Regarding USB Flash Drive and Dashcam

[Tezzy#1]

Hello Forum Members! I have a quick question if anyone would like to offer insight. Regarding the dashcam and the USB drive, I was wondering based on all of the information that I have read on this forum (very informative, thank you!) if it is not so good to leave the flash drive plugged into the car.

Here is a quick run-down of my experience: I finally received the software update (39.7.1) and the dashcam feature. I started with a thumb drive I that already had (under 3GB I think) and it worked the first couple of times after a proper format to FAT32 and after following all of the instructions on setting up the TeslaCam folder, etc. The second time I used it, I had made a relatively short stop somewhere and left it plugged in. After this, I had the dreaded "x".

I then purchased a SanDisk 3.0 64GB flash drive and did the proper format and partition set-up and now this works perfectly! I have not had any problems; however, I always remove the flash drive before I power down no matter how short my stop is.

So my question is - does it make any difference whether or not you leave such a flash drive plugged in? Have you tried it with successful results?

Thank you in advance! Apologies if this question has been asked and I missed it.

 

[jkcheng122]

Don’t think the drive itself matters, but it seems the new 42.3 update has fixed the dreaded x issue.

 

[WileyTheMan]

I'm on 42.3 and my dashcam hasn't failed yet. I never remove it between drives. Quite happy about that.

 

[Tezzy#1]

Thank you! It's funny, because today I made a stop before work and I forgot to remove the flash drive. Fortunately, there were no negative repercussions and my drive has continued to work (although I have been removing the flash drive since when I get to my destination). I hope that I get the latest 42.3 software update soon; it will be great to have the safeguard.