Another hint: somewhere between 5.2.5 and 5.3.0, hikvision formware switched to a totally different account management storage.
So if you:
- got a hacked Chinese camera with label >5.2.5 but hacked to run 5.2.5
- you applied the mtd hack and upgraded to official versions like 5.3.0
- you will...
OK I have some cumulative experience to report:
1. For language hacked Chinese ver. camera with stock firmware (sticker) version between 5.2.5 and 5.3.0:
- You also need to get a dump of /dev/mtdblock1, and check address 0x0000C and 0x8000C, make sure it is 0x02
- Otherwise the camera will fail...
Great instructions! But I think there is a slight error:
> ...Checksum-16 value as calculated by HxD for the 0xF4 bytes starting from location 0x09...
I observed the following cue:
- The byte 0x08 contains 0xF4, which is the length used in the instruction
- Assuming this byte denotes the...
Where did you see this notice?
Last night I just upgraded three of my 2432 from 5.4.0 straight to 5.4.5, no adverse effect observed. (They are CCWR serial)