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Sorry for the double Post but I wanted to add something:

I ordered a new SD Card 'Transcend Ultimate-Speed SDHC Class 10 UHS-1 32GB'.
Its using the maximum read/write of the EOS 700D which supports UHS-1 (as far as I know).

Disabling powersave just seems to be worth if someone is using a very slow card (as I did before)
and did not change the default power saving option (Auto Power Off = 30Secs). On slow cards
the restoring just takes more than 30 seconds.

The new card what so ever did the whole format/restore in a few seconds so it does not matter
if the 'Auto Power Off' is 30 secs or longer.

Instead of the devs disabling Power Off while the restore process is active it would be enough to
add the info in your install guide when using old cards i.e. set Auto Power off to 3 Minutes to prevent
incomplete restoring = Magic Lantern gone.

I hope it was somehow helpful even if most people wont buy or use such an old card any more.


Thanks for your help, as usual.

No, I think it's something which may have to be taken care of.
@devs: Is it possible to dissable powersave during this operation?

Yeah I think it was definitly the Power Saving. At least with that slow card.
Maybe it is no problem wit h class 10 so 30 may be enough than.

[without]

Ok so it happends while formatting the card (option keep ML set) no matter if low level formatting is activated or not.
While the screen says restoring ML Stuff the screen goes off and that seems to cancel something and
ML is gone afterwards. I dont know why but it seems to be connected with the screen going off?
By the way. While reinstalling it says Bootflag allready set if thats something important.

I'll reinstall it and will delete the pictures manually via pc without formatting an longer for now.

Details:

Camera: Canon Eos 700D
Firmware: magiclantern-Nightly.2015May03.700D113, Canon 1.1.3
SDCard: Kingston SDHC 8GB class 4 (I know, not optimal) but I think thats not the problem.
SDCard: uses FAT32 and contains DCIM, MISC, ML, 700D_113.fir, AUTOEXEC.BIN

I did bracketting for a HDR via ML: 9 shots, set the darkest pic up and used 0 + ++
Than I formatted the card (option keep ML set) one time without low level
--> Result: while 'Restoring ML Stuff' LCD goes off. LED stopped blinking. ML was gone.

I reinstalled ML (files were still on SD)
I did again bracketting for a HDR via ML: 9 shots, set the darkest pic up and used 0 + ++
Than I formatted the card (option keep ML set) one time with low level.
--> Result: while 'Restoring ML Stuff' LCD goes off. LED stopped blinking. ML was gone.

EDIT: I have done everything in the installation guide as described there. What should the
features tell me? Where do you think the problem is from?

EDIT²: I feel pretty dumb now. I formatted again but this time I checked the camera's
'Auto Power Off' which was set at 30 seconds. I changed that to 3 Minutes and guess what
happends. I saw the message that it was successfully restored. I dont delete my text so
other people can read that just in case they haven't change that Auto Timer.

No, but I had another problem.
I wanted to delete the pictures on my card and formatted it
with active option 'keep ML, format card'. And turned off the
cam.

After booting (normal, no complications) ML was gone.
I took the card out and plugged it into my pc. ML files were
still on card. Any advice?

Edit: I just reinstalled it normally and it is working again with
the old settings I allready did before.

Do I always have to format format with low-level option?

Thanks for your advice Walter 

Sorry, no idea what you're trying to do in b).

It's reffering to my original question b up there:

If I have installed 'Nightly Build A' and want to upgrade to newer 'Nightly Build B' what are the steps (formatting SD Card? Go through new installation?)

and FilthyBrownCow answered:

replace the old contents with the contents from the new build

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So just delete the ML stuff from SD card (with help of a PC) and 'copy/paste' or 'overwrite' existing files.?

Edit & BTW: I successfully installed ML on my 700D  . I saw some videos from 1 to 2 years ago and seeing an audio
menu but it is not present on my menu (I'm using the latest nightly).

Thanks to both of you guys. And thanks Walter. By reading those 30 pages I know you
are a really helpful person and try to get people help and advice and the FAQ  .
But just to make clear the Canon Firmware Update should be on a non ML SD Card right?

And again

a) To get it on every SD card I have to do the install procedure for every card
(put ML Files on SD, plug into 700D, start FW Update)?

b) On my PC I just copy and paste/overwrite the 'new content' AND do the install
procedure (FW Update on EOS)?

Thanks  and I swear I'm done asking. I feel sorry. 
The next time I'll post here will be to say thanks for those answers and that it
(hopefully) runs perfectly on my EOS. 

Aaaaaaalllrighty...

I took the time and read all of the 30 pages of this thread. Its huge and I think im ready to go.
There are just some little questions I have left (just because I am a little coward, sorry for that):

a) have several SD cards: to use all of them with ML I have to go through the install procedure for every single card, right?
--> what happends if I insert a non ML SD Card after I used to?
b) If I have installed 'Nightly Build A' and want to upgrade to newer 'Nightly Build B' what are the steps (formatting SD Card? Go through new installation?)
c) What is the recommended way to update from ML 1.1.3 to Canon 1.1.4 (and maybe later to ML 1.1.4)
d) If my batterie is low and a few hours outside of cam for charging, do I have to 'reinstall' ML via Firmware Update or is it still active after inserting the batterie?

Thanks for your effort guys. Thats insane what you did.

Thanks for that Link. I allready downloaded it. But this is a nightly right?
Are there any stable releases for 700D. Do I still have to start a FW Update
even if I am allready sitting on 1.1.3?

How high is the chance to brick a camera? I really would like to use the
improved menu and superb settings but my cam is 1 Day old. Should
I wait or should I give it a try=?

Hey Guys,

I am absolutely new to ML and i started reading the first few pages.
Short question. I recently purchased the 700D because of the Cachback
Event by Canon and it came with FW 1.1.3. Will I be able to use ML
by downloading the latest nightly (copying files on SD and activate by updating
firmware)?

Does the 700D use the features of Dual Iso?

Thanks.