Sonicview HD had been received.

This is to recognize people who had donate their device for testing.
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For the first round I will leave the read speed as is now. The optimized code for speed now is about 138KB/s.
I will now move on for erase and program the flash.
There might exist a very fast way but I think I need to release one since it has been too long.
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I have implemented the slow program. The program speed is 7KB/s when running at 12MHz clock. This will debrick my Sonicview and I use the u-boot from mb411.
Anyone who has Sonicview and would like to test before I release, please let me know. I need a good backup from your box. I will send you a test load that can backup the flash. Also can do slow program.
I might release this version and continue work on faster programming or I can wait the release until the fast programming is finished.
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Here are two videos.
Sonicview 8000HD


IPTV Sti5202
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Would it be possible to extract the boot image from a firmware update bin to use for flashing?
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meineke wrote:Would it be possible to extract the boot image from a firmware update bin to use for flashing?
Where can I get that? I can take a look to see if it is in the image.
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Pmd you the link. Hope you can use it. The first few bytes contains the string BOOTLD so I think it may have boot image.

Been reading and I think there's a program call Binwalk or firmware mod kit that may be able to extract this for you.

devttys0.com use these programs for there work on modems/routers and such.


http://code.google.com/p/firmware-mod-kit/

http://code.google.com/p/binwalk/
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Post by alcatel »

Is this version going to support Sti5516 ?
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alcatel wrote:Is this version going to support Sti5516 ?
Sti5516 ? Is it DCU or DCU3 they are supported long time ago.
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Hi,
I have a Motorola VIP1920 cable box that has a STi7109 CPU.
How can safely I add support for it without destroying the firmware?
Is there a guide on how to probe an unsupported device?
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lattjo wrote:Hi,
I have a Motorola VIP1920 cable box that has a STi7109 CPU.
How can safely I add support for it without destroying the firmware?
Is there a guide on how to probe an unsupported device?
If you want setup a teamviewer and I can help you make the XML.
If you do not do any pokeing you will never damage the box.

1. Find the ID and add this to the vendor.xml.
2. Find the memory location and make it the xml.

Then backup your flash. Then it is up to you if you want to program it or not. (If we can detect the flash you are about 98% percent sure we can program the device without issue).
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backups

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backup the flash many times and compare with a hex editor to make sure they are all identical.Once past that stage,continue experiments.
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slugworth wrote:backup the flash many times and compare with a hex editor to make sure they are all identical.Once past that stage,continue experiments.
First he Needs to Be able to Succesfully detect the Target. At this point by His Post, Its unclear he can do that.
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excite

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some people get excited when they dump and try to erase/program only to find out later their dump was corrupt.
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Thanks for your quick answers, I'm a bit busy right now but I hope to do some experimenting this weekend.
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