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Old 08-18-2014, 02:11 AM   #13
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Originally Posted by Athropos View Post
I'm still using 3.1.0 on mine and have no plan upgrading it. My usage is very basic: open the cover, read, close the cover. It works perfectly fine and I'm very pleased with it, I see no reason taking the risk to upgrade it.
that's the spirit

in an ideal world the device would present:
1 an option to upgrade, with a change log setting out the benefits/changes
2. a simple option to roll back to previous version

firmware upgrades are not risk free: a power cut at the wrong moment if using USB , or a loss of wi-fi signal at a critical stage can brick a device.. I permanently bricked a netgear router one time & had to bin it , just by attempting a firmware upgrade without carefully disconnecting all other equipment first.

plus there's the inconvenience of being forced to sit thru an upgrade when all you wanted to do was continue reading
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