Flash Mayhem onto bare HackRF

Using firmware file from github release page and the classic hackrf_spiflash tool

Note

⚠️ This guide works for bare HackRF instead of HackRF with a PortaPack.

• Get the latest firmware from the page

Windows

1. Connect the device via USB.
2. Double click mayhem_flasher.bat and follow the instructions.
3. Reboot the device.

Linux

1. Connect the device via USB
2. Upload the firmware with hackrf_spiflash -w new_firmware_file.bin (eg. portapack-h1_h2-mayhem.bin for mayhem firmware or hackrf_one_usb.bin for stock HackRF firmware)
3. Reboot the device

Note

• To Ubuntu and Mint user: Ubuntu based distro never maintains their repo for HackRF host (cli client) package. You’ll face a lot of weird problems if your HackRF is R9. To resolve these, please compile the HackRF package yourself, or use another distro.

MacOS

1. If necessary, install the HackRF tools: brew install hackrf
2. Connect the device via USB
3. Upload the firmware with hackrf_spiflash -w new_firmware_file.bin
4. Reboot the device