your smartcard is invalid

Hi there. I\m new to cable so probably making a schoolboy error. But maybe someone can give me some advice? Here's what I've done so far.

I jtagged my 2100c to get the IRD and BK. I'm not sure if my offset in BKE was correct (I used 0x00564e78 for a virgin-software box in an ex-c&w area).

I made a AU funcard (v4) using CryptHexCW-v3.hex, following a tutorial I found.

When I put my funcard in the 2100c I get the error "sorry, your smartcard is invalid".

I was wondering what the most likely thing I did wrong was. Maybe I got the incorrect BK? Maybe I wasn't supposed to use "CryptHexCW-v3.hex"? Or maybe I'm supposed to get that message until the card has autorolled to the new keys? Can anyone offer any insight?

You've got the wrong bk mate try jtagging it again but search for the correct bytes for your area

yeah mate,you either have the wrong boxkey or ird,did you check ird from eng menu,just to be on the safe side

Ah. A newbie error

Yeah, I wasn't sure what to search for to find it. I've now realised my software version is 3.5b. Yeah my offset was bad. I'll try out the new one.

I'm pretty confident about the ird. I got it from the eng menu, then verified it by jtagging.

Thanks for the help guys. I'll report back later when i've had a chance to try it out.

Hi guys. I'm still having no joy. I found 2 more offsets for 3.5b/ex-cw. They are 0x0086b9a0 and 0x00f69f60. Both offsets give me the same BK, so I'm pretty sure that this new BK is the right one.

Now when I boot up my 2100c and insert the funcard I get the message "some settings are being updated". After a few seconds the message changes to "sorry, your card is invalid". Is this expected behaviour? I've left the card plugged in for 15 minutes expecting the keys to auto-update, but I still see the same thing. Can anyone help?

Thanks in advance!

might b the flash that u r using , think that u might need to use the chaos flash rather than the crypthex

i had the same problem on the sammy 2110 turned out to be the wrong ird but if ur positive u hav the correct ird and bk then try the chaos v3 for ur area

Thanks chaps. I'll try to find the chaos flash and give it a try.

Firstly get the box on the latest software platform.Then jtag.

Donnie Darko said:

Firstly get the box on the latest software platform.Then jtag.

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I did that bit first. I'm fairly confident that my IRD and BK are correct now (thanks to the guys here).

Is the card in the right way?totally stupid but have done it myselfroud:

Donnie Darko said:

Is the card in the right way?totally stupid but have done it myselfroud:

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I think so, but maybe not! I have a funcard v4, with the chip facing downwards when inserted. This way up it tells me that the smart card is invalid. The other way up it gives me a different message.

r u using toxic for ure funcard if so did u put a cam id on card

Yeah, I'm using toxic 6 and made up a cam id.

I just tried chaos v3 with the same results. I have the latest keys, so might try doing a normal funcard instead of an AU.

Ok, finally figured it out. I was doing everything right, but the problem was in programming the funcard. I was using FunProm 2.51, which told me that everything had written successfully and been verified. Don't believe it - this program is a liar! I tried with the new v3 of FunProm and everything works perfectly.

Hope this thread saves someone else the pain of that one. Massive thanks to all the guys who replied. Your help was hugely appreciated!

nice one mate , glad to see ur up and running , enjoy , all the best