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tadmen

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Do I Need Activate.iso To Upgrade From Ixtreme 1.4 To 1.6
« on: June 15, 2009, 12:16:00 PM »

I am using iprep and will be upgrading from iXtreme 1.4 (or earlier) to 1.6. I have updated definitions for the newest iPrep but am confused if I need to somehow disable firmguard?
Or do I just connect the drive with 1.4 on it and do dSam and then do fsam or wahtever the instructions say.
Also I have the original USB drive I used for the original flashing with iXtreme 1.4 (where I have the original firmeware stored as SAM-OFW.BIN. Should I try to use that (I know I would have to rename it to SAMOFW.BIN), or should I just do the dump of what I have now and flash using that.
Last question is that activate.iso. Do I need that at all if I'm using iPrep? I don't even know how I would use that as I would prepare the USB drive using iPrep and then boot to it.
Any help would be appreciated.
I never upgraded from one frimware to another and am conused about the concept of the firmguard and if I should do anything about it or just proceed as if I had an unmodified drive.
Thanks for your help
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ToBbErT

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Do I Need Activate.iso To Upgrade From Ixtreme 1.4 To 1.6
« Reply #1 on: June 16, 2009, 09:32:00 AM »

I would just use jungleflasher. Its much easier to use and it comes with a very nice tutorial but to answer your question yes you should just act like its a stock drive. The drive gets erased as soon as you hit write so it shouldnt make any difference.

This post has been edited by ToBbErT: Jun 16 2009, 04:35 PM
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tadmen

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Do I Need Activate.iso To Upgrade From Ixtreme 1.4 To 1.6
« Reply #2 on: June 16, 2009, 09:37:00 AM »

Thanks
I just used iPrep (as I'm familiar with it and did my first flash with it few years back) and it worked like a charm.
Thanks for your help
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