I just noticed some sellers on Ali have firmware version 5.2.5 on the 2032-l.
Have any of you bought the chinese hik's with firmware 5.2.5?
What changed between 5.2.0 and 5.2.5?
@networkcameracritic mentioned (in post 5 above) that he has the .5 firmware available if you pm him...maybe he can help you....I wish I had seen CBX's post first. I got a new camera with v5.2.5 on it (label underneath says v5.2.5 aswell). It was Multilanguage but week day was displayed in Chinese. I tftp v5.2.0 English firmware to it and now it's bricked. It boots up looking for a tftp (get about 3 pings) then reboots again. Goes into this cycle. I can tftp any firmware to it but it doesn't fix it. Is it possible to get v5.2.5 (even if it's Chinese version) and tftp it back on to repair it? I can't find v5.2.5 to download from anywhere.
I wish I had seen CBX's post first. I got a new camera with v5.2.5 on it (label underneath says v5.2.5 aswell). It was Multilanguage but week day was displayed in Chinese. I tftp v5.2.0 English firmware to it and now it's bricked. It boots up looking for a tftp (get about 3 pings) then reboots again. Goes into this cycle. I can tftp any firmware to it but it doesn't fix it. Is it possible to get v5.2.5 (even if it's Chinese version) and tftp it back on to repair it? I can't find v5.2.5 to download from anywhere.
Got the same problem on a new camera. It is English, ran for about 10-15 minutes then froze. Reset button didn't help. So I TFTP'ed 5.2.5 on there and same thing as you. Telnet works, but the files are gone. /dav was empty, root file system is gone, had to login as root as admin didn't work. Tried all I could but no luck reviving this bad boy so I'll have to send it back unless someone has an idea. Luckily I bought a few, so plugged in another one, works fine.
Maybe this a new feature of 5.2.5 LOL. I know the firmware file is good as we used it on a few cameras, no problems.
Any update to this? I'm having the same problem and need the 5.2.5 firmware, but I don't see it anywhere. There's lots of people talking about how great it works, but zero working links to download the firmware. I don't even care if it's in Chinese, I just want my brand new, bricked DS-2CD2032-I to work.
When i update firmware to EN or ML my NVR connect to IPC by HIKVISION protocol, and all settings avaible.