I need a little hint please:

Up till now I have always named my firmware patches sequentially, upwards from GH2__V10.bin to GH2__V11.bin and so forth. Is this really necessary? Or can I just name it any number as long as it's not V10.bin?

I guess what I mean is: must patches be applied in sequence (firmware file name) order?

Also if this is not possible, can I then reset to original firmware and start over?

Thinking about jumping between patches on set.

Thanks!

@smoke23

I was also confused by this at first. But if you mean in Ptools software, "version increment", it can always be set to a value of 1, just make sure it is ticked. :)

I'm not sure about the firmware file name thing though... cuz:

At the 1st page in this thread someone states;

"4.SAVE firmware. use same file name as original except change the last digit to anything else."

and this made me wonder (if this has to be sequential? and if it doesn't, well I guess we can just load different patches easily, otherwise we have to revert to base/original firmware if we need to switch patches back and forth a few times - unless we have a few cards with sequential firmware, he he).

For people who can't get their heads around patches and patched firmwares ;-
1. Copy the hacked firmware GH2__V10.bin plus any of the patches (such as Driftwood's,s cbrandins, etc...) you downloaded from personal-view (here) into your ptools folder.
When you make a patch, you have to save it to one of the designated A to J buttons using shift + click on any of these A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I, J buttons - hence why files for patches are called setA.ini, setB.ini, etc... to setJ.ini when you download them from Driftwood, cbrandin etc...! yeah?!
2. Now run ptools, and you are asked to load the firmware GH2__V10.bin. Do it - load it!
3. There along the bottom - from A to J - are buttons where the patches are stored. e.g. setc.ini is stored to button C. Geddit?
4. Now click any of the patches (hover over each button and info as regards to the patch setting will be displayed) on the A to J buttons. Notice the settings inside ptools change?!
5. When you have the chosen patch loaded into ptools and are happy, click SAVE FIRMWARE button to save it and give it the name GH2__V11.bin (for arguments sake). Save this newly patched firmware to your SDCARD.
6. After making sure your camera's battery is fully charged, insert SD card into camera, switch on, and hit the triangular Playback button. There it asks you if you would like to update the firmware, use up menu button and select YES.
7. Allow a few minutes for the firmware to be patched with the new settings which you chose in ptools.
8. Once patched, nothing will look any different in the camera (apart from the new ISO high settings are now selectable) so don't expect lots of new exciting menus etc... as all newly applied ptools settings such as INTRA are now set as part of the internal camera's encoder settings.
9. Record away. After recording, bring in footage to computer and notice the differences from stock settings with your new settings! Use Streamparser to confirm you are getting INTRA, filesizes, etc...
10. Chill out and have a beer.

So to revert to stock firmware, back to original GH2 specs, just load up GH2__V10.bin in ptools. Click version increment (1 or 10 will be fine) and just save it out as GH2_V11 without selecting anything in ptools? Correct?

Thanks for all your help so far everyone!

@kanintesova

I just loaded the original GH2__V10.bin onto my SD card. Hit play on the GH2 to load it and nothing happens. It doesn't detect it at all. Am I doing something wrong or do we have to use ptools to go back to the original firmware?

If anybody has exact steps or has loaded their original firmware back to the GH2 after the hack, any help would be appreciated. Thank you guys so much for all your help so far!

I don't know if I want base firmware, just I can load new patches :D

but firmware should work if it's real

I didn't realize you first have to install the leaked GH2__V10.bin before trying to install the hacked file GH2__V11.bin

Hope this helps anyone who is looking for this solution like I was.

@kanintesova

Just Reset Rec. Settings and Reset Setup/Custom Paramaters and I'm back to the original GH2 bitrate settings?

@iket

Thanks!

I just woke up now and THE FIRST thing on my mind was, "hmm what about version increment - it MUST be ticked to be able to overwrite the current setting". I had to come here and check and you confirmed my suspicion. HA HA. Thanks Mate!

OK, it is proving stupidly difficult to find information online that will show me how to do a low level format on my SD card. I have windows, and Linux operating systems so my option are open. Can someone please tell me exactly how they do this?

@driftwood Do you mean with windows regular format tool. IE right click drive E / Format / uncheck quick format? If this is the case the good news I have done it, the bad news is my card is not good enough for Your AQuarius version 2 hack on 80% variable. It for the most part works with everything else. I did stumble upon your new Terraquake hack today and was thinking of trying it. I have the same card as Trackzillas (sandisk extreme pro 45mbs). I am still quite the noob, but like with my computer I like to go to the edge of what they can do. If I may borrow your expertise for a moment more, what card or cards do you use? I'm contemplating taking this up with Sandisk and getting something better.

Thanks, and thanks for helping make this awesome little camera more awesome. I am in Japan so I literally have been waiting for the sun to come up so I can go do some more testing. I will install terraquake first ;)

This can be done for G1 camera ( Enable Video capability ) ?

Remap REC button to LVF/LCD (or any other button ) and flash a video enabled firmware ( GH1 , G10 ) to G1 camera ?

Thanks