This was an old question, but never found an answer. Anyone have any ideas? I was curious if anyone has ever had any experience with 6580s or 6550s becoming stuck in Flash zap boot loader mode and getting it out or unstuck of that mode and putting it back into service. CPS 16 wont read, recover, update or do anything to the radio. But software does “ding” when you turn on the radio.
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XPR 6550 stuck in FlashZap bootloader mode.
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ElroyJetson
Getting tired of all the stupidity.
Have you contacted Motorola for help? That may be a "Return to depot" issue.
It's a 6550, they have been long EOL, Motorola probably won't even touch it
OP, check your PMs
The XPR 6550 is still on the flat rate repair sheet as of Jan 4, 2022 ($660 flat rate fee), which of course is not worth it given how much cheaper they can be had these days.
Ah ok, yea I agree, a decent 6550 can be found for like $150
Is PM private messages? I don’t see any?
Thanks to all of you. I have a feeling it is a brick. I traded for it. I have had a lot of them and never seen this problem and I have upgraded firmware a lot, (what I would guess someone was doing and got interrupted or something). I really like the radio and got it with a 4550 that I like even better. If anyone has any ideas, let me know, but as K2NEC said, it is not a current radio and the depot is not an option. I can buy at least 3 nice ones for what they would charge to fix it. Thanks all.
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