diff --git a/data/neutrino-scripts/flash.start b/data/neutrino-scripts/flash.start
index 15d666d6a..253e06d70 100755
--- a/data/neutrino-scripts/flash.start
+++ b/data/neutrino-scripts/flash.start
@@ -15,14 +15,3 @@ if [ -e /var/etc/.djmount ]; then
 	echo "Kill djmount"
 	fusermount -u /media/00upnp
 fi
-
-## remount rootfs readonly #################
-mount -no remount,ro /
-RET=$?
-echo -n "remount rootfs readonly "
-if [ "$RET" = "0" ]; then
-	echo "successful."
-else
-	echo "failed."
-fi
-############################################
diff --git a/src/gui/update.cpp b/src/gui/update.cpp
index 165cc9ba3..692a21111 100644
--- a/src/gui/update.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/update.cpp
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@
 
 #include <gui/color.h>
 #include <gui/filebrowser.h>
-#include <system/fsmounter.h>
 
 #include <gui/widget/messagebox.h>
 #include <gui/widget/hintbox.h>
@@ -483,16 +482,9 @@ int CFlashUpdate::exec(CMenuTarget* parent, const std::string &actionKey)
 		//status anzeigen
 		showGlobalStatus(100);
 		showStatusMessageUTF(g_Locale->getText(LOCALE_FLASHUPDATE_READY)); // UTF-8
-
 		hide();
-
-		// Unmount all NFS & CIFS volumes
-		nfs_mounted_once = false; /* needed by update.cpp to prevent removal of modules after flashing a new cramfs, since rmmod (busybox) might no longer be available */
-		CFSMounter::umount();
-
 		ShowHintUTF(LOCALE_MESSAGEBOX_INFO, g_Locale->getText(LOCALE_FLASHUPDATE_FLASHREADYREBOOT)); // UTF-8
 		sleep(2);
-		//my_system("/etc/init.d/rcK");
 		ft.reboot();
 	}
 	else if(fileType == 'T') // display file contents
diff --git a/src/neutrino.cpp b/src/neutrino.cpp
index 8d01f4e0b..2aea90f2f 100644
--- a/src/neutrino.cpp
+++ b/src/neutrino.cpp
@@ -3579,6 +3579,7 @@ void stop_daemons(bool stopall, bool for_flash)
 		CVFD::getInstance()->Clear();
 		CVFD::getInstance()->setMode(CVFD::MODE_TVRADIO);
 		CVFD::getInstance()->ShowText("Stop daemons...");
+		my_system(NEUTRINO_ENTER_FLASH_SCRIPT);
 	}
 
 	dvbsub_close();
@@ -3596,7 +3597,7 @@ void stop_daemons(bool stopall, bool for_flash)
 	}
 	printf("httpd shutdown done\n");
 	CStreamManager::getInstance()->Stop();
-	if(stopall && !for_flash) {
+	if(stopall || for_flash) {
 		printf("timerd shutdown\n");
 		if (g_Timerd)
 			g_Timerd->shutdown();
@@ -3641,7 +3642,8 @@ void stop_daemons(bool stopall, bool for_flash)
 	if (for_flash) {
 		delete CRecordManager::getInstance();
 		delete videoDemux;
-		my_system(NEUTRINO_ENTER_FLASH_SCRIPT);
+		int ret = my_system(4, "mount", "-no", "remount,ro", "/");
+		printf("remount rootfs readonly %s.\n", (ret == 0)?"successful":"failed"); fflush(stdout);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/system/flashtool.cpp b/src/system/flashtool.cpp
index 2b5c9d136..2d380bdf0 100644
--- a/src/system/flashtool.cpp
+++ b/src/system/flashtool.cpp
@@ -25,11 +25,14 @@
 
 #include <libmd5sum.h>
 #include <system/flashtool.h>
+#include <system/fsmounter.h>
+#include <system/helpers.h>
 #include <eitd/sectionsd.h>
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <libgen.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <sys/mount.h>
@@ -165,7 +168,32 @@ bool CFlashTool::program( const std::string & filename, int globalProgressEndEra
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	if( (fd1 = open( filename.c_str(), O_RDONLY )) < 0 ) {
+	char buf1[1024];
+	memset(buf1, 0, sizeof(buf1));
+	strncpy(buf1, filename.c_str(), sizeof(buf1)-1);
+	char* dn = dirname(buf1);
+	std::string flashfile;
+	if (strcmp(dn, "/tmp") != 0) {
+		memset(buf1, 0, sizeof(buf1));
+		strncpy(buf1, filename.c_str(), sizeof(buf1)-1);
+		flashfile = (std::string)"/tmp/" + basename(buf1);
+		CFileHelpers fh;
+		printf("##### [CFlashTool::program] copy flashfile to %s\n", flashfile.c_str());
+		if(statusViewer)
+			statusViewer->showStatusMessageUTF("Copy Image");
+		fh.copyFile(filename.c_str(), flashfile.c_str(), 0644);
+		sync();
+		if(statusViewer)
+			statusViewer->showGlobalStatus(statusViewer->getGlobalStatus()+5);
+	}
+	else
+		flashfile = filename;
+
+	// Unmount all NFS & CIFS volumes
+	nfs_mounted_once = false;
+	CFSMounter::umount();
+
+	if( (fd1 = open( flashfile.c_str(), O_RDONLY )) < 0 ) {
 		ErrorMessage = g_Locale->getText(LOCALE_FLASHUPDATE_CANTOPENFILE);
 		return false;
 	}
@@ -211,7 +239,7 @@ bool CFlashTool::program( const std::string & filename, int globalProgressEndEra
 	unsigned char buf[meminfo.writesize];
 	unsigned mtdoffset = 0;
 	unsigned fsize = filesize;
-	printf("CFlashTool::program: file %s write size %d, erase size %d\n", filename.c_str(), meminfo.writesize, meminfo.erasesize);
+	printf("CFlashTool::program: file %s write size %d, erase size %d\n", flashfile.c_str(), meminfo.writesize, meminfo.erasesize);
 	while(fsize > 0) {
 		unsigned block = meminfo.writesize;
 		if (block > fsize)
@@ -219,7 +247,7 @@ bool CFlashTool::program( const std::string & filename, int globalProgressEndEra
 
 		unsigned res = read(fd1, buf, block);
 		if (res != block) {
-			printf("CFlashTool::program: read from %s failed: %d from %d\n", filename.c_str(), res, block);
+			printf("CFlashTool::program: read from %s failed: %d from %d\n", flashfile.c_str(), res, block);
 		}
 		if (isnand) {
 			if (block < (unsigned) meminfo.writesize) {