Yi Dome 1080P and Yi Outdoor Cam - Ability to use 32Gb or 64Gb SD card?

[Fookes74]

Hi,

I'm trying to flash Yi Hack V5 on to the above cameras, starting with Dome Cam 1080p with a 32Gb card in. When plugging in SD card and starting camera it just boots as normal. Tried repeated times without it taking. Is it the size of the SD card that is affecting it, and will it likely be the same for the Outdoor cam with 64Gb card in?

The wording states 'preferable' 16Gb or less SD capacity but it doesn't insist on it. Can anyone shed light on this?

[alienatedsec]

@Fookes74 the only rule is the card needs to be FAT32 to flash successfully

[Fookes74]

@Fookes74 the only rule is the card needs to be FAT32 to flash successfully

@alienatedsec - But that's exactly what I've done. Used a Mac via Disk Utility set to MS-DOS(FAT). Also used SD Formatter app. Tried on two different SD Cards (both 32Gb) on two different YI 1080p Dome cameras and both go solid yellow for around 5 seconds and then go to flashing blue. Never solid blue, and certainly not a decent period of yellow whilst it boots in to the hack.

Any advice? Does the speed of card make a difference? Whilst I appreciate your comment I'm curious why the wording mention the preference for a 16Gb card or less?

[alienatedsec]

@Fookes74 because those are usually formatted FAT32 by default in Windows

[alienatedsec]

@Fookes74 i am not a MAC user so I cannot help.

[Fookes74]

Anyone else have experience on this (via Mac)? I've flashed a Yi Home camera with a 16Gb card first time without issue. I'm beginning to wonder whether formatting SD cards of this capacity on Mac is causing the issues.

[Z1mDMan]

Anyone else have experience on this (via Mac)? I've flashed a Yi Home camera with a 16Gb card first time without issue. I'm beginning to wonder whether formatting SD cards of this capacity on Mac is causing the issues.

use disk utility, select the card, Format: MS-DOS (FAT) and Scheme: Master Boot Record

I have done this successfully with a 32Gig card. I haven't tried bigger yet.

[ads1230]

Use the official app for formatting.

https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter/sd-memory-card-formatter-for-mac-download/

[jofemodo]

I'm trying with Yi Outdoor 1080p and 32GB Kingston uSD card (brand new).

• First, with the preformatted partition => No luck
• Deleting partition and recreating a primary partition of 32GB (type "b" on fdisk). Use mkfs.vfat to format. => No luck
• Deleting partition and recreating a primary partition of 16GB (type "b" on fdisk). Use mkfs.vfat to format. => No luck
• Same process using gparted => No luck

When powered on, the orange led is solid for 2-3 seconds, then blinking blue for a 2-3 seconds more and finally, solid blue. A normal boot. No trace of firmware writing.

So, it seems that Outdoor 1080p doesn't work with 32GB SD-cards. At less not with the Kingston one i have ;-) Tomorrow i will try with a smaller one.

I'm using files from 0.3.7 BETA.

Regards,

[alienatedsec]

@jofemodo too much detail in your post - don't expose yourself.

The first four digits xxUS and the current firmware version will be enough.

[jofemodo]

OK! Thanks for your advice and for deleting the comment!

[jofemodo]

I just tried to burn the firmware again, using a smaller SD-card, formatted as fat32 and copying the latest firmware files in the root, but it didn't work for me. The camera boots normally. No blinking orange. Am I missing some stupid detail, or could my camera not being compatible with yi-hack-v5?

My camera is RFUS with a very recent firmware, from mid 2022.

Thanks

[jofemodo]

Excuse @alienatedsec !

You undervote my comment but didn't explain what is wrong with it. I supose i didn't provide the right info. Let's try again ...

• RFUSY597 => The first four digits "after" the xxUS
• Firmware: 9.0.26.08_202203181055

Thanks

[alienatedsec]

It is the Allwinner platform, and is not compatible with v5; hence why. Try @roleoroleo repos

[stevegoossens]

The section in this repo's readme (expandable with (Click) "spoiler") was written by me for v4 and is a method to make a small partition on a large capacity removable drive/card and works for the purpose of flashing this firmware.

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