Important Note when Downgrading WDTV Live Firmware

[JoeySmyth]

@Pete_Tenebruso

Took me a little while to figure this out

Or you could have just searched the forum instead

2.02.32 Firmware no longer allows content?

1. small flashdrive (2,4,8 GB) formatted FAT32 … completely empty 2. download rollback firmware: http://download.wdc.com/wdtv/wdtvlivegen3_rollback_2.01.86.zip 3. extract all 4 files onto the root of the flashdrive ie. No Folders so you should only have these on the flashdrive wdtvlivegen3.bi2 wdtvlivegen3.bin wdtvlivegen3.fff wdtvlivegen3.ver 4. Before inserting the flashdrive … check the detect New Firmware setting is “On” Setup > System > Auto Detect New Firmware > On 5. Power off t…