BDR-XS07S UHD Flash

[Woodstock]

There is no way to downgrade to 1.01 if I locate a copy of that firmware?

If you could figure out how to install an older version of the software, there are a LOT of people who would want to talk to you. Unfortunately, it seems that any drive built on or after 12/22/2022 has had its firmware locked, and it would take replacing chips to fix it.

[jhnkane]

There is no way to downgrade to 1.01 if I locate a copy of that firmware?

If you could figure out how to install an older version of the software, there are a LOT of people who would want to talk to you. Unfortunately, it seems that any drive built on or after 12/22/2022 has had its firmware locked, and it would take replacing chips to fix it.

has anyone posted their attempt on an external flash? id be interested to help (try myself) but i am not willing to teardown my own drive.

[MartyMcNuts]

There is no way to downgrade to 1.01 if I locate a copy of that firmware?

If you could figure out how to install an older version of the software, there are a LOT of people who would want to talk to you. Unfortunately, it seems that any drive built on or after 12/22/2022 has had its firmware locked, and it would take replacing chips to fix it.

has anyone posted their attempt on an external flash? id be interested to help (try myself) but i am not willing to teardown my own drive.

Many things have been tried and failed. This has been an issue that we have been looking into for the past 18+ months.

[jhnkane]

If you could figure out how to install an older version of the software, there are a LOT of people who would want to talk to you. Unfortunately, it seems that any drive built on or after 12/22/2022 has had its firmware locked, and it would take replacing chips to fix it.

has anyone posted their attempt on an external flash? id be interested to help (try myself) but i am not willing to teardown my own drive.

Many things have been tried and failed. This has been an issue that we have been looking into for the past 18+ months.

thanks Marty. i understand the complexity. im interested in bypassing the new firmware's write protections. ill plan to report back if i come up with anything but first i need to find a broken/for parts drive to work with.

[Coopervid]

has anyone posted their attempt on an external flash? id be interested to help (try myself) but i am not willing to teardown my own drive.

Many things have been tried and failed. This has been an issue that we have been looking into for the past 18+ months.

thanks Marty. i understand the complexity. im interested in bypassing the new firmware's write protections. ill plan to report back if i come up with anything but first i need to find a broken/for parts drive to work with.

Read here.

https://github.com/rpc1dev/DVRFlash

This was the skunk works. SCSI commands using Winaspi. You just can't access the firmware chip directly or do you think that an average user will take his drive apart to connect a programmer to the chip to flash the firmware?

[jhnkane]

ya i dont think anyone is suggesting that the solution is tearing their drive apart. thanks thou mr Cooper

[Coopervid]

ya i dont think anyone is suggesting that the solution is tearing their drive apart. thanks thou mr Cooper

The people who worked on this are no idiots. Good luck if you want to pick up this task.

[mdeshaun]

Based on the data from MakeMKV, it looks like my drive is flashable. Can someone point me in the direction of how to flash the UHD firmware?


Drive Information
OS device name: E:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-XS07
Revision: 1.01
Serial number: [redacted]
Firmware date: 2020-09-03
Bus encryption flags: 13

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8E20
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-BDS7
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 1.01
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

[Coopervid]

Based on the data from MakeMKV, it looks like my drive is flashable. Can someone point me in the direction of how to flash the UHD firmware?


Drive Information
OS device name: E:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-XS07
Revision: 1.01
Serial number: [redacted]
Firmware date: 2020-09-03
Bus encryption flags: 13

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8E20
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-BDS7
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 1.01
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

Read your PM.

[flojo]

Could you PM the link too? I just picked one up.

Just by holding this it feels cheap. Who actually manufacturers the Pioneer USB slim drives and are they the same quality as their 5.25 drives?

I know Pioneer outsources most or all electronics today. For instance I have a PLX-1000 record player and while it is very good, it's not fabricated or designed by Pioneer. I know that their original 3.25 floppy drives were Toshiba although I believe their first consumer DVD-ROM (100D?? 101A?? .. big SCSI thing) was actually made my them.

[Coopervid]

Could you PM the link too? I just picked one up.

Just by holding this it feels cheap. Who actually manufacturers the Pioneer USB slim drives and are they the same quality as their 5.25 drives?

I know Pioneer outsources most or all electronics today. For instance I have a PLX-1000 record player and while it is very good, it's not fabricated or designed by Pioneer. I know that their original 3.25 floppy drives were Toshiba although I believe their first consumer DVD-ROM (100D?? 101A?? .. big SCSI thing) was actually made my them.

Post your Makemkv info.