Flipper won't repair

Firmware update / qFlipper
#1

I bought this during the initial kickstarter. I got my flipper and out of the box it was working fine but when I went to update the firmware it stopped working all together after the failed firmware update. The display and LED indicator no longer work but I am still able to boot into recovery, I can tell by looking at the device manager on Windows.

I have tried…

  • Different, known working, SD Card
  • Multiple known working USB-C cables
  • Switching the driver from the bootloader to the USB Easy Transfer Cable
  • All the different key combos and nothing has worked other than recovery mode
  • Using a VPN when the firmware downloads

The only thing I did initially before the firmware update was program a IR remote and add an NFC tag.

Here is the full log from whenever I try and update the firmware now.

1429847 [REG] Detected new device: VID_0x483:PID_0xdf11
1429901 [DBG] Device reported transfer size: 1024
1429903 [DBG] Bytes uploaded: 32 100%
1429903 [DBG] Upload has finished.
1429906 [REG] Device went back online
1435058 [BKD] Finalized current operation
1438906 [UPD] Fetched update information from https://update.flipperzero.one/firmware/directory.json
1438926 [DEV] Full Repair @Eparo START
1440890 [ZIP] Uncompressing file with size of 173156 bytes...
1440893 [ZIP] Uncompression finished : No Error
1441756 [ZIP] Uncompressing file with size of 204152 bytes...
1441771 [ZIP] Uncompression finished : No Error
1442823 [RCY] Set Recovery boot mode @Eparo START
1442828 [DBG] Device is not idle, resetting...
1442876 [DBG] Device reported transfer size: 1024
1442880 [DBG] Bytes uploaded: 128 100%
1442880 [DBG] Upload has finished.
1442880 [DBG] vvv ATTENTION: Ignore errors below until matching closing message. vvv
1442883 [DBG] Device is not idle, resetting...
1442920 [DBG] Device reported transfer size: 1024
1443203 [DBG] Failed to perform control transfer
1443203 [DBG] Unable to get device status
1443203 [DBG] An error has occurred during download phase
1443203 [DBG] ^^^ ATTENTION: Ignore errors above until matching opening message. ^^^
1443203 [DBG] vvv ATTENTION: Ignore errors below until matching closing message. vvv
1443203 [DBG] ^^^ ATTENTION: Ignore errors above until matching opening message. ^^^
1443214 [REG] Device went offline: VID_0x483:PID_0xdf11
1443559 [REG] Detected new device: VID_0x483:PID_0xdf11
1443618 [DBG] Device reported transfer size: 1024
1443621 [DBG] Bytes uploaded: 32 100%
1443621 [DBG] Upload has finished.
1443623 [REG] Device went back online
1443643 [RCY] Set Recovery boot mode @Eparo SUCCESS
1443643 [RCY] Co-Processor Firmware Download @Eparo START
1443647 [DBG] Device is not idle, resetting...
1443695 [DBG] Device reported transfer size: 1024
1447505 [DBG] Bytes uploaded: 2 100%
1447505 [DBG] Upload has finished.
1447505 [DBG] FUS appears NOT to be running: Error occurred, Not running.
1447505 [DBG] vvv ATTENTION: Ignore errors below until matching closing message. vvv
1447508 [DBG] Device is not idle, resetting...
1447554 [DBG] Device reported transfer size: 1024
1451363 [DBG] Bytes uploaded: 2 100%
1451363 [DBG] Upload has finished.
1451363 [DBG] ^^^ ATTENTION: Ignore errors above until matching opening message. ^^^
1451364 [DBG] vvv ATTENTION: Ignore errors below until matching closing message. vvv
1451364 [DBG] ^^^ ATTENTION: Ignore errors above until matching opening message. ^^^
1481353 [RCY] Timeout with an online device, assuming it is still functional
1481355 [DBG] Device is not idle, resetting...
1486224 [DBG] Getting Co-Processor (Wireless) status...
1486225 [DBG] Device is not idle, resetting...
1486277 [DBG] Device reported transfer size: 1024
1490086 [DBG] Bytes uploaded: 2 100%
1490086 [DBG] Upload has finished.
1490086 [DBG] Current FUS state: Error occurred, Not running.
1490086 [RCY] Co-Processor Firmware Download @Eparo ERROR: Failed to finish removal of the Wireless Stack.
1490086 [DEF] "Co-Processor Firmware Download @Eparo" failed with reason: "Failed to finish removal of the Wireless Stack." Attempting to install the firmware anyway...
1490086 [RCY] Firmware Download @Eparo START
1492813 [DBG] Device is not idle, resetting...

I am here for ideas or anything that could help me, I am a software developer so I am happy to try some more complex ideas for this but I need help from people who know what they are doing.

#2

If you do not mind disconnecting the battery and and reconnecting it after 10-30 seconds. Taking it apart and reconnecting those flat-cables solved some issues for me before. then put it in dfu with back and left 30 sec combo and repair it and flash new firmware after with qflipper and it should be good to go again.

and being a ass anyways, i still would say, try other usb ports on your machine without a hub. hurray for crippled usb configurations of some vendors. or other hardware/software conflicts that might occur in some situations like port addressing and sharing or lack of that.

From actual brick mode, i would go by disconnecting battery, wait a while, and be gentle and not break the lips for the flatcables, then back to DFU , then using qflipper repair option first and new firmware option after should be enough to revive it.

#3

I will probably try this but I am going to wait to see what support says before I open it up lol

#4

I only had it a week before i managed to get it in brickmode, without support this was the first thing that seemed like a option after hardreset and dfu would not work where they did before, but i was messing around with unsupported firmware with some other issues and i also had a charging issue, that also got solved by actually physically disconnecting the power and reconnecting it before going back to repair mode again.

if all options are checked like Firmware recovery - Flipper Zero - Documentation

i think it would be next best step to be sure you do not have a brick i guess?

#5

I tried disconnecting it from power after opening it up, I also tried to update/repair on another PC and neither worked.

#6

Have you tried hardreset without SD card in it , then back to DFU mode without sdcard and connect it to qflipper in windows or if config script f for qflipper is done on linux?

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