I bricked my DS-2CD3142! lol

[Kidney514]

Ok so after reading everything here I really thought I had it figure out, but apparently not...
I bricked my cam completely.....
It powers up, IR led light up, seem like there networks activity but can out of 1200 pings only got about 20 random success.

I just can see it on my network, so did I succeed in bricking it for good?

 

[nayr]

might be tftp recoverable but otherwise its a brick

 

[Kidney514]

One would think that you could put a boot code a flash card and save it, after all there is a flash card slot!

 

[alastairstevenson]

I bricked my cam completely.....

What exactly did you do to it?

out of 1200 pings only got about 20 random success.

If you are getting 2-3 pings right after power on, then nothing for maybe 20 seconds, then 2-3 again, repeating, it's in a boot loop.
They are rarely bricked for good - usually just needs the right firmware applied.
And there may be a need to access the bootloader, via the serial console connector on the camera board.
What firmware did it have initially, and what did you apply (including the site downloaded from)?

 

[Kidney514]

What exactly did you do to it?

I uploaded IPC_R0_EN_STD_5.4.0_160603 with the chinese flag via the web interface..... and then radio silence!
It was downloaded from hikvision uk site i think.

If you are getting 2-3 pings right after power on, then nothing for maybe 20 seconds, then 2-3 again, repeating, it's in a boot loop.
They are rarely bricked for good - usually just needs the right firmware applied.
And there may be a need to access the bootloader, via the serial console connector on the camera board.
What firmware did it have initially, and what did you apply (including the site downloaded from)?

No it's not that clear it's way more random than that! it's honestly looks like it's booted, i see the network activity led blinking like there is traffic, led light up when it's dark. It has the appearence to be running but can't see it in any network!

 

[alastairstevenson]

Sounds like there is no bootloop then.
That's not an R0 camera - it's an R6 series camera.
Wrong firmware family ...
This is for EN R6 cameras : HIKVISION EUROPE
It's worth trying the firmware above with the Hikvision-specific tftp updater - a copy of that + instructions in the first post (not the firmware) here : Custom Firmware Downgrader 5.3.0 Chinese to 5.2.5 English

 

[alastairstevenson]

I uploaded IPC_R0_EN_STD_5.4.0_160603 with the chinese flag via the web interface

If this was using Hiktools to change the Language flag - this will not work on that 5.4.0 firmware as the firmware header is encapsulated in a newer, incompatible way, it will just corrupt the firmware.

Here is another version of R6 firmware - what I don't know though is if it's been tweaked to run on a CN camera.
Maybe @montecrypto would comment, or provide a more useful suggestion.

*edit*
Ooops - forgot the link : [MCR] R6 EN camera firmware 5.4.3 repack +SSH -PSH