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Safe way to update Keychron mechanical keyboard firmware? (lemmy.world)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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As noted in the title, I am trying to figure out the safest way to update the firmware on my recently purchased Keychron K1 QMK V6 keyboard. I was finally able to get the web based Keychron Launcher app to talk to my KB after using chmod to give the correct HIDRAW device read-write access but it looks like the new firmware needs another utility to be installed and only the Windoze directions are provided.

From my own online research it looks like there is a terminal-based method but it wasn't really explained. I am not super concerned about updating the firmware since the preloaded version works well enough for my needs but I am still wondering if anyone knew of a tutorial on how to do this without bricking my shiny new keyboard.

I am using Fedora 43 Workstation if that makes any difference. Thanks in advance for any tips or advice!

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[–] 6 points 8 months ago

It's not that hard, you just build and use the qmk software itself, the repo is designed for this and is supposed to work this way. This comment is thorough and exactly correct. The trickiest part was figuring out how to get the keyboard into bootloader mode in the first place, at least on my C2 as several of the suggested methods didn't work, and I ended up having to take a bunch of keys off to find a magic button hidden underneath that puts it into bootloader mode. Enjoy the world of QMK!

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