Hacking Pentax Debug mode

[Roland Karlsson]

What method(s) do you use to find out this information?

Complex names of files. Non obvious things to do, like leaving door open.

 

[scve]

Did anyone ever manage to get the DA*60-250 to screwdrive?

 

[bootcoder]

I reverse engineer camera firmware

 

[bootcoder]

Please do follwing steps for K-S2:

1. Create on SD card file "00077860.551" with "[OPEN_DEBUG_MENU]" and LF char.
2. Create on SD card file "DEVELOP.MOD" exact 10 bytes long with binary content:
   Hexbytes: 07 1A 02 0A 19 18 1B 1C 05 11
3. Turn off camera, plugin this SD card. Leave card door open. Hold "menu" button and turn camera on.

 

[Roland Karlsson]

I reverse engineer camera firmware

Sounds fun!

As a hobby or for a living

 

[Rod Herdman]

Interested if any extra function can be added to my K5ii-S . . .

So can anyone advise how to enter debug mode in K5ii-S ? And can any additional functions be added?

Cheers

 

[Janis Becs]

Three questions:

1. Are these techniques firmware version independent or are specific?
2. What is debug mode exit technique? Is it the same for all cameras or is camera / FW specific (KP)?
3. Do you have techniques how to enter and exit debug mode for a K-70?

BR

 

[MightyMike]

I reverse engineer camera firmware

PM sent

 

[bootcoder]

Sounds fun!

As a hobby or for a living

Ha-ha nobody wants to pay for camera hacks today. So I do it just for fun, besides having fulltime job and family...

 

[siva-kumar]

If you can hack the firmware to make the AF work faster, then people would pay for it

 

[bootcoder]

If you can hack the firmware to make the AF work faster, then people would pay for it

This is already done: just buy newer camera model and you get it. And I can't offer it for this price.

 

[Jared Chrysostom]

I hate to resurrect an old thread but I'm new so I can't PM bootcoder directly. Has anyone tried the K1 debug mode access method given in this thread on K1 firmware 1.51? I have a lens which needs just a little bit more AF adjustment than the stock +10/-10 and I'm hoping that this is the solution.