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XTS2500 "Radio has been KILLED"
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Nope. Its not toast. You can P/M and you can tell me what happened. Its fixable
It's not killed it's probably in boot strap mode and needs you to upload the firmware again.
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cpetraglia
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I'm not real familiar with the Moto's, but I have a pair of Relm KNG series radios that got bricked. I tried everything. Finally all I had to do was load a blank code plug and they came back to life. It's worth a try.
cpetraglia
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Did you try a blank code plug? With nothing programmed. If so you may want to defer to the more knowledgeable Moto experts.
Ant9270
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This happens frequently with the Corps PRC-153. Generally it is “KILLED” upon reading the unit. There is a byte in the codeplug that sends out the command upon read. I do not believe there is a way to recover it back to a working unit unless sent out to you know what...
I have heard you can use a software called Op25 and HACKrf to uninhibit but I believe finding the software is tedious. Better off selling for parts or, ya know..
I have heard you can use a software called Op25 and HACKrf to uninhibit but I believe finding the software is tedious. Better off selling for parts or, ya know..
gtaman
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Looks like the H02 Encrypted Tactical Inhibit command was sent to it. You will need to reverse the process. A lot of the USMC PRC 153s are showing up in the wild now. I have an NOS unit that has this feature.
The best thing for people to do if they pick up one of these radios is to disable that feature. It will only cause you a bunch of headaches in the future.
Ant9270
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If you want to send me the codeplug, I can take a look. I have a bit of experience “de-milling” the PRC-153. Shoot me a PM, if you’d like.
pushing the purple and man down did exactly what it was programmed to do.. That was so the radio was manually disabled incase it got into the wrong hands...
Unless you have the original ACK (Advanced Conventional Key), you won't be able to Un-Kill the radio or remove that checkbox from Tactical Inhibit. It's a way to keep the enemy from getting the info out of the radio. There are ways around it, but they can't be spoken here.
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