MASTER THREAD: USB drives that work with Sentry and TeslaCam

[jroydog]

I recently got this drive which is supposed to be fast and USB (Samsung BAR Plus 128GB - 300MB/s USB 3.1) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07BPG9YX9/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Now with V10 and the rear camera, and partitioned with a Music Dir - it shows that the tesla cam doesn't have fast enough write speeds! even if I'm not playing music from the USB, Sentry mode doesn't seem to have this problem...not sure if it's a faulty drive or just not fast enough?

This is the same one I have and had worked perfectly fine until the recent V10 update. Now I see the slow warning as well. Unplugging it and plugging back in seems to clear it for a while so I think it's a software issue.

 

[Common_Loon]

Use an SSD like the Samsung T5, and ignore all these people suggesting cheap, temperature sensitive, unreliable thumb drives. I use a 512GB T5 and it's flawless and I don't have to worry about it being in a hot car.

 

[TomT]

Actually, SSDs don't like heat any more than thumb drives...

Use an SSD like the Samsung T5, and ignore all these people suggesting cheap, temperature sensitive, unreliable thumb drives. I use a 512GB T5 and it's flawless and I don't have to worry about it being in a hot car.

 

[RLEE]

Yea... do your homework. Samsung t5 is rated from 5c to 35c operating temperature. Most flash drives and sd cards go to 40c. That's exactly why I didn't get it. Samsung fit plus goes to 60c operating.

 

[wesley888]

I use this one and has been working great since the dash cam function came out.

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01E17LNNU/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[boriszima]

Use an SSD like the Samsung T5, and ignore all these people suggesting cheap, temperature sensitive, unreliable thumb drives. I use a 512GB T5 and it's flawless and I don't have to worry about it being in a hot car.

This is an excellent solution. I myself bought big SSD and external enclosure. SSD do a lot better with random and multi stream writes compared to any regular USB drives. I keep a small USB drive whenever my SSD gets full, i stick it in until i get home to remove older files.

What's the technical difference between a flash drive and an SSD?.

 

[GreenHokie]

For anyone interested, the Pro (high) Endurance microSD card with adapter model I referenced in my above post is rated for operating temps from -13 F to 185 F.

 

[stirgeon]

Lol... I have the same card and it has never worked.

I also have flawless service from Samsung fit plus. I use the 256gb version formatted into two drives for music and sentry. In addition to speed, pay attention to the maximum temperature ratings. Longevity drops significantly with high temperatures so pick one with high temperature ratings.... this is why I didn't go with ssd.

 

[RLEE]

Same usb stick? This isn't a card... I didn't go for an sd card because i didn't know if the adapter was rated to high temperatures. As others have stated there are highly temperature and endurance rated sd cards.
I haven't used this one on v10 so maybe it won't work on that.

 

[Trevor B]

I have tried five or six different USB drives and all eventually give me the same error about the drive being too slow. The funny thing was that the knockoff "16gb" drive I tried was functional for the longest.

Has anyone figured out an actual solution to this?

I have a HW2.5 on 2019.32.11 if that means anything.

Plenty. Do some homework first ... and more importantly, stop buying knockoffs

 

[jkoya]

I'm using a Sandisk extreme 256 GB micro SD card with an adapter that is USB on one side and lightning connector on the other side. Have not had any issues and the adapter allows me to view the videos on my iphone.

 

[axhoaxho]

I use this (Samsung 256GB flash dive) and it seems to work well. It is compact, won't stick out to block much space. So far so good.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07D7Q41PM/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[jkdman123]

I just jinxed myself by saying the error had stopped. Got it again just yesterday. :-(

 

[Cfitz77]

Ugh, sorry. I wonder if it is a V10 software glitch?

 

[jkdman123]

This is a KNOWN SOFTWARE BUG. It has little to nothing to do with the drive.

 

[Silent Ludicrosy]

Ugh, sorry. I wonder if it is a V10 software glitch?

It could be that V10 just makes the write speed problem worse by adding rear camera recording.

 

[Cfitz77]

So, what is the fix then? I have ordered a different USB to try

 

[jkdman123]

Ugh, sorry. I wonder if it is a V10 software glitch?

It showed up a good bit before v10 rolled out.

 

[Kevy Baby]

This is a KNOWN SOFTWARE BUG. It has little to nothing to do with the drive.

Based on what? Do you have a source?

 

[sceptic]

So, what is the fix then? I have ordered a different USB to try

There isn't a fix until Tesla fixes the defective software