Firmware Updates

crashoverride · Post by **crashoverride** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 7:32 am

crashoverride · Post by **crashoverride** » Sat Jun 30, 2018 11:07 am

As of the 2018/06/29 update, the firmware must be built with a patched esp-idf located here:
https://github.com/OtherCrashOverride/e ... 3.1-odroid

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For those flashing with the Windows utility, please note the offsets have changed from previous releases:
https://wiki.odroid.com/odroid_go/emula ... _to_upload
They should now be:

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 bootloader.bin 0x1000
 partitions.bin 0x8000
 springboard-go.bin 0x10000
 nesemu-go.bin  0x100000
 gnuboy-go.bin  0x200000
 smsplus-go.bin 0x300000

crashoverride · Post by **crashoverride** » Tue Jul 03, 2018 5:44 am

https://github.com/OtherCrashOverride/g ... 0702-psram

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    [GB] Demand load page.
    [NES] Experimental workaround for PSRAM issue.

This release make GB/GBC loading very fast by only loading data from the SD card as needed. This may cause a small "studder" in certain games.

The crashing issue with the NES SMB3 game should be resolved, but further testing is required.

rooted · Post by **rooted** » Tue Jul 03, 2018 6:57 am

Very cool.

MikeVideopunk · Post by **MikeVideopunk** » Thu Jul 05, 2018 11:24 pm

Is there a howto for upgrading the Firmware using Mac OS?

db9979 · Post by **db9979** » Thu Jul 05, 2018 11:49 pm

maybee this could be a good start:

https://vimeo.com/190308454

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS8PucmUt5Y

also in the Rom List is also a Quick Guide how to usa a Mac for Firmware Updates

BOBtoper · Post by **BOBtoper** » Fri Jul 06, 2018 5:37 am

Hi guys. I tried update my odroid but now my device is bricked. Is there any chance that anyone can make video how to update for new firmare on windows pc. Thanks

figliodeifiori · Post by **figliodeifiori** » Fri Jul 06, 2018 9:16 am

Turn off then try On + Menù to exit from the emulators.
Or try to reset the procedure from the beginning, for me it works.
I format also the sd card
I have a set of nes roms that works but i can't find other consoles. Anyone suggest?

Thanks

Post by **odroid** » Fri Jul 06, 2018 9:20 am

Please stop posting questions on this thread.
Make your own topic for your questions.

crashoverride · Post by **crashoverride** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 12:29 pm

[This firmware update is not recommended for novices]

A new firmware release can be found here:
https://github.com/OtherCrashOverride/g ... g/20180708
Download the "firmware.bin" file and copy it to the SD card (root) folder.

Download, extract, and flash the odroid-go-firmware device firmware:
https://github.com/OtherCrashOverride/o ... g/20180708
The procedure is the same as flashing previous firmware. However, the files have changed:

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bootloader.bin 0x1000
partitions.bin 0x8000
odroid-go-firmware.bin 0x10000

After the new firmware is flashed, the blue LED will flash very slowly. If it flashes rapidly, there is a problem with the "firmware.bin" file on the SD card. After four (4) very slow flashes, the normal menu should appear.

Voljega · Post by **Voljega** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 4:53 pm

So it's not the Next Generation firmware update yet right ?

crashoverride · Post by **crashoverride** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 5:24 pm

Voljega wrote:So it's not the Next Generation firmware update yet right ?

viewtopic.php?f=159&t=31475

killercucciolo · Post by **killercucciolo** » Tue Jul 10, 2018 2:19 am

Good evening, I have a question: How do I reset a rom in odroid GO, resetting the memory of the last exit from the game?
Sorry but I do not speak English well

db9979 · Post by **db9979** » Tue Jul 10, 2018 2:34 am

(Start the Game) Power Switch Off, Hold Start, Power Switch On, Release Start when game appear - Reset game

killercucciolo · Post by **killercucciolo** » Tue Jul 10, 2018 3:00 am

Okay, perfect. Thank you very much

crashoverride · Post by **crashoverride** » Tue Jul 10, 2018 4:09 pm

Firmware update:
https://github.com/OtherCrashOverride/g ... g/20180710

To upgrade from previous version:
1) Copy the "firmware.bin" to your SD card.
2) Insert the SD card in the ODROID-GO.
3) Turn off the ODROID-GO.
4) Press and hold the "B" button.
5) With the "B" pressed, turn the ODROID-GO on.
6) Wait 10 seconds.
7) Release the "B" button.

The update process will begin and the blue LED will blink slowly 4 times. If the LED blinks rapidly, there is an issue with the "firmware.bin" file on the SD card. When the update is complete, the menu will be displayed. The previous release can be restored by repeating the procedure with the previous "firmware.bin" file.

Molack · Post by **Molack** » Thu Jul 12, 2018 2:24 pm

crashoverride wrote:Firmware update:
https://github.com/OtherCrashOverride/g ... g/20180710

To upgrade from previous version:
1) Copy the "firmware.bin" to your SD card.
2) Insert the SD card in the ODROID-GO.
3) Turn off the ODROID-GO.
4) Press and hold the "B" button.
5) With the "B" pressed, turn the ODROID-GO on.
6) Wait 10 seconds.
7) Release the "B" button.

The update process will begin and the blue LED will blink slowly 4 times. If the LED blinks rapidly, there is an issue with the "firmware.bin" file on the SD card. When the update is complete, the menu will be displayed. The previous release can be restored by repeating the procedure with the previous "firmware.bin" file.

For me, the problem was: you need 20180708 to be able to update this way.

In the firmware releases, it sounds like you would need 20180702, which is the last update you can download there with the old update procedure.

I found the 20180708 update for the old procedure somewhere else.

crashoverride · Post by **crashoverride** » Thu Jul 12, 2018 3:36 pm

Firmware update:
https://github.com/OtherCrashOverride/g ... g/20180712

1) Flash the ODROID-GO device firmware:
viewtopic.php?f=158&t=31513

2) Download the "firmware.bin" file and place it on the SD card.

3) Enter firmware update mode.

All future updates will require the ODROD-GO device firmware.

crashoverride · Post by **crashoverride** » Thu Jul 19, 2018 5:12 am

Application Firmware update:
https://github.com/OtherCrashOverride/g ... -smsplusgx

1) Flash the 20180718 ODROID-GO device firmware (The older release will not work.)
2) Download the "firmware.bin" file and place it on the SD card.
3) Enter firmware update mode.

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Notes:
    Device firmware 20180718 is required
    New SD card skeleton folders are required: "odroid/data/col" and "roms/col"
    SMS/GG save files are not compatible with new emulator.
    ColecoVison requires a BIOS file on the SD card to operate and is expected at "roms/col/BIOS.col".

Springboard
    Add ColecoVision menu
    Increase menu wrap around speed

All Emulators
    Save/load from SD card
    Improve LCD display functions internally

GB
    Fix truncated sprites
    Fix CPU instruction emulation

SMS
    Replace smsplus with smsplus-gx (improved compatibly)

Coleco
    New emulator
    Select = Reset console, Start = Keypad 1, B = Left button, A = Right button

This release replaces the smsplus emulator with a port of smsplus-gx. This increases compatibility with SMS and GG titles. It also provides the new ColecoVision emulation.

asiago · Post by **asiago** » Thu Jul 19, 2018 7:22 am

flashing the 20180718-smsplusgx firmware (for me) results in an error screen with a yellow X box over the red sd card icon (and won't boot further). I notice in the Notes, it says "Device firmware 20180718 is required", is there a 'plain' 20180718 firmware that needs to be flashed first? I don't see it on github, if so.

EDIT: https://imgur.com/a/ocoyXpv

crashoverride · Post by **crashoverride** » Thu Jul 19, 2018 7:44 am

asiago wrote:error screen with a yellow X box over the red sd card icon

You need to add the "col" folders to the SD card as mentioned in the release notes:

crashoverride wrote:New SD card skeleton folders are required: "odroid/data/col" and "roms/col"

asiago · Post by **asiago** » Thu Jul 19, 2018 7:49 am

crashoverride wrote:
asiago wrote:error screen with a yellow X box over the red sd card icon
You need to add the "col" folders to the SD card as mentioned in the release notes:
crashoverride wrote:New SD card skeleton folders are required: "odroid/data/col" and "roms/col"

I missed that, my mistake! Looks good, I'll play around with some ColecoVision roms now.

Thanks for all your hard work with this.

jpxdude · Post by **jpxdude** » Thu Jul 19, 2018 5:25 pm

The new firmware (20180718) is great! Love the addition of Colecovision support.

In regards to the saving, does this mean that this is exclusively done directly to and from SD card now, or does it still flash to the memory on the Odroid at some point and need to be flushed to SD? I only ask this because in my tests, the saving and loading appear to be as fast as the previous firmware still, so just wanted to check! Thanks!

crashoverride · Post by **crashoverride** » Thu Jul 19, 2018 8:09 pm

jpxdude wrote:does this mean that this is exclusively done directly to and from SD card now

Yes, the 20180718-smsplusgx release reads and writes directly to the SD card. The internal flash is no longer used as temporary storage so there is no longer a "flush".

jpxdude wrote:the saving and loading appear to be as fast as the previous firmware still

The save state is very small relative to modern SD card sizes. The is no significant performance difference due to this. The internal flash was originally used due to technical limitations of the esp-idf SDK preventing the LCD and SD card being used concurrently. While this issue is still present "upstream", a patched SDK is now used that allows both to share the SPI bus.

Reading and writing directly to SD card was introduced in the following commits:
https://github.com/OtherCrashOverride/g ... 3c6f613fd8
https://github.com/OtherCrashOverride/g ... 14617afa31
https://github.com/OtherCrashOverride/g ... e580aff501

The patched SDK is located here:
https://github.com/OtherCrashOverride/e ... 3.1-odroid

jpxdude · Post by **jpxdude** » Thu Jul 19, 2018 8:37 pm

Very glad to see SD saving/loading confirmed! Many thanks for the quick feedback, it is much appreciated!!

borntobesingle · Post by **borntobesingle** » Thu Jul 19, 2018 9:25 pm

Hi, I have an odroid go. I have copied the firmware.bin file to the root of my sd card but when I switch off and then on with the B bottom pressed for 5 to 20 seconds. It does nothing! what am I doing wrong? Thanks

jpxdude · Post by **jpxdude** » Thu Jul 19, 2018 9:51 pm

borntobesingle wrote:Hi, I have an odroid go. I have copied the firmware.bin file to the root of my sd card but when I switch off and then on with the B bottom pressed for 5 to 20 seconds. It does nothing! what am I doing wrong? Thanks

You have to make sure you erase and flash the newest Odroid-Go firmware using the updater tool first, otherwise it won't work. There was an Odroid firmware (to flash). There is also an application firmware (firmware.bin) which needs to be added to the SD card to update by holding the B button when switching on.

pasqu_2802 · Post by **pasqu_2802** » Fri Jul 20, 2018 5:32 am

I have a problem when i flash the new firmware. With the new firmware te blue led start flashing slow but
suddenly it starts flashing faster. How can i solve this problem?

crashoverride · Post by **crashoverride** » Fri Jul 20, 2018 5:53 am

pasqu_2802 wrote:With the new firmware te blue led start flashing slow but suddenly it starts flashing faster.

You need to flash the 20180718 device firmware. Previous versions are not compatible with the 20180718-smsplusgx application firmware (firmware.bin).

aorear · Post by **aorear** » Fri Jul 20, 2018 11:14 am

I have tried to load the latest 20180718 firmware but I am receiving an error. Currently screen says ERASE ERROR Ok: [2] Length=0x9b230. Note: I have gone back to the 20180712 firmware without any issues.

crashoverride · Post by **crashoverride** » Fri Jul 20, 2018 11:35 am

You need to flash the updated device firmware first:
viewtopic.php?f=158&t=31513

When you enter firmware update mode (power + B), it will say "ODROID-GO Firmware" at the top of the display. Below that will show the version number. It should start with "ver: 20180718-". In the center of the screen, you should see "go-play-20180718".

aorear · Post by **aorear** » Fri Jul 20, 2018 11:40 am

Thanks, didn't realize that this also needed to be done. I thought with the last update we only had to load the firmware onto the SD card.

Hasslehogg · Post by **Hasslehogg** » Tue Jul 24, 2018 11:25 pm

ignore guys, figured it out, you only flash the 3 bin files and replace springboard with firmware.bin

Hi Guys

wondering if anyone can help. not normally an idiot at these kind of things but cant seem to update firmware

Odroid go, win 10 pc running 20180702

do i need to just put the 20180718-smsplusgx's firmware.bin on the root of the sd card and hold down b and power on to update

or do i need to flash the 20180718 device firmware which i think is below using the esp32 win tool?

https://github.com/OtherCrashOverride/o ... g/20180718

the problem is the wiki tells you to flash 6 items, but the link above only has bootloader, firmware and partitions?

thanks for the help in advance

mameise · Post by **mameise** » Tue Jul 24, 2018 11:28 pm

Here crash explains it. You first need the new device firmware.

viewtopic.php?f=158&t=31513

crashoverride · Post by **crashoverride** » Fri Jul 27, 2018 1:58 am

Application Firmware update:
https://github.com/OtherCrashOverride/g ... -smsplusgx

1) Download the "Go-Play.fw" file and place it on the SD card in /odroid/firmware.
2) Flash the 20180726 ODROID-GO device firmware (The older release will not work.)

kamots · Post by **kamots** » Mon Jul 30, 2018 8:54 am

If you can't figure out how to upgrade, try my new tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LD-BfR9-MI

ballboff · Post by **ballboff** » Tue Aug 07, 2018 6:31 pm

Hey guys, bit lost with the latest update (20180806), as it seems to use the old dos prompt update method. I was used to using the flashing tool and sd card combo. I couldn't get the esptool thing to work and I'm kinda glad it didn't work, as it was probably likely to brick my unit since I didn't know what I was doing. Anyone know if there is another version in the works?

crashoverride · Post by **crashoverride** » Tue Aug 07, 2018 6:39 pm

ballboff wrote:Hey guys, bit lost with the latest update (20180806)

The first post always shows the current release. There is no 20180806 release of Go-Play.fw.

Since this thread is for release info, open a new forum thread with links to what you are trying to flash.

ballboff · Post by **ballboff** » Tue Aug 07, 2018 8:55 pm

I'm talking about the device firmware, not the software.

GldRush98 · Post by **GldRush98** » Wed Aug 08, 2018 1:04 am

ballboff wrote:I'm talking about the device firmware, not the software.

There is no firmware with the date you listed. The latest firmware is from 20180727.
Device Firmware thread: viewtopic.php?f=158&t=31513

crashoverride · Post by **crashoverride** » Wed Aug 08, 2018 2:46 am

There was a "20180806-factory" device firmware published for development testing. It is a snapshot of a point in time in development and not a release. It is only intended for those helping me test.

ballboff · Post by **ballboff** » Wed Aug 08, 2018 4:31 pm

crashoverride wrote:There was a "20180806-factory" device firmware published for development testing. It is a snapshot of a point in time in development and not a release. It is only intended for those helping me test.

That's fine. Is there a roadmap of future releases and what to expect, or do I just have to keep my eye on the issues raised on the github?

crashoverride · Post by **crashoverride** » Wed Aug 08, 2018 6:17 pm

The device firmware is currently in "feature freeze" in preparation for the first official release. No additional features are scheduled to be added.

ballboff · Post by **ballboff** » Wed Aug 08, 2018 7:44 pm

crashoverride wrote:The device firmware is currently in "feature freeze" in preparation for the first official release. No additional features are scheduled to be added.

Ok, so when is that due for release?

crashoverride · Post by **crashoverride** » Sat Aug 11, 2018 5:43 am

Application Firmware update:
https://github.com/OtherCrashOverride/g ... g/20180810

1) Download the "Go-Play.fw" file and place it on the SD card in /odroid/firmware.
2) Ensure you have 20180726 (or later) ODROID-GO device firmware (The previous releases will not work.)

Optional ROM artwork:
https://dn.odroid.com/ODROID_GO/romart-20180810.tgz
Mirror:
http://tree.cafe/romart-20180810.tgz

Download and extract to the root of your SD card.

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Special thanks to @kamots for hosting the romart file, helping with debugging, and producing youtube videos to help the community.

[edit2]
Added HardKernel hosted romart link.

JasonB32 · Post by **JasonB32** » Sat Aug 11, 2018 6:54 am

Incredible work CrashOveride, I am so amazed. The menu system has come such a long way in the right direction. Thank you!!!

Also Thanks Kamots for the box art!

W3G · Post by **W3G** » Sat Aug 11, 2018 7:15 pm

Cool, great idea the ROM artwork, I'm use now! Great job! Thanks

MrFurious666 · Post by **MrFurious666** » Sat Aug 11, 2018 8:24 pm

Hi

I'm a bit confused !
I downloaded the file 5 times (in case i made a mistake) but it is Always Go-Play (20180726) once flash Ver: 20180726-278acb37b

I dunno if it is a bad file or a bad flash (not flashing in reality)

crashoverride · Post by **crashoverride** » Sat Aug 11, 2018 10:43 pm

Issues and questions should be posted to a new forum thread.

MrFurious666 wrote:I dunno if it is a bad file or a bad flash (not flashing in reality)

The .fw files include a checksum. The description "Go-Play (20180726)" is part of the data that is checksummed. This means the file being flashed is what is described and not corrupt. For continued discussion, please open a new thread on the forum.

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I should add that when most browsers download a file, they will add something to the end if the file already exists. For example, if you previously downloaded "Go-Play.fw", the next time you download it the browser may rename the new downloaded file to "Go-Play(1).fw" or similar.

ballboff · Post by **ballboff** » Sat Aug 11, 2018 11:38 pm

Have you got a list of the artwork file names? I've only got a 128 meg card in mine at the moment, so I don't want every single cover (all 120 meg of it). I also don't know what to do about missing ones....