Need To Build A Serial Cable For Unbricking..

[Trip]

I found this on ebay & thought that it would be easier to modify, than completely build one up myself from scratch. Is this the right one to buy?
I just wanted to make sure, before I go ahead & spend money that I really can't afford at the moment.

Or alternatively.. is there anybody living near Bradford in England who can lend me one for a day or two?

I'm not even too sure if I'll be able to do the unbricking, as I get no video or sound from my 2x at all (either on batteries or with the power supply)
I take it that I would need to replace the boot image on the device?

Any help or advice would be cool cheers

 

[Hooka]

Probably JTAG to reflash bad uboot or something, but I'm sure that'd leave you with a rainbow screen not a black screen... is the little power light coming on atleast?

 

[Trip]

Probably JTAG to reflash bad uboot or something, but I'm sure that'd leave you with a rainbow screen not a black screen... is the little power light coming on atleast?

Yep.. that's the only good bit of news I have at the mo though lol

EDIT: At least a rainbow screen would look a bit better & shows some life in the system

 

[Blah]

Uboot might not be trashed, if it is you can send it off to DJWillis (I think he still does this), otherwise you can unbrick it (theres a guide).

 

[Tonka]

I *think* you can un-brick with a BOB with JTAG. May be a safer option than making your own lead and the BOB is only £30.00. You will also be left with all the other cool stuff that a BOB does

http://gp2x.co.uk/gp2xbreakoutboard.html

 

[Trip]

I *think* you can un-brick with a BOB with JTAG. May be a safer option than making your own lead and the BOB is only £30.00. You will also be left with all the other cool stuff that a BOB does

http://gp2x.co.uk/gp2xbreakoutboard.html

Yeh I've been wanting a BOB for a while but money's tight at the mo

Still.. It's going to cost me £20 at least to send it off to someone else for debricking, so I guess it will be the better option. Got to get it sorted quickly, as I'm tearing my hair out without my 2x.

Cheers for the advice all.
If I manage to get it working myself, I'll see if I can make up a decent tutorial on it

 

[DJWillis]

Uboot might not be trashed, if it is you can send it off to DJWillis (I think he still does this), otherwise you can unbrick it (theres a guide).

Tripmonkey_uk, assuming the NAND is in tact (90%+ of bricked units are just fine in that regard) it should be easy enough to unbrick. I am more then happy to take a look at it for the cost of postage.

I normally ask people to make a small charity donation but that would be entirely up to you and I don’t see it costing you anywhere close to £20 to post it down to me in Bath and back again if you want me to take a look.

 

[Trip]

Tripmonkey_uk, assuming the NAND is in tact (90%+ of bricked units are just fine in that regard) it should be easy enough to unbrick. I am more then happy to take a look at it for the cost of postage.

I normally ask people to make a small charity donation but that would be entirely up to you and I don’t see it costing you anywhere close to £20 to post it down to me in Bath and back again if you want me to take a look.

Cheers for the offer DJ.. PM'd you