Firmware 3 Upgrade Concern...?


kadish

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I'm in the middle of upgrading my GP2X from v2 to v3 and the screen keeps alternating between "Formatting... Please Wait" and "Complete Please Wait". It's been going on for awhile now (15-20 min).

Is this normal?
 
No.

The consensus is that FW 3.0 sucks ass, you'd be better off (and this is strictly my humble opinion here) with FW 2.1.1 and installing gMenu2X.
 
Thanks for the guidance. I luckily was able to power off and reload 2.1.1.
 
purple_goat said:
isn't that what everyone does?
Well if you're already on 3.0, it's not a good idea to downgrade to 2.1.1 unless you have a serial and JTAG connection to wipe the NAND when it goes wrong.
 
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I have a F.E. unit and had no trouble going to 3.0 except for the pain in the ass of having to re-do my skin. I don't notice any real slow down and haven't had any problems to speak of as of yet... besides FW 1.0 was SOOOOO slow to load that I can get used to just about anything now.
 
Well, I'm getting a new gp2x (play-asia.com) that will have firmware 3.x.x on it, anything I should/shouldnt do when I get it?
 
whiskthecat said:
Well my green screen says version 2.0.0 but my info screen says 2.1.1 ? No problems though so I don't care. :D
You forgot to place the gp2xkernel.img on your SD when patching to 2.1.1...
 
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