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They were "unofficial" because they were if anything, "test" updates. Many of them were released to certain individuals ONLY to be tested, not to be officially released.
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They may have been intended as test releases, but still, I am aware of 3 recent "unofficial" releases, and they all looked very "official":
- The 1.2.2 version dated Jan. 20 was installed on new devices that were shipped to customers. That does not look "unofficial".
- The "Russian" 1.2.2 version of Feb 10 was published on the website of the "official" Russian distributor.
- Last week's 1.2.2 version (which turned out to be the same as 1.3) was published on the site of the "official" US distributor.
In none of these situations the firmware versions were presented as "test" updates only.
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Also, please be wary of all "unofficial" updates from now on not released directly from Onyx as they may possibly have more issues than they fix.
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Yes, that makes sense, as long as we are told that the updates are unofficial. An upgrade on the site of an official distributor does look like something released directly from Onyx.
Still, I believe you, Mike, when you say that these upgrades were meant as test versions. I guess we need to consider that the whole thing is pretty new for Onyx and the distributors, and some people underestimated how eager people would be to get firmware updates. Let's hope they learn from the whole situation and manage to improve their release management.