A600gs Problems

[THX-1138]

I received my A600gs yesterday, I really like it, but there are a number of problems with it.

Backup/Restore:
Restore to Inbuilt Defaults non-functional

Menu System:
Dialog '\n' not working, showing 'N'

Amibench:
Copying files/data from USB does not work - 0 byte files.
Cannot change screen resolution
Cannot resize/change fonts - unable to restart Amibench, requiring restore from my user backup.

These are with firmware 46.1.751, my system says there is an update today - 46.1.762 however, I cannot update:

Says there is an update, click and nothing happens.
Try again and buttons greyed out, unable to do anything. Forced reboot required.


I'm sure these are all teething problems that will be fixed.


Lastly SysInfo crashes the emulator and goes back to the disk selection menu!

[THX-1138]

I'll try the update again.  As I said, these are probably just teething problems, overall I'm very impressed with the device and can appreciate the work that has gone into it.

[THX-1138]

Still unable to update.  Says it's available, I click Install Update.
A dialog appears, I click to confirm.
Another dialog appears saying "A600GS FIRMWARE UPDATE IS IN PROGRESS" etc.
After a second or so, it goes back to the original "Amisphere Profile" screen.

I have a video, I can send privately as it contains personal info (name, email etc)

[THX-1138]

I don't recall seeing that, I will try to update again soon.  Thanks.

[THX-1138]

No that hasn't worked either.  Same as before, it said something about downloading a file, it vanished off the screen and aborted in a second.

Re-booted and tried again several times, it's not having it.

[THX-1138]

Since restoring to inbuilt defaults doesn't work on mine.  I've restored everything from the user backup I did when I first got it.  I then rebooted and tried the update again.

It downloaded a number of files, maybe 9 or more and said it would soft boot after.  Then the dialog vanished, the Amisphere Profile screen is showing, everything else is greyed out and it's not doing anything.

Short of cutting the power I don't know what to do now.

[THX-1138]

I continued to try but made no progress.  It will not update.

I also discovered OctaMed will not launch from the menu, it starts to load then crashes back out to the menu.

[THX-1138]

@THX-1138

Hi, sorry to hear of the download issue.

I just tried updating my personal A600GS and it downloaded the latest public update without problems.

Please keep trying.  It maybe that your connection is dropping for some reason.  Maybe even try pairing with your mobile phone or another wifi network ?

Tried that.  No difference.

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It seems like altering things on Amibench (like font sizes e.g.) make the system fail at the (next) start.

I get an error like shown in the attachment.

[THX-1138]

Hmmm, that looks familiar. I got that error when I changed the fonts an Amibench tried to reset the screen (and couldn't due to open applications).

Last time I cancelled the process and quit Amibench before I got that error. It seemed to work at first. A restart of Amibench went fine and I finally had bigger font sizes. But after a new restart of Amibench I just got that grey screen error which I can't get rid of anymore. 

Maybe something else crashed and I did not realise it?
Anyway, problem remains...

I'm sure it will all be fixed but it is frustrating.  Doesn't help that this forum is offline most time I try and I guess AmigaKit are closed at weekends.

[THX-1138]

As of about an hour ago, my A600GS has stopped booting.

It boots to a black screen with a red cursor and goes no further, no startup music.

[THX-1138]

This is what I've been seeing for most of the weekend.

[THX-1138]

My A600gs is still not booting.  What should/could I do now?  What are my options?

[THX-1138]

Will do, thanks.

[THX-1138]

I did rewrite the SD image using the file you sent.  The system then updated fine.

I did try Octamed from the game launcher, again it did fail.
Also I did try the restore to inbuilt defaults, they still do not do anything.