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Re: MD-80 vs. Clone
Posted:
Sun Mar 07, 2010 6:16 pmby philfifi
Hello Villamany,
Happy to hear you again. How does your dump compares to mine ? Are they strictly identical ? If not, could you send it to me ?
Thanks,
Re: MD-80 vs. Clone
Posted:
Sun Mar 07, 2010 7:50 pmby villamany
Datestamp removed!
The process has worked to perfection:
Extract the firmware chip
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Radiography of the extracted firmware
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Editing with a hex editor to make transparent fonts
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Radiography modified firmware
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Reflash the chip
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Verify that the date is not showed
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original firmware file:
- md80.zip
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modified firmware file:
Re: MD-80 vs. Clone
Posted:
Sun Mar 07, 2010 9:03 pmby SaskAlex
Great work!
Re: MD-80 vs. Clone
Posted:
Mon Mar 08, 2010 1:38 pmby villamany
The work we owe it to Philippe and all those who participated in his blog. They did the same way for a similar camera.
http://www.pluc.fr/2010/02/tear-down-an ... omment-326
Re: MD-80 vs. Clone
Posted:
Tue Mar 09, 2010 3:06 amby chenrp
hello,
this hack works only on gumpack camera or on MD80 as well? or on the MD80 clone as well?
thank you.
Re: MD-80 vs. Clone
Posted:
Tue Mar 09, 2010 9:30 amby Team Seneca
Awesome work! I knew that this was possible when I saw the bitmapped fonts in the dump! Thanks for proving this out! Nice!!!
Re: MD-80 vs. Clone
Posted:
Tue Mar 09, 2010 9:52 amby villamany
Philipe hack his gumpack camera and i hack my MD80 clone camera, they are very similar. The MD80 needled firmware (original with transparent fonts) is posted on my message.
Re: MD-80 vs. Clone
Posted:
Tue Mar 09, 2010 9:55 amby chenrp
villamany wrote:Philipe hack his gumpack camera and i hack my MD80 clone camera, they are very similar. The MD80 needled firmware (original with transparent fonts) is posted on my message.
posted on you message? where?
how is the firmware done?
thank you.
Re: MD-80 vs. Clone
Posted:
Wed Mar 10, 2010 6:09 amby chenrp
any one?
oh, and another question,
where can i buy a silicon case for it? searched EBAY and nothing...
and where can i but a battery for it?
thanks
Re: MD-80 vs. Clone
Posted:
Wed Mar 10, 2010 7:16 amby rockets-in-brighton
chenrp wrote:villamany wrote:Philipe hack his gumpack camera and i hack my MD80 clone camera, they are very similar. The MD80 needled firmware (original with transparent fonts) is posted on my message.
posted on you message? where?
how is the firmware done?
Look above this reply, in this same thread: the post by villamany detailing the process of extracting, editing and rewriting the firmware. At the end of that post are some files attached, these are zipped binaries of the original and amended firmware. All the information you need is there. You will also require suitable hardware and software to write the amended firmware image to the camera.
Here, this link jumps straight to the beginning of that post:
http://www.wra2.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=7899#p7899.
Re: MD-80 vs. Clone
Posted:
Wed Mar 10, 2010 8:02 amby chenrp
thx!
but i thought that there is an easier way of flashing the camera...
any way, thank you very much...
buy the way, i heard that there is a problem when you let the camera shoot until the battery drains and die?
did any one encountered this problem?
and another thing, can anyone measure the size of the battery? i think that there are bigger (mAh) batteries in the same size.. so that way you can shoot for more hours.
thanks.
Re: MD-80 vs. Clone
Posted:
Wed Mar 10, 2010 9:18 amby Team Seneca
chenrp wrote:any one?
oh, and another question,
where can i buy a silicon case for it? searched EBAY and nothing...
and where can i but a battery for it?
thanks
My original MiniDV MD-80 came with the silicone sleeve. The first clone I bought came with no sleeve and no USB cable. I used the sleeve from the original MD-80 on that one. The second clone DID arrive with a sleeve and a cable and a bunch of mounting hardware too.
Re: MD-80 vs. Clone
Posted:
Wed Mar 10, 2010 9:21 amby Team Seneca
chenrp wrote:thx!
but i thought that there is an easier way of flashing the camera...
any way, thank you very much...
buy the way, i heard that there is a problem when you let the camera shoot until the battery drains and die?
did any one encountered this problem?
and another thing, can anyone measure the size of the battery? i think that there are bigger (mAh) batteries in the same size.. so that way you can shoot for more hours.
thanks.
Mine kills batteries if I let them run down too much. I tried a larger battery and it runs longer but I don't think the charger circuit is strong enough to fill the larger battery. My replacement battery is 400mA/hr and the camera never shows a full charge no matter how long I leave it charging.
I forgot what the original battery was rated for, so I can't say.
Re: MD-80 vs. Clone
Posted:
Wed Mar 10, 2010 3:04 pmby villamany
battery fits inside the camera?
You could say the measures of height, width and length?
where did you get? I have searched and found none with the right measures.
thanks...
Re: MD-80 vs. Clone
Posted:
Wed Mar 10, 2010 5:46 pmby philfifi
Hello villamany,
I just see your success, congratulations ! I am happy that the info posted are correct enough to allow other people to hack this camera !