RAK7201 Briked after firmware upgrade

Hi Nikola

I also bricked mine, I live in Switzerland, can I send it to you?

Thanks Christoph

Hello @chuckle ,

Please get in touch with us on [email protected]

Nikola Semov

Sorry, same here.
Ordered recently a RAK7201 from a shop but it seems it was not V2.
Somehow I landed through a link to the setup page which was apparently for V2…and I wasn’t aware that there are several versions.

I have access to a JLink. Can you provide some instructions how to reflash the device?

Thx. and best regards

Hello @bitlischieber ,

Here is a guide for this procedure:

(Its google drive because I can not upload .zip)

Regards,
Nikola Semov

Thank you, it worked. I even didn’t had to solder the reset pin.
What me confuses is, that the PCB is marked with “RAK7201 V2.0” but it seems to be just a “RAK7201”…so the PCB marking is a little bit confusing/misleading.

Probably you can update the manual with an update, how to identify the correct version and point out, that there are two versions.

Anyway, thanks for the quick support!

Hi Nikola!
Can you reshare unbrik7201_pack.zip?

I bricked my RAK7201 V1, too
Thanks!

Can you write instructions how did you do re-flash?
Maybe you still have unbrik7201_pack.zip

I am sharing a link to download the archive (can’t upload here).
This works for RAK7201 V1, not V2!

Nikola Semov

Hello Nikola,
there is also unbrick7201v2_pack ?
I just bricked the RAK7201V2 using firmware for RAK7201.
There is something wrong in documentation links for RAK7201v2 and I download
wrong firmware.

Thank you in advance.

Regards
Andrea

Shared some steps here @andreag0 - Bricked RAK7201V2

Hello Andrea,

Carl shared the steps for recovery above.
The firmware on the link in the documentation downloads the .bin for RAK7201V2.
Can you share the problematic link that led you to download the wrong firmware?

Nikola Semov

Hello Nikola and Carl,
thank you for support.

Best Regards
Andrea