Re: NX5 Firmware Update Failed Horribly
andyn0701 wrote:
I believe that if I can get it back to 01.20 my camera will be back to normal. But, now when I go into the developer menu and choose FW UPDATE it just freezes up and I have to switch the camera off.
Probably because you don't have an sd card in the slot with NX5 firmware on it in a file named nx5.bin
I also can't update the firmware in the normal, non-developer menu, as it is not selectable (and never was, even before I foolishly started mucking around with it)
The normal menu only supports updating to a firmware version higher than the version currently in use. So unless the version on the sd card is higher than the camera is currently using, the firmware update menu item is greyed out.
Any suggestions on what model my camera now thinks it is, or how I can force it to rollback to firmware 01.20?
As per my previous post, it is back to NX5, which is good. However, to go back to a version earlier than the one currently on the camera, you must use the hidden developer menu. If you have or can find and download the 1.20 firmware version for the NX5, you can probably do that.
Please be aware that we previously had to rename the nx5.bin file to nx10.bin or nx11.bin because your camera had nx10 or nx11 firmware on it and would only recognise a firmware update file for the same camera version. As it turned out, it must have been nx10. Now that it is back to being an nx5, no renaming is required. You should use the downloaded nx5.bin file as is. Just make sure you don't get it mixed up with one of the nx10 or nx11 files that you renamed to nx5.bin.
Your other option is to upgrade to the latest nx5 version 1.22, which can be done either from the normal menu or the hidden one. There is a risk that, as with the nx10 and nx11, the latest version may remove access to the hidden menu. That would prevent ever going back to an earlier version.