| Symptom | Likely Fix | |--------|-------------| | USB light not blinking | Wrong USB port or format | | “No upgrade file found” | File name wrong or not FAT32 | | Upgrade stops at 50% | Corrupt .bin or wrong version | | Screen stays black | Incompatible firmware (brick) | | Device reboots repeatedly | Try another USB drive (older, smaller) |
If your hardware has physical damage (cracked screen, burnt smell, dead ports), this recovery guide will not help. But for 90% of software bricks, this works.
After copying, safely eject the USB drive using Windows "Safely Remove Hardware." Unplugging without ejecting can corrupt the file table.
Continue holding until a "Software Updating" message or a blue progress screen appears. Completion: