Unbricking

[Miknal]

Hey, my gp2x is running the firmware 2.0, I tried upgrading to 3.0, and after the green screen (the one that says it is loading) it went black, so I switched it off. Now when I turn it on it will not go past the green screen. Is there any way to fix this without the technical hooking it up to a pc stuff? Because I lack the equipment to do that.

 

[purple_goat]

I belive the only way is with a j-tag cable

 

[Miknal]

To be honest, I know nothing about this stuff, is there any where I can send it to get it fixed?

 

[MrHillBilly]

If you hold down start and select does it try to update again?

If it does just get a SD reader and put on a older firmware and see if it will reinstall it.

Also when you go to FW 3 make sure that you have nothing in your nand memory.

 

[Miknal]

It doesn't do anything i am afriad, it just hangs on the green screen.

 

[MrHillBilly]

OK I have not messed mine up that bad yet. See if you can find someone with breakout box or just order one.

 

[Blah]

Since it gets to the green screen, the bootloader should be ok. Try to install 2.0. It could also be that U-boot (the bootloader) doesn't like your sd card. Also make sure your batteries are fully charged (when mine were almost dead, I couldn't get past the black "GP2X" screen).

 

[Miknal]

I treid to install the 2.0 firmware, but that requires me to run it from the game menu, which I obviously can't do if I can't get past the green screen!

And yeah the batteries are charged.

So, does anyone know of anywhere I can send it to to get it fixed?

 

[Fishbong]

Er no. If you can get to the green screen, your bootloader is still intact and you can install a new firmware. Just make sure you have a Firmware upgrade - compatible SD card.