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Nation.A.List · 10-25-2009, 01:50 PM

I finally managed to get my sick Q7 (would not turn off, would not boot or re-flash) up and running after many unsuccessful attempts, so I thought I would post my method here in the hope it will help someone else.

Firstly prepare an SD card
Format the SD card with the Panasonic SD Card Formatting Tool. http://panasonic.jp/support/global/c...formatter.html
Doing this is highly recommended as I wasted several days using a card that had previously worked OK with my Q7 and still worked fine in my PC, but subsequently turned out to have 4 strange partitions on it when viewed on my now working Q7.

Now use the SDUpdate/Card Fuser Tool on the newly formatted SD card. http://www.jiongtang.com/fourm/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=746 Copy a SmartQ7 firmware file onto it and press the (●) key (top right) while powering on OR reseting the Q7. There is a longer delay than usual before the flashing started but once it did everything went well from there on.

10-25-2009, 01:50 PM	#1
Nation.A.List Addict Posts: 270 Karma: 112 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: England Device: SmartQ 7	Revive A Sick SmartQ I finally managed to get my sick Q7 (would not turn off, would not boot or re-flash) up and running after many unsuccessful attempts, so I thought I would post my method here in the hope it will help someone else. Firstly prepare an SD card Format the SD card with the Panasonic SD Card Formatting Tool. http://panasonic.jp/support/global/c...formatter.html Doing this is highly recommended as I wasted several days using a card that had previously worked OK with my Q7 and still worked fine in my PC, but subsequently turned out to have 4 strange partitions on it when viewed on my now working Q7. Now use the SDUpdate/Card Fuser Tool on the newly formatted SD card. http://www.jiongtang.com/fourm/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=746 Copy a SmartQ7 firmware file onto it and press the (●) key (top right) while powering on OR reseting the Q7. There is a longer delay than usual before the flashing started but once it did everything went well from there on.