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Starview 3 The Box Super - Flash Update fail...
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malci
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21. December 2008 @ 15:07 |
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Originally posted by willij:
Thanks Malci. That's back on already. You're a star
Your welcome, it just needs a litle patience and all will be well, pleased for you. ;)
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dub14
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21. December 2008 @ 15:18 |
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Hey folks
Apologies if you have already answered this and Im sure you have but Im still confused!! Have Star 3 box and wont update - I gather from the above posts that I need to flash it again - is this correct?
Thanks
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fergusrb
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21. December 2008 @ 15:25 |
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Please be aware that the new firmware for the box super and the box will not flash on the box if they are clones unlike before where they did the coding has been changed which knows now if the box is a clone and will not let it flash and there is no real difference so it is hard to tell the only thing is the reason they flashed before was the chip had been replaced this time the coding has been targeting another part of the box ( not really sure what it is but that is your answer to non flashing boxes if everything else is correct)
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21. December 2008 @ 15:43 |
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Thanks for the info Fergus.
The strage thing for me is that I flashed many boxes and all were fine and even this morning I flashed The Box and it went fine and I got in all the channles but then when I went to put a channel dump on the progress just remained at 0%.
I then tried to flash the box super tonight and I'm getting flash update failed.
I then dug out the wife's 'old' pc lol and it flashed no problem.
I'm thinking is the serial connector in my pc bunched.
I don't have time to reformat my pc over the xmas so I won't know for sure. I was thinking I might buy a pci serial card and see if it works.
The flash update failed has me stumpted.
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malci
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21. December 2008 @ 15:46 |
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Thanks for that information Ferg mate, it will help a lot of people, me in particular, when constantly asked the same question, hope your well, and as said thanks again for your valued input, all the very best to you by the way.
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fergusrb
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21. December 2008 @ 15:54 |
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PLEASE BE AWARE ALSO YOU CANNOT USE CHANNEL DUMPS ON THE NEW FIRMWARE ON THE BOXES THEY HAVE ALL TO BE RESCANNED AS THE FIRMWARE IS ALSO DIFFERENT FROM PREVIOUS RELEASES
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21. December 2008 @ 16:00 |
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Again thanks for the info Fergus.
But I take after flashing The Box (starview 2) and rescanning via cable/scart and finding all your channels you can then re-hook up your box to your pc and use a channel dump.
I hope you can as I've done many Starview 2's and put the channel dump back on, all seem to be working fine so far :)
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fergusrb
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21. December 2008 @ 16:07 |
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yes as long as you have taken off the box you have flashed and put it on another you have just flashed as well otherwise NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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21. December 2008 @ 16:17 |
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Cool, as ever thanks for the knowledge, very much appreciated :)
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21. December 2008 @ 17:43 |
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Originally posted by malci:
Originally posted by willij:
flashed sv 2 with new software but all i'm get is "data being updated 0%" It's not moving at all. any suggestion?
You need to find the best channel to update it for you, it does need a kickstart, try Sky 2, and leave a little while and if it does not kick in, then flick to another channel, even the God channel, turn off your box and back on, press Set Default Key, and it can go to 160% then start again, but it will eventually kick in.
If it's the God channel that finally does it, he'll probably become a born again Christian. "It's a miracle!" ;)
Slitheen
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Fla1101
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21. December 2008 @ 18:49 |
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so by the sounds of it we need a pc with a null modem input to flash the box and the box super because the usb converter just isnt cutting it. this shut solve many problems including mine thanks guys
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21. December 2008 @ 20:43 |
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Originally posted by malci:
Originally posted by willij:
flashed sv 2 with new software but all i'm get is "data being updated 0%" It's not moving at all. any suggestion?
You need to find the best channel to update it for you, it does need a kickstart, try Sky 2, and leave a little while and if it does not kick in, then flick to another channel, even the God channel, turn off your box and back on, press Set Default Key, and it can go to 160% then start again, but it will eventually kick in.
Does the key data only come in certain channels? It's interesting this, but you're right...Sly 1 and Sly Sports 1 does it for me real quick.
Slitheen
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21. December 2008 @ 21:05 |
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Originally posted by sandisk:
Thanks for the info Fergus.
The strage thing for me is that I flashed many boxes and all were fine and even this morning I flashed The Box and it went fine and I got in all the channles but then when I went to put a channel dump on the progress just remained at 0%.
I then tried to flash the box super tonight and I'm getting flash update failed.
I then dug out the wife's 'old' pc lol and it flashed no problem.
I'm thinking is the serial connector in my pc bunched.
I don't have time to reformat my pc over the xmas so I won't know for sure. I was thinking I might buy a pci serial card and see if it works.
Bit of advice if you do want a PCI serial card - don't get tempted by the more expensive PCI serial cards that run at fancy high Baud rates than what is needed for this job (115200). When I was looking for one, someone on this very forum told me to get the very cheapest one on eBay (a cheap dual port PCI serial card sold by a couple of the big eBay merchants). Its very top baud rate is 115200...which is what the ROM loader wants to work at. Well I bought one...it cost me £10 inc P&P from eBay. It installed like a dream, and the tiny driver CD installed beautifully on XP (I think it's also Vista capable IIRC). All I had to do was change the COM port numbers that defaulted to COM6 and COM7, to COM1 and COM2. I also changed the Baud rate to the top 115200 (it defaults to 9600 when installed), and now it's flashed a fair few boxes like a charm. I've seen the same card recommended several times on similar forums. And at least if your problem turns out to be something different, you've only spent a tenner.
Search 'PCI serial RS232 card' on eBay....it's the top hit....two sellers to choose from, one with slightly better FB that I myself used.
Slitheen
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malci
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21. December 2008 @ 21:07 |
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Originally posted by slitheen:
Originally posted by malci:
Originally posted by willij:
flashed sv 2 with new software but all i'm get is "data being updated 0%" It's not moving at all. any suggestion?
You need to find the best channel to update it for you, it does need a kickstart, try Sky 2, and leave a little while and if it does not kick in, then flick to another channel, even the God channel, turn off your box and back on, press Set Default Key, and it can go to 160% then start again, but it will eventually kick in.
Does the key data only come in certain channels? It's interesting this, but you're right...Sly 1 and Sly Sports 1 does it for me real quick.
It will update on any in the UK, Sly Sports does tend to be a bit quicker, but onfortunately it is not always the case in Ireland, it seems from majority of reports that Sly 2, is better, others say otherwise.
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fergusrb
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22. December 2008 @ 04:18 |
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Wanted
Starview 2 TheBox
Starview 3 SuperBox
The super box must have only 1 input and 1 rf out on the back only
Must be in the dublin area
Please pm me with details of price don't want new ones second hand will do
Only for test purposes only thanks
To send a pm click on the small head to the right of my post
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wheety
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22. December 2008 @ 18:50 |
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Hi, I sorted a couple of St*rview The Box Super but one I'm trying to fix now has the extra outputs on the back. Do you know how I can fix that?
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malci
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22. December 2008 @ 19:19 |
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Originally posted by wheety:
Hi, I sorted a couple of St*rview The Box Super but one I'm trying to fix now has the extra outputs on the back. Do you know how I can fix that?
You have no option but to do it same way as you have done the others, it is the same box, but a later batch, whether it is a clone or not, is anyones guess, but there certainly is no clonesafe firmware for it.
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wheety
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23. December 2008 @ 04:28 |
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Originally posted by malci:
Originally posted by wheety:
Hi, I sorted a couple of St*rview The Box Super but one I'm trying to fix now has the extra outputs on the back. Do you know how I can fix that?
You have no option but to do it same way as you have done the others, it is the same box, but a later batch, whether it is a clone or not, is anyones guess, but there certainly is no clonesafe firmware for it.
Thanks malci, just a while after I had posted that the box kicked in and started working. Thanks for your help. Now, my brother has a St*rview 1 clone. Can this be fixed?
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dub14
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23. December 2008 @ 04:40 |
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Morning Oracles!
I have the starview 3 box - flashed it when I got it as you guys instruced. Now its doing the same thing as other peoples - updating and nothing happening. Do I need to flash it again on the pc? Problem is it wont connect to my laptop so I need to find a different machine to do it on - any other way I can get it to update? thanks
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joe101
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23. December 2008 @ 11:12 |
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johnbob50
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23. December 2008 @ 14:06 |
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Help please, I am looking for advice on fixing a "No Sound" problem. I have updated a starview with the new software CryptStar-v1.5 which was successfull as i can now see all my channels. However there is no sound on any of the channels. I am in Dublin on N*L if that helps.
Thanks in advance.
Johnbob
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23. December 2008 @ 14:11 |
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Originally posted by johnbob50:
Help please, I am looking for advice on fixing a "No Sound" problem. I have updated a starview with the new software CryptStar-v1.5 which was successfull as i can now see all my channels. However there is no sound on any of the channels. I am in Dublin on N*L if that helps.
Thanks in advance.
Johnbob
check your scart lead is firmly fixed at both ends.
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johnbob50
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23. December 2008 @ 14:18 |
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cheers, sorted.
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23. December 2008 @ 14:24 |
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Originally posted by johnbob50:
cheers, sorted.
good man
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23. December 2008 @ 14:53 |
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Big thanks to the afterdawn users, As a newbie i studied the forums read the post and with a little help from malci i managed to flash my own box super with no probems at all . big thanks to celtic71 scoucer and da rest of yous for the exellent posts without them i would have been still searching for the answers , keep up the good work. cheers
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