DS-2CD2032F-I - firmware

[alastairstevenson]

Another good result! Well done!

 

[ddasty]

Hi Alastair .
I've bought (second hand) 2 ipcam DS-2cd2032FI with 5.30 firmware . Camera's are china version and have in the serial number CH "code"
I followed al lot of post in this forum but i dont understand well if is possible to update firm of these camera .
I have issue of reset ip address and send mail via Gmail .

Br , Sandro

 

[alastairstevenson]

China version cameras will generally 'brick' when updated with firmware 5.3.0 or higher.
But if the 'enhanced mtd hack' is done, it will change the camera to being fully updateable.

 

[Wyzard]

Hi Alastair .
I've bought (second hand) 2 ipcam DS-2cd2032FI with 5.30 firmware . Camera's are china version and have in the serial number CH "code"
I followed al lot of post in this forum but i dont understand well if is possible to update firm of these camera .
I have issue of reset ip address and send mail via Gmail .

Br , Sandro

Hello Sandro,

I have the same type of camera. With Alastair's instructions I was able to update it to 5.4.5.

 

[ddasty]

Hy guys
I'm little confused because as say Alastairs's instruction , start point is :
"When running firmware 5.2.5 extract a copy of mtdblock6
Do not do this with newer firmware - another Hikvision nasty trick :"
I mean new firmware could be 5.30 ?

Br , Sandro

 

[Wyzard]

Hy guys
I'm little confused because as say Alastairs's instruction , start point is :
"When running firmware 5.2.5 extract a copy of mtdblock6
Do not do this with newer firmware - another Hikvision nasty trick :"
I mean new firmware could be 5.30 ?

Br , Sandro

First of all I downgraded the firmware from 5.3.0 to 5.2.5 (@whoslooking Custom Firmware Downgrader 5.3.0 Chinese to 5.2.5 English).

 

[ddasty]

Ok .
This night i try !

 

[Wyzard]

Ok .
This night i try !

Ok, good luck.

 

[alastairstevenson]

Do not do this with newer firmware - another Hikvision nasty trick :"
I mean new firmware could be 5.30 ?

I was using 5.3.0 when I got hit by this nasty trap, that's why I'm suggesting using 5.2.5 it's always worked ok.

 

[ddasty]

Hey .. many thanks for help !

 

[ddasty]

Hi
I've just downgraded (after some fight with firewall and right version of digicap) to 5.25 even if is in china language ... Is it right ?
Now what can i do for update to the latest fw ?

Br , Sandro

 

[alastairstevenson]

Now what can i do for update to the latest fw ?

The next step is the 'enhanced mtd hack' which converts the camera to fully upgradeable.
Hikvision DS-2CD2x32-I (R0) brick-fix tool / full upgrade method / fixup roundup.

 

[ddasty]

Yeahhh @ 03.12 of Saturday morning i have hacked my first Hiki cam ! Now i have firmware in Italian and updated to latest (5.45).
Many thanks to the forum and people have fun to share information .

Br, Sandro

 

[alastairstevenson]

i have hacked my first Hiki cam

Onwards and upwards, as they say!

 

[Pankaj Jain]

Hi
Can someone please help me I have DS-2CD2032F-I camera running on 5.3.0. the WEB GUI is in english. Do I need to downgrade to 5.2.5 before upgrading to 5.4.5. Can someone please give me a high level process and pointer to the threads where each of the steps are described in details.

The basic information reported from the web gui are:

Device Name IP CAMERA
Device No. 88
Model DS-2CD2032F-I
Serial No. DS-2CD2032F-I20151114CCCH553769791
Firmware Version V5.3.0 build 150814
Encoding Version V5.0 build 150327
Number of Channels 1
Number of HDDs 0
Number of Alarm Input 0
Number of Alarm Output 0

Thanks

 

[alastairstevenson]

pointer to the threads where each of the steps are described in details.

Lots of required detail in here - assuming it's a China-region camera that would brick on a firmware update :

Unbrick and fully upgrade your R0 / DS-2CD2x32 IP cameras -
R0 / DS-2CD2x32 BrickfixV2 brick recovery and full upgrade tool - enhanced.

 

[Pankaj Jain]

Hi alastairstevenson

Thanks a lot for a quick response, the link is very useful but I have following queries to ensure I understand the correct course of action, before embarking on the journey.

1) Its a China region camera on version 5.3 but the Web UI is in English. So, do I still need to downgrade to v5.2.5, before I can upgrade? And please confirm that I have to use brickfixv2EN.dav and not brickfixv2CN.dav.

2) Whatever I try the telnet server just initialises but nothing happens irrespective of how many time I reboot the camera. What else do I need to do?

3) As the camera is on firmware 5.3, on which the default ip range has changed from 192.0.0.x to 192.168.1.x, Do I still change both the PC and the camera to 192.0.0.128 and 192.0.0.64?

4) Do I need to set the camera to any default username / password or it does not matter?

Thanks for your help.

 

[alastairstevenson]

So, do I still need to downgrade to v5.2.5, before I can upgrade?

Not with the brickfixv2 method - you should be able to do a normal web GUI update as the brickfixv2 install initial step.

And please confirm that I have to use brickfixv2EN.dav and not brickfixv2CN.dav.

Whichever one doesn't give a 'language mismatch'. It all depends on how the camera has been 'hacked to English'.

Whatever I try the telnet server just initialises but nothing happens irrespective of how many time I reboot the camera. What else do I need to do?

This is only required once you have run the brickfixv2 update - a result of doing that is to provide telnet access.

As the camera is on firmware 5.3, on which the default ip range has changed from 192.0.0.x to 192.168.1.x, Do I still change both the PC and the camera to 192.0.0.128 and 192.0.0.64?

I does not matter what the original IP address is - but once you have done the brickfixv2 install and the camera has rebooted into 'min-system' mode, the PC IP address must be set to 192.0.0.128

Do I need to set the camera to any default username / password or it does not matter?

It does not matter.

This is all in the step-by-step guide, and shown in the video. You just need to follow it.

 

[Pankaj Jain]

Thank you Alastair
All worked like a charm. Now I am on 5.4.5.
However the camera stream cannot be viewed in Chrome. I was hoping the new firmware would fix the playback issue.

 

[Pankaj Jain]

Will this process also work on DS-2CD3145F-IS. The camera is on V5.3.8 build 160108? and if it does what would be the devtype value? its not in your instruction.