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February 22nd, 2010 - 19:51
Help, I was hacking my zipit Z2 and Somehow, the gspi.bin and gspi_helper.bin were not backed-up by yours truly… any idea where i can get them?
February 22nd, 2010 - 19:53
Sure, they are included in SoundGuy’s new release, as well as on a couple of places linked to from the sourceforge page.
August 7th, 2010 - 08:56
Hi! When I am doing some research on hacking Zipit Z2, I arrive here! It is amazing. I will grab one soon!
But I am wondering how to roll back to factory default? Would you mind provide some information on it? Since I afraid it will become brick if I keep on flashing different firmware.
August 9th, 2010 - 06:38
Kraftnux: As long as you are only going to be up/down-grading the kernel then the only /safety/ measures you really need to take is that
1. you keep a back up of the original kernel and application partition
and
2. perform the serial mod
Other than those then reflashing is just a matter of dd’ing the new/old kernel into the right place. and for the first upgrade you shoudl use the autoflasher so that it is dome correctly and a backup of the original kernel is made.
Once you get onto upgrading the bootloader then although you can do it without it is best to have the jtag mod but basically the technique for up/down grading the bootloader is the same. just dd it to the right place remembering that if you want to roll back to the original kernel and application you’ll also have to downgrade the bootloader too if you have upgraded it.
if you need further help/info then the best place to ask is in the zipit irc channel #zipit. there are lots of friendly and helpful people there although we also have our share of unfriendly and unhelpful people too
but only when there is a bluemoon or we haven’t had our coffee
August 9th, 2010 - 08:30
Hey Kraftnux,
RK answered better than I could
Thanks RK! And Good luck Kraftnux! RK is right, the folks in #zipit are genuinely nice and quite helpful, and the most knowledgeable resource around. Hope it goes well!
August 10th, 2010 - 05:59
RK and Hunter, Thanks a lot for answering my question. Time to get some more practice on dd command!
I come from Hong Kong actually. Now I am waiting my friend to grab one for me. I will drop into #zipit irc in case I have trouble on it.