XIAOMI Yi sport Camera died after firmware update

[jotka]

the bootstrap being so early in the process it may not support exFAT / 64GB cards

but it responded to "help" and "drives" commands, so I think it recognized the card properly...

 

[reverend]

Might might be worth trying the second option with the file renamed to yifirmware.bin as at least that would ensure that nothing in the camera would be trying to flash it other than the script.

I've done another tweak to the autoexec.ash that will generate a progress.txt file to show if there was an error thrown or whatever messages firmfl returns.

https://mega.co.nz/#!MAdGRbCL!CKy9hDzgb3yn1-lpzm3vCR9WC6zy9fyRQbaGX83bcK8

 

[clawd]

Hi,
reverend, thank you for you help.

ive tried all 3 methods (firmware,yifirmware, old script).
my sdcard is 16gb samsung fat32
result of the last try with the newest script is:

new folder "MISC" with the itm.bin file inside.
its look like this:

itm.bin file: https://mega.co.nz/#!CxxHAK4B!ABFPz_EbLs0M2p3Q_rDRJsH9iAN_4XViKE8uOjrxFYw

progress.txt is in the DCIM folder
http://pastebin.com/pmHP5ZpC

it last about 6 minutes of beeping, then i shut it down.

any ideas??

 

[reverend]

To be honest that progress.txt going all the way to 100% suggests it's done it - so after the memory card was removed what did the camera do after a reboot?

 

[reverend]

I wonder if after leaving it for the long duration the first time whether it is just a case of pulling the battery out and the microSD, checking that progress.txt went all the way up to 100% at the end, if so then format the microSD, put it back in the camera along with the battery and power on?

 

[clawd]

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
give me a second to coll down...

 

[reverend]

It's fixed?

If so I updated the last instructions post with a new script that auto deletes the yifirmware.bin and autoexec.ash files after it has finished

https://dashcamtalk.com/forum/threa...fter-firmware-update.10442/page-2#post-132855

It still creates progress.txt to show you what happened, and now the firmware only needs to be copied to the top level folder

 

[clawd]

give me a second to cool down...

It's fixed?

YES.

YES. im so happy thank you so much for your help.

 

[reverend]

Woohoo

Glad I could help - hope it works for the other guys with the problem too

 

[jotka]

no luck for me i tried the last one, but there is no progress.txt at all.

 

[reverend]

@clawd what size memory card were you using please?

@jotka - I wonder if it's worth maybe trying the http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index.htm?guiformat.htm program to format your card to FAT32 to see if that works?

Did the yifirmware.bin or autoexec.ash files get deleted from the card? May be worth dropping the battery out to make sure it's fully reset?

 

[dezmen3]

Got in progress.txt:

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ash file deleted, and somehow got yicamera.bin instead of yifirmware.bin.

card was in exFAT, formatted to FAT32 now, trying...

 

[dezmen3]

A bit changed after converting my A-DATA 64GB Class 10 UHS-1 to FAT32.

Progress.txt:

[4l

Created nvd files on card. I've waited 06:30 minutes.

 

[reverend]

OK I did tweak the script a bit - maybe it doesn't like the way I changed it.

I've made another test here:
https://mega.co.nz/#!xBVHza5B!YT-rN4W6iAl2QZSZhjd0dw3bw0fJ7OgIEdm4K28QYMs

Now you'll need to copy the yifirmware.bin to both the top level folder and DCIM folder again please

Can you retry with the new script and see what happens now?

Maybe it just really doesn't like the 64GB cards but we'll see if that makes any difference.

This time around the script may not autodelete the autoexec.ash file and the progress.txt file may now reappear under DCIM but we'll see what happens.

I have to head out now unfortunately for the day but I'll pick things back up tonight - hopefully this will work for you before then

 

[dezmen3]

Ok, this time a bit different. yicamera.bin and autoexec deleted after some time, bin in DCIM still there, but now progress.txt is in DCIM and it shows progress!

Maybe I've turned off too early and it should auto-shuttdown?

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[dezmen3]

Small update. Used 4GB fat32 card, was pretty much the same, waited a bit longer and after progress.txt it created MISC folder with item.bin file, almost same like @clawd have. A bit different in string:

After that i've tried to start camera again without card - no luck.
Tried with same 4GB card and MISC stuff - no luck.
Formatted 64GB card - no luck

I'm missing something...

 

[dezmen3]

And it's ALIVE Had to wait with that MISC/item.bin a bit, camera will turn off and starts fine
Thank you @reverend! I will share your method if you don't mind

 

[clawd]

almost same like @clawd have. A bit different in string:

After that i've tried to start camera again without card - no luck.
Tried with same 4GB card and MISC stuff - no luck.
Formatted 64GB card - no luck

I'm missing something...

i think this file is setup of camera, difference is in setups of our cameras, ive changed wifi name and password.

 

[clawd]

@clawd what size memory card were you using please?

16gb
@jotka spróbuj sformatować kartę, ma być fat 32,
wgraj pliki yifrmware do katalogu głównego i DCIM
wgraj plik autoexecsh (użyłem tego z linku): https://mega.co.nz/#!MAdGRbCL!CKy9hDzgb3yn1-lpzm3vCR9WC6zy9fyRQbaGX83bcK8
podłącz kamerę do zasilania, włóż kartę do kamery i włącz kamerę.
daj jej pikać z 10 minut i wyłącz.
wyjmij kartę i zobacz co na niej jest. powinieneś mieć foldery dcim i misc. folder misc jest folderem tworzonym przez system kamery. w folderze dcim powinieneś mieć plik progress.txt, otwórz i sprawdź czy masz wpis 100%. Jeżeli nie - to oznacza że za szybko wyłączyłeś kamerę (choć 10 minut powinno być aż nadto)
teraz usuń wszystko z karty, włóż do kamery, włącz i powinna zapikać kilka razy i być ok.

 

[jotka]

ok, huge success. It works with 64GB card formatted as FAT32.

The point is to wait a little bit longer (8-10 minutes to be sure) and then pull the battery out. Then turn it on, wait again about 3 minutes unitl it stops beeping. One more restart and everything is ok, case closed