Firmware 2.0.0 Next Week!

[Nickmon]

Oh damn... I was using the PSU, and the power went out. Crap... It just hangs at the loading screen. Unbricking it will work with this, right?

just reboot and hold start n select in i think.

Can some one to a step by step guide as they do it....


Please !

 

[noreason]

first time he updated en went to loading screen forever!!
seconds time (select -start) he updated and now he's patching let's hope it's ok

 

[Nickmon]

So is this:

unzip files to card
boot gp2x
it installs stuff
install remaining files
reboot gp2x holding down start&select
it installs more stuff

?

 

[noreason]

unzit to cart (root)
boot gp2x
it:
-update firmware
-install apps
-formatting (dunno what)

and after that your files are deleted and everything is updated (i think)

 

[TelcoLou]

Can some one to a step by step guide as they do it....


Please !

1. Re-formatted my Impact™ SD Card to FAT32 using a card reader
2. Installed the files on the card
3. Inserted the card in my '2X
4. Turned on the power
5. Saw the boot screen, then the "Firmware Upgrading" screen
6. Saw the green screen, which now said firmware 2.0 ... and waited ...
7 - 10. ... and waited, and waited ...
11. Shit my pants, thinking I bricked my '2X
12. Changed my shorts
13. Turned off the power for 10 seconds
14. Powered back on while holding start + select
15. Saw the "Now Patching" screen
16. Waited
17. Saw the "Now Formatting" screen
18. Waited
19. Voila! It seems to work ...
20. Re-booted and heard the gay little boot-up tune and danced the dance of joy

Now I get to re-do my award-winning Windows 95 Skin

 

[Sonistar]

i think its just one boot of the device, device automatically powers down after rebooting, then hold in start select to install more stuff

 

[Nickmon]

Can some one to a step by step guide as they do it....


Please !

1. Re-formatted my Impact™ SD Card to FAT32 using a card reader
2. Installed the files on the card
3. Inserted the card in my '2X
4. Turned on the power
5. Saw the boot screen, then the "Firmware Upgrading" screen
6. Saw the green screen, which now said firmware 2.0 ... and waited ...
7 - 10. ... and waited, and waited ...
11. Shit my pants, thinking I bricked my '2X
12. Changed my shorts
13. Turned off the power for 10 seconds
14. Powered back on while holding start + select
15. Saw the "Now Patching" screen
16. Waited
17. Saw the "Now Formatting" screen
18. Waited
19. Voila! It seems to work ...
20. Re-booted and heard the gay little boot-up tune and danced the dance of joy

Now I get to re-do my award-winning Windows 95 Skin

OK thanks for that, think its clear now...
Cant wait until I get home for work to try it..

Can we pass round the pants as community upgrade wear??

lol

 

[Sonistar]

yeah tecolou please redo that skin ^-^ and does the update remove ur skin? or will i need to change skin to defaullt to look nice?

 

[Tobriand]

Think I've buggered mine... tried to do U-boot separately, and it's been sitting there for about 4 minutes saying it's Upgrading honest, now.

I'm going to try taking out the SD and copying over the rest of the files in case it's looking for an image file that doesn't exist... and cross fingers and hope like smeg.

EDIT: My word... I think it's actually not bricked it. Either they did a very very good job at programming this one to only write when it knew there was something there, or I was very very lucky. Or both, which is more likely. It's currently saying "Now formatting" after a power cycle in the middle of the "Firmware Upgrading" screen (why I thought it was bricked).

Still, can't wait for Art103 to get his hands on the new U-boot code... I want my boot menu back!

 

[Vimacs]

where you sueing art's uboot before?
if so, thats a normal bug, art's uboot dosnt reboot after a succesfull flash.

 

[Tobriand]

I was indeed - and I want to go back to it, once it's got the additions that have been made in 2.0.0 added; the boot menu is a very very useful thing, I reckon...

I suppose I should have renamed the new uboot to kernel.img, copied everything else over, and held start and select whilst booting from SD. If I understand things rightly, that would have worked. But then it might have overwritten u-boot when formatting, which would have been a bit of a bummer...

 

[dj_gir]

Oh damn... I was using the PSU, and the power went out. Crap... It just hangs at the loading screen. Unbricking it will work with this, right?

just reboot and hold start n select in i think.

I did, but all I got was colored lines. Is that normal? If I don't hold start and select, it'll hang at the loading screen.

 

[daclassicgamingmaster]

woooo!! Santa DOES exist!

*runs to upgrade*

 

[TelcoLou]

...
I did, but all I got was colored lines. Is that normal? If I don't hold start and select, it'll hang at the loading screen.

... I don't think it's hanging ... it's actually loading the next part of the upgrade ... let it ride man, let it ride!

(it took a few minutes for me, maybe 2-3)

 

[Nickmon]

woooo!! Santa DOES exist!

*runs to upgrade*

Please doc your findings....

 

[Tobriand]

Oh damn... I was using the PSU, and the power went out. Crap... It just hangs at the loading screen. Unbricking it will work with this, right?

just reboot and hold start n select in i think.

I did, but all I got was colored lines. Is that normal? If I don't hold start and select, it'll hang at the loading screen.

Have you got all the files in root? If so, reformat the card as Fat32 all over again, and re-copy them, before trying again (turn on holding start and select). If you're seeing at least the updated Uboot screen, then certainly something flashed correctly, which ought to be enough to get everything else to, seeing as this one completely re-formats nand (so it presumably it shouldn't matter too much if there's a partial flash there or the current filesystem is a little narked or something).

 

[TyBO!]

Can some one to a step by step guide as they do it....


Please !

1. Re-formatted my Impact™ SD Card to FAT32 using a card reader
2. Installed the files on the card
3. Inserted the card in my '2X
4. Turned on the power
5. Saw the boot screen, then the "Firmware Upgrading" screen
6. Saw the green screen, which now said firmware 2.0 ... and waited ...
7 - 10. ... and waited, and waited ...
11. Shit my pants, thinking I bricked my '2X
12. Changed my shorts
13. Turned off the power for 10 seconds
14. Powered back on while holding start + select
15. Saw the "Now Patching" screen
16. Waited
17. Saw the "Now Formatting" screen
18. Waited
19. Voila! It seems to work ...
20. Re-booted and heard the gay little boot-up tune and danced the dance of joy

Now I get to re-do my award-winning Windows 95 Skin

Damn... I've tried this several times now, and I never get to the screen where it says "Firmware Upgrading." I reformatted my card and everything.

Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

 

[PSyMastR]

YAY! My GP2x came today, too bad my memory card is coming later

 

[scorpio]

Damn... I've tried this several times now, and I never get to the screen where it says "Firmware Upgrading." I reformatted my card and everything.

Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

I know this is a lame question to ask, and you're probably expecting it, but have you performed a successful firmware upgrade before with the card you're using?

 

[TyBO!]

Damn... I've tried this several times now, and I never get to the screen where it says "Firmware Upgrading." I reformatted my card and everything.

Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

I know this is a lame question to ask, and you're probably expecting it, but have you performed a successful firmware upgrade before with the card you're using?

Yeah, but I used the Robster flasher instead of the one that GPH distrubuted. Maybe that's the problem... I need a special flasher to do the upgrade...