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Old 01-24-2017, 05:52 PM   #413
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Originally Posted by tshering View Post
There are several things strange. 1) One would not expect that nickel downloads a FW that is already installed. 2) One would not expect that a FW gets installed without your explicit consent, when KSM is running. 3) One would not expect that you have to newly register after a FW update.
at 2) I have to admit that I did not let nickel download a FW update since years. Therefore, I do not know whether things have changed; for instance, whethere there is another point at which an update gets applied besides right after booting. However, if KSM is configured to run only every second boot, then the FW would be applied without asking if it is nickel's turn,
at 3) This could happen if you bypassed the registration and your previous FW was less strict than the new one.
With each new FW things can change!
Looking at nook_nerd post, I think nickel downloaded the update as part of a sync and prompted to do the install. nook_nerd said no. Then at some time powered off. The firmware was then installed during the power-on. This will also happen if you connect and disconnect to a PC.

I have seen firmware installed after a sync without a prompt when a sleep was involved. For some reason, the download to my Glo is very slow. It has gone to sleep while doing it and I woke it and download finished. Then it just did the install. This has only happened two or three times - just enough to know something is going on, but not enough to be completely sure of the pattern.

The other possibility here is if something was wrong. For example, if the database is corrupt, then a restart can take you through the setup. This will include downloading and installing firmware and the registration. There are probably other things that can trigger this, but the database is the one I know.
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