I just got the Fire TV Edition of Flirc. On each launch of Flirc 3.27.5 GUI for Windows, it says there's an update available which I do attempt and it says Firmware Successfully Updated. However, it remains on 4.9.6. I tried this on two different Windows PCs. I also noticed it displays the Flirc as Disconnected during this process. If I try Load Embedded Firmware from the Advanced Settings to try and force the update, it's the same result except the GUI shows Connected during it.

 

Here is the output from Device Log:

 

```Tue Oct 10 2023 20:26:27

Flirc GUI Version v3.27.5

Operating System: Windows

*** Device Disconnected ***

*** Device Connected ***

Firmware Version: v4.9.6

SKU: Flirc 2.0 [rogue1]

Git Hash: 0x7b7a4f11

<1>malloc_addblock(49): Heap Block: 0x20001AD0 - 0x20003BFF (8k)

<3>iospirit_eep_init(286): module missing hw

<3>read_eep(183): eeprom not found: (null)

<3>rb_get_settings(105): eeprom not found

<3>rb_cache_update(59): cache update fail

<3>read_eep(183): eeprom not found: (null)

<3>rb_get_hash(191): could not read hash

ERROR. Firmware upgrade required. (fw >= 4.1.0)

*** Device Connected ***

<1>malloc_addblock(49): Heap Block: 0x20001AD0 - 0x20003BFF (8k)

<3>iospirit_eep_init(286): module missing hw

<3>read_eep(183): eeprom not found: (null)

<3>rb_get_settings(105): eeprom not found

<3>rb_cache_update(59): cache update fail

<3>read_eep(183): eeprom not found: (null)

<3>rb_get_hash(191): could not read hash```

Edited October 11, 20233 yr by InternalError

Awesome. Thanks for the bug report. I’ll get to this tomorrow. 

or not

Sat Jan 27 2024 17:20:42

Flirc GUI Version v3.27.10

Operating System: Windows

*** Device Disconnected ***

*** Device Connected ***

Firmware Version: v4.9.6

SKU: Flirc 2.0 [rogue1]

Git Hash: 0x7b7a4f11

<1>malloc_addblock(49): Heap Block: 0x20001AD0 - 0x20003BFF (8k)

<3>iospirit_eep_init(286): module missing hw

<3>read_eep(183): eeprom not found: (null)

<3>rb_get_settings(105): eeprom not found

<3>rb_cache_update(59): cache update fail

<3>read_eep(183): eeprom not found: (null)

<3>rb_get_hash(191): could not read hash

 

rebooted, reinstalled: tried advanced/upgrade firmaware, it got better :(

Sat Jan 27 2024 17:53:22

Flirc GUI Version v3.27.10

Operating System: Windows

ERROR. Firmware upgrade required. (fw >= 4.1.0)

*** Device Connected ***

<1>malloc_addblock(49): Heap Block: 0x20001AD0 - 0x20003BFF (8k)

<3>iospirit_eep_init(286): module missing hw

<3>read_eep(183): eeprom not found: (null)

<3>rb_get_settings(105): eeprom not found

<3>rb_cache_update(59): cache update fail

<3>read_eep(183): eeprom not found: (null)

<3>rb_get_hash(191): could not read hash

ERROR. Firmware upgrade required. (fw >= 4.1.0)

*** Device Connected ***

<1>malloc_addblock(49): Heap Block: 0x20001AD0 - 0x20003BFF (8k)

<3>iospirit_eep_init(286): module missing hw

<3>read_eep(183): eeprom not found: (null)

<3>rb_get_settings(105): eeprom not found

<3>rb_cache_update(59): cache update fail

<3>read_eep(183): eeprom not found: (null)

<3>rb_get_hash(191): could not read hash

ERROR. Firmware upgrade required. (fw >= 4.1.0)

*** Device Connected ***

<1>malloc_addblock(49): Heap Block: 0x20001AD0 - 0x20003BFF (8k)

<3>iospirit_eep_init(286): module missing hw

<3>read_eep(183): eeprom not found: (null)

<3>rb_get_settings(105): eeprom not found

<3>rb_cache_update(59): cache update fail

<3>read_eep(183): eeprom not found: (null)

<3>rb_get_hash(191): could not read hash

ERROR. Firmware upgrade required. (fw >= 4.1.0)

*** Device Connected ***

<1>malloc_addblock(49): Heap Block: 0x20001AD0 - 0x20003BFF (8k)

<3>iospirit_eep_init(286): module missing hw

<3>read_eep(183): eeprom not found: (null)

<3>rb_get_settings(105): eeprom not found

<3>rb_cache_update(59): cache update fail

<3>read_eep(183): eeprom not found: (null)

<3>rb_get_hash(191): could not read hash

 

35 minutes ago, randycatster said:

rebooted, reinstalled: tried advanced/upgrade firmaware, it got better :(

Sat Jan 27 2024 17:53:22

Flirc GUI Version v3.27.10

Operating System: Windows

ERROR. Firmware upgrade required. (fw >= 4.1.0)

*** Device Connected ***

<1>malloc_addblock(49): Heap Block: 0x20001AD0 - 0x20003BFF (8k)

<3>iospirit_eep_init(286): module missing hw

<3>read_eep(183): eeprom not found: (null)

<3>rb_get_settings(105): eeprom not found

<3>rb_cache_update(59): cache update fail

<3>read_eep(183): eeprom not found: (null)

<3>rb_get_hash(191): could not read hash

ERROR. Firmware upgrade required. (fw >= 4.1.0)

*** Device Connected ***

<1>malloc_addblock(49): Heap Block: 0x20001AD0 - 0x20003BFF (8k)

<3>iospirit_eep_init(286): module missing hw

<3>read_eep(183): eeprom not found: (null)

<3>rb_get_settings(105): eeprom not found

<3>rb_cache_update(59): cache update fail

<3>read_eep(183): eeprom not found: (null)

<3>rb_get_hash(191): could not read hash

ERROR. Firmware upgrade required. (fw >= 4.1.0)

*** Device Connected ***

<1>malloc_addblock(49): Heap Block: 0x20001AD0 - 0x20003BFF (8k)

<3>iospirit_eep_init(286): module missing hw

<3>read_eep(183): eeprom not found: (null)

<3>rb_get_settings(105): eeprom not found

<3>rb_cache_update(59): cache update fail

<3>read_eep(183): eeprom not found: (null)

<3>rb_get_hash(191): could not read hash

ERROR. Firmware upgrade required. (fw >= 4.1.0)

*** Device Connected ***

<1>malloc_addblock(49): Heap Block: 0x20001AD0 - 0x20003BFF (8k)

<3>iospirit_eep_init(286): module missing hw

<3>read_eep(183): eeprom not found: (null)

<3>rb_get_settings(105): eeprom not found

<3>rb_cache_update(59): cache update fail

<3>read_eep(183): eeprom not found: (null)

<3>rb_get_hash(191): could not read hash

 

You can ignore those. Firetv doesn’t have remote buddy support. 

im trying to update the firmware on my flirc- whats a remote buddy?

Yeah I have this too, BNIB from amazon yesterday and wont update

Also it wont work with FireStick 4k (like it says on the box) as default, I did find it worked if I setup a keyboard mapping.... but not found the "home" key

First though, I guess it needs upgrade