topic Betreff: Firmware update 6.267 (Oct/Nov 2017) full details ? in Android TV

Firmware update 6.267 (Oct/Nov 2017) full details ?

got2avekayanow — Fri, 03 Nov 2017 09:54:31 GMT

Hi all, I'm being pestered by osn's to tale this update but everywhere I've looked it lists a few details followed by "and more". Before I allow it I'd like to know what the "and more" is. Anyone know where I can see the full list.

Betreff: Firmware update 6.267 (Oct/Nov 2017) full details ?

Kuschelmonschter — Fri, 03 Nov 2017 10:28:18 GMT

Hardly anybody notices any change at all. Rumor has it, that the new FW has just been pushed to remove Twitter Social Viewing before November.

Official changelog:

- Introduces How-to videos in the BRAVIA Recommendations shelf
- Improves TV response time when using the remote control
- Improves user experience when setting up Samba TV service
- Resolves YouTube 4K playback issue (2,560 x 1,440 resolution or higher)
- Resolves an issue where the TV turns on by itself from standby mode

YouTube 4K playback still suffers from micro-stuttering as before. So I have no clue what they actually fixed there.

As for Samba TV, they actually made the experience even worse. If you disabled the service it would now cause a crash every ~3s. So you have to enable the service which clearly infringes users' privacies as opting out of Samba TV does not stop the service from communicating with its servers. Seems like there is no QA at all over at Sony.

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Jecht_Sin — Sat, 04 Nov 2017 07:14:04 GMT

Kuschelmonschter wrote:
Hardly anybody notices any change at all. Rumor has it, that the new FW has just been pushed to remove Twitter Social Viewing before November.

I don't know if I should take this rumor with happiness... or desperation about the idea of waiting tirelessly for yet another fw update that probably will fix nothing, like this last one.

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got2avekayanow — Sat, 04 Nov 2017 11:54:01 GMT

Thanks but don't know about the Samba thing, I have it disabled but have not experienced any crashes, not even one never mind every 3secs. I don't twitter but still have no idea what the "and more" is. The update installed despite me clicking "later" sometime whilst on standby. As a result I have turned off Auto updates so I have a little more control over it next time. Great TV crap software.

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WhoopsSonyBravia — Sat, 04 Nov 2017 16:15:46 GMT

Believe me when i say its a total nightmare. "" flamin box returning every 3 secounds. took me for ever trying to work it out but i did and now Samba is consigned to the bin. why the hell they put out untested updates i will never know, think it may be some one who knows nothing is writing the programs.

MY ADVISE IS TO TURN OF AUTO UPDATES AND CHECK WITH THE COMUNITY WHEN THEY ARE SAFE TO LOAD.

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kinggo01 — Sat, 04 Nov 2017 17:20:05 GMT

@WhoopsSonyBravia wrote:

MY ADVISE IS TO TURN OF AUTO UPDATES AND CHECK WITH THE COMUNITY WHEN THEY ARE SAFE TO LOAD.

Did that after MM broke almost every smart function 😞

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Jecht_Sin — Sun, 05 Nov 2017 07:34:10 GMT

WhoopsSonyBravia wrote:
Believe me when i say its a total nightmare. "" flamin box returning every 3 secounds. took me for ever trying to work it out but i did and now Samba is consigned to the bin. why the hell they put out untested updates i will never know, think it may be some one who knows nothing is writing the programs.

Oh, no.. I believe they did test it. They just didn't consider that many "power users" were going to get a rid of that Samba junk Sony seems to love so much.

Because, apparently, in the eyes of Sony we don't want HDR in YouTube, we don't want a working audio passthrough (with DTS and the likes), we don't want the ability to use a (standard in Android TV) VPN without the TV rebooting after sleeping, we don't want to extend our internal memory via an USB device (and also with the max performance supported by the device), we want... SAMBA TV!

Which I don't even know what it does, since I don't have an aerial connected. But that gets updated, making me losing half an hour to re-enable it (due to its infinite loop of crashes) and then finally get a rid of it for good.

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Kuschelmonschter — Sun, 05 Nov 2017 11:49:50 GMT

This video clearly demonstrates what Samba TV is geared towards. It is all about Sony making some money by spying on us.

Betreff: Firmware update 6.267 (Oct/Nov 2017) full details ?

123456788 — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 12:51:25 GMT

I have the same problem, how did you rectify it

Thanks

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Kuschelmonschter — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 12:55:09 GMT

Which problem are you referring to?

Betreff: Firmware update 6.267 (Oct/Nov 2017) full details ?

123456788 — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 13:03:51 GMT

The Samba message issue

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Kuschelmonschter — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 13:04:53 GMT

Go to Settings > Apps and re-enable the Samba Interactive service.

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123456788 — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 13:09:13 GMT

Ok thanks

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Jecht_Sin — Wed, 08 Nov 2017 07:54:23 GMT

@Kuschelmonschter wrote:
This video clearly demonstrates what Samba TV is geared towards. It is all about Sony making some money by spying on us.

I can't believe it. It's for monitoring!!! To gain data about what we are watching. Now I am even happier to have disabled it.

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zadtso — Wed, 08 Nov 2017 21:40:28 GMT

Hi, Why was Twitter removed from the Action menu? I liked using it while watching question time Angus

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Kuschelmonschter — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 07:27:26 GMT

Why was Twitter removed from the Action menu?

Because Sony decided not to pay for the feature anymore. Guess too few people ever used it.

Other features Sony recently abandoned:

- Opera TV Store

- live TV/TV guide features in Video & TV SideView app

Seems like common practice these days.

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darrenj11 — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 08:59:19 GMT

Oh,the twitter feature never worked for me, thought it was permanently broke

Re: Firmware update 6.267 (Oct/Nov 2017) full details ?

chrisbrowe — Sat, 11 Nov 2017 18:18:52 GMT

So I updated to the 'New' YouTube application when launched, found the 1440 and greater issue and then went back to the 'Old' YT version, after following comments here and elsewhere indicating playing of UHD was working, updated to the 'New' YT version again. I got no microstuttering at all during these operations, just the inability to play 1440 and up content correctly.

On Friday i took the plunge and updated to the new Sony Firmware (taking 42mins in the process) now the 'New' YT version IS exhibiting microstuttering. I've reverted to the 'old'App again.

Q for Sony, has this been noted? If so when will it be fixed, again?

Thanks.

Re: Firmware update 6.267 (Oct/Nov 2017) full details ?

speedyrite — Sat, 11 Nov 2017 22:10:58 GMT

@chrisbrowe wrote:
So I updated to the 'New' YouTube application when launched,
...
I've reverted to the 'old'App again.

How do you actually get the new version of the app? And how do you revert back to an older version?

Reason for asking is that 55XE9005 has got YouTube app version 2.01.04 (from 28/08/2017). I'm sure there's a newer version but I can't figure out how to make the TV get it! Apps are set to auto-update in the Google Play Store app settings. Installed firmware 6.267 since about a week ago. I suspect that other apps are also out of date.

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Jecht_Sin — Sun, 12 Nov 2017 07:31:42 GMT

speedyrite wrote:
Reason for asking is that 55XE9005 has got YouTube app version 2.01.04 (from 28/08/2017). I'm sure there's a newer version

Not really. YouTube v2.01.04 is the latest version. That's what I have installed and what it is shown in apk mirror (which usually gets updated in a couple of days max for YouTube).

To revert back to the original contained in the OS installation (of which I don't know the version after the last OS update), just search "YouTube" in Google Play in the TV, select it and then select "Uninstall updates".

PS: Is it me or at least the remote does work better after the last Android 7.0 update? Apart that I had to change the batteries (again!). But it seems to get the IR signal a bit better.