unable to flash an image to my vu solo

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loveitta

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hi.. i have loaded the bootloader cfe solo 2.0 onto a fat32 formatted usb.. it resides in the solo directory.. i reboot solo unit with usb in the front or the rear.. the usb flashes momentarily and it continues to boot the unit normally... i intall a black hole image and still boots straight to device without loading image off the usb stick.. i have tried a different stick but to no avail.. is there a way to flash or reset the unit to remove the image presently residing on the unit? or does anyone know what may be the issue otherwise.. thanks
 
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nzrn1

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Hello, you have to use a flash drive 2 GB to 16 GB, it does not work with more capacity. It uses several pendrive, not all recognized in FAT32 format.

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nunigaia

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loveitta said:
hi.. i have loaded the bootloader cfe solo 2.0 onto a fat32 formatted usb.. it resides in the solo directory.. i reboot solo unit with usb in the front or the rear.. the usb flashes momentarily and it continues to boot the unit normally... i intall a black hole image and still boots straight to device without loading image off the usb stick.. i have tried a different stick but to no avail.. is there a way to flash or reset the unit to remove the image presently residing on the unit? or does anyone know what may be the issue otherwise.. thanks
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Note: To flash the bootloader or a new image, you can´t have any usb device connected to your STB.

If this is the case ... disconnect all your USB devices ... and try again!

best regards
nunigaia
 
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loveitta

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nunigaia said:
Note: To flash the bootloader or a new image, you can´t have any usb device connected to your STB.

If this is the case ... disconnect all your USB devices ... and try again!

best regards
nunigaia
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I can't believe such a simple task of reflashing the image via a USB stick has become an issue.. 4 different sticks from 2gb upwards formatted with fat 32 and different revision images applied.. surely there's a way to remove the image from internal memory as when manufactured ( blank unit).. then try to flash from scratch. I assume the boot sequence is USB then internal memory.. what determines this?.. on a pc you can change these settings via bios. . Does the vu have an option to do this.. telnet etc
 
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nunigaia

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loveitta said:
I can't believe such a simple task of reflashing the image via a USB stick has become an issue.. 4 different sticks from 2gb upwards formatted with fat 32 and different revision images applied.. surely there's a way to remove the image from internal memory as when manufactured ( blank unit).. then try to flash from scratch. I assume the boot sequence is USB then internal memory.. what determines this?.. on a pc you can change these settings via bios. . Does the vu have an option to do this.. telnet etc
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I have 7 usb pen drives from 2gb, 4gb, 8gb and one of 16 gb ... no one of them have issues to flash my stb ... in case i own an vuplus duo2 stb and xtrend et9000 ... have flashed without any issues!
Are you sure you have disconnected from your stb all of yours usb devices ?
Are you using 2.0 usb pen drives or 3.0?
Are your solo an original vuplus stb or a clone one?

best regards
nunigaia
 
nunigaia

nunigaia

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loveitta said:
hi.. i have loaded the bootloader cfe solo 2.0 onto a fat32 formatted usb.. it resides in the solo directory.. i reboot solo unit with usb in the front or the rear.. the usb flashes momentarily and it continues to boot the unit normally... i intall a black hole image and still boots straight to device without loading image off the usb stick.. i have tried a different stick but to no avail.. is there a way to flash or reset the unit to remove the image presently residing on the unit? or does anyone know what may be the issue otherwise.. thanks
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On the red line of your #1 post i can see you tell us that you have formated your usb device as fat32, and you said the files needed to upgrade the booloader are on the solo <folder> = <directory>.

1 - Format the usb pen drive as fat32 ...

2 - Extract the needed files to the root of your USB PEN DRIVE ....


The trace root must be --->

usb root -> vuplus -> solo -> ( files needed )

take a look here on how to proceed --> http://www.vuplus-community.net/board/threads/howto-flash-update-vu-images.11819/

Thanks to Mito to this usefull post!

best regards

nunigaia



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loveitta

Vu+ Newbie
I think the flash memory ic on the mainboard must be corrupt. USB formatted with fat32.. files sit in vuplus/solo ffs files and bin file.. no other devices are linked to either USB port.. won't work in rear or front socket.. crazy
 
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loveitta

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It is an original box not clone and USB 2.0 sticks
loveitta said:
I think the flash memory ic on the mainboard must be corrupt. USB formatted with fat32.. files sit in vuplus/solo ffs files and bin file.. no other devices are linked to either USB port.. won't work in rear or front socket.. crazy
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Mick12334

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Try the files from the vuplus site:
Code: 
http://vuplus.com/board/boardView.php?idx=5&pagenum=2
Code: 
http://code.vuplus.com/

Can you please confirm that your receiver is an older VU+ Solo, and not a Solo 2, or Solo SE model.
 
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loveitta

Vu+ Newbie
Mick12334 said:
Try the files from the vuplus site:
Code: 
http://vuplus.com/board/boardView.php?idx=5&pagenum=2
Code: 
http://code.vuplus.com/

Can you please confirm that your receiver is an older VU+ Solo, and not a Solo 2, or Solo SE model.
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It is a solo ver 3.0
 
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