@Moon, I just re-downloaded the .bin file from the Vico site and tried to update an MF3 that I have. Same result as you. There must be an issue with the file on the VicoVation site. I wonder if anyone has had success loading this firmware. As Submariner said, it appears you need to use a 32GB card or lower as the MF3 won't recognize the the .bin file when it's on a 64GB or card.
@Submariner Gold were you successful in loading V4.4?
Hi
V. 4.4 refused to load on both ( front and rear ) newish MF3s
The UK distributor told me to reformat my new Samsung Pro Plus 64GB exfat cards as FAT32.
Samsung support said don't do that, something about the speed in the future. As they were new, and for me expensive at £32 each; I didnt want to do anything that messes with a 10 year warranty.
So I managed to find an old micro SD card. Ironically it was a
Sandisk 16GB HC formatted to FAT32 -
note this card did not say anything like UHS-1 or U3, so I assume its a real slow one, this worked first time Perfectly on both MF3s. Now they both say V 4.4.
The update process all worked as per the Vico site update instructions, other than there was an additional routine not documented, that said something like “needs a reboot” and I said OK.
Oddly it does NOT give you a comforting “Updated Sucessufully or anything” it just goes dead. I left it a while.
Then I put back my original 64GB card, that I had deleted manually all files and reformatted, I then reformatted that again in the camera, and then immeadiately did a “software reset”. Not the little reset button!
I then manually put back all my settings like MPG , MPH and GMT time zone plus 0 Hours
They both worked perfectly first time and have done ever since.
Note I deliberately chose a small, under 32GB and SLOW card. A clued up photography friend said some devices will read a fast card too quickly, and will fail to pick up an update file. Hes helped me with my Pro Canon camera and weird **** with cards ... like using a ultra fast CF card and a slow backup SD Card And finding the burst rate dropped. Etc.
(Honestly, I don’t understand that slow card file reading logic! And TBH I just don't care to debate it ...WTF it works)
I also formatted this little card before copying the bin file. I got the bin file from Vicovation.
I still have that file hopefully compressed ... on my PC
Note I did not use a MAC or ipad Air etc.
One Other thing
Because I have Keyless Go on my Mercedes S Class Coupe, (you push the button to go from off, to ign position1, to ign. Position 2, to start car. But If its off and you push it with the brake on then the car immediately starts). So my logic was maybe as the starter kicks in on a fairly big 5.5L engine; just maybe the volts momentarily dropped to a point where the Vico “might” switch off and on.
I therefore did these updates connected to a fully charged 20,000mAH
Battery pack in the house.
Whether this made a difference .. who knows
Just my perverse logic. If the fact that the card is too big or the format is different can effect how it read a file, then maybe varying voltages could effect it too!
Other thing. I never turned the power on , on the MF3 unit. I always just turned on the power pack with its on/off button . If that makes a difference??
I know it should not matter but .... mentioned all the same
Rather oddly, by accident I left the 2nd MF3 unit a long time after the update finished, (no reason other than my little cat, had decided to take on the dog next door)
Being a “British Shorthair” he is tatooed with a Union Jack and the words “these colours never run”.
Despite being tiny he will never back down.
So saving him naturally came first.
When I returned the Vico had turned off the power pack!
(note I had just seen the vico update end, before I rushed of to save the cat)
So the MF3 does something with the power after it finishes the update?.