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Magic Lantern Blue Screen of Death April Fools' Prank Bypass

1 pointsby marinaberceaabout 9 years ago
If at some point you installed Magic Lantern on your Canon camera and plan to use it today, April 1st, you&#x27;re going to get a simulated BSOD on your LCD shortly after powering it on, announcing you that the camera &quot;is bricked&quot;.<p>Last year&#x27;s bug report:<p>https:&#x2F;&#x2F;bitbucket.org&#x2F;hudson&#x2F;magic-lantern&#x2F;issues&#x2F;2235&#x2F;5dmk2-bricked-urgent-please<p>This means that any compatible Canon camera user that at some point installed ML will be affected, if they boot with a memory card with ML installed on it in the camera.<p>There is no apparent way of getting rid of the BSOD, restarting your camera won&#x27;t help.<p>Here are 2 potential tested solutions:<p>In both cases, the assumed starting scenario is that you turned on your camera and were shown the BSOD.<p>If you don&#x27;t want to use ML today:<p><pre><code> - 1st try to turn off the camera the proper way, using the OFF switch - if the LCD won&#x27;t turn off, open the battery door, wait a few moments and remove the battery - with the camera off and with no access to battery power, open the memory card door and remove the card that has ML installed on it - replace with empty memory card or at least one that has no traces of ML installed on it - put the battery back in again and turn the ON switch </code></pre> If you want to use ML today:<p><pre><code> - 1st try to turn off the camera the proper way, using the OFF switch - if the LCD won&#x27;t turn off, open the battery door, wait a few moments and remove the battery - with the camera off and with no access to battery power, open the memory card door and remove the card that has ML installed on it - put the battery back in again and turn the ON switch - go to the Canon official menu and change the date to anything other than April 1st - turn the camera OFF switch - insert the card with ML installed on it - turn the camera ON switch - you should no longer see the BSOD and ML will boot up and function as normal in parallel with the Canon firmware </code></pre> ML Best Practices:<p>http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.magiclantern.fm&#x2F;forum&#x2F;index.php?topic=8286.0

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TheJackabout 9 years ago
FYI - scenario 1 does not work, because the camera still looks for the firmware on the SD card. It just goes blank.
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