Hi guys, i have flashed a few Starveiws now with no problems. but today have ran into a couple, firstly they are starveiws not "the Box" secondly the are not clones. my first problem i think i already know the answer to myself. i flashed a box withthe wrong os, selected the box firmware instead of the starviw firmware, silly me, is there any way of undoing this without jtagging? secondly bran new starview out of its box won't take new firmware, on further invcestigation it has 300eE on it and when i go into the menu's it scrolls through them by itself?? i can't flash it it keeps failing!!! any help is greatly appreciated, PS. i'm in dublin
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 Starview. 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.
thanks celtic man, it worked for me on the one i couldn't flash, any thoughts about the one i flashed with the wrong firmware? can't get it into standby mode or anything
Try the last part here 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.
can some one plz help ? ive recently blown a box i beleive coz it just wont power up ? So now ive got a new 1 im trying to flash it with the 257 fixed file but it wont have it ? its currently got 258 running on it but i dont think its auto roll coz i just had to put c &w codes in to get it up and running ? Any ideas would be more than welcome !! Thanks
You will need a null modem cable DB9F to DB9F.Your's may look similar but it may not be the correct one. Null modem info here http://www.maplin.co.uk/Search.aspx?criteria=L71BT&DOY=2m6 If your pc does not have a serial port you will need a USB to serial port adapter to use in conjunction with the null modem cable. USB Adapter info here http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=29968&C=Maplin&U=SearchTop&T=usb adapter&doy=20m12 These two cable links are only for reference as they can be purchased alot cheaper on fleabay. All firmware/loader can be found in the link at the end of my post marked Eamos FTA Library. You will need the GTromloader, (Starview Software Uploader), found in the Starview software folder of the link. You will need version 2.57eE fixed firmware found in Thw Starview firmware folder. And please download the Starview PDF guide, this will give you step by step instructions on how to do everything.This can be found in the Starview Documentation Folder.
Yeah i understand all that but its the same cable i used which killed my last clone on tuesday ? so it cant be the cable ?
i have in my new 1 yes im just having trouble flashing it ?? I put version 4 firmware on my other clone on tuesday aint had no power on that one since ??
The cable will be fine , just make sure you are putting the 2.57_FIXED firmware on it , also make sure you have the SV on stand-by
lol another silly question but after christmas i had a friend bring me a genuine box and when i went to flash it gtrom kept saying flash send failed, box was a genuine one and all the cables and stuff work fine for me updating starviews? any suggestions or am i missing a step?
why does it have to be version 400? i have seen some in ireland with 451 on them?? is there any specific reason to put 400 on it?
sorry i thought i put in it was a genuine sv 2, doen everything the same as i would with sv 1 (other than firmware). connect with serial cable, select correct port, select 451 bin file and hit download. after about 30 seconds of nothing happening i then get an error message saying "flash send failed" i want to get another couple of sv 2 but am slightly reluctant because of this problem
