Dashcam Unavailable Check USB

[flstcgranucci]

Just wondering if anyone else is having issues with a message being thrown stating that the Dashcam Is unavailable, check USB.
This just started happening. So I formatted the USB drive and enabled/disabled the Dashcam and the red X disappeared but came back again with the same message. Pulled the drive and viewed it on my pc and recent files have been written to it.
Anyone?

 

[No_ICE]

Updated to 2022.12.13.12 and Bingo! It’s still there. Two button reset and it works again. Maybe the next update.

 

[RL-TheDude]

Did Elon just tweet about this problem? Or is he referring to something else?

Sounds like yes

 

[rjpjnk]

Did Elon just tweet about this problem? Or is he referring to something else?

Glad I found this thread. I have been experiencing the same dash cam problem for the past couple weeks.
That quote from Elon's tweet does sound like he is aware of the problem. Glad it's not just me.

 

[m a x i m u s]

Did Elon just tweet about this problem? Or is he referring to something else?

I’m not a computer guy but sounds like the same issue. Problem is, everyone seems to get a different update at different times so who know when we will all get the fix. Hopefully they can just push a stand-alone fix not attached to any particular software version (again, I’m not a computer guy).

 

[thesmokingman]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1530566693340205059

 

[AdemK28]

This happened to me… unfortunately, my car got door dinged a few days ago, left my car with a huge dent. Sentry mode didn’t capture the incident since the flash drive was unavailable. Horrible timing :/

 

[RL-TheDude]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1530566693340205059

This explanation might shed light onto why my USB has been behaving correctly post-12.3.2. If they boosted the cache size even a little in .2, mounting my now-empty (freshly formatted) USB now lets it safely stay mounted within the cache footprint.

It also explains why someone here said their’s worked for days after 12.3.2 also but then wouldn’t mount again after a while. Once the size of the volume grows enough it outgrows the new larger cache.

 

[RL-TheDude]

I’d also add that this problem will likely be exacerbated if you have other volumes mounted (say another stick full of gigs of music). The overall filesystem footprint will eat away at the available cache.

 

[m a x i m u s]

This explanation might shed light onto why my USB has been behaving correctly post-12.3.2. If they boosted the cache size even a little in .2, mounting my now-empty (freshly formatted) USB now lets it safely stay mounted within the cache footprint.

It also explains why someone here said their’s worked for days after 12.3.2 also but then wouldn’t mount again after a while. Once the size of the volume grows enough it outgrows the new larger cache.

Excuse my ignorance, but are you saying that if I reformat my usb drive then I will be OK and the “dashcam unavailable” will stop happening? I am post 12.3.2

 

[RL-TheDude]

Excuse my ignorance, but are you saying that if I reformat my usb drive then I will be OK and the “dashcam unavailable” will stop happening? I am post 12.3.2

Not sure, but that’s my hypothesis based on a very small number of observations.

Also a reboot…

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[OCJeff]

Downloading 2022.12.3.12. Let's see if this fixes the problem. *rubs hands*

Anecdotally, this may have helped address my issues. I haven’t seen the problem since the upgrade.

 

[OCJeff]

Anecdotally, this may have helped address my issues. I haven’t seen the problem since the upgrade.

Nix that. Had the issue recur today. Still an issue on 2022.12.3.12.

 

[rjpjnk]

Rebooting and reformatting did not help in my case.

 

[iamnid]

For me the Dashcam viewer takes about 3 minutes to load. So it sites there for some time before it actually loads to the UI where you can select Sentry / Dashcam recordings.

If it's taking that long to load, you probably have too many videos saved on it. Mine gets that way after a lot of sentry videos accumulate. Erase them or format and it will open almost immediately again.

As for this USB issue, sometimes unplugging works and sometimes it doesn't. When it doesn't work, I've found that a car reset ALWAYS works to make the drive mount again.

Until they fix this issue, I have placed the dashcam icon in the dock so I can see when it isn't working (red "X" on the icon). I check that as soon as I get in the car and either unplug, reinsert, or reset the car until the X goes away. It's a pain but I'd rather not miss something critical.

 

[jcanoe]

I may have found a work around for the Dashcam unavailable check USB error (the tiny red X on the Dashcam icon.) While attempting to hit the backup camera icon I instead tapped the Dashcam icon (the Dashcam icon was displaying a red dot, not an X at the time.) This caused the Model Y to save the current Dashcam video. After that, I noticed my Model Y did not display the red X on the Dashcam icon even after a few days. Since then I have been intentionally saving a Dashcam recording every day or every other day. So far the red X has not returned. (Perhaps saving the Dashcam recording clears the buffer.) Periodically I open the Dashcam Viewer and delete the saved recording to free up space.

 

[RL-TheDude]

So my dashcam continued to mount properly upon wake for about a week or more before it failed to mount again.

I rebooted and it has been fine for going on another week now.

 

[CapsEngineer]

I may have found a work around for the Dashcam unavailable check USB error (the tiny red X on the Dashcam icon.) While attempting to hit the backup camera icon I instead tapped the Dashcam icon (the Dashcam icon was displaying a red dot, not an X at the time.) This caused the Model Y to save the current Dashcam video. After that, I noticed my Model Y did not display the red X on the Dashcam icon even after a few days. Since then I have been intentionally saving a Dashcam recording every day or every other day. So far the red X has not returned. (Perhaps saving the Dashcam recording clears the buffer.) Periodically I open the Dashcam Viewer and delete the saved recording to free up space.

I saved a clip yesterday afternoon hoping that would work for me too. Got in first thing this morning and had the red x.

 

[ChargePort]

I saved a clip yesterday afternoon hoping that would work for me too. Got in first thing this morning and had the red x.

 

[ChargePort]

Dashcam has been fine for over a week now. Did not perform any special function.

 

[m a x i m u s]

Mine has been acting up big time today. Pulling the flash drive did nothing, neither did reformatting. Had to reboot twice for the x to go away. It had been working fine for a few days before today.