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Old 10-11-2011, 08:17 PM   #107
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Originally Posted by ptsenter View Post
In the end it looks like the same result could have been accomplished without ever opening the case and just with the right (modified) version of the golden update?
No, because while the device has the wrong firmware, the buttons don't work to instruct the device to do the reflash. You have to enter the uboot menu via serial and type "run boot_user" to instruct it to reflash, instead of using the buttons.
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