jhm
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- Aug 14, 2014
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- Dash Cam
- Thinkware F770
Hi everybody!
A couple of years ago I bought the F770 from UK (since we had no vendors for this unit here in Sweden) and recently I have had issues. The G-shock warning beep (after a sharp turn or going över a speedbump) and then the unit restarts itself. After that it has happened, that the unit asks to be formatted every time I start my car. How I remedied that the first time it happened, was to download the UK firmware from Thinkware, and "re-flashed" the unit. After that it was fine for a very long time. Today it started acting up again, in the exact same way. I suspect it is the latest firmware doing something, because this occurs on BOTH my Thinkware branded memory cards.
So to the question itself. When the EU-firmware emerged on the Thinkware website a while ago, I sent them an e-mail, asking if it would be possible to re-flash my UK bought unit with the EU firmware, since I'm in Sweden, and not the UK. The response I got (after several weeks) was don't do it unless you are experiencing any problems. So which is it? Do you know if I could safely re-flash my unit with the EU-firmware instead of the UK version, or would that most likely brick my unit?
Would be very grateful for some qualified advice.
Cheers!
A couple of years ago I bought the F770 from UK (since we had no vendors for this unit here in Sweden) and recently I have had issues. The G-shock warning beep (after a sharp turn or going över a speedbump) and then the unit restarts itself. After that it has happened, that the unit asks to be formatted every time I start my car. How I remedied that the first time it happened, was to download the UK firmware from Thinkware, and "re-flashed" the unit. After that it was fine for a very long time. Today it started acting up again, in the exact same way. I suspect it is the latest firmware doing something, because this occurs on BOTH my Thinkware branded memory cards.
So to the question itself. When the EU-firmware emerged on the Thinkware website a while ago, I sent them an e-mail, asking if it would be possible to re-flash my UK bought unit with the EU firmware, since I'm in Sweden, and not the UK. The response I got (after several weeks) was don't do it unless you are experiencing any problems. So which is it? Do you know if I could safely re-flash my unit with the EU-firmware instead of the UK version, or would that most likely brick my unit?
Would be very grateful for some qualified advice.
Cheers!