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Originally Posted by knc1
New, in the absolute sense, PW-2s are no longer being sold.
This is a "new to nypaulie" device, in contrast to the PW-2 that he has owned for several years.
It is also the "newer" of the two PW-2 models (4Gbyte).
This one was not purchased from Amazon and the seller did not list what firmware it is running.
Which is why we have to wait until he gets his hands on it to know what to do next.
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knc1,
Got my hands on it now!
It is in great shape and was what it was listed as, PW2-Gen6, WiFi & 3G, 4GB. Problem was it is still registered to the previous owner. Amazon said contact them to get login creds and unregister it (I wrote to the seller). It's a 5.8.9.2 so I am going to try the downgrade route linked in CMOIMs post (above) and then do the JB. As you know I've done this before (just the JB part) and am a staunch character. Charging it up now in prep, so if you think this plan sucks please advise! I worship your help.
[Added Later]
Too antsy to wait so I tried it. I put the update...bin file into the root directory but the update choice is grayed out even after a reboot. (replied to cmoim too).
[Added Still Later]
When I did a USB connect I saw that the upgrade file was gone so I sideloaded it again (yes, it is complete) and found out that if I eject the PW and then re-attach it the file has been removed. Is this a permission issue or maybe a fiendishly clever piece of coding that erases "unapproved" entries?
[Back Again]
This PW has special offers - does this interfere with sideloading/updating? I would remove this and try again but I'm not registered yet - still haven't heard from the seller about their unregistering this unit.