GH2 GH2-X Thirty screwed up my camera?

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Lee Saxon

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Since applying the GH2-X Thirty hack, stills (and 100% magnification mode in-camera) both look like the attached image (which is of a fluid head, by the way, since you can't even tell). Unchanged after reverting to stock firmware. This photo, in fact, was taken with stock firmware.

Far from the first hack I've tried, first one that's caused me any kind of problems. I'm pretty surprised it came from one of the more "reputable" hack sources.

http://www.leesaxon.com/_1000014.jpg
 
There is nothing about this patch that would make it risky or unique compared to any other patch.
However, if all the values of a patch are not fully flashed during upload, it can cause strange behavior (with this or any patch).

Install this.
 
I believe I experienced the exact same thing in August last year. Just waiting for an update from Lee.
 
It could also be coincidental that a failure of the camera occurs unrelated to a hack. Cameras do fail even without having a hack installed... Al
 
Sage said:
Install this.
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I'd already reverted to stock firmware (that sample photo was even taken with stock firmware). But I tried it again from your link just to be sure. No luck.

aljudy said:
It could also be coincidental that a failure of the camera occurs unrelated to a hack.
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The camera worked perfectly minutes before applying GH2-X Thirty and was creating these useless photos immediately after applying it. Too coincidental for me.
 
wow... this is a bit scary. The fact that this problem presented itself at the time you applied the patch does not sound encouraging.
 
Lee, thank you for getting back to me. I had the same problem in the summer (scary lines). Another friend's gh2 would only record blocky (very low bitrate) frames despite reverting to stock (after applying another patch).
The stock firmware will not reset all values because it needs a higher version increment.

Next step

Also, as to whether it is coincidence - it is not. The firmware did not flash correctly (a very fine process that requires continuous power supply, no spikes).
 
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Yeah I've flashed with ghs-x thirty. No issues like this. probably flashed 50 different firmwares as I help iron out a few things.
Flashing firmware always has a risk. Touch a button or have a momentary power loss and you could lose the camera.

But as long as you have a rully charged panasonic battery and leave the process to complete the odds are pretty thin.

There's really nothing in any of the patches, other that some of the non-released to public special hdmi out patches,
that can damage the camera. I could be wrong but I belive there's a kind of failsafe that forces the camera back into sd
mode if some of the setting values are too odd.

That happened here with some troll who had no idea what he was doing in his "patch":

http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/948/gh2-patch-for-low-light-shooting#Item_40

That said, the incomplete process of applying the patch sure can kill the camera.
 
I'd still like to know if Sage's next step did the job.

That said, agreed. We've flashed our GH2s hundreds of times and no problems of this kinds, so if/when it does brick a camera, at least it's rare!
 
Sage said:
The stock firmware will not reset all values because it needs a higher version increment.
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I'm not sure what this means. Do I need to make adjustments to the version increment settings?

Using the "Next step" link with the stock version increment settings didn't help.
 
Lee Saxon said:
I'm not sure what this means. Do I need to make adjustments to the version increment settings?

Using the "Next step" link with the stock version increment settings didn't help.
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You tried installing that patch with the included version increment of ten? Next, try 100, and try 1 (if you've tried ten).
 
Hmmm. Ok, time to step up to 1.1. That has the best chance of altering what 1.0 hasn't.
 
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