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### Ingenic Cloner Utility
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The ingenic cloner application is a PC side utility that interfaces with the "USB-Boot" mode built into Ingenic SOCs. By placing the SOC into "USB-Boot" mode, you are able to use the ingenic clonger application to directly flash the firmware chip without physically removing, or interfacing to the flash chip.
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This guide is a work in progress.
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#### Shorting pins on flash chip
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The first thing to do is locate the flash memory chip on the camera circuit
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board. Typically this is a square chip with 8 pins labeled 25Q64 or 25Q128,
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rarely 25L64 or 25L128. If you have trouble locating the chip, try taking
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some pictures of your board from both sides. Then ask for help
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[in our Telegram channel](https://t.me/openipc).
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__Do not try to short-circuit any random chip! It will most likely burn your camera circuit.__
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Short-circuit pins 5 and 6 of the flash chip with a small metal object,
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a screwdriver or tweezers, right after the bootloader starts but before it
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calls up the Linux kernel.
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Pins 5 and 6 of the SOIC8 chip are on the opposite corner of pin 1, indicated
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by the embossed or drawn dot next to it.
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---
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# Download Cloner: [OpenIPC Utilities](https://openipc.org/utilities)
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---
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**OpenIPC Cloner Application Guide**
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1. **Accessing Cloner**:
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- Navigate to the "cloner-2.5.xx-ubuntu_alpha" directory, with "xx" indicating your downloaded version of Cloner.
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2. **Preparing for Firmware**:
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- Create a new folder named `0_OpenIPC_Firmware` in this directory.
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3. **Launching Cloner**:
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- Open the `cloner` application. Ensure you are using version 2.5.43 or later for compatibility.
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4. **Initial Setup**:
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- Click "Load Image" and select the "openipc_cloner_bundle_xxx.zip" file.
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- If the lock level is "2", change it to "0". Enter '!@#' (exclamation, at symbol, number sign, without any quotation marks) as the password. The 'Config' button should reappear.
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5. **Configuration Settings**:
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- Click the 'Config' button in the top-right corner.
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6. **Navigating Configuration**:
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- In the Config window, under the "Info" tab, access various configuration menus.
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7. **Device Specific Settings**:
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- Select 'Platform T'.
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- Choose the appropriate SOC version for your device next to Platform 'T'.
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- Under 'Board', select the relevant operation:
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- `txxx_sfc_nor_reader_8MB.cfg` for 8MB flash chip devices.
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- `txxx_sfc_nor_reader_16MB.cfg` for 16MB flash chip devices.
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- `txxx_sfc_nor_writer.cfg` for writing individual partitions.
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- `txxx_sfc_nor_writer_full.cfg` to flash the entire chip.
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- Click "Save" to return to the main screen.
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8. **Starting the Program**:
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- With your desired profile loaded, click "Start" on the main screen.
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9. **Device Recognition Procedure**:
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- Plug the USB cable into the device, leaving the other end unplugged.
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- Short pins 5-6 ON THE FLASH CHIP, not SoC or any other chip, use the photos as a reference, as described earlier in this document.
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- While maintaining the short, connect the USB cable to the computer. Wait 2 seconds, then release the short.
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- It may take up to 30 seconds for Cloner to recognize the device. Progress bars on the main screen will indicate ongoing operations.
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10. **Completion**:
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- Once all progress bars turn green, the operations are complete.
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Carefully follow these steps to ensure the Cloner application is set up correctly and operates as expected.
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