SQ8 mini camera FW dump.

[nutsey]

[Ambertek] SQ8 mini DV camera is one of the cheapest cams at the market. But it has the certain tendency to become a useless device known as 'brick' under some still 100% unknown conditions.

So, here is the flash chip dump to unbrick it with a general SPI flash programmer (search for 'CH341A' at ebay or aliexpress) and basic soldering skills and equipment:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4t...ew?usp=sharing

[stormrider]

hi buddy, need your help regarding SQ8 mini dv cam .... it got bricked .... i suppose. not being detected by usb port, blur light remains still when powered on .... can you help please???

[nutsey]

Hi,

Do you have any soldering skills?

[stormrider]

Thankyou so much for your reply.
yep very good soldering skills.

[stormrider]

It has got a T25S40 SPI Chip on it.

[stormrider]

[stormrider]

[nutsey]

Oh. Mine is completely different inside.

[stormrider]

But still software and procedure would be same .... isn't it?

[nutsey]

I've got red PCB with a Syntec SoC onboard and an SOP8 SPI flash chip.

[stormrider]

If you can guide me how to do it, i will give it a try ...

[stormrider]

My Spi flash chip is also 8 pin

[stormrider]

Can you please guide me?

[nutsey]

First you need to find a dump suitable for your hardware.

[stormrider]

I hope same dump would work for this model as well .... both cams from same company ... both chinese .... they must have used same dump files. We can give it a try ... otherwise its already a paper weight

[stormrider]

You there ???? Can you help please?

[nutsey]

Do you have an SPI flash programming device?

[stormrider]

Yep, i jave a universal programmer

[stormrider]

There??????

[nutsey]

Can't find a software with T25S40 flash support. BTW, here is the datasheet for it: http://bmsemi.com/upload/file/201603...7381395063.pdf