dpf-ax: unsupported dpf - requests

Hi,
I've got a DPF New Black Mini 2,4 " which seems to be not supported:

Detecting & reading dpf flash...
Opening generic SCSI device '/dev/sg2'
Manufacturer: Winbond
Size        : 2 MB
Reading 200000 bytes...
Flash written to file 'identify.out/full.bin'.

Looking for firmware.............: Found (coby, 240x320 px).
Looking for Openwin..............: Found.
Looking for LcdIniTbl............: Found.
Looking for known signatures.....: None.
Looking for known version info...: None.

Sorry, no matching dpf found.

I tried all portrait DPF FWs but no luck. Only flashing with 'linkdelight_black_portrait_2.bin' brought a partially success - screen with colorfull vertical stripes.
I attached the full.bin.
Many thanks in advance for your help.

Hi prezes551,

please try attached fw.

superelchi

Yes, yes, yes !!! My DPF works now perfectly with 'fw_linkdelight_black_portrait_3'. Many, many thanks superelchi.
Cheers ;-)

Hi Superelchi,

This is my DPF:link to amazon offer

ProgSPI doesn`t detect anything if I press reset and menu in the described way.

Pythons identify says: looking for firmware........not found - this is no known firmware

The windows Drive-Symbol of the Device is called DPFMate and this is what I found in the file StartInfoUnicode:

[info]
UserId=User
StartPic=1
UserPic=14
LangIndex=0
Language=English
FirmwareVer=EDPF1.1_STANDARD_V2.0.0
FlashType=Pm25LV040
FlashSize=512
PID=0x1315
LogoStr=Welcome
Titlename=DPFMate
CorpLink=http://www.buildwin.com.cn
CopyRightTips=Copyright (C) 2007 AppoTech Corporation
ThumbColumn=3
ThumbWidth=56
FontName=MS Sans Serif
FontSize=9
[LCD]
Width=96
Height=64

I would like to attach the firmware-dump I made with python, but I dont know how

Thanks in advance

Quincy Wrote:
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> I would like to attach the firmware-dump I made
> with python, but I dont know how
>

Without a dump of the original fw there is nothing I can do.
You have to be a registered member of this forum if you want attach a file. Or upload it somewhere else (Dropbox/Mediafire/Freakshare,...) and post a link.

superelchi



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/29/2013 01:51AM by superelchi.

Thank you for the invitation, now I`m registered.

I will attach the dump now.
With the windows-version of python I have, I can only dump the first 1mb.
I hope this is enough.

Hi quincy,

I had a look at your dump. Dosen't look very promising. :-(
As identify.py said - this is no known firmware. It doesn't have the header and jumptables from the Buildwin SDK. I'm not even sure if your dpf uses an AX206.
Could you open it and post a picture of the pcb?

superelchi

Thank you Superelchi,

here are the pictures.

Maybe I should start thinking about the pictures I`m going to upload to my new tiny little Photoframe :-)

Quincy

Bad news: does not look like this is an AX206 dpf.
Even ProgSPI rejects the firmware dump as invalid.
So: not hackable with dpf-ax.

Sorry,
superelchi

Hello,

I stumbled on this dpf on dinodirect. Got them for about $4 on sale. Today I tried to flash one of them, unfortunately I got some "Resource temporarily unavailable" errors just after message "Erasing flash", so now this DPF is no more than a small paperweight. Anyway, I was able to dump the firmware (please see attached).

messages from identify.py:
Looking for firmware.............: Found (buildwin, 320x240 px).
Looking for Openwin..............: Found.
Looking for LcdIniTbl............: Found.
Looking for backlight & contrast.: Found, Found.
Looking for known signatures.....: None.

Sorry, no matching dpf found.

But the following models have partial signature matches: focal_custom focal_cust
om_2
One of these firmwares MAY work for your dpf.

./detect.py usb0 :

Found AX206 DPF (bootloader)
Manufacturer: Apple
Size : 1 MB


ProgSPI:
Flash info is Cmd-9f: ID:0xc84014c8
Flash info is Cmd-ab: ID:0x13131313
Flash info is Cmd-90: ID:0xc813c813
Can't find the flash info,please add it's info to flash library according to flash ID.

(of course any help with unbricking this frame will be greatly appreciated!)



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 05/31/2013 09:38AM by kodi.

@kodi

Good price for a 320x240 dpf!
Try attached fw. Please see if the brightness adjustment works correctly. Another one with a weird brightness control routine...

"Resource temporarily unavailable" errors are common if your USB cable is bad or there are some problems with the USB port. There is no damage done. Just reflash the dpf. Did you use the USB cable that came with the dpf? They are known to be crap. Try a better cable/another USB port/another PC.

superelchi

.. and here a FlashLib.ini with support for your flash.

superelchi

Works!! thank you very much!
Just to be sure I tried another cable - yep that was the case.

Thank you for your help anyway.

So they put pcbs with a completely different processor into the same shell, what makes it a little more difficult to find a DPF which will definetly work.

I wonder where I can buy one now. I´m from Germany and I would need an offer with an affordable price including shipping.

Maybe Kodi can post a link?

No problem.
http://www.dinodirect.com/2-4-LCD-16MB-Digital-Photo-Frame-White.htm

They usually have pretty expensive stuff compared to other vendors, but they key with this site is they have sales almost every week. Regular price for my frames was $15, on sale for $9 and got $5 voucher for recommending another person (my other email). $4 including shipping :)

BTW: I got the lcd4linux working, found nice theme (author was Olderzeus if I'm not mistaken) and now I'm in the process of editing images in the theme. Looks awesome:

http://ssl.bulix.org/projects/lcd4linux/attachment/wiki/CoolStuff/%E8%B0%83%E6%95%B4%E5%A4%A7%E5%B0%8F%20IMG_0118.JPG

btw: ax206term works as well



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 06/02/2013 03:14PM by kodi.

Yea, nice theme.
Would you mind sharing your lcd4linux.conf?
Still looking for some some good confs to include in dpf-ax (320x240, 240x320 and 128x128.) The current confs are only a "proof of concept" and really boring...

superelchi

My theme is not finished yet - still have some quirks to iron them out, but here is the link to the original theme:
http://pan.baidu.com/share/link?shareid=150013&uk=1107847486#dir/path=%2FIomega%C2%AE%20Home%20Media%20Network%20Hard%20Drive%2C%20Cloud%20Edition%2FDPF%20on%20Debian

Look for the file mytheme.20130521.tgz - there is full desription inside (in Chinese, but Google Translator makes pretty ok translation to English).

If you have any problem, repacked to tar.bz2 theme is in the attachment. lcd4linux.conf is included in that file as well.

kodi Wrote:
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> My theme is not finished yet - still have some
> quirks to iron them out, but here is the link to
> the original theme:
> http://pan.baidu.com/share/link?shareid=150013&uk=
> 1107847486#dir/path=%2FIomega%C2%AE%20Home%20Media
> %20Network%20Hard%20Drive%2C%20Cloud%20Edition%2FD
> PF%20on%20Debian
>
> Look for the file mytheme.20130521.tgz - there is
> full desription inside (in Chinese, but Google
> Translator makes pretty ok translation to
> English).
>
> If you have any problem, repacked to tar.bz2 theme
> is in the attachment. lcd4linux.conf is included
> in that file as well.

Hi!, I'm here.

Because mytheme is custom in chinese and show aqi data for Beijing, so I'm not release it in here.
I'm very happy if someone can improvement it to apply general.

In desription, I missed something inclue howto add script to system cron,and package deppend...

Since using Google translate, my English is worse than before.

Bus 007 Device 035: ID 1908:0102 GEMBIRD
fulldump_20130616-100020.bin
device photos

studio tools # ./identify.py fulldump_20130616-100020.bin 
Looking for firmware.............: Found (coby, 128x128 px).
Looking for Openwin..............: Found.
Looking for LcdIniTbl............: Found.
Looking for backlight & contrast.: Found, Found.
Looking for known signatures.....: None.

Sorry, no matching dpf found.

But the following models have partial signature matches: agk_violet dx27893 eachdesk_tumbler veovision 
One of these firmwares MAY work for your dpf.

studio tools # gphoto2 --summary
Camera summary:                                                                
Your USB picture frame has a AX203 chipset

studio tools # gphoto2 --storage-info
[Storage 0]                                                                    
basedir=/
access=0 Read-Write
type=3 Fixed RAM
fstype=3 Generic Flat
totalcapacity=1024 KB
free=359 KB

[1453180.438427] usb 7-3: ep0 maxpacket = 8
[1453180.462627] usb 7-3: default language 0x0409
[1453180.483643] usb 7-3: udev 25, busnum 7, minor = 792
[1453180.483646] usb 7-3: New USB device found, idVendor=1908, idProduct=0102
[1453180.483648] usb 7-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=2, Product=3, SerialNumber=0
[1453180.483650] usb 7-3: Product: Digital Photo Frame
[1453180.483651] usb 7-3: Manufacturer: BUILDWIN
[1453180.483733] usb 7-3: usb_probe_device
[1453180.483735] usb 7-3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[1453180.485646] usb 7-3: adding 7-3:1.0 (config #1, interface 0)
[1453180.492669] usb-storage 7-3:1.0: usb_probe_interface
[1453180.492674] usb-storage 7-3:1.0: usb_probe_interface - got id
[1453180.492746] scsi17 : usb-storage 7-3:1.0
[1453180.492828] hub 7-0:1.0: state 7 ports 4 chg 0000 evt 0008
[1453181.505057] scsi 17:0:0:0: CD-ROM            buildwin  Photo Frame     1.01 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[1453181.515052] sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 40x/40x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
[1453181.515164] sr 17:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
[1453181.515237] sr 17:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg4 type 5

Bought from delight-digi few months ago, the item has been removed.
It looks exactly like this one > Portable Mini 1.5" LCD Digital Photo Frame

Hi,

please try attached fw.

superelchi

studio tools # ./restore.py ../../fw_delightdigi_3.bin 
Found AX206 DPF
Error: Failed to claim usb device!
Possibly you have to detach the device from hid.
Use hiddetach from the fw folder: 'sudo fw/hiddetach'
                       or libhid: 'sudo libhid-detach-device 1908:3318'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./restore.py", line 25, in <module>
    d = dpf.open("usb0")
SystemError: Failed to open port:
Unknown error

studio tools # ./hiddetach 
./hiddetach: warning - no dpf in bootloader mode found.

studio tools # libhid-detach-device 1908:0102
Trying to detach HID with IDs 1908:0102... hid_force_open failed with return code 16.

studio tools # ./restore.py ../../fw_delightdigi_3.bin 
Found AX206 DPF
bulk ACK read: Resource temporarily unavailable
bulk ACK read: No such device
bulk ACK read: No such device
bulk ACK read: No such device
bulk ACK read: No such device
Error: Got invalid reply

Detecting protocol: No such device
Got LCD dimensions: 0x0
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./restore.py", line 25, in <module>
    d = dpf.open("usb0")
SystemError: Failed to open port:
Unknown error

May be you need to be root?

superelchi

superelchi Wrote:
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> May be you need to be root?
>
> superelchi

I am running it as root.
Don't I need to try disabling kernel hid?

What hw/distri?

Short howto for Debian / Ubuntu / Mint:

Put dpf in bootloader-mode: press & hold RESET, press MENU, release RESET, release MENU.
If everything went well, look for an entry in syslog like:

generic-usb 0003:1908:3318.0007: hiddev0,hidraw5: USB HID v2.01 Device [BUILDWIN BL206v1.0.0] on usb-0000:00:1a.0-1.6/input0

Than

cd tools
sudo ./hiddetach
sudo ./restore.py ../../fw_delightdigi_3.bin -f

superelchi

Did not knew about bootloader mode :P
Now it is working, thanks.

studio tools # ./restore.py ../../fw_delightdigi_3.bin -f
Found AX206 DPF (bootloader)
Manufacturer: Apple
Size        : 1 MB
Erase full flash...
Flashing sector 0...
Flashing sector 1...
Flashing sector 2...
Flashing sector 3...
Executing applet..

The device has a dead battery, it is not charging.
Also device hanged every time I disconnected it from usb, so I used reset button after each connect.
No hangs anymore after the flash.
May I remove the battery from the device?
I want to remove it because the device is not charging and only working when connected to usb.
Dead battery eats electricity and produces heat…

Glad I could help.
So I will add delightdigi_3 to the list of working dpfs.

Removing the - mostly crap - battery is always a good idea.
Here is a tut (in german) how to to it.

superelchi

Hi there, I purchased a 1.5" Keychain Photo Viewer from eBay the other day which seems to have the generic AX206 DPF PCB except with an epoxy blob uC. Pictures here and FW dump attached.

Detecting & reading dpf flash...
Opening generic SCSI device '/dev/sr0'
Manufacturer: Apple
Size        : 1 MB
Reading 100000 bytes from flash...
Flash written to file 'fulldump_20130618-212219.bin'.

Looking for firmware.............: Found (coby, 128x128 px).
Looking for Openwin..............: Found.
Looking for LcdIniTbl............: Found.
Looking for backlight & contrast.: Found, Found.
Looking for known signatures.....: None.

Sorry, no matching dpf found.

[ 8549.560676] usb 2-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=1908, idProduct=0102
[ 8549.560698] usb 2-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=2, Product=3, SerialNumber=0
[ 8549.560715] usb 2-1.2: Product: Digital Photo Frame
[ 8549.560727] usb 2-1.2: Manufacturer: BUILDWIN
[ 8549.570249] scsi18 : usb-storage 2-1.2:1.0
[ 8550.578300] scsi 18:0:0:0: CD-ROM            buildwin  Photo Frame     1.01 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[ 8550.584276] sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 40x/40x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
[ 8550.584700] sr 18:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0

Irritatingly, this is also one of the DPFs which do a lot of USB resets...

[ 8553.696884] usb 2-1.2: reset full-speed USB device number 20 using ehci_hcd
[ 8556.888775] usb 2-1.2: reset full-speed USB device number 20 using ehci_hcd
[ 8560.077711] usb 2-1.2: reset full-speed USB device number 20 using ehci_hcd
[ 8563.265713] usb 2-1.2: reset full-speed USB device number 20 using ehci_hcd
...ad infinitum

Thanks in advance for your help!

Hi,

please try attached fw.
Please test if the brightness control is working. Another one with a strange brightness table...

superelchi

Hi there,

The firmware works perfectly, and brightness control seems to have improved over the original because it can go dimmer.
Thanks for the help!

FYI: three new models in svn:
- delightdigi_3.
- dinodirect.
- estation100.

superelchi