It was and still is a chinese cam, however i have since flashed it with unmodified 5.2.0 and 5.2.3 from the web interface following the mtd5/mtd6 mod to change it to an english region camera. That said, im now on 5.2.5. after flashing via the tftp method, perhaps i will now be able to flash to 5.2.8 via the web interface once the firmware is available.
Hikvison Permanent Region Code Hack
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oh of course, i did before i had performed it, however its easy to change 01 back to 02 if you edited the correct locations.
i havent a clue. but if its too unbrick it, somebody has found a way of doing it i believe (i saw something on the forums).
alastairstevenson
Staff member
Have a care.
That flash segment holds info very specific to the camera it was written to during the manufacturing process, including the serial number, date of manufacture, location of manufacture, hardware type code, model ID, MAC address, OEM code, etc etc.
That flash segment holds info very specific to the camera it was written to during the manufacturing process, including the serial number, date of manufacture, location of manufacture, hardware type code, model ID, MAC address, OEM code, etc etc.
networkcameracritic
Getting the hang of it
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I've done that in an emergency when I accidently overwrote the MTD file and didn't realize it until I erased flash. So I took the MTD files from another camera. What happens is the network would not allow two cameras with the same MAC address, so I can only boot up one at a time, but it did work.
i wonder how easy it is to alter the mac in the mtd aswell? How you getting on with the 5.2.8 cameras networkcameracritic?
scn101
Getting the hang of it
My 2332 camera has a CH in its serial number so it is most likely Chinese yet the day is in English. I upgraded it from 5.1.6 (sticker on the box was 5.1.6_140412) to 5.2.0 from HikV Europe via the camera's web interface and everything remained in English even the day of the week, do you think I can upgrade it to 5.2.5? Or will it cause it to change to Chinese?
# prtHardInfo
Start at 2015-02-27 16:51:40
Serial NO
S-2CD2332-I20140626CCCH46<omitted>
V5.2.0 build 140721
hardwareVersion = 0x0
hardWareExtVersion = 0x0
encodeChans = 1
decodeChans = 1
alarmInNums = 0
alarmOutNums = 0
ataCtrlNums = 0
flashChipNums = 0
ramSize = 0x4000000
networksNums = 1
language = 1
devType = 38920
net reboot count = 0
SD status = 0 (1:noraml;0:none)
Path: .
Working Copy Root Path: /data1/data_liwenwei/work/frontend_software_platform_IPC5.2.0
URL: https://192.0.0.140/Camera/Platform/Branches/frontend_software_platform_IPC5.2.0
Repository Root: https://192.0.0.140/Camera
Repository UUID: df2d70c3-7593-7941-af1e-571b313c0946
Revision: 84909
Node Kind: directory
Schedule: normal
Last Changed Author: chentianyong
Last Changed Rev: 84908
Last Changed Date: 2014-07-21 21:47:41 +0800 (Mon, 21 Jul 2014)
# prtHardInfo
Start at 2015-02-27 16:51:40
Serial NO
S-2CD2332-I20140626CCCH46<omitted> V5.2.0 build 140721
hardwareVersion = 0x0
hardWareExtVersion = 0x0
encodeChans = 1
decodeChans = 1
alarmInNums = 0
alarmOutNums = 0
ataCtrlNums = 0
flashChipNums = 0
ramSize = 0x4000000
networksNums = 1
language = 1
devType = 38920
net reboot count = 0
SD status = 0 (1:noraml;0:none)
Path: .
Working Copy Root Path: /data1/data_liwenwei/work/frontend_software_platform_IPC5.2.0
URL: https://192.0.0.140/Camera/Platform/Branches/frontend_software_platform_IPC5.2.0
Repository Root: https://192.0.0.140/Camera
Repository UUID: df2d70c3-7593-7941-af1e-571b313c0946
Revision: 84909
Node Kind: directory
Schedule: normal
Last Changed Author: chentianyong
Last Changed Rev: 84908
Last Changed Date: 2014-07-21 21:47:41 +0800 (Mon, 21 Jul 2014)
whoslooking
IPCT Contributor
Thanks for your help now to compare files :
I have 5 x DS-2CD2532F-IWS cameras from China via AliExpress. They came with 5.1.2 and I upgraded them to 5.2.0 a while back and then did the day of the week fix. I have now followed the instructions for the Permanent Region Code Hack and everything went well. I then loaded 5.2.5 on the camera and it worked perfectly. Still in English, including the day of the week. Not sure how this happened, but I'm good with it.
scn101
Getting the hang of it
I bought a Chinese DS-2CD-2332 with 5.1.6 with the day of the week in English. Upgraded to 5.2.0, day of week still in English. Upgraded to 5.2.5 and day of week is in Chinese. So what (and where) is the day of the week fix explained? Thanks!
Its on the first page of this thread. If you are able to perform the process detailed there, your camera is in an english region and everything should default to english. beware the warnings though, and if you are not comfortable making changes, i wouldn't recommend it as it could brick your camera.
This is how I hacked my cameras in the first place before doing the permanent region hack: http://www.ipcamtalk.com/showthread.php?162-How-to-hack-5-1-2-firmware-on-China-region-cameras-to-English
Works for me! I've downgraded from 5.2.5 to 5.2.0 then did the steps on the first page. I've upgraded to 5.2.3 via admin console, and it is permanent english (that firmware was always forcing chinese language for my cams)! I hope it will work with 5.2.5 just have to make sure you downgrade first to avoid bricking the cam!
http://www.ipcamtalk.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2478&d=1423232856
Somebody else was kindly linked to it on a previous page.