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XR42A90K Update removed from downloads site.

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daveyh64
Enthusiast

XR42A90K Update removed from downloads site.

I bought the XR42A90K at the beginning of November last year.

On the 17th of November a firmware update was posted on the download site,

I downloaded and installed via USB to take the software version to v6.6070.

In January or perhaps early February I noticed a new firmware update had been posted.

v6.6474 I think.

I download this new update but have not installed it yet.

Out of curiosity I revisited the downloads page again on Thursday

https://www.sony.co.uk/electronics/support/televisions-projectors-oled-tvs-android-/xr-42a90k/downlo...

and noticed that the Jan/ Feb update is no longer available and has reverted to the previous update

released in November.

 

I was wondering if anyone knows why this newer update has been removed and why.

Or if anyone has installed the Jan/ Feb update and if so have they come across any problems.

 

I am now cautious of installing it as previous Sony LED TV that I applied an update to caused the TV

to malfunction and had to be taken away to get the main board replaced. I don't really want a firmware update 

to 'fry' this more expensive TV.

 

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Marino.Manolo
Genius

Are your sure you haven't downloaded the Firmware v6.6474 from the USA Support Site of 42A90K?

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LightFoot
Specialist

Hi @daveyh64 

 

I downloaded and installed the v6.6474 update and have had zero problems (XR-55A95K). Strangely this happened exactly the same with the previous update. A new update appeared and was withdrawn after a few days. No doubt it will reappear at some time with a version like v6.6475! Sony don’t provide any clues to software withdrawals.

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daveyh64
Enthusiast

No downloaded from the UK site as you can see from the link provided earlier.

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daveyh64
Enthusiast

Hi thanks for replying, good to know you have not had any problems since updating to v6.6474.

I'll may be wait a few weeks and see if Sony re-list it as downloadable.

I don't think there was any major fixes in it anyway and the TV is working perfectly well at the moment.