Thread: Firmware Update I think an OTA update bricked my PW4
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Old 09-18-2024, 11:33 PM   #1
SenorClean
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I think an OTA update bricked my PW4

I hadn't used my PW4 in a while - it was just running stock firmware in the end (but I had previously tinkered a bit).

Now it won't boot past the 'boy under a tree' splash screen, and it doesn't go in to USB mode.
Closest I've seen is when it's dead flat I can see a 'drive' but nothing mounted in it.

Looks like I'm on one of the firmware versions that doesn't allow entering recovery mode from a serial connection anymore(!).
Is there any way to force it to mount the storage so I can manually apply an update?

https://pastebin.com/J4Nhkadj

It'd be a real bummer to send it to landfill over a software issue.
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