Zip up your mtd6ro_mod file and attach here and I'll create a couple of modded clones for you to apply.
R0 / DS-2CD2x32 BrickfixV2 brick recovery and full upgrade tool - enhanced.
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It will be fine.
Attached are 2 files, one for each camera, with the minimum of changes to the MAC address and the serial number, and a re-calculated checksum.
It's probably easiest to go through the brickfixV2 process again, and this time just discard the mtd6ro_orig that comes out, and use one of the mtd6ro_mod files for each camera in stage 2.
Making sure not to apply the same file to both cameras ...
Thankx again for your time/help buddy.... Happy to report all 3x cameras back in action and working fine.
Im pretty thorough, but clearly I rushed into updating this firmware for no real advanatages...oh well, learned something new....
Lesson to the punters, dont cheat and use the same mod file for each camera, each cam needs its own file with individusl Mac addresses..... lol
Thanks again matey....
Hello
I have a Hikvision DS-2CD2132-I camera, On stage 3 i get "error doing the firmware update". I use . fixup_log.txt in attachment. What can I do to make this work? Thanks in advance.
I have a Hikvision DS-2CD2132-I camera, On stage 3 i get "error doing the firmware update". I use . fixup_log.txt in attachment. What can I do to make this work? Thanks in advance.
Yes, that's the 5.4.41 firmware. It can't be used as a straight jump from the min-system version that's running the brickfixV2.
Repeat Stage 3 with the 5.4.5 firmware, that usually works OK.
Strictly, firmware should be applied incrementally, but most people seem to get away with the big update to 5.4.5.
Your mtd6ro_mod looks OK.
Yes, it worked with this firmware (5.4.5). Thank you so much! After 5 years, the camera works again! Do you work at Hikvision maybe?
Excellent! And well done.
It's always good to hear of a successful de-bricking.
By the way - 5.4.41 is a little newer than 5.4.5, and is the 'official' and last, firmware for that camera, with the backdoor fix.
But 5.4.5 does not have the backdoor as far as I could tell.
Lol!
Nope - definitely not.
And is it safe to do this via the web interface? From 5.4.5 > 5.4.41?
What do you mean exactly with "Does not have the backdoor"?
Yes, you have converted your camera from CN to EN.
Backdoor found in Hikvision cameras
There have been rumours... I would like to confirm that there is a backdoor in many popular Hikvision products that makes it possible to gain full admin access to the device. Hikvision gets two weeks to come forward, acknowledge, and explain why the backdoor is there and when it is going to be...
Hello, thank you for all your hard work on this. I've spent today trying to unbrick a camera without success.
I have a DS-2CD2032F-I and have gone through the brickfix process (with both the CN and EN brickfix firmwares). I successfully flash with the brickfixv2 dav firmware, connect with telnet and extract and modify the mt6ro files (file attached), I get to step 3 and always successfully flash the updated English firmware (I tried with 5.4.5, 5.4, 5.3)--I always get the message the English firmware was successful and to power cycle the camera, but when I power cycle it seems that the camera is still bricked and I can't access it via web interface.
Any suggestions on where I could be going wrong or what else to try?
I have a DS-2CD2032F-I and have gone through the brickfix process (with both the CN and EN brickfix firmwares). I successfully flash with the brickfixv2 dav firmware, connect with telnet and extract and modify the mt6ro files (file attached), I get to step 3 and always successfully flash the updated English firmware (I tried with 5.4.5, 5.4, 5.3)--I always get the message the English firmware was successful and to power cycle the camera, but when I power cycle it seems that the camera is still bricked and I can't access it via web interface.
Any suggestions on where I could be going wrong or what else to try?
That's not good.
What does SADP show for the status and the firmware version?
The attached mtd6ro_mod looks OK, I don't see any problems with it.
If the camera is reverting to the min-system recovery mode on bootup, and you were interested to see why this is happening, you could connect to the serial console and follow the bootup messages.
This would need a couple of widely-available on eBay low-cost items :
A 4-pin 1.5mm ZH JST wired connector, usually sold in 10-packs.
A USB to TTL serial convertor, such as a PL2303HX-based device.
Not really available on-line any more.
But maybe try the attached old versions:
And a follow-on question :
What was the original cause of the camera 'bricking'?
I'm wondering if there may be an underlying hard ware issue.
Sometimes on these older cameras the flash memory can start to give errors.
There is no in-built correction in that hardware.
What was the original cause of the camera 'bricking'?
I'm wondering if there may be an underlying hard ware issue.
Sometimes on these older cameras the flash memory can start to give errors.
There is no in-built correction in that hardware.
Well, that's a good result, and a sigh of relief all round.
Thanks for the update.
It's easily done when all the firmware files are digicap.dav
The original cause was, in a moment of stupidity, I decided to upgrade an NOS grey market camera with the latest 5.4.5 EN firmware...
Flash memory wearing out is good to know and to keep in mind for the future as I use the camera
Yes, It all got fuzzy after hours and hours starring at a screen with nothing but tftp32 & digicap.dav. I would definitely try further troubleshooting/tools as your suggested if it still hadn't worked.
Thank you again for taking the time to help with this, have a Happy New Year!
(I was trying to figure out the forum formatting so I posted and deleted this but, it wasn't working because I wasn't using the proper '5.3.0 to 5.2.5 downgrader' firmware, once I used that the camera started responding again after reboot, then from there flashed with the latest 5.4.5 EN firmware and it's working as it should)
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hi @alastairstevenson, Thank you !
I successfully upgraded my 2432 (CH serial) camera from 5.2.5 to 5.4.41 using brickfixv2CN, so big THANK YOU! ;-)
I successfully upgraded my 2432 (CH serial) camera from 5.2.5 to 5.4.41 using brickfixv2CN, so big THANK YOU! ;-)
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