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Old 07-17-2018, 12:45 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by atef View Post
Hi everyone,
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Is it possible to manipulate the firmware to be installed on older devices since they stuck on the firmware 5.6.1.1?
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Imagine a complex, desktop, personal computer.
Now imagine all of the features and functions of that device shrunk down to a single silicon chip.
That type of device is generally known as an: SOC (System On a Chip).
The PW1 (since you mention 5.6.1.1) and earlier use a different model SOC.

With the result that:
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Originally Posted by NiLuJe View Post
No. It'd take a tremendous amount of work, including possibly a shitload of kernel backports.
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TL,DR: No
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