Hacking EZ4 Kernel 2.05 on old EZ4 MiniSD

[kraspedon]

hi, can i use last "EZ4 Kernel 2.05" (2018) on my old EZ4 white MiniSD (firmware 1.73)? or it can brick the card?
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[Shadow#1]

hi, can i use last "EZ4 Kernel 2.05" (2018) on my old EZ4 white MiniSD (firmware 1.73)? or it can brick the card?
ezflash .cn / download

Yes it works just fine but remember only flushable from a 2GB card only then after that I have to use 4GB or higher card

 

[kraspedon]

damn! i have only MiniSD of 512MB.
thx anyway.

 

[Xuio]

damn! i have only MiniSD of 512MB.
thx anyway.

It's max 2GB. You can use smaller minisd card.

 

[kraspedon]

with firmware 1.73 minisd 512MB works, i'm using it now. but maybe with new firmware 2.0 works only minisd SDHC (4gb or higher), right? it's ridiculous!

 

[Shadow#1]

with firmware 1.73 minisd 512MB works, i'm using it now. but maybe with new firmware 2.0 works only minisd SDHC (4gb or higher), right? it's ridiculous!

Yes 2.x fw requires 4GB aka SDHC it will not boot with Non-SDHC

 

[Shadow#1]

It's max 2GB. You can use smaller minisd card.

Read the thread next time kthx

 

[Xuio]

with firmware 1.73 minisd 512MB works, i'm using it now. but maybe with new firmware 2.0 works only minisd SDHC (4gb or higher), right? it's ridiculous!

No it's not like that. I'm using standard, 2GB microSD card (with miniSD adapter) on my first generation EZ-Flash IV (firmware v. 2.05) and everything is good.

 

[Shadow#1]

No it's not like that. I'm using standard, 2GB microSD card (with miniSD adapter) on my first generation EZ-Flash IV (firmware v. 2.05) and everything is good.

Well after I updated to 2.05 my 2GB MiniSD card quit booting all the way to the menu

 

[Xuio]

 

[Chaykin]

My set-up is an old EZ-Flash IV MiniSD with a Kingston 1 GB MiniSD (i.e. it's not an SDHC card) - managed to update to 2.05 no problem, everything works perfectly...

 

[Localhorst86]

My set-up is an old EZ-Flash IV MiniSD with a Kingston 1 GB MiniSD (i.e. it's not an SDHC card) - managed to update to 2.05 no problem, everything works perfectly...

Thats good for you
In general, the SDHC compatible updates (1.75+) have decreased the compatibility with non-SDHC cards massively. You're generaly expected to lose compatibility with non-sdhc cards, you're one of the lucky few if you don't.

Note that the older cards, even though they are now SDHC compatible, can still only be updated with a non-sdhc card, because the bootloader that takes care of the update remains untouched (to not risk bricks).

 

[Shadow#1]

Thats good for you
In general, the SDHC compatible updates (1.75+) have decreased the compatibility with non-SDHC cards massively. You're generaly expected to lose compatibility with non-sdhc cards, you're one of the lucky few if you don't.

Note that the older cards, even though they are now SDHC compatible, can still only be updated with a non-sdhc card, because the bootloader that takes care of the update remains untouched (to not risk bricks).

Exactly

 

[Jayro]

My set-up is an old EZ-Flash IV MiniSD with a Kingston 1 GB MiniSD (i.e. it's not an SDHC card) - managed to update to 2.05 no problem, everything works perfectly...

This gives me hope. I have a Kingston 1GB MiniSD in mine, (Not microSD with adapter like most people, but an actual MiniSD card) and I want to keep using it.

 

[zxr750j]

Mine's got a 1GB kingston mini-sd and old firmware, I also got some other kingston cards, I could check the compatibility if you'd like. I looked it up: Paid € 17,33 in 2006 for the 1GB (512MB cost 11), I thought they were more expensive.