richUK wrote:
mavhun - you obviously did not read the first post from WD.
Very Important: Rolling back to version 1.05.04 or earlier may break your WDTV.
Note the word ‘may’, they removed the old firmware because they found in testing that it could break the player.
I also assume that you were not on the latest firmware when you rolled back to 1.04.22 or your ver edit would not have worked.
As a warning to others you should not attempt to install any firmware from the GPL page mentioned above as this will damage your player.
Rich, I know of people who rolled back their Live Plus beyond the “authorized” rollback version (to rollback version 1.05.04) and their Plus did not brick, and it lived to see another day – and beyond.
That said, everyone is on his own here – no guarantees.
EDIT: At this point, I find it helpful to make it much easier for folks to locate the two rollback versions of FW 1.05.04 – it is a very stable version for both units. (It’s been on my Live Plus well over a year, now.)
Here below, are the official names of the rollback FW; Google search the filename you want to download and you will get lots of hits.
Remember to rollback to the “Official WD recommended” firmware beforehand. Know, too, that no tweaking of rollback VER file needs to be done – it is baked into the cake, so just run it.
I am posting this info, because I want to encourage WD to repost this stuff so people do not have to scrounge around googling for the previous FW, and instead, they can download it directly from WD.
For the Live Plus – google for file named Rollback_wdtvliveplus_release_1.05.04_B.zip
For the older Live – google for file named Rollback_wdtvlive_release_1.05.04_V.zip
Good luck to those who go forward with this rollback!
Report back here how it went for you.