Unable to create flash backup

Hello,
i had the same problem. After trying some hours trying it worked with the following cmd

cc3200tool -p COM7 write_file mcuimg.bin /sys/pre-img.bin

in my case it was COM7

thank you for your reply. I didn’t try this command.
Isn’t this a command for writing onto the flash of the toniebox, is it?

three times yes

I did another wiring. I used little bit of strings of my western guitar and hotglued after I measured the connection. There are no short circuits either.
I stick to your colors of your image.

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I used again this command because connecting RST and GND didn’t work for me (could be that I didn’t do this correctly)

cc3200tool -p COM4 --reset dtr read_all_files ExtractedFromBox/

with this log:

C:\Users\phili\cc3200tool\Backup>cc3200tool -p COM4 --reset dtr read_all_files ExtractedFromBox/
2025-01-03 22:29:24,787 – Connecting to target…
2025-01-03 22:29:27,090 – timed out while waiting for ack
2025-01-03 22:29:29,306 – timed out while waiting for ack
2025-01-03 22:29:29,509 – Connected, reading version…
2025-01-03 22:29:29,522 – connected to target
2025-01-03 22:29:29,522 – Version: CC3x00VersionInfo((0, 4, 1, 2), (0, 0, 0, 0), (0, 0, 0, 0), (0, 0, 0, 0), (16, 0, 0, 0))
2025-01-03 22:29:29,522 – This is a CC3200 device
2025-01-03 22:29:29,522 – Switching to NWP bootloader…
2025-01-03 22:29:29,538 – Switching UART to APPS…
2025-01-03 22:29:29,554 – Resetting communications …
2025-01-03 22:29:30,769 – Uploading rbtl3100s.dll…
2025-01-03 22:29:30,770 – Reading rbtl3100s.dll from file C:\Program Files\Python313\Lib\site-packages\cc3200tool\dll\rbtl3100s.dll
2025-01-03 22:29:30,770 – Getting storage list…
2025-01-03 22:29:31,506 – APPS version: CC3x00VersionInfo((0, 4, 0, 2), (0, 0, 0, 0), (0, 0, 0, 0), (0, 0, 0, 0), (16, 0, 0, 0))
2025-01-03 22:29:31,506 – Getting storage info…
2025-01-03 22:29:31,522 – storage #2 info bytes: 0x10, 0x0, 0x4, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0
2025-01-03 22:29:31,522 – Getting storage list…
2025-01-03 22:29:31,539 – Reading raw storage #2 start 0x0, size 0x2000…
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “”, line 198, in _run_module_as_main
File “”, line 88, in run_code
File "C:\Program Files\Python313\Scripts\cc3200tool.exe_main
.py", line 7, in
sys.exit(main())
~~~~^^
File “C:\Program Files\Python313\Lib\site-packages\cc3200tool\cc.py”, line 1580, in main
cc.read_all_files(command.local_dir, command.by_file_id, command.all_by_file_id, command.inactive, command.no_verify)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “C:\Program Files\Python313\Lib\site-packages\cc3200tool\cc.py”, line 1336, in read_all_files
fat_info = self.get_fat_info(inactive=inactive)
File “C:\Program Files\Python313\Lib\site-packages\cc3200tool\cc.py”, line 1267, in get_fat_info
fat_table_bytes = self._raw_read(0, 2 * sinfo.block_size,
storage_id=STORAGE_ID_SFLASH,
sinfo=sinfo)
File “C:\Program Files\Python313\Lib\site-packages\cc3200tool\cc.py”, line 934, in _raw_read
rx_data += self._read_chunk(offset + len(rx_data),
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
min(chunk_size, size - len(rx_data)),
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
storage_id)
^^^^^^^^^^^
File “C:\Program Files\Python313\Lib\site-packages\cc3200tool\cc.py”, line 892, in _read_chunk
data = self._read_packet()
File “C:\Program Files\Python313\Lib\site-packages\cc3200tool\cc.py”, line 777, in _read_packet
raise CC3200Error(“rx csum failed”)
cc3200tool.cc.CC3200Error: rx csum failed

I think the good news is the quick connection of my UART to the box. IMHO the wiring seems to be working.
However, is my cc3200tool broken because some commands are inactive?

Your box is powered by battery or power cord? That’s necessary. Looks like it is not.

I plug in my UART. After the LED stops blinking and stay light green I plug in my power supply.
Just didn’t make a photo of that

i have the same problem.