What is REALLY the latest firmware for OBi200? 4738? 4581? 4972?
phonebob:
I just bought a new OBi200. It says its firmware is 3.0.1 (Build: 4492). I looked at the "Latest Firmware" post, which says the latest is 3-0-1-4738. So I tried to update.
First I tried a manual update (downloaded OBi2-latest.fw to my computer, selected it from the Firmware Update page, pressed Update, and then OK in the popup). It just sat for as long as I'd wait (tried numerous times). If I'd reboot and refresh the webpage, I'd eventually get back to the OBi's home page. The status would show the same 3-0-1-4738 firmware. I repeated this a number of times. I tried doing a factory reset - still the same result.
I associated the device with my OBiTalk account and looked for a way to update from there - no yellow triangle.
I tried ***6 and it said "software update not available".
I followed the link from the "Latest Firmware" post to the release notes, to try to see whether the update would be important. That post says the latest release is 4581. So I looked through the forum more and found a reference to 4972.
So what version is really the current one? What won't work in my version? Is there a reason to update? If so, how would I do that?
Google voice seems to work, which is what really matters to me.
Thanks!
phonebob:
I tried disabling my Windows (7) firewall, and apparently the update worked. I'm now on 3.1.0 (Build: 4972). The firewall never gave me any indication of an error. Either that's what did it, or OBi pushed an update out to me during the time between tries.
phonebob:
The firmware I downloaded and tried to update with was OBi2-latest.fw. I found that this file is identical to OBi202-3-0-1-4738.fw. It does not match OBi202-3-1-0-4972.fw. So that means that apparently OBi did push an update to me, and my manual update did nothing. It never occurred to me to check the firmware version again before by last update attempt.
What is the behavior when a manual update succeeds? This one just looked like it hung (as did all my earlier attempts with the firewall enabled) until I refreshed the page.
SteveInWA:
I don't know which of your machinations did the trick, but the latest version of the OBi 20x firmware as of today is:
3.1.0 (Build: 4972)
The comments by Obihai regarding build level, on the firmware section of this forum, are out of date.
In some cases, the ***6 method will not offer the "very latest" build. I dunno why. However, provisioning Google Voice on your OBi via the portal will check, and download/install, if necessary, the latest firmware.
phonebob:
Thanks, SteveInWA -that explains it. OBi pushed the update when I set up Google Voice. That did take a while.
So what does happen when a manual firmware update succeeds? I've tried a bunch that haven't. Any explanation for why they wouldn't have worked? Could Windows firewall be the culprit? It obviously didn't prevent OBi from pushing the update.
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