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I've read the guide to unbricking at:
(http://www.distant-earth.com/gp2x/2005/11/howto-unbrick-most-bricked-gp2xs.html), but unfortunately I fear my unit is more bricked than can be salvaged using it.
I received my GP2X just before going on holiday last week, so only had time to put a few things on a memory card and install the sdl libs on the device itself.
I haven't updated the firmware at all. The SD card contains a few divx files, which the GP2X had been able to play quite happily during the week.
On Monday, I switched on the console, and it came up with the usual black screen with the GP2X logo on it, so the boot loader was fine at that stage. It then hanged on that screen for a minute or two, so I decided to power off and on again.
This is where things took a turn for the worse. This time, the screen showed the "updating firmware..." message. Since I had no firmware whatsoever on the SD card that was in the console, I decided the best thing to do was to switch the console off. Bad idea perhaps, although I suspect the result of leaving the thing on would have been the same...
Now, whenever I switch the GP2X on, it just fades into the rainbow lines screen (LCD test?) and nothing more happens. No boot loader. No further updating messages.
I've tried with three different sets of fully-charged batteries with the same result.
Now, AFAICS, none of my actions should have caused this bricking. I performed no operation that would have required a write to either the NAND or the SD Card. The "updating firmware" thing was in no way prompted by me - there was nothing firmware-like on the card, just a few .avi files. It appears that the bootloader has been nailed, and that there was nothing I could do to prevent it. The firmware updating code appears to be atrocious.
I purchased the console from gbax, and they haven't responded to emails at all yet. Not happy, especially with all the great work that people have been doing.
(http://www.distant-earth.com/gp2x/2005/11/howto-unbrick-most-bricked-gp2xs.html), but unfortunately I fear my unit is more bricked than can be salvaged using it.
I received my GP2X just before going on holiday last week, so only had time to put a few things on a memory card and install the sdl libs on the device itself.
I haven't updated the firmware at all. The SD card contains a few divx files, which the GP2X had been able to play quite happily during the week.
On Monday, I switched on the console, and it came up with the usual black screen with the GP2X logo on it, so the boot loader was fine at that stage. It then hanged on that screen for a minute or two, so I decided to power off and on again.
This is where things took a turn for the worse. This time, the screen showed the "updating firmware..." message. Since I had no firmware whatsoever on the SD card that was in the console, I decided the best thing to do was to switch the console off. Bad idea perhaps, although I suspect the result of leaving the thing on would have been the same...
Now, whenever I switch the GP2X on, it just fades into the rainbow lines screen (LCD test?) and nothing more happens. No boot loader. No further updating messages.
I've tried with three different sets of fully-charged batteries with the same result.
Now, AFAICS, none of my actions should have caused this bricking. I performed no operation that would have required a write to either the NAND or the SD Card. The "updating firmware" thing was in no way prompted by me - there was nothing firmware-like on the card, just a few .avi files. It appears that the bootloader has been nailed, and that there was nothing I could do to prevent it. The firmware updating code appears to be atrocious.
I purchased the console from gbax, and they haven't responded to emails at all yet. Not happy, especially with all the great work that people have been doing.
