Beoplay A9 Firmware update issue - brick ?

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Ulrich2020 (archived2)
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Posted April 13, 2020 at 21:47 GMT
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Hey,

as proud owner of a used Beoplay A9 I noticed today that there is a new firmware available.  Well, never change a (super) running system... who cares. So the speaker is connected wireless to my WLAN router, which connects multiple devices to the real world.

OK so i started the firmware update from the web interface of the speaker and the process started, with a prompt that the update may take a couple of minutes ant that i should not interrupt it by disconnecting the speaker from power etc. The change of status to update mode was signaled by an LED on the back blinking red.

Now 1 hour later - that`s still unchanged. 😕🙁No sound signal from the speaker possibly indicating completion or anything else.

WHAT SHALL I DO NOW?  Shall i unplug power?  Will this brick the speaker or can i in the worst case reset back to delivery state? After being so happy with the speaker for a long time i am afraid that i totally ruined it.

Looking forward to your advice in this miserable situation....

 

 

 

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AnalogPlanet (archived2)
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Posted April 13, 2020 at 22:59 GMT
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Happened to me with A9 Mk2 with the last fw update... the app and the A9 simply didn't progress anymore after a certain point. Plugged it out the mains, waited 30 sec, plugged back, booted normally and upon the check the app indicated latest firmware.

I am not recommending you to do the same, just sharing what I did.  I was so fed up I couldn't obsess anymore and pulled the plug.

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Ulrich2020 (archived2)
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Posted April 13, 2020 at 23:23 GMT
#2136806

I tried on my own risk.... and it worked !!!

Everything as before, including previous/current firmware version 😁

 

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