Why Will You Get the SD Card Speed Slow DJI Issue?
DJI is the most famous unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) brand in the world. It accounted for over 90% of the world’s consumer drone market as of June 2024. Its camera drone technology is widely used in the music, television, and film industries.
DJI offers many series including DJI Inspire, DJI Avata, DJI Neo, DJI Flip, DJI Mini, DJI Air, DJI Mavic, etc.
The DJI drones require SD cards to shoot pictures or videos. However, some people may encounter the “SD card writing speed slow” error when shooting videos. The main reason for this issue is that the SD card inserted into the DJI drones has a low write speed.
As we all know, some DJI drones support shooting videos at high resolutions. For example, DJI Mavic Air 1/2/3, DJI Air 3S, DJI Mini 4 Pro, and many other DJI drones support shooting 4K videos, DJI Mavic 3 supports shooting 5.1K videos, DJI Air 2S supports shooting 5.4K videos, and DJI Inspire 3 can shoot 8K videos.
Shooting high-resolution videos requires high-speed SD cards. Otherwise, the shooting will stop and you will get errors like SD card writing speed slow.
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How to Fix the SD Card Speed Slow DJI Issue
The main solution to the SD card speed slow DJI is switching to a high-speed SD card. You need to choose a proper SD card for DJI and then format it for use.
How to Choose a Proper SD Card for DJI
What SD card is suitable for your DJI drones? According to the DJI websites, all DJI drones require UHS Speed Class 3 or higher microSD cards.
The UHS Speed Class 3 (U3) SD cards have a minimum sequential write speed of 30MB/s, which is the same as V30. Then, higher-speed SD cards include V60 and V90 SD cards.
In general, U3 or V30 SD cards can shoot 4K videos @30fps, V60 SD cards can shoot 4K videos @60fps or 8K videos at standard frame rates, and V90 SD cards can shoot 4K at 120fps or 8K videos at higher high frame rates. Click V10 vs V30 vs V60 vs V90 to know more.
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When you choose an SD card for DJI, you need to also consider the capacity and durability factors.
Some DJI drones may have an SD card size limitation. For example, the SD card size limitation of DJI Mavic 3 Classic/DJI Mavic 3 and DJI Mavic 3 Pro is 512GB, DJI FPV’s is 256GB, and Mavic 2 Pro/Mavic 2 Zoom’s is 128GB.
In addition, large capacity and high durability allow the SD card to work for a longer time. After all, the SD card will be overwritten when it is full. Unfortunately, high-resolution videos usually take a lot of space to store. As a result, SD cards of small capacity or bad durability will be easy to wear out.
How to Format SD Card for DJI
In general, you can do that on the drone controller. Here are the steps:
- On the drone controller, press the top menu and you can get access to the quick access menu.
- Scroll down to find the Storage Location section.
- Click the Format button in this section.
- Tick the SD Card option and then click Format.
The drone will format the SD card for use. However, if the formatting process fails, you may get the Formatting Failed error. In this case, you can try formatting the SD card on your computer. To format the SD card on a computer, you can right-click it in Windows File Explorer and choose the Format option.
It will format the 32GB or smaller SD cards to FAT32, and SD cards larger than 32GB to exFAT. Fortunately, the two file systems are supported by DJI drones. Click FAT32 vs exFAT to know more.
In addition to the above method, you can also use MiniTool Partition Wizard to format the SD card for DJI. One advantage of this software is that it can format SD card FAT32 even if it is larger than 32GB. Here is the guide:
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Step 1: Launch MiniTool Partition Wizard and right-click the partition on the SD card. Then, choose Format from the context menu.
Step 2: On the pop-up window, choose a file system (FAT32 and exFAT32 are recommended). Keep other parameters to the default option and then click OK.
Step 3: Click the Apply button to carry out the formatting operation.
MiniTool Partition Wizard is a multi-functional program. It can also migrate OS, clone HDD to SSD, recover data from hard drives, etc. It’s worth trying.
Fix Other Common DJI SD Card Error Codes
In addition to the SD card writing speed slow error, you may encounter other DJI SD card error codes. Here are some of them and their solutions.
- SD card malfunction. Change card (Code: 10023): This DJI SD card error code is due to a corrupted or incompatible SD card, outdated firmware, or a loose or blocked SD card slot. To solve it, you can try updating the firmware, formatting the SD card, cleaning the SD card slot, or replacing the SD card.
- DJI SD card file system error (Code: 1C000408 or 10025): The SD card is not formatted correctly. Try formatting it again. Or, the SD card is corrupt and you need to replace it.
- SD card system format not supported. Format and try again: The reason and solution are the same as the SD card file system error.
Bottom Line
This post tells you why the “SD card writing speed slow” error occurs on your DJI drones and shows you how to solve it. During this process, you may need the help of MiniTool Partition Wizard. If you encounter issues when using this software, contact us via [email protected]. We will get back to you as soon as possible.
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Linda has been working as an editor at MiniTool for 5 years. She is always curious about computer knowledge and learns it crazily. Her articles are simple and easy to understand. Even people who do not understand computer can gain something. By the way, her special focuses are disk management, data recovery and PDF editing.