{"id":565,"date":"2014-02-08T14:53:27","date_gmt":"2014-02-08T12:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bergs.biz\/blog\/?p=565"},"modified":"2014-05-12T20:49:12","modified_gmt":"2014-05-12T18:49:12","slug":"firmware-issue-with-lg-bp430-bluray-player-remains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bergs.biz\/blog\/2014\/02\/08\/firmware-issue-with-lg-bp430-bluray-player-remains\/","title":{"rendered":"Firmware Issue with LG BP430 BluRay Player remains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In one of my recent articles I <a href=\"http:\/\/bergs.biz\/blog\/2014\/01\/31\/warning-to-install-latest-firmware-version-for-lg-bp430-bluray-player\/\">blogged<\/a> about a regression the latest firmware update for my LG BP430 introduced. I made LG aware by calling them, and they said they would forward that warning and have the broken firmware update pulled from their update server.<\/p>\n<p>Today, more than a week later I noticed by chance that there is supposedly a new firmware update available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lg.com\/de\/service-produkt\/lg-BP430#software_panel\" target=\"_blank\">on their web server<\/a> (i. e. not on their update server that the player uses internally, which usually will be updated prior to the web server according to the support guy I talked to). See below for a screenshot of LG&#8217;s web site as of today:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bergs.biz\/blog\/files\/2014\/02\/LG-FW-Update-Typo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bergs.biz\/blog\/files\/2014\/02\/LG-FW-Update-Typo.png\" alt=\"LG-FW-Update-Typo\" width=\"754\" height=\"244\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>See how it says <code>BD3.413<\/code>, while the previous (broken) version was <code>BD3.412<\/code>. That sounded promising, since a higher version number could have meant they had already fixed the issue I reported. So I downloaded the ZIP file and prepared to install it by copying the file to a USB flash memory stick.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to actually applying the update the player shows the version number in the upgrade image, and in fact it still says <code>BD3.412<\/code>. So there&#8217;s simply a typo on LG&#8217;s web site. Not very professional, if I may say.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, the upgrade server still holds the same broken version as well. \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n<p>I guess I have to call them again &#8212; they don&#8217;t even have a toll-free number, but I&#8217;m willing to pay the price anyway since it&#8217;s at least not a premium (0900) number.<\/p>\n<p>I will keep you posted!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update 2014-02-10<\/strong>: I called LG again, and this time I was talking to a customer service rep who seemed to be interested. He took a note of my contact details and promised to forward the info about the bad firmware upgrade. He also confirmed that the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lg.com\/us\/blu-ray-players\/lg-BP530-blu-ray-dvd-player\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>LG BP530<\/strong><\/a> would also be affected, since these two devices share the same firmware.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update 2014-05-12<\/strong>: Finally LG seemed to have fixed the defects. Since a couple of days I&#8217;m running firmware version &#8220;<code>BD3.412.40424.C<\/code>&#8221; on my LG BP430, and so far I could not reproduce any of the issues encountered in previous versions. 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