cant flash image
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MARK BOORER
Newbie
Hi i used a cheap old flash and it worked after trying Kingstone and sandisk cruz
redandwhite
Newbie
HDDGURU done the trick...
RustyMG
TK Veteran
Its nothing to do with the make of the usb stick that causes the problems.
The usb devices when used on the zgemma to flash it have a tendency to have their MBR (Master Boot Record) and or their MPT (Master Partition Table) corrupted, and a million windows formats wont fix this problem if it occurs - you simply need to use a low level formatting tool and then a "normal" format.
This has been explained and discussed to death on the forum......
The usb devices when used on the zgemma to flash it have a tendency to have their MBR (Master Boot Record) and or their MPT (Master Partition Table) corrupted, and a million windows formats wont fix this problem if it occurs - you simply need to use a low level formatting tool and then a "normal" format.
This has been explained and discussed to death on the forum......
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Hi Guys
im having the same issue tbh, just purchased a brand fire new boxed zgemma star s2 .
think its running open atv 5.1
sandisk ultra 32gb usb 3 backward to 2.0 low level full format. then windows full format no joy box just booted straight up.
verbatim usb 2.0 2gb full low level again and then full windows format box booted straight up again
just doing a 16gb usb 2.0 sandisk cruzer contour full low level inc windows type format afterwards see how we get on.
do you just copy and past the zgemma folder over or split it down so it advises sh1 or go further on just drop the 7 files staright into the usb drive pen. ????
think im doing it as I should
cheers guys
im having the same issue tbh, just purchased a brand fire new boxed zgemma star s2 .
think its running open atv 5.1
sandisk ultra 32gb usb 3 backward to 2.0 low level full format. then windows full format no joy box just booted straight up.
verbatim usb 2.0 2gb full low level again and then full windows format box booted straight up again
just doing a 16gb usb 2.0 sandisk cruzer contour full low level inc windows type format afterwards see how we get on.
do you just copy and past the zgemma folder over or split it down so it advises sh1 or go further on just drop the 7 files staright into the usb drive pen. ????
think im doing it as I should
cheers guys
BeakyFord
TK Veteran
Sparky1 Just checking but have you followed every step for OpenATV: low level format USB using HDDGuru then full fat32 format using windows, then load the yellow zgemma folder with the h2 folder inside it to your USB.
place USB in rear port & power on box from the large rear power button, as the box starts now press the front power button to start the flash process (OpenATV needs the front button pushing to flash)
place USB in rear port & power on box from the large rear power button, as the box starts now press the front power button to start the flash process (OpenATV needs the front button pushing to flash)
Hi
ive low level and full level full format both off the guruhdd and windows then placed the latest unzipped Zgemma star 2s Vix 3.2.021 sucmnsee full! Backup 02.12.2015 onto the usb stick. so when you open the usb drive to look it advises zgemma folder
box powered down. insert usb into rear, power up using rear power button. front screen advises boot. didn't realise you had to press the front power button until it read flsh on front screen so as soon as it advises boot you press power button on the front. must of miss read the guide.
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ok
fully done the format on a sandisk cruzer contour 16gb usb 2.0 stick. placed on it Zgemma star 2s Vix 3.2.021 sucmnsee full! Backup 02.12.2015 inserted into rear of my zgemma star s2 box. powered the unit up, usb flashes blue and boot appears on the front screen. press front zgemma poer button unit just boots straight up to open atv 5.1 circle on the screen.
ARGHHHHHHHHHHH
can I just the use the open atv 5.1 with settings changed and add my line??????? or are we better with sucmnsee ???
ive low level and full level full format both off the guruhdd and windows then placed the latest unzipped Zgemma star 2s Vix 3.2.021 sucmnsee full! Backup 02.12.2015 onto the usb stick. so when you open the usb drive to look it advises zgemma folder
box powered down. insert usb into rear, power up using rear power button. front screen advises boot. didn't realise you had to press the front power button until it read flsh on front screen so as soon as it advises boot you press power button on the front. must of miss read the guide.
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ok
fully done the format on a sandisk cruzer contour 16gb usb 2.0 stick. placed on it Zgemma star 2s Vix 3.2.021 sucmnsee full! Backup 02.12.2015 inserted into rear of my zgemma star s2 box. powered the unit up, usb flashes blue and boot appears on the front screen. press front zgemma poer button unit just boots straight up to open atv 5.1 circle on the screen.
ARGHHHHHHHHHHH
can I just the use the open atv 5.1 with settings changed and add my line??????? or are we better with sucmnsee ???
dsayers2014
VIP Member
You need to place the zgemma folder only on usb
Hi
It must be the usb pen drive but you would of thought out of 3 of them 1 would of worked, and yes after downloading the Zgemma star 2s Vix 3.2.021 sucmnsee full! Backup 02.12.2015 I just placed the item saying zgemma on my usb drive.
what a head tester.
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whoop whoop whoop whoop get in. 3rd attempt on the verbatim 2gb usb 2.0 drive. its done it.
low level format using hddguru. full format after via windows. copied and pasted the zgemma Zgemma star 2s Vix 3.2.021 sucmnsee full! Backup 02.12.2015 folder onto it. placed usb drive in rear of the zgemma, powered it up, boot on front screen and staright into flash "flsh" about 4 mins booted up powered it down. remove usb powered back up nice dark looking alien type screen SUCMNSEE. must of been the usb mbr etc.
so that's that done, hope this helps others out to.
It must be the usb pen drive but you would of thought out of 3 of them 1 would of worked, and yes after downloading the Zgemma star 2s Vix 3.2.021 sucmnsee full! Backup 02.12.2015 I just placed the item saying zgemma on my usb drive.
what a head tester.
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whoop whoop whoop whoop get in. 3rd attempt on the verbatim 2gb usb 2.0 drive. its done it.
low level format using hddguru. full format after via windows. copied and pasted the zgemma Zgemma star 2s Vix 3.2.021 sucmnsee full! Backup 02.12.2015 folder onto it. placed usb drive in rear of the zgemma, powered it up, boot on front screen and staright into flash "flsh" about 4 mins booted up powered it down. remove usb powered back up nice dark looking alien type screen SUCMNSEE. must of been the usb mbr etc.
so that's that done, hope this helps others out to.
I had a lot of problems trying to get zgemma s2 open atv flash . After reading alot of I found or stumbled on to this . Wat worked for me was I bought SanDisk cruder blade 8gb from argos they worked straight out of pack no formatting required just transfered zgemma file to stick . Also I disconnected box completely then just power lead and usb . I also held standby button front of box before pressing white button back of box . My box flashed straight away so connected hdmi and sky corrext cables . Hope this helps . Woosh build 5.1 and setup also excellent thumbs up
Zgemma H2s stuck on boot
Hi everyone - not sure if anyone can help or can let me know what the situation is here. i purchased the Zgemma box early this year and flashed to wobshman V4 and has been running great,. I went on holiday last week and left the box ready to record a few programs but when i arrived home the box was displaying along message with its of lines with a timing of around 3.30am but no date.
The box was displaying and stuck on BOOT - the wobshman v4 screen was displaying but nothing else.
I have tried refreshing from start without luck - just stays on the boot screen.
Is there anything i can do or is the box knackered?
if it is kaput is there a repair agent or are they throw away.
Thanks for any help
Hi everyone - not sure if anyone can help or can let me know what the situation is here. i purchased the Zgemma box early this year and flashed to wobshman V4 and has been running great,. I went on holiday last week and left the box ready to record a few programs but when i arrived home the box was displaying along message with its of lines with a timing of around 3.30am but no date.
The box was displaying and stuck on BOOT - the wobshman v4 screen was displaying but nothing else.
I have tried refreshing from start without luck - just stays on the boot screen.
Is there anything i can do or is the box knackered?
if it is kaput is there a repair agent or are they throw away.
Thanks for any help
vwdavondave
Newbie
Tried 3 USB sticks then tried holding power button worked a treat thank you very much. I had spent hours trying
had the same problem flashed once then wouldn't. used windows diskpart
http://www.windowscentral.com/how-clean-and-format-storage-drive-using-diskpart-windows-10.
now it works again
http://www.windowscentral.com/how-clean-and-format-storage-drive-using-diskpart-windows-10.
now it works again
i dont believe this is anything to do with the way you format it or the type of usb its to do with the boot flag.
When the zgemma bios powers up it checks for any external disks to boot from first. If it doesnt find any with a boot flag it boots its internal disk
The flash process on the zgemma seems to remove the boot flag so subsequent boots ignore the usb
To reenable the boot flag use parted on linux (i used fdisk to show if the boot flah was present of not)
sudo fdisk /dev/sdd
Welcome to fdisk (util-linux 2.27.1).
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sdd1 63 30302207 30302145 14.5G c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
You'll notice the Boot section is empty.
Now run this command
sudo parted /dev/sdd set 1 boot on
And run fdisk again:
sudo fdisk /dev/sdd
Welcome to fdisk (util-linux 2.27.1).
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sdd1 * 63 30302207 30302145 14.5G c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
If you remove the usb directly after the zgemma finishes flash (e.g changes from FLSH to boot) then the boot flag remains.
When the zgemma bios powers up it checks for any external disks to boot from first. If it doesnt find any with a boot flag it boots its internal disk
The flash process on the zgemma seems to remove the boot flag so subsequent boots ignore the usb
To reenable the boot flag use parted on linux (i used fdisk to show if the boot flah was present of not)
sudo fdisk /dev/sdd
Welcome to fdisk (util-linux 2.27.1).
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sdd1 63 30302207 30302145 14.5G c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
You'll notice the Boot section is empty.
Now run this command
sudo parted /dev/sdd set 1 boot on
And run fdisk again:
sudo fdisk /dev/sdd
Welcome to fdisk (util-linux 2.27.1).
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sdd1 * 63 30302207 30302145 14.5G c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
If you remove the usb directly after the zgemma finishes flash (e.g changes from FLSH to boot) then the boot flag remains.
BeakyFord
TK Veteran
totally agree, the receivers ignore the USB you are trying to flash with not because zgemma's are fussy as some have said but because the box doesnt see the USB as a boot drive or doesnt see the boot sector. You have explained it far better than I can however I've always held the view that there are no issues flashing zgemma's via USB you just need to get the USB into a state that the box can read from it.
