Mirrorkisser Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 Hi everyone, today i got my new GH2. Now i am trying to apply the hack. I cant put the file on my SD-Card though. I tried several SD cards and it does not work. Gives me the message that the card is write protected. My pc and the gh2 recognise the SD card. I can even format it with the gh2. My SD-Card is the Sandisk extreme 32gig. I put the little switch on the card to unlock. Still it does not help. I can also not format it on my pc, gives me the message its write protected. Formating inside the camera works, but then for the pc its still write protected. Any help highly appreciated, i really cant wait to use my gh2 and now i cant apply the damn firmware update and hack... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dimkagord Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 This seems to be more of a problem with your computer/card reader rather than an SD Card problem. Given the fact that you tried numerous cards, and you recieve the same message, that's probably a computer hardware issue. Try using another computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirrorkisser Posted May 10, 2012 Author Share Posted May 10, 2012 Thank you for your reply! But i dont use a card reader. The SD card is in my camera, when i try to copy the file on it. Could that be part of the issue? As i said i dont have a SD card reader... cheers! help still highly appreciated! I want to use my new baby as soon as possible! :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustatron Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 there is a write protect lever on all SD cards. is it possible that they are all switched to protect? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirrorkisser Posted May 10, 2012 Author Share Posted May 10, 2012 THX for your answer, but as i wrote above, the leveller is on unlocked. i even tried it with locked and with the leveller in the middle between the two options.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kp861 Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 Hello! I have the same problem with my GH2 and I want to learn more about the problem! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustatron Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 well I think that means that the camera only allows for reading of the cards not writing to the cards. from Panasonic's point of view the user doesn't need that functionality as you only need to dump your cards and if you want to clear the card you can do that in the camera. you should just get a card reader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirrorkisser Posted May 10, 2012 Author Share Posted May 10, 2012 Well that cant be the problem either. As the GH2 hack installation guide tells you to copy the file on your SD-card. So technically this should work. I also doubt, that my cards are malfunctional. They are brandnew and i can record movies on them perfectly. My only idea is that formatting the SD card with the camera puts some weird software copy protection on it. I am buying a new sd card by another brand tomorrow and will see, where that takes me. Any other ideas are highly welcome!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirrorkisser Posted May 10, 2012 Author Share Posted May 10, 2012 KP 861, have you used your SD card with another camera or device before? I start to think that by formating it with another device it put some weird copy protection on it. But thats just a theory... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustatron Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 I always format the cards in the camera before I shoot and never have any problems with transferring data in either direction. I think its just the camera doesn't allow for the computer to write to the card you will have to do it through a card reader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirrorkisser Posted May 10, 2012 Author Share Posted May 10, 2012 Thanks for your help Dustatron. I was on the road the past 2 hours trying all kinds of SD-Cards and other Cameras. Conclusion: No matter which pc i used, they could not write on the SD-Cards in the camera. Then i found an old notebook with a SD-Card reader and that did the trick! I could write the firmware and hack on the card and it all worked fine after all. Still it surprises me, that Panasonic limit the use of sd cards like that. Anyhow, thank you very much and thank you everybody else who tried to help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock Hunter Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 I had a similar problem with an ATP card a few years ago. The card turned out to be defective and ATP replaced it. The replacement has worked fine ever since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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