erkme73
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- a119v3 x 4
I have four of the a119 V2 cameras. But, since this is more of a storage card problem, I figured I'd post my issue here.
One of my cameras was displaying "card full" and "memory error". I was unable to format the card in the camera or view any files on the camera. I swapped with another card (both 64GB that I'd been using for the last year+). Same issue. Assuming it was the camera's card reader, I moved the card to the other camera - the odd card behavior moved with the card.
Without going into too much detail, I've isolated the problem to the specific camera (I swapped locations to eliminate the power supply as a problem). When new card is inserted, it works fine until the card is full - then the error occurs. At that point, the cards all behave the same way:
1) A PC can see and read the files on the card but cannot delete/modify them or add new files.
2) Formatting the card fails both on cameras or PC. I've tried low-level formats, cmd formats, quick formats, none work - they all fail.
So, it would appear this two-year old camera is frying cards. They were good, genuine cards, that I've used for the last year, and they contain 115 files, 59GB of viewable 3min segments that were recorded by that suspect camera.
I don't want to burn up any more microSD cards, so I think I have no other option than to trash the camera - which appears problem free in all other aspects.
At the recommendation of the seller on Amazon, I did try to resolve this by flashing the latest Viofo firmware (obtained from their website) - which I was able to get onto the camera by using a virgin card. It still cooked the next card attempt.
Very frustrating to know just "testing" the camera is costing money by killing cards. Anyone heard of this before? Anyone have suggestions on how to rehabilitate fried cards or maybe get the camera to play nice again?
One of my cameras was displaying "card full" and "memory error". I was unable to format the card in the camera or view any files on the camera. I swapped with another card (both 64GB that I'd been using for the last year+). Same issue. Assuming it was the camera's card reader, I moved the card to the other camera - the odd card behavior moved with the card.
Without going into too much detail, I've isolated the problem to the specific camera (I swapped locations to eliminate the power supply as a problem). When new card is inserted, it works fine until the card is full - then the error occurs. At that point, the cards all behave the same way:
1) A PC can see and read the files on the card but cannot delete/modify them or add new files.
2) Formatting the card fails both on cameras or PC. I've tried low-level formats, cmd formats, quick formats, none work - they all fail.
So, it would appear this two-year old camera is frying cards. They were good, genuine cards, that I've used for the last year, and they contain 115 files, 59GB of viewable 3min segments that were recorded by that suspect camera.
I don't want to burn up any more microSD cards, so I think I have no other option than to trash the camera - which appears problem free in all other aspects.
At the recommendation of the seller on Amazon, I did try to resolve this by flashing the latest Viofo firmware (obtained from their website) - which I was able to get onto the camera by using a virgin card. It still cooked the next card attempt.
Very frustrating to know just "testing" the camera is costing money by killing cards. Anyone heard of this before? Anyone have suggestions on how to rehabilitate fried cards or maybe get the camera to play nice again?