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Old 22-05-2008, 15:42   #46
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Re: V Boxes update

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Update went through on Teesside when I did a hard reset due to BBCi not working.
Yeah same here (apart from the BBCi bit )
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Old 22-05-2008, 16:01   #47
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Re: V Boxes update

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If you V+ Box has got the following numbers 11.3.2_ukcable it has been updated.
Cool, my V+ Box has that version
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Re: V Boxes update

just had that new version dloaded here Portsmouth (PO7) no more waiting for box to reboot with flashing red light now ya can just press and hold power button!
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Re: V Boxes update

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Don't force an update - you just risk breaking the box.
I'm sure it's been asked many times before but if the update is available via a forced update then that means that VM have made the update available on a server somewhere yes?

Are you saying that the steps the box goes through to do the forced update can break the box or that if it's not being updated via a normal reboot you shouldn't be force updating the box?

Surely forced update or not, if the software has been made available to the network, it's of good enough quality to be installed via whichever method?
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Re: V Boxes update

i would of thought so from a logic point of view
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Re: V Boxes update

Unlike the Sky boxes there is no way to 'force' an update on a cable STB. It will update next time it is rebooted if the update is avaliable, or in some circumstances Virgin will make the boxes reboot to update
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Re: V Boxes update

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in some circumstances Virgin will make the boxes reboot to update
yes thats how mine updated.
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Re: V Boxes update

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Unlike the Sky boxes there is no way to 'force' an update on a cable STB.
I think you'll find there is on most of them <^>
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Re: V Boxes update

No, there isn't. You can reboot the box all you like. If the update isn't on the server then it won't update. As soon as Virgin put the update on the server, the boxes will update.

Pretty simple really
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No, there isn't. You can reboot the box all you like. If the update isn't on the server then it won't update. As soon as Virgin put the update on the server, the boxes will update.

Pretty simple really
Well I just rebooted my box and there was no update so I did a forced update <^> and it updated.

They must have put the update on the server at the very second I did the forced update
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Re: V Boxes update

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No, there isn't. You can reboot the box all you like. If the update isn't on the server then it won't update. As soon as Virgin put the update on the server, the boxes will update.

Pretty simple really
your right Ben & thats how it worked for me

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Funny, because I just rebooted my box and there was no update so I did a forced update <^> and it updated.

They must have put the update on the server at the very second I did the forced update
must of
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Re: V Boxes update

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must of
Horace said he did a forced update earlier and he's in my area. Must have already been on the server.
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Re: V Boxes update

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Must have already been on the server.
thats what i was on about
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Well I just rebooted my box and there was no update so I did a forced update <^> and it updated.
It will have just downloaded the same software that you already had.

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Are you saying that the steps the box goes through to do the forced update can break the box
Yes.
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It will have just downloaded the same software that you already had.
It updated the box, I'm on 13.100.1_ukcable now.
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