Thread: Discuss possible conversion of nuvicam to dezl

Searching the fw in a hex editor shows both nuvicam and dezlcam (I'm assuming you meant dezlcam not dezl) to have 105-02547-00. GMapTool discloses HWIDs of 2043 and 2141 respectively.

Both are automotive devices however the big difference is that dezl devices have firmware additionally optimized for heavy trucks and a nuvi fw is only ideal for cars. If your ride is a Prius not a Peterbilt you really won't need the dezlcam fw, although it's probably like other dezl devices and will let you select car or truck mode.

lol Yea, I get the differences in purposes for code -Normally I'd just buy a dezl & call it done, but since dezl's are a couple $ more than nuvi's on amazon, I figured I'd just buy the cheaper one & flash it over to the other product type.

Comparing the specs/additional page between the 2, the only thing that seems to really stick out is "Automatic Incident Detection (G-sensor): yes", so the dezl may have an accelerometer that triggers video on sudden deceleration -which I figured was just always on & they had it configured to logrotate the oldest content out. Not HUGELY important to me... :/

Anyways, what would I use to change the flash from 1 product type to another in a situation such as this? =)
Thanks!

Both devices have Automatic Incident Detection where the video is saved if a traffic incident is detected.

As far as the conversion itself, because the PCB P/Ns match you should be safely able to do a full conversion by flashing the delzcam's firmware as an RGN file in preboot mode. However the safest way is to first test it by doing a hybrid conversion using the nuvicam's boot.bin combined with the delzcam's fw_all.bin and resources.bin while retaining the nuvi HWID of 2043. If something goes belly-up it's easier to recover it to a nuvicam with the original HWID. You'll need to copy it's nonvol memory before you do anything too. Happy to assist further with the hybrid fw should you wish to proceed.

@jccoetzee
If you haven't been clearing nonvol memory while doing your flashings of the nuvicam best to at least do it now. Neglecting that simple step can cause a lot of grief later, at worst an unresponsive device which won't turn on at all.