the box - problem loading software

I have recently install a bad flash on my starview box. When i try and reload it the download fails at 100% and the box wont reboot to ON it just hangs on a solid light.
Any suggestions would be much appreciated....

 

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 71,

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.

This is what i tried only when it gets to 100% and says flash burning it stops with the error flash update fail...

any other suggestion???

 

Delete the GT ROM Loader from your PC and download it again from the link in my post ( Eamo's Site ) and try it again , it might be corrupt

 

much appreciated celtic71 but the same error. the light on the front of the box stops scanning across at 100% and flash update fail occurs.

 

have you come across this before or should I return it?
regards

 

Sorry i was looking for some info for you , I dont think I have heard it going to 100 % and then failing

You might need to delete GT ROM Loader from the regedit and start again , Sorry I cant find this info and Scouser is the man with some info , can you be patient till he gets online and he can help you out

 

yes i'll hold on, thats no problem.
thanks again.

 

Just a quick question

What have you got on the front on the SV --- led lights or does it say ON ?

 

led lights. just one. when downloading the led scans across and then stops at 100%

Regards

 

Im still looking for info for you , Have you tried pluggin it into your tv yet

 

no i must try that.
thanks.

Regards

 

Lets know if that work if not I found a solution that I hope works

 

i recently had a bad flash which fergus kindly fixed for me i was just wondering why i had a bad one as everything seemed to be going great got the message at the end saying it was successful could it have been the fact that i did not change it to factory settings thank you

 

There are a number of reasons, but if you set it to factory settings and turn it off and back on at the back of the box first and then do a flash, this clears the bootloader and the flash runs better.

 

Del30 ... Have you got a Starvi*w Clone or Genuine or Starvi*w 2 = "THE B0X" ?
And what firmwa*e are you flashing it with ?

Clone = 18x7 vents on top and Genuine = 25x7 vents on top