Unable to flash protected devices

[vbabiy]

I get this error:

Special DfuSe command 65 failed Details

My Setup:

OS: Manjaro Linux x86_64
Host: X570 I AORUS PRO WIFI -CF
Kernel: 5.15.21-1-MANJARO
Uptime: 1 day, 8 hours, 21 mins
Packages: 2243 (pacman), 39 (flatpak), 9 (snap)
Shell: zsh 5.8
Resolution: 2560x1440, 2560x1440, 2560x1440, 2560x1440
DE: GNOME 41.3
WM: Mutter
WM Theme: Qogir-dark
Theme: Qogir [GTK2/3]
Icons: Qogir [GTK2/3]
Terminal: alacritty
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X (24) @ 3.700GHz
GPU: AMD ATI Radeon Pro WX 4100
Memory: 20919MiB / 64316MiB

[freshollie]

Hey! Could you send a screenshot?

[freshollie]

Also might be helpful if you could screenshot the JS console when you get the error, and would be good to know what type of radio you are using

[vbabiy]

[freshollie]

So it's failing to run the DFuse command to erase a sector from your radio, I've pushed a change which might give some more info on the error. Can you try that again in about 30 mins when the build goes live, and send me another screenshot of the console error?

[vbabiy]

@freshollie Looks like I got the same output:

[vbabiy]

Also when I try to use the edgetx-flasher (The desktop version) I get this error:

[freshollie]

This is still very helpful, thanks!

[freshollie]

So we think this issue is become of write protection in some radio models, in Flasher you can correctly flash your radio by enabling Force flashing. For Buddy this is not yet available. Can you try this?

[vbabiy]

@freshollie if I did it right, looks like the same issue

[freshollie]

Oh interesting, maybe that's not the case :/

[pfeerick]

Once you've done the force unprotect, try flashing the firmware a second time... (shouldn't need the force unprotect... i.e. if that command did it's job, buddy should work now). Basically the dfu-util tool needs to be run twice if force unprotect is needed... first time clears the flag, second time does the actual firmware update.

[vbabiy]

@pfeerick indeed that seems to be working now.

[freshollie]

Nice! Will look into automatically unlocking protected devices

[freshollie]

Thanks for the report, if this happens to others they will be prompted to use the new "Unlocker" tool

At some point I will build this into the main flashing flow without having to redirect to a new tool