Nokia Dbox2

Any advice on what to do if dbox will not boot? It gets part way through and then re-boots, and just keeps doing it. I managed to connect with IFA but it freezes partway thru 'back-up' and goes no further. The lad I bought it off has also tried with no luck, including posting the log on a couple of forums (not this one). This is my last cry for help before it goes in the bin! Do you think it's f***ed?
Thanks

 

are you using a serial null as well as xover cable? are all firewalls off antivirus off etc. have you given your comp a static ip addy? as some1 i know had the same problem as you

 

Yes to all questions, apart from the last one - don't remember doing that/not sure I know how - will ask my 'supplier' if he does. Have I missed a critical step?
Cheers

 

the ethernet card you ate using give it an ip addy (static) look on page 167 it shows the steps of doing that task

 

Hi again, ive managed to get lacky pro onto the dbox and have set my area, but when i scan its only doing it for a few seconds then saying finished but with no channels do i need to have certain settings when scanning?

Cheers

 

did anyone elses box go off around 10:40pm tonight? hmmm

 

Hello

This would be my first post on DBOX.

I already have a DBOX2 running andromeda-v2x image. I am very happy with it.
I have now bought another DBOX2 from someone who said it requires flashing of a image and might be capable of Satellite veiwing.

My question is
1. What is the latest image for me to flash on it and where do I get it?
2. If Satellite viewing is possible, then how?

Thansk in advance

 

I've downloaded the Virgin image to my DBox2 and I'm now trying to ftp the add-on's via FileZilla. What is the username and password for the Virgin image as I can't find it anywhere? Cheers.

 

Got it!!

 

i am trying to use the virgin+ image and have ftp it across and flashed the box and that part works. I have also added the addin through ftp into the correct places but this doesnot work i have rebooted and checked and checked again but no luck. Is there something i have forgot to change in the settings?

 

have you chmod755?

 

my box has being working perfectly for last few months running commando 9.25. i turned on box this morning but all channels are blank. what appears is 'waiting for time'. 'Error channel not available'. any suggestions as to what might be cause of this? thanks.

 

Have you checked all your connections as it looks like no signal. When you say all channels are gone does this include FTA channels?

 

Same on FTA channels. the box wont pick up the correct time either. i know cable going into box has signal as if i plug it straight into tv i get the normal cable channels. thanks for help

 

Could be a faulty tuner. You could try another image or just try changing the CAM or Ucode. But from past experience if you can get channels on your TV and cannot get FTA on the Dbox when waiting for time come up, it usually isn't a good sign.

 

ye i had this problem before and after a week or so the box just sorted itself out. id say the box could be nearing retirement. thanks

 

Make sure the coax is tight on the RF in socket. It helps the tighter it is but as you said it could be on its way out. There are guides about on how to fix the tuner, but hopefully you wont have to do this.

 

Hi guys, just a quick question..

I've been trying to flash a couple of d-boxes tonight, and the first sagem box was fine, no problems at all, flashed it using ftp.

Second one is causing some bother though.. It's a nokia box. It struggled to boot up intitially (hence the need for a re-flash).. and I was going to stick on the Andromeda 2.0 image on it.

Along with issues with the box starting up, it also had a tendancy to randomly restart it'self while it was on.

I tried to flash it using FTP, but couldn't get it to connect to my network, so I thought I'd try the image flashing assistant (without null modem cable). Nothing came up on the LCD as I tried it... and now the box won't even hint at booting up.

Is the box totally fried, or can it be saved with the image flashing assistant, and the aid of a null modem cable to see what it's doing while it's doing it?

As a bit of background, the booting up problems mentioned above was basically that the box would sometimes look like it's not in debug mode... (i.e. the numbers don't come up on the LCD, it was a company name instead, possibly the company tha tput the normal dbox software on it intiially).. then sometimes it would go into debug mode (i.e the numbers would appear on the LCD).. it would re-boot it'self while loading the kernal, then EVENTUALLY, it would boot up... but after a few mins, it would either freeze, or reset it'self again.

I've had a very frustrating evening/morning!

 

As I have the knowledge of flashing the BDOX2 via FTP and Remote I thought to buy another DBOX2 from eBay. This is what the description was "Had this dbox for about 12 months and it has worked perfectly, I haven't used this box for a few months now it has lost all the channels. According to other people I need to reflash a image to box and update the keys or something. I haven't got a clue what to do hence selling it as faulty and no returns."

Today I received the box and connected it up. The Box is not displaying anything on TV, not the boot nor menu - nothing. Everything is visable via the LCD. So I decided to connect to the network. From the menu I setup the IP address settings correctly but I was not able to ping or connect via it.

I have also tried to flash via IFA but with no luck. The IFA 3.1 says waiting for the DBOX to start.

Please can someone help me. Give me advise on what to do or have I just bought a deadbox from eBay???

 

waitin for dbox to start thats a tricky 1 you have there mate! i think when it says that it means plug in the dbox at the wall if it still says it then un plug and back in again keep doin that until it picks up the box
if your still stuck look here
http://ukcvs.org/tv/Flashing with IFA.htm
plus this has been covered on here many times now this vid is done with out a null cable