Patching Help

I use D5100_0101 below as an example, but it’s the same for all supported firmware versions:
 * Download the original firmware for your camera model from Nikon Firmware
 * You are not downloaded the patch firmware from the Nikon Hacker team, we are patching the firmware you download from Nikon. So you have to get the firmware from Nikon.


 * Open the firmware bundle package (the .exe or .dmg) to get the .binfile from inside, for D5100 users it’s called D5100_0101.bin
 * I use 7zip or winzip to open the executable file, and just copy the .bin file to my temp directory.


 * Go to the online patch tool: http://simeonpilgrim.com/nikon-patch/nikon-patch.html
 * You have to have Microsoft Silverlight installed
 * It should look something like this (it has changed over time)


 * Click on button “Select Firmware File”
 * Select features, to read a description, Tick the features you want
 * Click on button “Save Patched firmware File”
 * Name the files something like: “D5100_0101_patched.bin”
 * Copy you patched file “D5100_0101_patched.bin”, to the root directory of your SD card
 * Renamed “D5100_0101_patched.bin” to “D5100_0101.bin” (or D3100_0101.bin, D7000_0103.bin etc)
 * Eject the SD Card
 * Put SD card in the Camera and follow the normal upgrade procedure, listed at Nikon site when you downloaded the firmware