Valve recently updated the recovery image. Eagle-eyed computer users may have noticed a difference with the new file that downloads from the link, but others may be wondering why the command line instructions aren’t working if they’re new to Linux. Quite simply, the filename used to be steamdeck-recovery-4.img.bz2 but is now steamdeck-repair-20231117.11-3.5.6.img.bz2.

This small change doesn’t matter if you’re using a GUI app to flash the recovery image to a USB drive such as Rufus or Balena Etcher. So if you’re someone who’s trying to use the Linux command line instructions and having a bit of trouble figuring out why it’s not working, do either one of the following instead:

Option A

Rename the file you downloaded from steamdeck-repair-20231117.11-3.5.6.img.bz2 to steamdeck-recovery-4.img.bz2, then run the command *as-is.

Option B

Change the filename in the command before you run it to this:

bzcat steamdeck-re*.img.bz2 | sudo dd if=/dev/stdin of=/dev/sdX oflag=sync status=progress bs=128M

*Just remember to set /dev/sdX to the USB device you inserted.