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<blockquote data-quote="Sleepingwiththefish" data-source="post: 1097540">Beware, is just not E2 that updates, but everything else (skins, plugins, ...), and sometimes they are not in synchronized.Also, Linux kernel/utilities will update when changing image version 6.3&gt;6.4, so it needs a fresh flash, then restore settings.Trying to have E2 STB always up-to-date can make the system very unstable.Newbies often complain that STB is not able to boot or is even freezing before/after reboot after updating, that is a well known problem.Also many problems may arise with continuous online updates, one on top of the other, some people update it every day, then, they have problems every day!The recommended away to troubleshoot these problems is doing a fresh flash with latest image using USB method (and following the procedure for the specific STB, then, if you have problems, you may check for updates.There's core system stuff that may only update when using USB method (&quot;online flash&quot; in OpenATV may also work, not recommended for trying to fix weird system behavior).Most inexperienced Enigma2 user tend to try to have always the system updated when is not needed, E2 is open-source, people use their free time to contribute and try to make things better, things can go wrong.Most experienced users will only update if needed, if needed, they use terminal (SSH) and choose what to update.I personally run a few E2 receivers that even run a lot of background tasks using Linux tools (shell), I also help people set them up, a couple of mine have crazy high uptimes and can't remember last time I had problems with them (freezes, crashes,...).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sleepingwiththefish, post: 1097540"] Beware, is just not E2 that updates, but everything else (skins, plugins, ...), and sometimes they are not in synchronized. Also, Linux kernel/utilities will update when changing image version 6.3>6.4, so it needs a fresh flash, then restore settings. Trying to have E2 STB always up-to-date can make the system very unstable. Newbies often complain that STB is not able to boot or is even freezing before/after reboot after updating, that is a well known problem. Also many problems may arise with continuous online updates, one on top of the other, some people update it every day, then, they have problems every day! The recommended away to troubleshoot these problems is doing a fresh flash with [B]latest[/B] image using [B]USB method[/B] (and following the procedure for the specific STB, then, if you have problems, you may check for updates. There's core system stuff that may only update when using USB method ("online flash" in OpenATV may also work, not recommended for trying to fix weird system behavior). Most inexperienced Enigma2 user tend to try to have always the system updated when is not needed, E2 is open-source, people use their free time to contribute and try to make things better, things can go wrong. Most experienced users will only update if needed, if needed, they use terminal (SSH) and choose what to update. I personally run a few E2 receivers that even run a lot of background tasks using Linux tools (shell), I also help people set them up, a couple of mine have crazy high uptimes and can't remember last time I had problems with them (freezes, crashes,...). [/QUOTE]

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