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Firmware updates not appearing in the app (piefed.ca)

submitted 1 month ago by Curious_Canid@piefed.ca to c/meshtastic@mander.xyz

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I love the relatively new feature that allows you to update radio firmware directly through the app. Because of it, I haven't been checking the Flasher for updates. Now I see that I'm several version behind. My app is still showing 2.7.19 as the latest Alpha. The Flasher has 2.7.24 available.

Is anyone else having a similar issue? Does anyone know of a way to get it to update itself?

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[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My app says latest is 2.7.16 for alpha and 2.7.15 for Beta/stable. 😬

I wonder if the app just has hardcoded "latest" values. My app is the latest F-Droid version which was last updated 5 months ago.

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I have a feeling you're right on the hard-coded version check based on app version. That tracks with OP's observations.

I haven't gone past stable firmware so I wouldn't know quite yet... But I'll check my Google play Android app when I get home and can grab my device.

[–] Curious_Canid@piefed.ca 1 points 1 month ago

That makes sense, given what we're seeing. I hope the app will eventually get smarter about upgrades, but I can't complain too much. It's a new feature and a very welcome one.

[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Has the app itself been getting updated? Because the only time that it talks about new firmware updates is when the app itself gets updated. And I know for a long time at least the app on Android was not being updated. At least not on fdroid.

I have since moved to mesh core, so I haven't checked to see if the app is more up to date now.

[–] Curious_Canid@piefed.ca 1 points 1 month ago

The app has not been updated recently, which must explain this.

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I have the Android app installed via google play. It just updated last week. I can see all Alpha firmware up to the most current 2.7.25 for my Thinknode M1 in the app. Your app may just be too many versions behind.

[–] Curious_Canid@piefed.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I finally got a new version of the app, but it shows 2.7.24 as the most recent Alpha. I think it must just be hardcoded.

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What device are you flashing?

Haven't considered that they might not be pushing every Alpha version for every device.

[–] Curious_Canid@piefed.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's a Heltec T114. I just checked and 2.7.25 is available for the T114, just not from inside the app.

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago

Damn, that definitely supports the hard coded theory. Kinda sucks.

[–] Curious_Canid@piefed.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago

Has anyone else run into problems using the app to perform firmware updates? I had used the previous version of the app to upgrade several units to 2.7.19. I tried using the new one to update to 2.7.24, but it failed over and over.