Are Repaired (Restored Capacity) Flash Memory Items reliable?
It depends on the quality of chip used. As most fakes use substandard chips, a repaired item can not be trusted. It should never be used to store files that are very important to you or where you do not have a copy of the files stored else where. A dangerous mistake is made by a lot of people who repair flash memory chips. They assume the item is now “good as new”. It is not. In digitally altering the chip, the item often has a small area overused in continuously overwriting information (part of the faking). From a wear leveling perspective, this has reduced the chips life span considerably. The longer you used your fake before finding out, the shorter you made it’s lifespan. This applies even if you stayed inside of the true capacity. Also if you tried out a number of tools and have done several low level reformats you have reduced the lifespan. Flash memory chips do not like being reformatted over and over again. It is usually only done once in a flash chips lifetime, as it is being
