ALERT Obi Firmware update advisory (since 8/5/2021 at 5pm PDT )

[ostridge]

Worth noting the advisory on Obitalk.com about Google Voice updateing needed to keep phones working - if you have not upgraded since Thursday 8/5/2021 5:00pm PDT

Notice to Google Voice users: Google is updating their security protocols that requires a firmware upgrade on your OBi device. In order for you to keep using the service, we will perform a system-wide firmware upgrade to all online devices registered to Google Voice at Thursday 8/5/2021 5:00pm PDT. Please keep your devices online so it can be part of the scheduled upgrade. For the devices that are not online during the upgrade, you will need to manually update the firmware. To do so, please refer to instructions on how to upgrade your firmware to the latest version. You may also start upgrading your firmware before the scheduled upgrade mentioned. Thank you for your cooperation -Team OBiTALK

 

[phinphan]

I have an obi1062. Great phone except if you update the firmware, bluetooth no longer works. So I get to choose between gv and bluetooth. Hmmm.

 

[ostridge]

I have an obi1062. Great phone except if you update the firmware, bluetooth no longer works. So I get to choose between gv and bluetooth. Hmmm.

I had a similar porblem "Could not connect to wifi/bt 'dongle'" or some such wording on the 2182 after a FW update. I took the back off the phone, had a look but saw nothing; so carefully replaced back with new FW and worked fine. But YMMV.

EDIT: I noted while inside there seems to be no pinhole or switch for Factory Reset - seems contrary to F/R procedure - but can be done from GUI.