TerriKennedy Posted June 21 Report Posted June 21 On 6/13/2025 at 5:34 PM, WSIK532 said: Has the UV-5G been unlocked and what's the advantages to doing so? I'm just wondering. The original UV-5G or the new UV-5G Plus? If it's the UV-5G Plus, it is the same hardware as the UV-5RH and you can flash 5RH firmware to it to turn it into an amateur radio. There's no known firmware file to flash back to a 5G Plus, so this is a one-way trip out of GMRS land. If you press and hold the [8] key while turning on, both a 5G Plus and a 5RH will say "5RH" at the top, some version, and one of "GMRS", "General" or "Part 97" on the bottom. The UV-5RM will say "5RHBK" at the top. AFAIK, switching General / Part 97 is a "magic salute" on these, except for the 5G Plus which seems to have custom firmware that ignores that. Quote
WSIK532 Posted June 21 Author Report Posted June 21 4 hours ago, TerriKennedy said: The original UV-5G or the new UV-5G Plus? If it's the UV-5G Plus, it is the same hardware as the UV-5RH and you can flash 5RH firmware to it to turn it into an amateur radio. There's no known firmware file to flash back to a 5G Plus, so this is a one-way trip out of GMRS land. If you press and hold the [8] key while turning on, both a 5G Plus and a 5RH will say "5RH" at the top, some version, and one of "GMRS", "General" or "Part 97" on the bottom. The UV-5RM will say "5RHBK" at the top. AFAIK, switching General / Part 97 is a "magic salute" on these, except for the 5G Plus which seems to have custom firmware that ignores that. Mines says 5R-M8 GM-V02 Quote
WSIK532 Posted June 21 Author Report Posted June 21 I'm not going to try any unlocking I was just curious. Quote
TerriKennedy Posted June 22 Report Posted June 22 20 hours ago, WSIK532 said: Mines says 5R-M8 GM-V02 That may be the original 2-line display model. The ones I was referring to are the new full-color screen models. Quote
WSIK532 Posted June 22 Author Report Posted June 22 5 minutes ago, TerriKennedy said: That may be the original 2-line display model. The ones I was referring to are the new full-color screen models. You are correct it is the two lined version. Quote
UncleYoda Posted June 30 Report Posted June 30 On 6/21/2025 at 9:22 PM, WSIK532 said: You are correct it is the two lined version. By "two lined version" are y'all both referring to plain UV-5G? Holding down "8" while turning on does nothing on my plain UV-5G. Holding 3 still works though to give the firmware number (and it isn't what Chirp shows). Quote
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