Lost some local channels - Page 21

nmiller855 · 11-24-2012, 02:04 PM

I won't be home until tomorrow to check to see if my 2 channels have returned. I'm sorry that we all had to deal with the reboot issues but if it returned the missing channels, I am thankful.

iiigoiii · 11-25-2012, 12:57 PM

so if i'm reading this correctly, it sounds like some people here have had luck getting 3.5d on their series 1 directivo's by just getting the unit to call out for software updates?

i'd try, but i had to reload my system software a few years ago with instantcake - which loaded 3.5c. and - i thought i remembered that once a unit was upgraded to a larger HDD with instantcake, it was important to unhook the phone line (something about software updates inadvertently blowing away some changes made by the instantcake reload?). i haven't made any other system mods on my own.

does anyone know if my philips DSR6000R01 would actually be able to get the 3.5d off the phone line, and if it would still work with the larger HDD?

ronsch · 11-25-2012, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by iiigoiii

so if i'm reading this correctly, it sounds like some people here have had luck getting 3.5d on their series 1 directivo's by just getting the unit to call out for software updates?

i'd try, but i had to reload my system software a few years ago with instantcake - which loaded 3.5c. and - i thought i remembered that once a unit was upgraded to a larger HDD with instantcake, it was important to unhook the phone line (something about software updates inadvertently blowing away some changes made by the instantcake reload?). i haven't made any other system mods on my own.

does anyone know if my philips DSR6000R01 would actually be able to get the 3.5d off the phone line, and if it would still work with the larger HDD?

Based on what others have said it may still be possible to get 3.5d but it would be from the satellite, not the phone line. You may already have it on your dsr6000. If you have bash access to your TiVo execute the following command.

Code:

echo mls /SwSystem | tivosh

That will show whether you have 3.5d waiting.

Also do

Code:

bootpage -p /dev/hda

This will show if your instacake install was set up to prevent automatic upgrades.

sbourgeo · 11-25-2012, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by iiigoiii

does anyone know if my philips DSR6000R01 would actually be able to get the 3.5d off the phone line, and if it would still work with the larger HDD?

If you do a "stock" upgrade from 3.5c to 3.5d you will not get an LBA48 kernel and will eventually have data corruption issues if you are trying to use more than ~137 GB of a single disk. There is an LBA48 kernel available, but that would require a little work to get set up (link).

nmiller855 · 11-28-2012, 12:08 PM

I have an upgraded SAT-T60 & it updated to 3.5d through phone calls. I have never bern able to restore 2 of the local channels even after the "fix".

ronsch · 11-28-2012, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by nmiller855

I have an upgraded SAT-T60 & it updated to 3.5d through phone calls. I have never bern able to restore 2 of the local channels even after the "fix".

Did you go to the extreme of trying a Clear & Delete Everything or a Program Data at the least? I thought others were reporting that the T-60's were a bit crankier about locals than the DSR6000's...

BigIrv · 11-29-2012, 08:03 AM

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Originally Posted by ronsch

Did you go to the extreme of trying a Clear & Delete Everything or a Program Data at the least? I thought others were reporting that the T-60's were a bit crankier about locals than the DSR6000's...

T-60 upgraded from 3.5c to 3.5d, but I was still missing two local channels. I did a full reset (took 5+ hours) and once I was up and going -- no locals at all!

I let it run overnight and today all locals are working.

ronsch · 11-29-2012, 09:29 AM

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Originally Posted by BigIrv

T-60 upgraded from 3.5c to 3.5d, but I was still missing two local channels. I did a full reset (took 5+ hours) and once I was up and going -- no locals at all!

I let it run overnight and today all locals are working.

Glad it worked!

iiigoiii · 12-03-2012, 04:06 PM

crap...can't remember what size disk i put in there or if i did anything special for large disk support. the system info says 145hrs.

and i never got to the point of getting bash. the readme for the new IC says that it has bash support enabled, not sure if it was on my older version. i do know that i never flashed my PROM myself, don't know if IC did it on the 3.5c install.

the phone line has long been disconnected, but the system info shows a 'successful call' this morning, leading me to suspect that there is call imitation going on in the software somewhere to prevent the system from actually calling. and i read on the IC readme that they do disable auto updates.

oh well, guess the easiest path is to start over with 3.5d and wipe out my recordings....