Bricked Gpx2
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hm cant seem to get it to work ive downloaded firmware 2.0.0 and extracted the file s to formated card and basically did wot it said but it just stays on the green load screen ive seen no upgradin firmware screen...
when i extracted the file to the card ther 2 files which are still zipped od compressd gp2xnand.tar.gz and gp2xfs.tar.gz.....hmm i usually ok at this sort of thing but ive seemed to of lost it at the mo
when i extracted the file to the card ther 2 files which are still zipped od compressd gp2xnand.tar.gz and gp2xfs.tar.gz.....hmm i usually ok at this sort of thing but ive seemed to of lost it at the mo
BobBorakovitz
Hardcore Gamer
are you pressing start+select when booting?
if start+select mean at the same time when bootin then yeah ....igot the first edition gp2x does that make any differant ive upgraded to 1.4 before with no probs idid it by the book clean formatnew batts but no luck this time i dont no .. i was enjoying cps2 as well ohdear lol
i boot up whille pressingstart and select the screen goes white for a second then to the black gp2x screen then to the green loading screen then i wait but it just stay s
is this the only wayno more ways to may be get it to boot seems abit cack to be able to kill a 120 quid hand held by updating
is this the only wayno more ways to may be get it to boot seems abit cack to be able to kill a 120 quid hand held by updating
fluffyhamster
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Try putting all the files back on your sd and try again.
You said you had FW 1.4.0.
Did you try to upgrade to 2.1.1 directly from 1.4.0?
That doesn't work, as FW 2.0.0 creates a totally different filesystem.
If you tried to upgrade from 1.4.0, you still have the old bootloader which doesn't need START and SELECT pressed (that's for the bootloader from FW 2.0.0 and up).
It should automatically start the flashing process when the files are on the root of the card.
However, FW 1.4.0 bootloader wasn't that compatible. You might need a different card.
You can also try to use a cleanly formatted SD Card with just those files on. But it needs to be compatible...
Did you try to upgrade to 2.1.1 directly from 1.4.0?
That doesn't work, as FW 2.0.0 creates a totally different filesystem.
If you tried to upgrade from 1.4.0, you still have the old bootloader which doesn't need START and SELECT pressed (that's for the bootloader from FW 2.0.0 and up).
It should automatically start the flashing process when the files are on the root of the card.
However, FW 1.4.0 bootloader wasn't that compatible. You might need a different card.
You can also try to use a cleanly formatted SD Card with just those files on. But it needs to be compatible...
iwould like to say thank you to evil dragon with your patiance and advice i keeped trying and now ive un bricked me gp2x thankyou thank you very much... i was that close to buying another one...its all about trial and error like every thing in life...ingnorance sux.cheers
Well, when you get to the green screen, you're too far already.
After the black gp2x Screen at the beginning it should upgrade.
Does the black screen say V2 on it?
After the black gp2x Screen at the beginning it should upgrade.
Does the black screen say V2 on it?
