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Hi all

I upgraded one of my Hikvision cameras last night from V5.2.5 build 141201 to 5.3.0 and ended up with it stuck in recovery mode. Unbeknownst to me the "UK Stock" seller I bought from was selling grey-imports. I've been able to grab the 5.2.5 firmware and change the language with hiktools to get an English camera once more.

I've read through a few of the long threads here about changing the language, most of which seems to be for 5.2.5 or earlier. Has anyone found a way to change the /dev/mtdblock* devices reliably to change the language permanently so that newer (5.3.x) firmware is accepted? - I've read about a checksum etc but am hoping someone can point me to whatever research has already been done.
 
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What's the exact model number? What firmware version did you try to flash?
 
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Attempted to flash IPC_R0_EN_STD_5.3.0_150513

Exact model is DS-2CD2132F-IS.

Working OK now back on 5.2.5, but keen to get this up to a more recent firmware if possible.
 
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Hello davehope

Is your camera from China (CCCH letters in the serial number) ?
 
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IL-MAFIOSO, Yep - CCCH is part serial so obviously a grey import / china model.
 
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Del Boy said:
Why? Just leave it now it's working. Talk about not learning from your mistakes.
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The intention of my post was to discover what the community had discovered about the language restriction and have a technical discussion rather then why or why not to upgrade.
 
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IL-MAFIOSO said:
Have you a link for R0 5.3.0 ?, like that I can try too if perahps it's a custom firmware ...
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Sure, it's "Baseline Firmware_IPC_En_V5.3.0 150513 (2XX2)(New)" (IPC_R0_EN_STD_5.3.0_150513.zip) from the Hikvison site (http://overseas.hikvision.com/en/download_89.html). The file has not been modified in any way.

if you can't access that site, let me know and I'll find somewhere to upload it.
 
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It ask me an user/password ... (I'm in France)
But I think it's the same that Hik Europe... don't necessary to upload the file. Thanks
 
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I've been looking briefly at the content of mtdblock5/mtdblock6 dumped from one of my cameras (DS-2CD2132F-IS) with a view to changing the language permanently. But before doing so, understanding as much of the format as possible.

Code: 
struct{
char cHeader[4];
short checksum; // Looks to be checksum-16 on my cameras.


unsigned byte unknown1[2]; // 0x00 0x00 (perhaps hardwareVersion and hardWareExtVersion)
unsigned byte iHeaderLen; // Bytes to read from here on that are part of checksum
unsigned byte unknownBlocks1[7];
unsigned byte iLanguage; // 0x02 = CHinese. 0x01 = Worldwide/English?
unsigned byte unknownBlocks2[13];
char cChallengeCode[6]; // Maybe +1 for \0 ?

unsigned byte unknownBlocks3[17];
unsigned byte macAddress[6];

unsigned byte unknownBlocks4[6];

char cSerial[17];  // Maybe +1 for \0 ?
unsigned byte unknownBlocks5[46];

char cModel[14]; // Maybe +1 for \0 ?
unsigned byte unknownBlocks6[111]; // all 0x00
} HIKINFO;
Has anyone managed to figure out any more of this section?
 
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davehope said:
Attempted to flash IPC_R0_EN_STD_5.3.0_150513

Exact model is DS-2CD2132F-IS.

Working OK now back on 5.2.5, but keen to get this up to a more recent firmware if possible.
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Hey, I'm running into same issue. Can you please give me a link for that 5.2.5 firmware for a 2032?
 
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