I found it is NOT for the faint of the heart.
Initial state: brand new SSA3021X Plus with firmare 3.2.2.5.0
No so. Currently all of this can be done by people with pacemakers or even TAH's but many continue to not read the latest developments... this thread is only 43 pages long and most of them only repeat what has already been said obscuring important details.
The easiest path is here.
Ah yes I saw that post. However, I like to understand what I do... I was not going to hex edit a bunch of bytes in a firmware image not knowing what it does. The more complicated way is much more transparent.
I think it would be good if you could explain what this modification does. I am assuming you are changing the header of the upgrade file and its checksum, so that the SSA applies the SVA firmware, thinking it is an SSA firmware. But more details would really help!
As you say, a lot of minimalistic, 2-3 lines post, require a lot of context and are really hard to process for people new to this thread. 40+ pages is a lot of information and we should not require people to read everything to do the hack.
By posting what I did, from A to Z instead of requiring people to compile a bunch of partial information, I was hoping to give a one-stop-shop post with clear and transparent explanations. But yeah, it's likely the way you shown is much easier and simpler
could just do with more explanations
Thanks for your help, definitely would not have been possible without you and others