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RIFF JTAG – STB Orton 4100C Unbrick supported

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06.04.2012    RIFF JTAG – STB Orton 4100C Unbrick supported

Repairing bricked Orton 4100C is easy with the RIFF Box. Receiver is based on the ALI M3329C processor. Receiver is powered on when power plug is attached. If connection process stops at “Establish communication with the phone…” just reset the receiver’s power.
Current resurrector contains Boot, Firmware and Data zones which in total is complete full connects for 2Mb SPI serial memory chip.
Please note, to enable JTAG you have to make sure the JP1 jumper on board is not shorted. Sometimes you may need to disconnect front LED panel interface cable from the board (13-pin connector). After resurrection do not forget to solder the resistor back or shortcut JP1 jumper.
To resurrect Orton 4100C:

  •  Solder JTAG cable to Orton 4100C JTAG pads;
  •  Make sure Orton 4100C is selected in the list of models;
  •  Connect power;
  •  Click Resurrect button;
  •  Choose which areas to flash;
  •  Wait till software signals a successful operation completion;
  •  De-solder JTAG wires;

Now receiver is in bootable condition, that is, even if it does not start up normally you can flash it via UART using known flashing methods. Or you can do resurrection checking full clone resurrect option – this will re-write all flash memory contents.
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RIFF JTAG – STB EuroSky ES-4100 Unbrick supported

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06.04.2012   RIFF JTAG – STB EuroSky ES-4100 Unbrick supported

Repairing bricked EuroSky ES-4100 is easy with the RIFF Box. Receiver is based on the ALI M3329C processor. Receiver is powered on when power plug is attached. If connection process stops at “Establish communication with the phone…” just reset the receiver’s power.
Current resurrector contains Boot, Firmware and Data zones which in total is complete full connects for 2Mb SPI serial memory chip.
Please note, to enable JTAG you have to make sure the JP1 jumper on board is not shorted, desolder resistor R65. Sometimes you may need to disconnect front LED panel interface cable from the board (13-pin connector). After resurrection do not forget either to solder the resistor back or shortcut JP1 jumper.

To resurrect EuroSky ES-4100:

  •  Solder JTAG cable to EuroSky ES-4100 JTAG pads;
  •  Make sure EuroSky ES-4100 is selected in the list of models;
  •  Connect power;
  •  Click Resurrect button;
  •  Choose which areas to flash;
  •  Wait till software signals a successful operation completion;
  •  De-solder JTAG wires;

Now STB is in bootable condition, that is, even if it does not start up normally you can flash it via UART using known flashing methods. Or you can do resurrection checking full clone resurrect option – this will re-write all flash memory contents.
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RIFF JTAG – HTC ThunderBolt 4G ADR6400 (HTC Mecha) Unbrick – Boot repair supported

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14.02.2012     HTC ThunderBolt 4G ADR6400 (HTC Mecha) Unbrick – Boot repair supported

Resurrecting HTC Thunderbolt CP (Modem Part) part is easy.
Phone is auto powered on with USB Data Cable connected to the PC while battery is inside; sometimes during connection pressing Power On key may be required.
Please note, CP Part’s power is controlled by the AP Part, thus you may experience constant connection loses after definite ammounts of time (1-2-5-x seconds). If this keeps interferring the resurrection process, solder additionall JTAG interface cable to the AP pads, select AP resurrector DLL, go to the JTAG Read/Write page and halt AP core, then switch back to the CP JTAG interface.

To resurrect HTC Thunderbolt CP (Modem Part) Part:

  •  Solder JTAG cable to HTC Thunderbolt CP JTAG pads;
  •  Insert USB Data cable into board and PC;
  •  Make sure HTC Thunderbolt CP is selected in the list of models;
  •  Click Resurrect button;
  •  Wait till software signals a successful operation completion;
  •  Disconnect power supply, de-solder JTAG wires;

Now phone is in bootable condition, that is, even if it does not start up normally, you can flash it using known flashing methods.

Resurrecting HTC Thunderbolt AP (PDA Part) is easy. Phone is auto powered on with USB Data Cable connected to the PC while battery is connected.
Resurrector will reflash radio’s boot zone and will re-write PDA’s SPL to 1.04.0000 version. Additionally to SPL and Radio zones, the zone which contains Model ID is re-flashed too. Thus after resurrection phone will have Model ID = ‘PG0510000’.
There is option to reflash BOOT and RECOVERY zones.

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