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Lenovo ThinkSmart Cam - unbricking after a failed firmware update (Icatchtek V37M)

Lenovo ThinkSmart Camera - a very nice 4K conference camera, working both with PC and their ThinkSmart ecosystem. It has however a fatal flaw in firmware update procedure - if you don't read entire included README file - you wouldn't know device does firmware update on itself - after the installer reported success. If you happen to interrupt this process by eg. disconnecting USB cable - you may end up with a brick that is no longer detected by PC. 

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Cannot upgrade Lenovo Thunderbolt 3 Dock firmware? Use different cable.

Quick tip, as it took me two hours to resolve. If you are trying to update your Thunderbolt 3 dock from Lenovo (in my case Workstation Dock Gen 2) and you are stuck on "Wait 20 seconds" loop, try to switch Thunderbolt cable to one you received in box with your dock.

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