Android 15 is preparing a new feature that will tell users the remaining lifetime of their device’s internal storage.
  • henfredemars@infosec.pubEnglish
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    1 year ago

    OK, this is really cool. We have practically zero insight into the longevity of these things. Even if you know what chips are being used, lack of information about the wear leveling algorithms means there isn’t much that we can say about the real world performance under different loads.

    • ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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      1 year ago

      We have zero insight into the longevity of flash memory because it doesn’t matter: whatever it is, it’s a lot longer than the phone’s planned obscolescence.

      That’s why you’ve never heard anybody complain about their saved data getting corrupted: their device has long since hit the landfill before that happens.