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[d0pe]

Hi all,

A couple of weeks ago I successfully flashed iX 1.4 on a Hitachi-LG 59DJ ODD using Jungleflasher 0.26.

Last night I tried to upgrade to iX 1.51.

I successfully dumped the (hacked) firmware using Jungleflasher 1.51
When I try to get the ODD back to stock firmware it fails at the dumping of the flash.

I did notice Jungleflasher defines my previously successful dumped firmware (which is iX 1.4) as type: stock.

Could this be causing problems?

[ToBbErT]

Have you followed this guide?

http://www.360mods.net/JungleFlasher/JungleFlasher.pdf

[d0pe]

QUOTE(ToBbErT @ Mar 10 2009, 02:03 PM)

Have you followed this guide?

http://www.360mods.net/JungleFlasher/JungleFlasher.pdf

Hi ToBbErT,

Yes, I did. When selecting Restore Firmware and clicking Restore to Stock the Dumping flash..... fails, I tried both transfer methods.

Will try again tonight.

[uradodah]

QUOTE(d0pe @ Mar 10 2009, 07:26 AM)

Hi ToBbErT,

Yes, I did. When selecting Restore Firmware and clicking Restore to Stock the Dumping flash..... fails, I tried both transfer methods.

Will try again tonight.

This might sound dumb at first - but I had similar flashing problems with my Hitachi 47.  Did you 'Query' the drive prior to beginning *any* of the flashing process - restore or re-flash?  That seemed to be the 'magic' solution to my issues.

To be a bit more specific:

*Note* Even though I manually installed PortIO - and could see my drive listed in that section of JF - I couldn't get it to work for some reason.  Since I'm using Windows Vista, I believe there may be an issue with it - or JF - with respect to compatibility.  Also, for me anyway, JF MUST be ran in compatibility mode for XP SP2 and opened by right-clicking and selecting 'Run as Admin...'.  Of course, this is for Vista users only.

1. I put my drive in modeb *prior* to using JF.  i.e.- Windows recognized and installed the drive prior to starting JF.
2.  Once I started JF, I could see that it recognized my drive on the Hitachi tab...in both the PortIO and Win API sections (top left corner & top right corner respectively).  
3.  Since I saw my drive listed, I began the process of restoring and re-flashing (*after* I saved my drive's key on one of the other tabs first - just being safe).  However, the restore process failed.  I tried it a couple different times after rebooting my PC, JF, etc. but the same thing kept happening.
4.  Finally, I decided to see if my drive would even respond to JF - which I figured it would since I was able to get my key earlier.  On the Hitachi tab, just under the 'Send ModeB' button, or whatever it's called, I clicked the 'Open' and 'Close' buttons to see if my drive would respond.  As expected, it did.
5.  I went back to the JF PDF tutorial and happened to notice a screenshot with the query information in the bottom window - a bunch of jumbled numbers followed by the drive's model number.  I started to think that maybe the drive had to be formally queried by JF in order for everything to work properly.  I probably missed that step earlier or something, I thought.
6.  So - I hit the 'Query' button in the Win API section (under the drive name drop-down in the top right corner) - the drive queried - I began the restore process and IT WORKED!
7.  I re-flashed the new 1.51 f/w immediately after the restore and IT WORKED!

Viola!  Tada!  Hallelujah!  

Since that time, the drive has worked perfectly with every game...including the new ones with the 3rd wave.  The drive is unbelievably loud though - due to the change from the 8x speed I used with 1.4 to the hard-coded 12x speed with 1.51.  No worries though...I'm just gonna give in and buy a Benq anyway.  I've heard a lot of good things about those drives.

Very detailed, I know...but I hope it helps in some small way.

Best of luck!

This post has been edited by uradodah: Mar 10 2009, 09:09 PM

[Traviss63]

QUOTE(d0pe @ Mar 10 2009, 05:26 AM)

Hi ToBbErT,

Yes, I did. When selecting Restore Firmware and clicking Restore to Stock the Dumping flash..... fails, I tried both transfer methods.

Will try again tonight.

I had the exact same issue with a 59 but not a 47 weird right ... Anyway, try clicking the 'Use Win API' bubble at the top of the Hitachi tab, make sure your on mode select and then attempt the restore(BTW no DVD in the drive when restoring, only when dumping/flashing)

After restoring make sure to restart JF, as it froze and failed to unlock when attempting to write the 1.51 for me after restoration...also ensure it stayed in mode B because I had to resend the command after the restoration.

Good Luck!

This post has been edited by Traviss63: Mar 10 2009, 09:48 PM

[d0pe]

Hi uradodah,

Thank you for your detailed reply, I'll keep it in mind. Tonight however I did manage to get it restored and flashed with 1.51 following the Jungleflasher userguide.

The only difference with my previous attempt is that this time (*I think*) I disabled the slysoft clonecd tray software which runs in memory in my windows xp setup, well at least that's the only valid reason I can think off why this time it did work.

Anyway I'm happy as a puppy! Thanks for your time guys; Traviss63, ToBbErT!

And thank you Team JungleFlasher, C4E, Geremia, The Specialist, etc. etc.  (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy.gif)

This post has been edited by d0pe: Mar 10 2009, 09:52 PM

[uradodah]

QUOTE(d0pe @ Mar 10 2009, 02:49 PM)

Hi uradodah,

Thank you for your detailed reply, I'll keep it in mind. Tonight however I did manage to get it restored and flashed with 1.51 following the Jungleflasher userguide.

The only difference with my previous attempt is that this time (*I think*) I disabled the slysoft clonecd tray software which runs in memory in my windows xp setup, well at least that's the only valid reason I can think off why this time it did work.

Anyway I'm happy as a puppy! Thanks for your time guys; Traviss63, ToBbErT!

And thank you Team JungleFlasher, C4E, Geremia, The Specialist, etc. etc.  (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy.gif)

Happy to hear you got it working!  Have fun...