help with firmware version for SX230

CanonBlue

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« on: 22 / February / 2012, 22:53:21 »

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I installed the chdk a few years ago on my SD1100, so I have a general idea what I'm doing. But, I feel silly right now, because I can't find my camera's firmware number. I put a ver.req and a vers.req file on the root directory of my card, and I have been holding down func, hitting display, hitting down, etc, and it isn't doing anything except showing me the date and time in crazy colors. I have a mac, so I used TextEdit to make the files, and I was careful to pick plain text, unicode 16 encoding, and uncheck using .txt as a default. I read in the FAQ that for the SX220 specifically you should hold down func and then press down while still holding down func, so I tried that, but it didn't work. Is there some other trick for the SX230?

Thanks!

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reyalp

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Re: help with firmware version for SX230

« Reply #1 on: 22 / February / 2012, 23:12:04 »

Quote from: CanonBlue on 22 / February / 2012, 22:53:21

unicode 16 encoding, and uncheck using .txt as a default.

You want ASCII encoding, not unicode. Also watch out for chdk.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ/Mac#Still_Having_Trouble.3F

You can also try http://www.zenoshrdlu.com/acid/acid.html

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Buffernut

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Re: help with firmware version for SX230

« Reply #2 on: 22 / February / 2012, 23:27:00 »

Quote from: CanonBlue on 22 / February / 2012, 22:53:21

I put a ver.req and a vers.req file on the root directory of my card, and I have been holding down func, hitting display, hitting down, etc, and it isn't doing anything except showing me the date and time in crazy colors.

With the write protect swich turned off, it displays the crazy tumbling date and time whenever you press the FUNC SET button slightly too long before also pressing the DISP button. The trick is... within a short fraction of a second after you press the FUNC SET button, also press the DISP button. It should then display the firmware information.

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CanonBlue

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Re: help with firmware version for SX230

« Reply #3 on: 22 / February / 2012, 23:29:48 »

I just tried "Western (ASCII)" and that didn't work either. But ACID worked - tells me my firmware is 101c, and is working on downloaded the right CHDK files. Thanks!

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CanonBlue

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Re: help with firmware version for SX230

« Reply #4 on: 22 / February / 2012, 23:54:04 »

Quote from: Buffernut on 22 / February / 2012, 23:27:00

With the write protect swich turned off, it displays the crazy tumbling date and time whenever you press the FUNC SET button slightly too long before also pressing the DISP button. The trick is... within a short fraction of a second after you press the FUNC SET button, also press the DISP button. It should then display the firmware information.

For the record, I just tried that several times, and I couldn't get it to work, but its possible I was just doing it wrong. However, I think I found the right firmware version using ACID so this particular problem is solved.

I'm now moving on to other problems ... so I will leave this here for the next person who has this firmware question, and start another thread for the rest of it.

« Last Edit: 23 / February / 2012, 00:30:48 by CanonBlue »

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