No more X on Dashcam for less than $40

[torch0395]

Had this SSD setup for a week and no problems so far. Here is what you will need.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01N6JQS8C?psc=1&ref=yo_pop_mb_pd_title

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B011M8YACM?psc=1&ref=yo_pop_mb_pd_title

 

[gaswalla]

Is this better than a high quality 128gb usb flash drive?

 

[Kant.Ing]

Carrying a "SSD" name does not mean it's better. It's buffer-less so the write endurance should be on par with average USB flash drives. Yet to been seen.

 

[torch0395]

Is this better than a high quality 128gb usb flash drive?

I would assume so. I have not seen anybody have good luck with any flash drive. For $30, you can not beat the reliability.

Carrying a "SSD" name does not mean it's better. It's buffer-less so the write endurance should be on par with average USB flash drives. Yet to been seen.

Carrying an SSD means it is better than a regular HDD. I have seen people trying HDD but doesn’t make sense to have the higher odds of mechanical failure in a moving vehicle. This SSD in particular is extremely thin which makes it better for this use.

 

[electrictorque]

I have been using a SSD and occasionally still get the x. Going to try a self powerd usb hub next.

 

[Eno Deb]

I would assume so. I have not seen anybody have good luck with any flash drive. For $30, you can not beat the reliability.

Have you checked for corrupted video files and FSCKxxx.REC files yet after using this drive in the car? I bet you still get filesystem corruption, even if you don't get the "X" on the icon. This is a software issue that can only really be solved via a bug fix from Tesla.

 

[torch0395]

Have you checked for corrupted video files and FSCKxxx.REC files yet after using this drive in the car? I bet you still get filesystem corruption, even if you don't get the "X" on the icon. This is a software issue that can only really be solved via a bug fix from Tesla.

Checked a few days ago and it was fine. I will wait another week to confirm it is still running smoothly and update with my results.

 

[Kermee]

I've been using these two items together:

SanDisk MobileMate USB 3.0 microSD Card Reader [amazon.com] ~$13 USD
SanDisk High Endurance Video Monitoring Card with Adapter 32GB [amazon.com] ~$16 USD

Pretty small package that works well. I have two FAT32 partitions, one for TeslaCam and one for Music without issue. I use the same SanDisk High Endurance card in my Roav Anker Dash Cam C1 Pro without issues since the start of this year. Even though the microSD card is only Class 10, it benchmarks much higher.

My setup is probably overkill, but wanted something that should be more reliable, especially during a high-impact incident if one was to occur as long as the MCU keeps writing to the microSD.

Just in case, I keep a spare 32GB USB stick in the center console that worked well before I switched to this with a "TeslaCam" folder if an "X" appears and I'm not near a computer to reformat.

 

[Eno Deb]

Checked a few days ago and it was fine. I will wait another week to confirm it is still running smoothly and update with my results.

Please check if you have FSCKxxx.rec files in your root directory. This appears to be the most reliable indicator that filesystem corruption is still occuring. Another is smaller than usual (or even zero length) video files in the TeslaCam directory that aren't playable.

 

[torch0395]

Please check if you have FSCKxxx.rec files in your root directory. This appears to be the most reliable indicator that filesystem corruption is still occuring. Another is smaller than usual (or even zero length) video files in the TeslaCam directory that aren't playable.

Some corrupted files still there. But when I go into TeslaCam all recent and saved clips are still in good condition.

 

[eladts]

Checked a few days ago and it was fine. I will wait another week to confirm it is still running smoothly and update with my results.

Try to do a stress test of getting in and out of the car repeatedly. That what caused my USB drive to corrupt, while a day of driving 300 miles didn't.

 

[Insight75]

Do I have to do anything or is this plug and play?

 

[torch0395]

Try to do a stress test of getting in and out of the car repeatedly. That what caused my USB drive to corrupt, while a day of driving 300 miles didn't.

In and out of car multiple times a day for 7 days or so and no problems.

 

[torch0395]

Do I have to do anything or is this plug and play?

You need to format SSD as FAT and put in folder “TeslaCam” per instructions from Tesla

 

[Eno Deb]

Some corrupted files still there.

Well, that's pretty much the same I get with my $10 thumb drive. No "X", but sometimes there is file corruption, which makes the whole thing unreliable.

 

[mmccking]

I'm wondering if switching user profiles increases the likelihood of corruption...since I only just realized the seat warmer settings are tied to user profile, which I find quite annoying...why don't the seat warmers turn off on their own after a certain amount of parking time?

 

[Runt8]

My flash drive worked for a week before I got the X the first time. After formatting again it worked for 2.5 weeks before getting corrupted again yesterday.

 

[10splayer]

@Kermee
hows it been working so far????

 

[Kermee]

@Kermee
hows it been working so far????

So far, so good. No "X", but still get *.REC files, maybe about 8-10 a week. I double-check files every once in a while to make sure there's no file corruption. All play back just fine so far.

 

[AZWahoo]

I think the answer is... wait for updates to work the kinks out.