R0 / DS-2CD2x32 BrickfixV2 brick recovery and full upgrade tool - enhanced.

Oops .. I was in a rush to get out and forgot to check that devtype value, sorry.
I'll be back tonight, I'll take a look.
You've probably spotted why the camera isn't happy.
 
alastairstevenson said:
Oops .. I was in a rush to get out and forgot to check that devtype value, sorry.
I'll be back tonight, I'll take a look.
You've probably spotted why the camera isn't happy.
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Alaister, All is good. I have it working. I think the issue was with a bad firmware. Downloaded and installed a fresh version and it works fine. Thanks again. You saved the camera from the landfill!
 
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Successfully updated 2x DS-2CD2332-I and 1x DS-2CD2532F-IS cams from China/English hacked v5.2.0 to 5.4.5 English. All 3 cams had no issue doing the update in one shot. I've had these cams for 6yrs and finally updated them haha. Thanks so much Alastair!
 
Well, for 3 years I just dealt with the chinese on my cameras and not being able to really do anything with them. This post and files fixed them and my Xeoma is loving the update. Thank you OP.

LGSONE
 
Many thanks to the OP for this very helpful thread.

I updated 8x DS-2CD2032-I cameras but made the lazy mistake of reusing the same mtd6_mod for each one. Murphy's law also made sure that all extracted files were permanently deleted. Per this post, the MAC address can be changed which is great news. However, I would like to go a step further in replicating the serial number and MAC address from the OEM label. Can someone provide a link or instructions for doing so?
 
vksy said:
made the lazy mistake of reusing the same mtd6_mod for each one.
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Oops ..
You are not the first to do that!

vksy said:
Can someone provide a link or instructions for doing so?
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The MAC address is straightforward - but I'm not sure about the actual format of the serial number, it's not something I've examined.
Be sure to make the needed changes to the checksum bytes.

Code: 
0x35-0x3A MAC address
0x41-0x51 Serial number / date of manufacturer code
 
Mission complete.

In Windows 10 Pro, dealing with the serial is easy, but changing the MAC address can be tricky. I was lucky only 50% of the time. Tweaking just one digit such as B to C or 7 to 6 caused conflicts which resulted in duplicate camera entries in SADP. One contained the modified address while the other was auto assigned. After wasting time playing with different MAC values, I decided to just simply use the OS generated address, and it worked.

Pick whatever value when changing the MAC address. If Windows accepts, great. If not, use the auto generated address value. At worst, you'll need to run brickfix twice.
 
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Hello, not sure if this is an appropriate question for this thread but it's very close to on Topic! :) Apologies if not. I have a DS-2CD2032-I that has not been connected in quite some time. It's actually NEVER been connected. I am unsure as to what firmware is currently on it, I am working on procuring a PoE switch so I can plug it in. What would be the best steps to try to get it updated? Is this still a supported/safe/decent quality camera to use? Thank you for your help.
 
Dreamscape said:
I am unsure as to what firmware is currently on it
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When you get your switch, or power the camera from 12v, SADP will give valuable information.
You can see the current firmware version.
The newest version available is 5.4.41
Versions at or below 5.4.0 have serious security vulnerabilities.

SADP Tool

Locate Hikvision brand cameras within the same network, including their IP address and port.
ipcamtalk.com ipcamtalk.com

But beware - if it's a Chinese camera, a firmware update could 'brick' it.
Check the serial number.
If is has 'CCCH' in it - it's definitely Chinese.
If it has 'CCWR' it's probably OK to update.

Presumably it has very old firmware.
This will require updating through the major versions and not skipping to the newest.
Check out these firmware resources for that camera :

R0 series DS-2CD2x32x-Ixx IP camera firmware - Updates

ipcamtalk.com ipcamtalk.com
 
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alastairstevenson said:
When you get your switch, or power the camera from 12v, SADP will give valuable information.
You can see the current firmware version.
The newest version available is 5.4.41
Versions at or below 5.4.0 have serious security vulnerabilities.

SADP Tool

Locate Hikvision brand cameras within the same network, including their IP address and port.
ipcamtalk.com ipcamtalk.com

But beware - if it's a Chinese camera, a firmware update could 'brick' it.
Check the serial number.
If is has 'CCCH' in it - it's definitely Chinese.
If it has 'CCWR' it's probably OK to update.

Presumably it has very old firmware.
This will require updating through the major versions and not skipping to the newest.
Check out these firmware resources for that camera :

R0 series DS-2CD2x32x-Ixx IP camera firmware - Updates

ipcamtalk.com ipcamtalk.com
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Thanks for the reply. These are older cams, fairly sure I got them via AliExpress and I believe they may be the Chinese version Although I do not see either of those serial number configurations...is it okay if I post a picture of the sticker on the camera? Does that contain any info I shouldn't be publishing? Haha

Thanks!
 
Hello, I'm neew on this forum.

I have two camera Hickvision

DS-2CD2032-I Software v5.2.0 build 140721 DS-2CD2032-I xxxxxxxx CCCH xxxxxxxxxx
DS-2CD2132-I Software v5.2.0 build 140721DS-2CD2132-I xxxxxxxx CCCH xxxxxxxxxx

For the first, sometime i need to make a factory reset (1x/year), because it's not web accessible, passoword is lost, IP is changed, I do this with the reset buton.

The second worked perfectly during 3 year and now it's brick (i don't know why) I need to reset but I don't have a switch...


I don't know if this topic is up to date and i'm not sure to find the good files, firmware,...

Can you give me the rules, procedure?
Many thanks

Sorry for my bad English :p

PS: Edit, I found the file attachment now because i m logged, I try,...

PS: Edit 2! Sorry, i followed the thread and step by step now i can use my cam BIGGGG THANKS FOR This!!!

Godd Job
 
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I think this may be my first post here, but I've always found lots of very useful information here. I didn't remember my DS-2CD2032-I was a non-upgradeable camera, at least with the standard HIKVISION procedure... so I upgraded and bricked it. After the initial banging-my-head-on-the-wall process, I followed the instructions in this thread. A few hiccups but now the camera is working on the latest FW version!!

So a HUGE thanks to all who have provided this info, the tools, the feedback, etc. There's no way I'd have known how to do this otherwise!

Cheers :)
 
Howdy,
I'm about to embark on this procedure as I have a DS-2CD2332-I with CCRR in the serial number.
Am I correct in thinking this is a grey import?

I'm a bit annoyed that I was sold grey imports in the first place but I've had them years as you can see from the firmware version below :)
If only I could remember who I bought them off :angry:

As the instructions at the beginning of this thread date back years and its now 2021, is there anything I should know or will the procedure still be the same?

The old firmware version is:
Firmware VersionV5.0.2 130805
Encoding VersionV4.0 build 130411
 
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