remay
commented
2 years ago The flashing and remote control is very sensitive to cheap/bad USB cables. I've not seen evidence of anything that's specific to Intel vs AMD processors, but it's possible that the USB support is slightly different I suppose. If you do get a chance to investigate further I'd ensure the USB cable are high quality and if it still fails I'd try putting a powered USB hub between the computer and the Hudl to see if that made any difference.
I recommend flashing using the SD Card method as it removes a lot of variables.
Thanks for the feedback, and I'm glad you got it working in the end.
TL,DR: Reboot step seems to work on Intel processors but not AMD.
Firstly, thanks @remay for reviving the Hudl! I did eventually get this working by using a different computer.
I initially tried this process on one computer, and all seemed to go well until the reboot step of the script where the Hudl seemed to be bricked. I retried a few times on this device with no luck. I decided to try with another computer, and the process worked perfectly! Now I was curious as to why the process had initially failed.
I tried re-flashing on a few different computers I have lying around the house, and I have found that I can only get the reboot step to work when using devices with an Intel processor (other devices were AMD). This could be a coincidence based on other hardware of the machines I had available, but I thought it might be worth pointing out in case anyone else experiences similar issues.
I might look into this further if I find some time.