[HH] anyone have experience with fake flash (microSD) memory?

[Tom Metro]

Bill Bogstad wrote:
> Tom Metro wrote:
>> Or do you not trust the altered firmware...
> 
> Would you?

I guess if testing showed it to be reliable up to some capacity, I would
consider using it for scratch storage, like conveying an OS installer,
knowing that the installer did an md5sum on its files before using them.

But...

> You will notice that there are errors even in the first
> 8Gig of data written. 

...yeah, that suggests it is trash.


> Could it start trying to do wear leveling
> to flash that isn't actually there?

Good point. That might even explain why there are apparent holes in the
lower portion of the first 8 GB.


> It was only because I cared about
> possibly losing data that I tested it at all. 

Did anything tip you off, or did you read about this trend and figured
it was just a good idea to test your cards?

 -Tom