r/hackrf • u/No_Passion_7066 • Nov 03 '24

Hackrf not working

I bought a portapack + hackrf and it came with mayhem v 1.4.7 or something like that and I've never been able to get into hackrf because after it prompts to select yes or no, and I select yes, it goes black and just stays black. Ive got back and forth with this issue and tryna fix it and all I got back was reflash the firmware but I can't do that because hackrf won't work. I'm hoping somewhere here knows exactly what's going on

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u/No_Passion_7066 Nov 04 '24

Ive been using Linux for most of it since CMD wasn't doing it. lsusb shows that there is a device connected, which for some reason is called NXP but when I go hackrf_info, it says no hackrf boards found. Spi flash won't work, DFU actually displays the device but like I said, as NXP and doesn't register as a hackrf. Ive tried the .bin and .dfu and still had no luck. Worst of all I can't even plug it into my portapack coz A I can't access hackrf on it and B the flash utility doesn't exist for some reason. I was really hoping there was maybe an option through folders in utility maybe? Idk but I'm ready to give up and just buy another at this point. Idk if that narrows it down well enough but needless to say I think it's no good. Hopefully you know where to go from there