topic Re: Firmware Update V6.5603 in Android TV

Firmware Update V6.5603

Gary_10 — Mon, 25 Jun 2018 16:22:21 GMT

I saw this posted on the Sony Support Page

Firmware update to v6.5603

Applicable Models

This information is for the following models:

KD-77A1
KD-65A1
KD-55A1
KD-75XE9405
KD-65XE9305
KD-55XE9305
KD-55XE8396
KD-55XE8096
KD-49XE8396
KD-49XE8099
KD-49XE8096
KD-49XE8088
KD-49XE8077
KD-49XE8005
KD-49XE8004
KD-43XE8396
KD-43XE8099
KD-43XE8096
KD-43XE8077
KD-43XE8005
KD-43XE8004
KD-100ZD9
KD-75ZD9
KD-65ZD9
KD-49XD8305
KD-43XD8305
KD-55XD8005
KD-49XD8005
KD-43XD8005
KD-49XD8077
KD-43XD8077
KD-49XD8088
KD-43XD8088
KD-49XD8099
KD-43XD8099
KD-65XD7504
KD-65XD7505
KD-55XD7004
KD-49XD7004
KD-55XD7005
KD-49XD7005
KD-50SD8005

About this download

IMPORTANT:
We would like to inform you that we’ve decided to temporarily delay the rollout of the below announced firmware update. Our engineers are still fine-tuning the firmware to ensure the best possible experience with the new release. We will update this article with a new update schedule as soon as possible. For the latest developments, we recommend bookmarking this page. Alternatively, you can add your model to the Support by Sony mobile app to receive an instant product notification. We'd like to thank you for your understanding and patience.(Added on 21-06-2018)

Is this the reason why those models are not able to receive the BBC iplayer UHD live World Cup football?

Re: Firmware Update V6.5603

LightFoot — Mon, 25 Jun 2018 16:42:03 GMT

Hi @Gary_10. You are about a month out of date, it was released on 23 May 2018.

Re: Firmware Update V6.5603

Kuschelmonschter — Mon, 25 Jun 2018 16:52:21 GMT

See this thread.

Re: Firmware Update V6.5603

Gary_10 — Mon, 25 Jun 2018 16:52:33 GMT

Sony says delayed release 21-06-2018, is this true? Or do we have a release that's not working properly?

Re: Firmware Update V6.5603

Kuschelmonschter — Mon, 25 Jun 2018 16:55:28 GMT

The update bricked some TVs. So they had to pull it... again. Affected TVs have been XE85, XE90, XE93 and A1 (and probably more).

Re: Firmware Update V6.5603

Gary_10 — Mon, 25 Jun 2018 16:55:59 GMT

Probably helps that my tv is a XE80, think I should have bought a XE70, less issues. At least they seem able to receive UHD iplayer test broadcasts. Seems a waste of money buying some new models mid year if that happens.

Re: Firmware Update V6.5603

Kuschelmonschter — Mon, 25 Jun 2018 17:01:41 GMT

Seems like they pulled it for all 2017 Android TV models by now.

Re: Firmware Update V6.5603

copicke45 — Mon, 25 Jun 2018 20:34:00 GMT

They pulled this update for the XE90 at the beginning of the month. Wonder why it took them much longer to pull it for the rest?

It has been reported here that if your TV has already installed the update correctly then you won't have a problem, that it's only during the update process itself where there is a chance it will brick.

Android is looking like it was more trouble than it was worth for Sony to adopt for its premium TVs.

Re: Firmware Update V6.5603

Gary_10 — Tue, 03 Jul 2018 10:43:33 GMT

Hi SonyUser30Yrs,

Was this update pulled on 21-06-2018 by Sony?

Re: Firmware Update V6.5603

Kuschelmonschter — Tue, 03 Jul 2018 10:45:12 GMT

Yes. For 2017 models, it got pulled. For 2018 models, it is still there.