U4 hangs on booting....

[kjt005]

Trying to do a firmware update and the unit hangs at the booting stage.
i think i have broken it !!

[MrQuade]

Trying to do a firmware update and the unit hangs at the booting stage.
i think i have broken it !!

Odd, there was just a report of the same thing happening to a T4.

Have you tried powering off completely for 20 seconds and trying to boot?

If that fails, a second attempt at the USB update?

[kjt005]

yes i have tried it after powering off for a while and several different usb sticks

[peteru]

Did you try another download to ensure that you don't have a corrupted firmware image?

[peteru]

Here are the hashes of the files if you want to verify the integrity of the downloads:

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md5sum
0512a1a0957829ae57ceddf512d2545b *beyonwiz-19.3-beyonwizt2-20191106_usb.zip
5ee30038ca19335b18a1afb426278909 *beyonwiz-19.3-beyonwizt3-20191106_usb.zip
305903af8871d5bc8b5c1084791a9745 *beyonwiz-19.3-beyonwizt4-20191106_usb.zip
9bb0b5c81e30e7eebc6eff2a5b253de3 *beyonwiz-19.3-beyonwizu4-20191106_usb.zip
5844f60f974e694f89629b8ec4bf3cf7 *beyonwiz-19.3-beyonwizv2-20191106_usb.zip

sha1sum
3fca47d9631a2de90770e14d6b51731e09491eea *beyonwiz-19.3-beyonwizt2-20191106_usb.zip
7c88e7dbb956c63ed451830c1bb4c482f0c82787 *beyonwiz-19.3-beyonwizt3-20191106_usb.zip
3e69e24fc6cf901ea92819b50d31ff19d5e26556 *beyonwiz-19.3-beyonwizt4-20191106_usb.zip
dcf1f55aaa30eec2765c3b3fe72df553c1b4abde *beyonwiz-19.3-beyonwizu4-20191106_usb.zip
ed8ad1351ec611d949694a63b26a5794eed27ff9 *beyonwiz-19.3-beyonwizv2-20191106_usb.zip

sha256sum
cdfdb838844323159dd78623ff5972cd34d0cf1ea50353519a8ecc9df492ed38 *beyonwiz-19.3-beyonwizt2-20191106_usb.zip
9662f655e130e28be7d5f76501ca813de0c076d1431b1a31661f6740b105c5b6 *beyonwiz-19.3-beyonwizt3-20191106_usb.zip
cd85bdafa8b8d12a26df85e6051adaffd4399710f7a3f3b73775451cb509bad2 *beyonwiz-19.3-beyonwizt4-20191106_usb.zip
50aee35f0410ca35be9d708299953f09ecf4152e2365dd339e2798fc1710a2f1 *beyonwiz-19.3-beyonwizu4-20191106_usb.zip
3d6f3a013f39c8a5edb363bf54071f8ed1c05b2f6ea9100cd99de85058763813 *beyonwiz-19.3-beyonwizv2-20191106_usb.zip

[kjt005]

I have tried a fresh download on 2 different USB sticks.

what do you mean re the hashs sorry i dont understand

thanks for you help peteru

[prl]

what do you mean re the hashs sorry i dont understand

MD5, SHA1 and SHA256 hashes (or checksums) are values calculated from a file that can be used to check the integrity of the file without needing a second copy. They do the same sort of thing as a CRC checksum, but they are more robust.

The programs md5sum, sha1sum and sha256sum are programs that calculate those values for a file.

In that form, they're Linux programs. In recentish firmware, it's possible to run the MD5 hash/checksum on Beyonwiz PVRs from FileCommander (MENU>Sources / Files).

[peteru]

On Linux (at least KDE Plasma), it's as simple as right clicking on a file and selecting Properties. You can use the Checksums tab to paste in the expected checksum to verify the file or click a button to calculate the checksum.

I'm sure that Windows and Mac would have utilities to achieve something similar, even if they do not have integrated OS support.

Such checksums allow you to not only detect inadvertent data corruption, but will also indicate if there has been any malicious attempts at replacing the contents of the files. Of course, such detection relies on the published checksums themselves not being compromised. However, that's a separate problem. Publishing the checksums in multiple places helps.

[raymondjpg]

I'm sure that Windows and Mac would have utilities to achieve something similar, even if they do not have integrated OS support.

For Windows I use Exactfile https://www.exactfile.com/downloads/. It doesn't appear to have been updated for some time now (my original setup for 1.0.0.15 beta is dated Dec 2014) but is currently advertised for use with Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, or 10 and still works for me.

[kjt005]

Thanks all for your great attempts to help
I have sent it back for repairs as it think it is knackered , that is a technical term