Had a good search through quite a few forums including this one and followed all the instructions. My uncle was having a few problems with his starview 2 box so i said i'd upgrade it to newer software anyway i think i got a bit carried away and tried to put stuff on there that shouldnt be so now the box acts as though its had a really bad flash. It got to the stage where no display was on the front when turning on so i've now tried the bad flash method of downloading the software then turning the box on trouble is it downloads on the gtrom to 100 per cent then says unable to flash everytime. I'm wondering if i've ruined the chip in the box, is this the case or is there anything else i can try?
@ Karl, how ya... I will give you a shou tomorrow and arrange something ok? @Callum, do a factory reset..then reflash it!!
Ok so although i can get it downloading to 100 per cent it may still need 20 go's before it works i seen before when saying 20 go's but i thought that was to try and get it to start downloading in the first place. I'm using 4.03 gt rom cant remember the bin file offhand as i'm at work. Thanks for the swift reply its doing my head in trying to get it back to somewhere where it was.
ok des,ive a bit of a busy weekend so won't be around much give me as shout if your around here in any way
Isnt the only way to do a factory reset with the box on, i cant get that far all i get is 4 green lines.
ok try and flash it with 4.51 for the uk,using gtromloader 4.00 all found in eamos library under my sig the box folder
Ok will do cheers i'll give that a few goes tomorrow when i wake up.I'll let you know how i get on either way.
Still no joy tried the above 20 times it downloads to 100 per cent the says flash failed. Anything else i can try?
you may need a new cable,are you using just a null moem or a null modem in conjunction with a usb to serial adapter?
I thought it might be a lead problem but its the same one i use to update my starview 3 box without a problem. The lead i've got is just a null modem lead.
Using the GT ROM v4. and the 4.51 bin file try the instructions below and hopefully you will get it updated ok. If you have a Bad Flash with software have a Read of This might help If you have a bad flash, switch it off then on at the back & make sure its on standby. Then Flash as normal. This also applies to flashing (up & downloading) the channel data file. If for some reason you cannot flash and have set and checked everything else such as ports and connections, then you should switch off at the back wait a moment then on again. Then try to flash again. If for some reason it won't go into standby and you see a constant moving green line. you may want to wait to see if it goes into standby or switches on eventually or re-flash from this state though it may not work. Some users have reported that flashing an older firmware 1st that was working, then trying again may help. If your flash has failed or corrupted try again but 1st flash back the firmware that was on before your failed flash. Re download the firmware just in case you had a corrupted file then try again. If you do flash from the moving green line state at boot, you will see the % increase on the GTRom loader software but not on the Starvi*w. Toward the end of the flash you'll see a Flash Burning message in GTRom. Make sure you wait until all is finished and you see the Download complete pop up message in GTRom. Another method you can use to recover from a bad flash, eg. the box won't boot to standby and is stuck in pre standby, either after about 3 or 4 moving green lines the box sticks with the green line not moving at all or it keeps moving forever. If the box will NOT RE-FLASH as normal from on or standby, try this but it may take a few goes to work. Connect the box to the pc with your cable but switch it off at the back. Load the correct firmware bin file into GTRom & set it to the correct com port, and select App file only then hit Download. Only then switch on at the back to power on the box. It may take a few sec. so wait at least 30 sec. (If it doesn't work 1st time try also waiting a couple of sec. to switch on after pressing download in the loader.) It may take more than 1 try to work, but eventually you'll see the loader kick in and the % bar increase. You won't see the % on the Starview though. Only green lines moving left to right. Towards the end of the flash you'll see a message in GTRom saying FLASH BURNING. Then it will reach 100% and wait for the download complete pop up box to appear & the box will reboot back to factory setup. You will have lost any channel data previously on the box & will need to rescan & switch on EMU and set the box up from scratch. If you don't know the state of the box switch it on see what happens see if there already has been a channel scan done before-meaning there are channels on it working or not. If so tune to an unencrypted channel as above then standby then re-flash.
That 2nd to last paragraph is the method i've been using i get it downloading to 100 per cent fine but instead of saying download complete at the end of the flash burning mine says flash failed every time.
Jaysus Callum were you going out or coming in at that time this morning LOL If Celtic71 cant help you then it looks like the box is Knackered!!!
As celtic said callum, eventually it will kick in. It could take up to 20 goes but you will get it. Howya Des, didnt get to bed till 4:30 meself
I was working last night so just came on the pc to see if there was any update before i went to bed lol It's looking like it probably is knackered although i will give it a few more goes. Thanks for the good swift advice its nice not having to wait a few days for a reply like on some other forums when you ask a question.
