Hacking Hardware Picofly - a HWFLY switch modchip

[rehius]

if im on 2.6 already just update.bin ?

if you have USB, better to use it, bootloader is also changed a bit.

but update.bin should also work, yes

 

[Dee87]

if you have USB, better to use it, bootloader is also changed a bit.

but update.bin should also work, yes

mh no usb anymore but i guess ill add it back tommorow then

 

[rehius]

mh no usb anymore but i guess ill add it back tommorow then

don't worry, it should work the same. I just moved the board detection to the main firmware, so bootloader is much simpler now.

 

[Dee87]

don't worry, it should work the same. I just moved the board detection to the main firmware, so bootloader is much simpler now.

Ah okay i dont need board detection so then ill just update it where should i put update bin ?

dont worry about it put it in the main folder and it worked like a charm :-)

thank u so much for ur hard work on this project :-)

 

[lightninjay]

Can verify that 2.61 flashes cleanly from a freshly nuked (clearing the rp2040 contents with the "flash_nuke.uf2", then flashing 2.6 to a rp2040-zero) setup. I hopped into hekate on 2.6, loaded the picofly toolbox from the payloads folder located in bootloader folder on SD card, then placed the update.bin in the root of SD and ran the update option. It flashed nearly instantly, and then asked to be rebooted to apply.

After the update the pico had to relearn my boot to get fast glitches again, but after about 5 reboots I'm back to instant glitches.

Great work Rehius!

 

[rehius]

Ah okay i dont need board detection so then ill just update it where should i put update bin ?

on the sdcard root, then run toolbox -> update

 

[rv03]

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2.61

- no more magic for xiao/itsy, detection by shorting pins
-- for xiao2040 please short GPIO 1 & 2
-- for itsybitsy please short GPIO 2 & 3

- moved to the latest bootloader version (I know, logo sucks now)

- software update bugfixes, rollback works fine now

is it safe to flash update.bin on hekate? some posted they can not boot to ofw.

if im on 2.6 already just update.bin ?

2.61

- no more magic for xiao/itsy, detection by shorting pins
-- for xiao2040 please short GPIO 1 & 2
-- for itsybitsy please short GPIO 2 & 3

- moved to the latest bootloader version (I know, logo sucks now)

- software update bugfixes, rollback works fine now

if I flash thru usb do I need also to flash from hekate using update. bin?

 

[Dee87]

on the sdcard root, then run toolbox -> update

yeah i figured that out

wow it even glitches faster on my oled it took a few seconds longer then on the v2

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is it safe to flash update.bin on hekate? some posted they can not boot to ofw.
if I flash thru usb do I need also to flash from hekate using update. bin

i just flashed it with the toolbox no issue
if u flash it threw usb u dont need update.bin

 

[rehius]

is it safe to flash update.bin on hekate?

yes

some posted they can not boot to ofw

my Lite can boot OFW. if you have issues, boot hekate -> Full Stock, and update to 16.0.1 officially. If already on 16.0.1 - you can write clean BOOT0 from another 16.0.1 console or rebuild it using guide

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if I flash thru usb do I need also to flash from hekate using update. bin?

no

 

[lightninjay]

Patched V1 and have no issues booting to OFW from hekate's reboot menu or with Vol + / Vol - from the loader screen and no SD loaded.

Also, I like the new battery indicator on the preloader screen, nice touch Rehius

 

[rehius]

Also, I like the new battery indicator on the preloader screen, nice touch Rehius

That is a loader from Instinct-NX, I just swapped the logo.

 

[linuxares]

That is a loader from Instinct-NX, I just swapped the logo.

Oh you bought one and dumped it?

 

[rehius]

Oh you bought one and dumped it?

I don't have one, but I found a "buyer support" link with firmware and diagrams

 

[lightninjay]

I don't have one, but I found a "buyer support" link with firmware and diagrams

Haha, crafty, even if not your own original loader, appreciate the touch of swapping logos

 

[LeGenD_ArMoUR_]

possible to use SX-Core v1 cables on a v2 unit or more specifically use the mosfets from the ribbons i have about 40 of these sat in boxes id love to make use of? thanks

 

[rehius]

possible to use SX-Core v1 cables on a v2 unit or more specifically use the mosfets from the ribbons i have about 40 of these sat in boxes id love to make use of? thanks

I know people who enlarged cap holes and used the cable on a v2. But you can use wires to solder it, there are such photos in this topic

 

[lightninjay]

possible to use SX-Core v1 cables on a v2 unit or more specifically use the mosfets from the ribbons i have about 40 of these sat in boxes id love to make use of? thanks

Absolutely; if you desolder the mosfets from the ribbons, there is nothing keeping you from directly soldering them to the APU caps just like seen in this thread.

 

[RexSonic]

Do we still need to flash the unlock file ?

 

[linuxares]

Do we still need to flash the unlock file ?

No

 

[tactical-waffle]

hey im sorry for all of the dumb questions that im posting here but after the mod chip is installed where do i put the hekate payload