed to have support?
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I use FAT32 using this program to format, and haven't had that problem yet.
Ridgecrop Consultants Ltd
*knocking on wood*

however since i read this thread, i give my car a week tops before i start seeing the same problems you guys are, as my luck always plays out.
 
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Naekuh said:
lol... i was about to correct you and say in windows 10, removable drives do not retain trash cans, so i was gonna ask are you on iOS?



I use FAT32 using this program to format, and haven't had that problem yet.
Ridgecrop Consultants Ltd
*knocking on wood*

however since i read this thread, i give my car a week tops before i start seeing the same problems you guys are, as my luck always plays out.
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Are you on the 2020.8.1 software with MCU1 and AP2.5 - because that seems to be the common issue?

On that note - my drive is continuing to write for about 15 min each day before registering as "FULL". The next day the drive is good to record again - but for 15 min again. Rinse and repeat.
 
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derichio02 said:
I’m in a 2020 Model S Performance built 12/2019 so I don’t think it’s limited by MCU etc.
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That's very strange then. If everyone here had MCU1/AP2.5 at least it could point to very specific firmware updates. As this thread doesn't appear very large - this doesn't appear to be affecting too many users. Just S/X owners. People who have gotten the infotainment update (S/X owners with MCU1/AP2.5 configuration) to MCU2/AP3 have seen these issues go away apparently. See post #3103 Tesla confirms infotainment system upgradeability from MCU1 to MCU2 for $2500

"I got my USB Drive working again. Just plugged it in. Before I dropped it off, I got the “USB Full” false positive error that everyone is reporting (even on 2020.12), but when I just plugged it in after the upgrade, it works perfectly. Not too sure why as I had 2020.12 before and after the upgrade. Very happy that it’s recording both Sentry and Dashcam again. It’s the S500 - TeslaCam SSD Extreme from PureTesla if anyone is curious."

Would suggest its not related to the format of the drive.
 
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Same issue here, TMS 2018 Mcu1 Ap 2.5.

Tried reformatting and it worked for a couple of hours before the same error came back.

In a Norwegian facebook group we are over 25 people saying we experienced this problem, just today. So its not that few that have this issue i would guess.
 
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Appeared for me too after i didn't empty the recycle bin smoothly, thought it was my problem until it kept appearing even after i used disk utility to re-format. It would record for 10-15 minutes then show the "full, empty recycle bin" error everyone is describing. Tried multiple times with re-formating (FAT32) to no avail.

here's what i did that seems to make a difference:

I plugged it into the computer, manually deleted the "TeslaCam" folder. Emptied the recycle bin, then re-created the TeslaCam folder. Fingers crossed it's been working for about 3 days now. (both sentry and dash cam)

(S75D MCU1 on 2020.12.5)
 
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my wife's model 3 (jun 2019) just got this message today.....when she comes home, I will take out drive and empty it.....delete TeslaCam folder and try again......my Model S with 2020.12.5 seems to work ok, but tends to have spotty recording...it sometimes stops and starts recording so when I play back, there is a gap of time missing
 
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There appears to be a bug that corrupts the USB drive partition at times. The sentry viewer is a great step forward but still early in release and seems to carry with it many of the earlier issues with which the Sentry function has always been plagued. It's just a viewer in other words.

It is still a good idea to simply re-partition the drive instead of worrying about hidden files, reformatting or emptying the trash. On a Mac this is easily done in Disk Manager, and with various Windows and Linux tools on other computers.
 
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my wife's M3 is starting to have this issue......she is still on 12.1 because she is taking care of an older friend who cannot do for herself and there is no wi-fi around for her to get the update downloaded......when she is able to be home for a day of two will see if it will download and I will install.....hopefully it will work
 
#37
Just as I was about to start a support ticket to request 2020.12.5, I see that my car is in the process of downloading it. Hopefully it fixes things up. I'm on 2020.8.2 currently. One odd thing that I noticed recently was that if I just left my drive plugged in with the error, maybe a day or two later when I take a drive, the error on the USB is gone. The error shows back up by the time that I return home though.
 
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ons_ said:
Just as I was about to start a support ticket to request 2020.12.5, I see that my car is in the process of downloading it. Hopefully it fixes things up. I'm on 2020.8.2 currently. One odd thing that I noticed recently was that if I just left my drive plugged in with the error, maybe a day or two later when I take a drive, the error on the USB is gone. The error shows back up by the time that I return home though.
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12.5 fixed it for me... two days now, solid.
 
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