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Double boot on X5 ?
Mad Big Sausage:
Cheers and thanks
RaeNye:
Edit: attachment removed since a stable version is posted further in the thread.
Edit: attachment was not working, hopefully OK now.
Alpha testers required!
(no compilation needed for Windows users)
Prerequisites:
* X5/X5L main unit
* X5 remote
* intrepidity :D
Your mission, Jim, should you decide to accept it, is to install and test this new version of the dual bootloader.
To install, use mkboot to combine the bootloader binary with any OF version and proceed like any firmware upgrade.
The attached file contains x5-dual-bootloader.testing.bin (bootloader binary), mkboot.c (source) and mkboot.exe (precompiled to Windows).
Boot sequences to verify:
* a short main-unit POWER press - RB
* a long main-unit POWER press - OF
* a short remote-unit POWER press - RB
* a long remote POWER press - OF
* a remote POWER press while remote HOLD is on - OF
(actually you won't see it since the OF shuts down quickly)
Important:
If anything goes wrong (doesn't boot, stuck, etc.), reset the unit with a reset pin, connect USB cable and reflash a stable firmware. It is advised to do so even if all seems OK until I collect reports from more people.
Disclaimer:
I have not tested this code on my X5 since it's dead, but I believe it works. Even if it doesn't, you can restore a stable firmware via USB mode.
Eriol:
--- Quote from: RaeNye on July 19, 2006, 03:18:00 PM ---Disclaimer:
I have not tested this code on my X5 since it's dead, but I believe it works. Even if it doesn't, you can restore a stable firmware via USB mode.
--- End quote ---
No offense Rae, but HOW did you kill it? I kinda wanna know that before I put yer stuff on my X5. ;)
RaeNye:
I've been testing all previous dual bootloaders on my unit without problems.
The first time I killed my X5 was by trying to use the charge LED as a HDD activity indicator in RB, and it was completely my fault; this was fixed by disconnecting the battery and resoldering it.
The second (and current) time, it just stopped responding with no good reason in middle of playing a song. The RB version on it had no expermental changes on it (I don't consider album-art et al. as things that can harm my device) so I have no clue why it died, but rarely it shows backlight flickers.
Llorean:
Maybe the soldering has either worked lose, or wasn't quite as spot on as you'd hoped initially?
That'd be my first thing to check, at least.
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