The nerds at GoPro are getting very close to release a firmware update for the GoPro Hero. Which is good news for most of us, but very good news for anyone using the GoPro Hero’s time lapse feature.
The current GoPro Hero firmware has a very serious bug that will brick the camera when it hits a filename counter of 9999, which is very easy to do if you’re taking time lapse photos. Currently the only solution is to remove the battery for 48 hours, which will apparently set the counter back to 9500, which re-enables the movie functions, but leaves it pretty much useless as a time lapse camera.
Although GoPro have announced that the firmware is 99.99% ready, many users who have returned their ‘bricked’ cameras to GoPro for a factory firmware reflash have received replacement cameras in return, instead of their own reflashed cameras – which has fuelled rumours that the GoPro firmware can not actually be flashed at all. Which leaves all current GoPro users in a very worrying position.
On a more positive note, there are vague reports that the new firmware will add a live AV output feature – which is what we’ve all been waiting for.
…Attention Friends of GoPro! We ask for your patience and understanding. The firmware update for the HD HERO Camera is 99.99% complete. We are tweaking the final settings at this very moment. Our engineering team is 100% fully focused on releasing the update as soon as possible, we promise you this!
Several new features are included in this firmware update, along with the long awaited UP/UPd option. The reason for our delay pertains to one final round of refinements to this new feature set. Only the best will do, but this sometimes comes at the expense of an on-time release. Our sincerest apologies for the delay, but we are now only one small step from completion; we appreciate your ongoing patience and support!
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