TX2 forced recovery mode not getting off

I flashed the jetpack 4.2 on the TX2 board. Process was completed successfully using SDKmanager but now the board is not getting out of recovery mode. The green indicator light for recovery is still on. Please advice

Hi gnikhil,

After completed the SDKmanager install, please check your output screen.
Are you see the system configuration setup on desktop?
Please make sure you can see it, if not, try press reset button. Thanks!

Carol I can see the configuration setup and have also completed it. My system is flashed and all sdk are installed successfully. But the recovery led light on the board is still on. I also re-flashed it but still no luck

Carol I can see the configuration setup and have also completed it. My system is flashed and all sdk are installed successfully. But the recovery led light on the board is still on. I also re-flashed it but still no luck

There is no recovery light. You will see two green lights with power on, and depending on revision, a red LED for module power, and another LED for PCIe power. Recovery mode itself can only be determined by connecting the micro-B USB cable to a host and seeing content from the host side command “lsusb -d 0955:7c18”. Lack of video showing up may be a video configuration issue, but this is quite different than failing to boot.

My system is booting and i can see the desktop on my monitor. During the first boot only one green led was on but now after flashing both of them turned on. So i thought it was an anomaly. Thanks for the clarification

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hello, I’ve the same issue, did u get the right answer ?

Assuming this is a TX2, then with the micro-B USB connected to the host PC the host PC will see the TX2 in recovery mode via:
lsusb -d 0955:7c18

If this does not show up, then the Jetson is not in recovery mode.

During flash the Jetson should be in recovery mode. If the flash succeeds, then the TX2 will automatically reboot. If flash fails, then there may not be a reboot and the TX2 could still be in recovery mode. If flash succeeds, and the “lsusb -d 0955:7c18” goes away, then regardless of whether you see activity on the HDMI monitor it implies the Jetson is no longer in recovery mode.

Before and after flash, do you see any host side output from “lsusb -d 0955:7c18”? If this goes away after flash, but the TX2 does not boot, then it is a different issue.

that’s clear for me , thank you so much