Thread: If flash memory doesnt last very long - how long will my n900?
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egoshin is offline egoshin
2010-03-24 , 18:34
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Originally Posted by extent View Post
lol, thanks. haha-my last phone was a sony cybershot k800, it lasted a fair while (almost 4 yrs), it still works but Im certain the memory it uses is starting to go/just about completely gone. It can take a long time to start up, and even trailing through the menus to play, say, an mp3, can take aeons... !!! thats why ive replaced it with this n900 (not out of choice, was a present-a hint from a member of the family that I really needed to be up to date, haha). Im just hoping it will last a fair while in comparison
The longs start time has nothing with flash memory wear - if flash has a read error it has it and phone can't start or it could start without some functions or files. It is not CD which tries to re-read with long mechanical movement.

I can't say for sure for unknown phone model but I suspect the reason is in the LARGE memory sizes since you started with this phone. Phone software may have a difficulty to handle a long list of files in your today's big SD card.