How Long Should 'firmware Upgrading' Sceen Last?


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It's been like more than an hour since I've turned my GP2X on with only gp2xkernel.img, gp2xpatch-1.4.0.gpu, and gp2xpatch-1.4.0.tar.gz on my SD card. Is it supposed to take more than an hour?

Thanx,
Stan
 
Still on step one, just upgrading the kernel. All three files were on the card however, like the GP2XUsersGuide.PDF said.

Thanx,
Stan
 
it's never taken me more than a minute. if you turn it off it will be bricked. but if you don't turn it off it'll most likely just keep going till the batteries run out so it doesn't matter. after that just use the unbricking guide.
 
That's what I thought, when I updated this way to 1.2.0 it didn't take long, but last time I used the alternate update for 1.2.1.

Thanx,
Stan
 
Um, could someone link me to the unbricking guide? I searched the forums and look in the misc downloads, but no luck.

Thanx,
Stan
 
lucoxade posted on Feb 21 2006 at 10:20 AM said:
I have the same problem! If anyone can lend me a serial lead I would be eternaly grateful! Thankyou!
Does the unbricking guide not work for you then?!
 
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sam fisher posted on Feb 21 2006 at 07:06 PM said:
well redownload the kernal. You have probably fota corrupted download. If it hangs on the green screen then flash the filesystem.
I had tried downloading every kernal i could find! But it's still not happy :(

And it hangs on black GP2X screen, so a blind fs flash is in order if no-one has a serial cable, wish me luck!

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1hr later and it's still upgrading...
 
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Isn't 1.4 still in beat? If so, could that be the issue? I mean, if everyone's been having this kind of issue, it's probably not just a bad download. Personally, I think I'm going to wait a while before upgrading to 1.4.
 
Had the same problem - I had just stuck the updaters on my card (along with all my emus 7 roms - after 1 hr looking at the updating screen thought - what the hell - turned off - emptied card of everything except updaters - same - reformatted card rebooted - update done in less than a minute. :)

Problem now i can't get SquidgeSnes to run :eek: - not happy
 
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