Upgrade your firmware ender 3 v2 - Step by Step Guide - [ TH3D Unified 2 Firmware ]
Upgrade your firmware ender 3 v2 - Step by Step Guide - [ TH3D Unified 2 Firmware ] This is a video guide showing you step-by-step how to update the firmware on your Ender 3 V2. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them in the comments, or join our discord.
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TH3D Has recently updated their downloads page, and updated the web pages I am viewing in this video. All of the steps are the exact same, they have just updated some of the sections to include more info. So don't worry if you are following along, and the webpage I am on, doesn't look the same, the process is the same. support.th3dstudio.com/hc/downloads/unified-2-firmware/creality/creality-ender-3-v2-firmware-lcd-firmware-v4-2-x-board/
What about if you have a 3 v2 pro? anything in the config you check for that?
@@NamaGenesis it's the same. The pro is almost identical.
thanks for the video tutorial - got my ender 3v2 last week and have used your videos to upgrade my firmware, set my e-steps, and flow rate. really appreciate the effort you put into these videos
Thank you so much for your amazing video. It really helped me get my firmware set up. Looking forward to more amazing content from you
Thanks! just upgraded to a 4.2.7 board and this worked great!
Just got my Ender 3 Pro V2 a few days ago. Im going tro order a BLTouch. Man I must say your videos are the BEST out there. Im going to do a video of my printer soon on my channel. I will definitely give you a shout out! Thumbs up and Subbed! Thank you so much.
THANKS! This turned my paper weight for 2 weeks into a printer again!! And I wanted to start back on Python also so a double GREAT from me!
Thank you for the guide. Very easy to follow
I did notice that my custom e-steps needed to be added back into the configuration, so I recommend writing them down before hand. Thanks for such an easy firmware upgrade explanation.
I had to do the same thing as well. I forgot to mention that in the video, good catch. I'm glad you liked the video. That is my main point for making these videos, is to try an make it easier for new people.
When you enter custom e steps or anything else saved to eeprom, you need to reset eeprom whenever you upload new firmware.
Thank you so much I have tried to follow a bunch of other how to videos to do this with no success until i found yours. Thanks again
Glad it was helpful bro!
Best Video explaining step by step on how to update the firmware.
Thanks my friend! I'm glad it was helpful.
@@509drone2 had to comment for the algorithm. I wish I would of found it sooner, I struggled 3 days.
thank you. very well explained and helped so so much!
You're very welcome!
Thanks bro! You saved my bacon! I had screwed up my printer trying to do it and didn't know if it would ever run again. Like you, I need a video. Liked, subbed, be glad to buy you a coffee. One thing though-- I don't get the Marlin splash image.
Thank you for the information. Cheers!
Any time!
Great video for beginners. Would have liked to see more of TH3D features tho. Thanks
Thank you, fantastic Video nice greetings from Germany
Thank you! Cheers!
Thank you very much Your‘re my man. Now I‘am able to print in vasemode without getting blobs al the time 👍
Glad I could help!
thanks man... waiting on my EZABL. sending back the bl touch..
Thank you!
You're welcome!
Hi, good walkthrough! I just am not sure what the benefits are buy doing this? what are the cons and pros vs stock firmware? seems this is still buggy too?
hi bud a hugh thank you for this vid it really help a newbie
Right on man, glad it was helpful!
Great Vid! Well done, you''ll be soon on your way to 10k subs!
Right on bro! I appreciate the support!
Thanks.
You're welcome
Thanks did it today, would be great if you would have explained the difference also in the stock vs TH3D.
Good point! I definitely should have. I'll make a pinned comment as to the reasons to upgrade your firmware. Thanks for the suggestion!
@@509drone2 Where's the pinned comment?
@@L39T just pinned it. Sorry thought it was already done
I have been using your firmware and love it on my Ender3 with for the 4.2.7 board. I would like to know if you have a firmware with the creality touchscreen & the Cr touch bed level? Thanks
This is very interesting. But other than bug fixes, is there any reason to upgrade? I’m thinking of getting the BL touch... does this upgrade make it easier to do? Thanks
The main reasons to upgrade mainly quality of life upgrades in my opinion. Also they have improved the LCD menu screens to be more clear, and helpful. It is also easy to use the bltouch with this firmware. I have a full video guide of how to set it up, with the bltouch on my channel as well.
i havnt got that type of screen that has no card reader ,how do i still update my ender 3pro ?
I tried to do this but when I went to configure my firmware in vs code, the white check mark on the blue bar wasn’t there, does anyone know how to fix this?
Great video,. thank you I really appreciate it. I followed and everything worked out till the last step where the bin. file needs to be copied I do not have that file. I have the same exact files you have on your video except the file that you pick my file does not have bin. at the end. But all the file names and numbers that follow are exactly the same. I did not copy and paste to my fat 32 formatted caed yet because I am not sure its right. Also I have the 4.2.2.7 board. Should I copy that same file without the bin. onto my sd card? Hope you can help thank you
The name of the file doesn't matter. If you followed the steps correctly, you should be good to go. You want to copy the entire file including the .bin part. If you want to jump in discord I can confirm it's right.
@@509drone2 I will head over there hopefully I can figure out how to get around. my handle is twoslick. thanks
Will this work for the ender-3 Pro? 🤔 With the 4.2.2 board installed
You can actually remove your ribbon cable and it would be easier to work on removing the back of the screen.
So when you are going to uncomment printers, is it removing both slash marks for every printer that is NOT yours?
One thing to note that kept me in constant failure for hours is , the SD CARD Needed to be formatted in in FAT32 with 4K clusters . I originally was using an old 128mb SD card formatted fat 32 but there is obviously no 4k cluster option . Basically no firmware would load on the LCD or board unless its formatted with the 4k option, and there is nothing to warn you it didn't load either.
Good to know. From my understanding, smaller cards work best.
@@509drone2 that was my thought too, apparently for this you can go back to far on the SD Timeline, and the LCD went to orange as shown using the 128MB card, however nothing on it changed and there was no error
Instead of a give away maybe you can stabilize the camera better.... but great video, I look forward to watching your channel grow.
Haha good point! Lol I'm working on upgrading all of my recording equipment, so nice smooth videos will be coming shortly! Lol thanks for the support brother!
@@509drone2 I appreciate the way you get your information across. I think you’ll do great at this.
What code do you change to increase print temps
Question can I update firmware and lcd screen without wires all connected. I received wiring harness for main mototrs, etc and x axis conn was broken I have cable to lcd screen Thanks Dick T
Hey Dick, thanks for the question. You know I'm not 100% sure. But I would think as long as you can turn on the printer, and it powers up normally then I think you should be totally fine to update your firmware. Worst case scenario, it won't update and that wouldn't hurt anything. Let me know how it goes. Join our discord if you want to chat more!
@@509drone2 it worked but still waiting for repair cable to run printer
Firmware noob here...does this have the ability to perform filament changes during a print? For color changes. I'm using Prusa Slicer.
Yes, you can make your printer pause during a print, and you can switch out the filament, and then resume the print. This should be an option in multiple different firmware setups. But this firmware does offer that option.
Will it work with voxelab aquila printer?
My ender v2 can resume printing after power outage but this firmware doesn’t. Also do u know how to maintain the hotend and bed temperature after pausing in print?
Hello Desmond, I'm pretty sure this firmware will resume printing after a power outage. I will look into it, and double check though. As for maintaining the hot end & bed temp after pausing the print. I'm pretty sure you can just click tune, and then set the temps from there while you are paused.
the creality resume printing is disabled in UFW2 unless you enable it in, i suggest keeping it disabled, it destroys your sd card because it does a write every layer
@@lookitsrain9552 what this man said :)
Thanks for the guide....stay focused on topic...otherwise great video
Thanks, will do!
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My man! 😎
I tried it but the board is blank I did the first step it turned red then followed the rest but put sd card with firmware and nothing is happening thank you
is the M0 (stop command) bug fixed and does M600(filament change) work in the latest version? and in other case how do you enable it if possible?
Thats a very good question. I'll see if i can find an answer to that, and post back.
I have not seen the firmware update on the touch screen before. Is this necessary to upgrade to any firmware or is it specific to this one? I am trying to install the CR Touch and put the SD card in the forward facing SD card slot. Didn't do anything with the screen.
Im not sure what the CR touch is, but if you are using the stock LCD Screen on your Ender 3 v2, and you want to use the Unified 2 Firmware from TH3D you will need to update the firmware on the LCD screen like I have shown in this video.
i just update dated my firmware today. followed you steps. i have the same board as you do. the only thing mine didnt do is show the th3d and marlin logo when booting was done. seems to have the firmware cause i checked out the info and it show th3d firmware.... any pointer and help...... thank you... just doesnt seems like yours. what ur firmware info look llike
Same i don't think it matters though
Glad you were able to follow along with the video. From the comments ive seen, this seems to be a common thing. Sometimes the logo doesnt show up for some people. Join our discord and ill post picks of my LCD Screen so you can see if they look the same. discord.gg/KrAFhEYvDM
does it affect the prints or make them better? Or mainly to clean up their interface?
Just cleans up the interface for the most part. I am told there are some other "bug fixes" in there that prevent it from crashing and such, but i didn't experience any of those issues myself.
hi my friend , if is possible to make a video about increase temperature more than 300 c. , step by step , with all details , changing something in the firmware, not only hardware parts . thanks for this video. see ya .....
Does this help you run the bl touch?
OK followed you and installed the BLTouch part from the Visual studio code. but my printer will still not go auto home and it will not level. just sits there.
I kept getting errors on the VS code while trying to add the BL Touch. I finally went back to Creality and added their firmware back. It worked for a minute or two and then stopped.
Did you watch my recent video by chance? I talked about the same issues I had with my bltouch, and a solution on how to fix them. If you have the option, it might be worth returning the bltouch, and just getting an ezabl from th3d. Or do the shielding method I did to get my bltouch to work. I plan on posting a video about it soon, so look out for that if you're still having issues. Also, most of us who are using the bltouch with the ender 3 v2 and using the smith3d firmware. It seems to work better with it for some reason. Jump into discord if you want to chat about it more.
I didn’t get a logo pop up when I ran the bin in the printer. I went to info and it showed th3d 4.2.2 version and I could see the differences. Just didn’t get a cool Marlin
The LCD firmware didn't flash then. Make sure to use a SD card formatted with a 4096 allocation unit size.
@@TH3DStudio Thanks for confirming that. I will remove my comment, and put that in the description.
Will this upgrade allow the ender 3 v2 to be able to "change filament" through the g-code in cura? Currently v2's dont work
You know im not 100% sure. I'll look into that and post back.
The last step on the website state "Make sure to reset your EEPROM on your printer after flashing any firmware. " is this not needed on the e3v2? don't see a option in the menus
Also found it doesn't like certain SD cards, loaded firmware on the lcd fine but when i formatted and tried to update the board it booted way to fast, changed to a different sd card and it started updating
Yes, you need to do that. I think I forgot to say that in the video. After you are all done, and you have installed your new firmware, go to control and hit restore settings. This is "resetting your EEPROM"
@@509drone2 Thanks, i checked the firmware version and ability to save settings before i 'restored settings' and everything worked. No indication of what it actually did other than i had to set my steps again :)
Does this update automatically have the high temp setting enabled or am i going to have to define it?
You know im not 100% sure. I will look into that, and reply back to you. Good question!
@@509drone2 please and thank you
Can you use it with CR touch?
I opened the configuration.h file. I removed the two slashes in front of "#define ENDER3_V2_V422_BOARD //Ender 3 V2 with V4.2.2 Board". The problem is there is no check mark at the bottom of my screen so i can't compile the firmware. Any suggestions?
That seems really weird. Did you install the extension platformIO?
@@509drone2 I did. i AM doing this on an iMac, not Windows. I'm just wondering if that might be the problem. I'm thinking of trying to start over with my old laptop.
Having same issue. Ended up just updating to 1.2.1 via ender website because of platformio issue. Did some looking into it and its an issue that appears every updates on the platform.
Just updated mine to TH3D UFW 2.25 but i still have the Creality logo on boot up ?
Same here.
Same :/
It’s much easier to just unplug the ribbon cable, take the back off, install SD card, reinsert ribbon cable, power up following the video instructions.
i upgraded my ender 3 8 bit board with marlin unified 2 for shitty boards or melzy how ever they call it
Nice. Ive heard good things about that board. How has it been for you?
@@509drone2 I*m testing it , it's working fine so far using it with the crewsomemod 4.0
For me, blue flashes shortly, then orange. Nothing is changed, still original creality logo... I guess i stay with original firmware for now.
Thats lame. Have you double checked your steps? If you're still having issues with it, jump into our discord. There are a lot of really smart people in there that can help you out.
@@509drone2 Thanks for your reply, I solved it, i didn't realise that the Allocation unit size when formatting the sd card has to be 4096 bytes and it was set to 8192 bytes. Now it all works fine with the new firmware. It's amazing how this printer's quality is MUCH better than the one I bought for $3500 7 years ago. It was a Makerbot 5th gen and it still works fine, i never had the problems many others had. But the quality with this $250 printer is so much better, less stringing, less waving, smoother surfaces. And a lot quieter!
Is the quality of prints is increased after the update ?
I don't really think the firmware will increase print quality. It's more QOL (quality of life) improvements.
@@509drone2 thanks 😊
the firmware updated yet the marlin logo doesnt appear, is there any particular reason you know for this? is it fine like this?
From what I understand, if the logo does not appear, that means the firmware did not take. I would try and repeat the process.
@@509drone2 oh, ok ill try again, in the info section it shows me th3d software and it also changed some things in the firmware like m500 now works without sd card, should i still try it again? could it bring any issues?
@@509drone2 btw thank you for all your help!
@@509drone2 got it, for the screen to flash properly the sd card has to have an allocating size of maximum 4090 i just reflashed the screen and it works properly with the logo and everything! thank you very much bro
It's not wise to disconnect energized parts. The surge can cause hidden problems in the microprocessors, so turn it off first.
But why would you want/need to do this? Why not Marlin firmware? Why TH3D? Is M$ visual studio required for us linux users?
You could use the marlin firmware if you want. The TH3D firmware is just an edited version of marlin to allow very easy changes to the firmware. As you can see in the video, its laid out very well. Its all free, and can be used on any OS.
For instance my screen doesn't have the individual boards, it just has the printer models. Ender3_NEO EEnder3 Ender3_V2_NEO Ender3_MAX
Why dontvthey just post the bin file and DWIN files for. Various options? Sure would simpler. There are a lot of places to make mistakes and many steps.
This is a very good question :)
I just tried and my printer started making a loud beeping sound and stayed blank
I would think that something didnt work correctly. I would suggest double checking your steps, and making sure you didnt miss anything. Let me know if you have anymore issues.
is it the same consept for the ender 3 pro?
Yes, it's 100% the same. The only difference is when you are building the firmware you uncomment the ender 3 line for whatever board you have. So you would want line 21 or 22.
@@509drone2 thank you
@@509drone2 is there a different compiler extension or program to use for the build step?
what is the purpose of this upgrade? benefits?
From my understanding the orginal firmware had bugs that would cause issues. I never ran into any of these issues, but the other benefits of upgrading the firmware are things like the ability to add auto bed leveling, and just a better layout within your printer lcd screen. Things are better defined, and broken down. But really if you're not having any issues, and you don't plan to change/add anything then you really don't need to upgrade it.
@@509drone2 awesome. I'm happy so far so I'll probably hold off until I add a bl touch. Thanks man keep up the content!
@@somatic.cinema yea I feel the same way. I'm making a video about how to install the bltouch now, and I've had a lot of issues. If your printer is printing good, and you're not having any issues leveling your bed, I would just leave it be.
@@509drone2 the only time I have issues leveling is when I want to use the whole bed
Yea i was also confused, i had multiple notifications that a fixed BL Touch version is available here github.com/mriscoc/Marlin_Ender3v2/releases/tag/2.0.7.3-bugfix-bltouch I think the issue was that for some people the BL touch made their entire printer try to suicide by smashing into the building plate.
how to tell what board is in your ender 3 v2?
I'm pretty sure I show you how to find this out in the video if you keep watching.
@@509drone2 you do lol i paused it like literally 20 seconds before you told explained it all.
I dont know why it wasnt able to work for me...i followed every step in the video...tuff
Same for me and the lcd is doing nothing now
@@ismaelmelendez7808 thought i was the only one for a while
is it bad that my printer started beeping
depends if it just beeped twice? when you hit save, it will beep.
The first thing you should have done is explain what advantages this has, if any, over the stock firmware.
Good point, thanks for the feedback.
So you posted a video about how to install a firmware that cannot be used because it doesn’t work.
Im not sure why you think it doesn't work? it works great. Are you having trouble getting yours to work?
I tried compiling and got the same error you did, but I never got it to succeed. You didn't do anything between the failed compile and the successful build?
The point of the upgrade is what?
More reliable, and better functionality.
Wish I could do it way to complicated terminology very confusing
Sadly had to return mine. Worst product I ever purchased. It arrived with a clogged nozzle, warped bed, and the latest firmware was super buggy.
Glass doesnt warp
@@rickyhackett6703 it can during production. I.e. it was produced with imperfections. So you know this was easy test with a ruler or any straight edge and a sheet of paper.
That sucks :( sorry to hear that bro. Hopefully you get a better unit next time.
Don't use fat32 use THICC 40
Way past my intelligence