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SDK12 DFU service not found

I am developing software for a custom hardware based on NRF52. Previously I was tasked on updating the old NRF51 based software (used on older version of the device) for NRF52 using SDK11. Once that was done my next task was updating the software for SDK12. The software is otherwise working fine but I am having problems with DFU. I tried creating a zip of the application and flashed the combined softdevice/bootloader from SDK12 examples folder (dfu/ble_dfu_send_hex) to the device. The device shows as DfuTest on the mobile DFU app but when I try to upload the zip all I get is "DFU service not found". I also tried compiling the secure DFU bootloader example and using that instead but the result is the same.

Do I need to also have DFU support in the application for that to work ? Currently the application has some kind of DFU functionality from the earlier SDK 11 implementation but I'm guessing that wont work. Any examples to study so that I can implement the functionality ?

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  • Well, I used the experimental_ble_app_buttonless_dfu as a reference and did the DFU initialisation in my app exactly as the initialisation was done in the demo. When I use NRF Connect to connect to my device I see "Unknown service (UUID 8e400001-f315-4f60-9fb8-838830daea50)" in addition to the other services (battery, device information, nordic UART service). Also, if I build the demo and flash it to the device I get the very same unknown service. So it seems either the demo is broken or I'm missing something ?

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  • Well, I used the experimental_ble_app_buttonless_dfu as a reference and did the DFU initialisation in my app exactly as the initialisation was done in the demo. When I use NRF Connect to connect to my device I see "Unknown service (UUID 8e400001-f315-4f60-9fb8-838830daea50)" in addition to the other services (battery, device information, nordic UART service). Also, if I build the demo and flash it to the device I get the very same unknown service. So it seems either the demo is broken or I'm missing something ?

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