If the camera does show up in the firmware tool, then click on the large down arrow button to download the new firmware to the camera. For Windows users, this may require several attempts (if the firmware tool can’t find the camera, then disconnect the cable and repeat step 2).ģ. The LED will turn off and the camera will connect to the firmware tool. When the camera LED blinks red, press both buttons once (don’t hold down). Remove the battery and connect the camera to your desktop via USB. Install the firmware tool that Insta360 Support sends you and launch it. They’ll guide you into installing a remote viewer software and then send you the correct files.ġ. To update it, you need to contact Insta360 support either through their Facebook page, or through the yellow Support button on the Settings of the Insta360 One X app. Fortunately, Insta360 made it possible to update the firmware even when the camera is otherwise inoperable. It can’t be updated using conventional ways because the camera won’t power on. If that happens, then the firmware has to be updated. If you upgrade to 1.17.12, then the camera could look and even work ok, but after it powers down, you won’t be able to power it back on again.
1 (thanks to Fabian Ruyters for finding the link!) The firmware update that might brick your Insta360 One X is version 1.17.12. I know they’re telling the truth because it happened to ME too! If that’s what happened to you, don’t worry - it can be fixed! I know that’s true also because mine got fixed too. Specifically, after the update, the camera wouldn’t turn on anymore. The problem is that for many users, the firmware update that added HDR Video mode bricked their cameras. The latest update to Insta360 One X (reviewed here) added major features including the new HDR Video mode, and Google Street View video mode for the iOS app. Thankfully I don't have to deal with PCs with 256MB RAM anymore because they tended to run out of virtual memory during extracting.Insta360 One X bricked by firmware? How to fix it SDI works even on Windows 2000 even though it takes an additional effort to keep support for this OS. Most PCs at my workplace are somewhat old(Pentium 4, Radeon x1600, 1 GB RAM, 120 GB) so I have a great opportunity to optimize SDI for worst cases. It depends on the hardware so it's difficult to optimize for every possible case. However sometimes it's faster to read uncompressed data than to read compressed data and unpack it the fly. For example videogames often have their resources packed. There's just no way to tell how much it progressed and it just jumps from 90% to 100% as soon as driver installed.Īctually a lot of programs work with compressed data. It might appear installation stuck on 90% but the driver is being installed. You can see the progressbar going from 0% to 90%. Once you have driverpacks, you don't need the Internet. SDI doesn't download drivers from the Internet. The point is you don't have to worry about it, SDI does all the heavy lifting in the most efficient way possible. This is why SDI sometimes skips the first state(extracting) for some drivers. SDI is intelligent enough to extract all needed files in a single pass.
In order to reach a file at the end of archive, it has to extract all files preceding it and discard unwanted files without writing on disk. It resulted in the loss of random access to the files, so SDI has to treat them like magnetic tapes. Thankfully I don't have to deal with PCs with 256MB RAM anymore because they tended to run out of virtual memory during extracting.ĭriverpacks are optimized for minimal size.
Clear readonly attribute on files in the Drivers folder.Ĭlick to expand.Actually a lot of programs work with compressed data.Right click on the torrent in your torrent client and choose “Force re-check”.Uncheck “Start downloading” or stop it if it’s already started.Download the updated torrent and start downloading.In order to populate new torrent, seeders are given the following instruction: There's no point in seeding old torrent once new is uploaded at. If you want to help other people download faster, you can seed the current torrent via uTorrent or any other client. SDI can download them with an internal torrent client but it stops seeding as soon as it's done downloading. Click to expand.Each time you run SDI, it downloads and checks for new binaries/driverpacks.