flash

[Andy_Hazza]

garryboy, we are talking about ARM receivers (e.g. Vu+ Solo4K, Vu+ Uno4K, Octagon SF4008 etc) that can't be "couch flashed" like the Mips receivers (e.g. Vu+ Solo2, Edison OS Mega, Mut@nt HD2400) so as a work around you could have a usb permanently inserted to the rear of the ARM based receiver, then change the location of where the Images are stored to the newly inserted usb and via Blue button, ViX, Image manager, Yellow button >> Your images will be downloaded to the usb, then you can restore via the Blue button. Then after it has flashed you just need to remember to delete the image from the usb.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[Andy_Hazza]

BTW, when I say ARM couch flash like Mips receivers, its all about the Ofgwrite tool.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[Ashley69]

You don't use image manager. Turn off box completely. insert usb stick into box. Turn box back on whilst pressing power button on box. This will flash the box with new image.

Ignore this. May have got my wires crossed.

[ccs]

ViX, Image manager, Yellow button >> Your images will be downloaded to the usb, then you can restore via the Blue button.

so you can still blue button restore from usb, but not from hdd?

[Andy_Hazza]

The Ofgwrite tool uses live flash and that is the problem when it comes to the new ARM based receivers.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[alan1812]

I tried it blue button vix image manager yellow button downloaded vix 5 to hd and pressed ok on 5.0.001 and it flashed ok done a restore when asked and back on all ok

image manager.jpg

[duoduo]

Which receiver?

[alan1812]

it is a vu+ solo 4k

[duoduo]

So now I am confused, so your saying you have dl Vix 5.0 from image manager and then couch flashed?

[alan1812]

yes and that is how I have done it for almost a year but I was told the other day not to do it as it will not work so that is why I asked
that is how I did it on my vu+ duo so I thought it was the same

[ccs]

So now I am confused, so your saying you have dl Vix 5.0 from image manager and then couch flashed?

I suspect he's been lucky that it works.

[duoduo]

Can Vix team confirm this is safe?

[Andy_Hazza]

When you have downloaded the image to the usb, when I say Restore, I meant you would then restart your receiver to flash the image. The method I am mentioning is a way to stop inserting, removing, inserting usb flash drives. This method will never replace the true "couch flashing" experience that is Ofgwrite tool, but unfortunately with ARM we can't do this.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[duoduo]

I suspect he's been lucky that it works.

Perhaps but he is saying it's worked for him without issue

[duoduo]

When you have downloaded the image to the usb, when I say Restore, I meant you would then restart your receiver to flash the image. The method I am mentioning is a way to stop inserting, removing, inserting usb flash drives. This method will never replace the true "couch flashing" experience that is Ofgwrite tool, but unfortunately with ARM we can't do this.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Alan1812 has done couch flash though