Ren Posted March 15, 2020 Report Share Posted March 15, 2020 (edited) Hi, after some time I launched the Flirc app and it asked for an upgrade. I confirmed, it upgraded, later asked to upgrade fw also (v4+ I believe, but not sure) and died. Flirc seems to be dead since, I tried to unplug it many times, reinstall the app, a few commands, nothing. Flirc 3.25.3 says Connected [DFU] and (not responding), it just freezes after launch. Device seems to be bricked: PS C:\Program Files (x86)\Flirc> .\flirc_util.exe unit_test Self test not supported Flirc Fucked Flirc Not Okay Flirc Not Okay PS C:\Program Files (x86)\Flirc> .\flirc_util.exe version 3.25.3 Bootloader Version: v3.3.0 SKU: Flirc 2.0 [dori] Hash: 0x3872A2F4 PS C:\Program Files (x86)\Flirc> .\flirc_util.exe device_log NVMCTRL bad command Reset Cause: SYST: False WDT: False EXT: False BOD33: False BOD12: False POR: True Error starting app header->boot_flag: 0 ?= 0x55 Waiting in bootloader... Could it be saved somehow? Edited March 15, 2020 by Ren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ren Posted March 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2020 OK, seems there's no support anymore I'm afraid. Does anyone have any idea how to de-brick Flirc 2nd gen? While it isn't displayed in device manager (or maybe it is buried somewhere deep in the devices tree?), here it seems to be stuck in the bootloader, so maybe it is not completely lost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EaZyCheaZ Posted April 20, 2020 Report Share Posted April 20, 2020 I have the exact same error message and output on my test. I just bought this unit in march. I finally got my new man cave assembled and went to program my remote to the flirc and it's dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ren Posted April 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2020 5 hours ago, EaZyCheaZ said: I have the exact same error message and output on my test. I just bought this unit in march. I finally got my new man cave assembled and went to program my remote to the flirc and it's dead. Hi man. I guess each case will be very individual, but I got mine fixed quite simply by moving Flirc into a different USB port and manually flashing older fw with flirc_util.exe upgrade dori.release.bin. I had to dig for an older release of fw here on forums, those are not readily available somewhere. After that it was correctly recognized by GUI, and properly flashed up-to-date fw, so I moved it back to the original USB port and I'm happily using it since. So I hope you're comfortable with command line and that solution will work for you too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EaZyCheaZ Posted April 20, 2020 Report Share Posted April 20, 2020 (edited) i found a solution that worked. I ran "C:\Program Files (x86)\Flirc\flirc_util.exe dfu" to force it into upgrade mode and then opened the flirc app. It promptly completed the firmware upgrade it was stuck in the middle of and now my device is working. Thanks for the reply though. Glad yours is working too. I really love these damn things. I have 4 of them :) Edited April 20, 2020 by EaZyCheaZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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