NM Memory Card not Working after update to 10.0.0.190

LostEchoes

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I've had an original Huawei NN memory card 128GB since the end of March. In the beginning everything was fine.
The problems started after a few weeks. Suddenly, I was getting messages regarding non Huawei and non Google apps (such as Pocket, Here maps, etc) not being able to write / use the NN card. I have described the issue here:


The official answer I got there by Huawei is obviously wrong, because if that was "a design strategy featured in Android 6.0 or later to ensure smooth system performance and data security. Since EMUI 4.0, such related menu options have been removed from the system" then this is would be visible from the first day that I've used the card. Which was not the case.

Anyway, after 2 formats of the card and a software update for the phone (P30) suddenly the card was once more being recognized by 3rd party apps, and everything was going smooth. However I was afraid this issue might come back again to hunt me and so I moved my photos and set up the camera to save the new photos in the internal memory of the phone.
I ended up using the NN memory card only for storing the Spotify premium offline music files as well as for storage space for some 3rd party apps such as Here maps, Google offline maps, Pocket downloaded articles, etc.

Since then I'm occasionally getting messages about "SD not recognized" by apps using it, or "SD card unexpectedly removed". I've tried removing the card and cleaning it. I do not have a usb reader for such cards so my last resort was to format it and see how it goes. The errors kept coming so today I'm visiting the local Huawei store to ask for a replacement. They usually have a great support here in Greece, and I hope they will understand that paying 50+ euros for a proprietary 128 GB memory card is not right if these products are not reliable and / or cannot be supported fairly, while you can find an 128GB microSD card with approx. 15 euros (and I mean a non-generic card, such as Transcend, PNY, Intenso, etc).