$10 random to keep using MY device? Really?
vtsnaab:
I agree 100% with this, regardless that free options exist for forum users:
Quote from: Jon9999 on June 12, 2015, 07:04:32 pm
<rant>
I'm appalled at Obihai for doing this -- and for doing it secretively. It's one thing to sell an extended support plan, but it's another thing entirely to turn off functionality and another thing yet to cripple functionality and then sell access back. Portal functionality is fundamental to the device, and telling people a year later that "Oh yeah, that thing you thought you were buying from us was really a rental" is just plain wrong.
This makes me think of those evil people who hijack people's computers with malware and then make them pay a fee to get an unlocking key. (Okay, maybe this isn't quite as bad as that, but this is still pretty nasty.)
</rant>
It seems the IT industry as a whole is being peppered lately with ideas inspired by either rentalware or ransomware - and they are BOTH very nasty ideas IMO.
Vaughan:
Can someone at Obihai please update the firmware download section for obi100 and obi110 for the latest image?
The Obihai firmware download page takes you to http://www.obitalk.com/forum/index.php?topic=9.0
and this page shows 1-3-0-2872 as the latest and I can confirm installing from the latest link http://fw.obihai.com/OBi-latest.fw will update to 2872 which is unusable for google voice and will continuously throw up messages about running an old version of software for google voice.
The only way I found the newer 2886 firmware link http://fw.obihai.com/OBi110-1-3-0-2886.fw was from coming to this forum and I can confirm that google voice works on both obi110 and obi100 as I was able to update both devices using the each devices webpage.
Thanks
http://fw.obihai.com/OBi110-1-3-0-2886.fw
arobatino:
Seems likely that it's not being updated deliberately, to get some people to pay $10 unnecessarily. I could sort of understand not updating the firmware download page, since that takes a little effort. But not even updating the OBi-latest.fw link to point to the actual latest version is too much. I notice that OBi2-latest.fw points to 5110, which is also old, but at least it's a later version than the 4738 listed on the firmware download page. Keeping those links updated would be WAY easier than creating the firmware itself.
tvon:
Completely stuck here with my OBi100. Stopped working because of google authentication errors. I tried completely removing device and re-adding.. I keep getting the $10 ransom notice. I can update the firmware fine via IP'ing into the device itself. But no matter how many times I tweak it, it will NOT let me re-add google voice. Nothing on this thread has helped. I've seen perhaps older firmware might help? Help please!!
UPDATE
I did a factory reset ( https://www.obitalk.com/info/faq/Troubleshooting-sec/How-to-Factory-Reset )
and then downloaded firmware 2886. 90% of the firmware links you see are WRONG!!!
Download this firmware for the Obi110 http://fw.obihai.com/OBi110-1-3-0-2886.fw
(Yes, I know its for the Obi110 but it will work in the Obi100).
SteveInWA:
Quote from: tvon on May 26, 2016, 08:04:50 pm
Completely stuck here with my OBi100. Stopped working because of google authentication errors. I tried completely removing device and re-adding.. I keep getting the $10 ransom notice. I can update the firmware fine via IP'ing into the device itself. But no matter how many times I tweak it, it will NOT let me re-add google voice. Nothing on this thread has helped. I've seen perhaps older firmware might help? Help please!!
Read and follow the directions: http://www.obitalk.com/forum/index.php?topic=8560.msg56460#msg56460
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