As long as there's no random lock-ups, you should be fine. No different than it was on the Day 1 update.
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New Wii U Firmware (12/04/2012)
- Thread starter PixyJunket
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As long as there's no random lock-ups, you should be fine. No different than it was on the Day 1 update.
Fox Mulder
Member
Anything seems faster after waiting through that awful download and install time. Going through different apps certainly isn't immediate, and takes as long as it always has.
Unless my WiiU just decided to not benefit from the update.
TheCongressman1
Member
Does anybody want to film a before and after? You know, for science?
fabricated backlash
Member
They truly go out of their way to copy Microsoft on this one. The memories of pretty much all XBL updates being preceded and followed by news of bricked consoles, accusations of said consoles being modded/hacked...
btw, slow poke connection on my end, downloaded the update in less than 10 minutes... now unto installing.
Clay Davis
Member
being at the mercy of random lock ups isn't exactly acceptable. a console shouldn't brick because of a lock up during the download of an update. ideally, you should be able to cancel the download of an update at any time before it starts to install.
I'll download the update when I get home, but two big updates in just 5 days? if that doesn't scream undercooked / rushed, I don't know what does.
fabricated backlash
Member
It doesn't. If it bricks during download, it bricks because of another flaw (entirely possible)
Ehh, not me. Miiverse loads faster and so does the Nintendo Network ID settings page. No more stuck on the splash screen like before. If there's anything, it's that it's stable enough that I don't have to fear exiting to the menu screen and getting stuck. A.K.A. its as stable as 3DS's OS launch release.
Typhoon_Ex
Member
And people complain about PS3 firmware sizes...
Oh don't get me wrong, I'm not defending this bullshit. It is indeed unacceptable. I really don't understand why a download would brick a console either... it makes no sense :/
fabricated backlash
Member
Yep. Definetly.
I didn't say going through apps was immediate. Actually opening software and closing it still takes awhile. I'm talking about going through the OS level features (friend list, miiverse) being faster, and returning to the main menu from these being immediate, rather than having to wait upwards of 10 seconds to return.
It isn't bricking consoles if you shut if off during the download. I shut my Wii U off as it downloaded the update and I turned it on 3 hrs later to let it finish. Works just fine.
fabricated backlash
Member
I highly doubt that the download itself bricks the console (if not for a fatal flaw in the OS to begin with) and seen as how the console needs a full restart before even applying the update, it is most likely that it's not related to the update data itself, but rather an allready existing fatal flaw in the systems OS.
I know, just tried it myself. Turned it off after 8 minutes of download, turned back on and 2 minutes later, the update was downloaded, restarted console and now the install begins.
Clay Davis
Member
it is strange. I wonder if the way it downloads the update is causing issues with firmware? whatever the issue is, it's something nintendo need to look into urgently. the report of background downloading the patch causing the console to brick is even more worrying.
I was lucky last time, but I might just forego this update until it becomes more clear if the patch is stable.
I had my system freeze on me while downloading the update in the background, too. Didn't get bricked, though... But isn't bricking only caused if you pull the plug while installing the update, not downloading it? That's what I've heard, at least. Does it even do background installs, or do you have to manually choose to install after the download? I haven't reached that point yet in my update (stupidly slow DSL here ._.).
After it downloaded, it said to restart the system to begin the installation process. So I had to turn it off then back on, at which point it said it was preparing the update. Then said something like "Ready to begin installing update" where I had to hit OK (didn't have an option to decline). It then started the install, and nothing else could be done while doing so.
Not necessarily, it could be shit slow Flash storage.
I am just apalled that there's a number of people here getting their consoles bricked during downloads. Normally Nintendo is pretty anal about there software.
One cool thing too, for people who aren't going in the OT frequently: The Sonic All-Stars Racing Transformed patch is up as well!
Hell yes. Will download that tomorrow!
One cool thing too, for people who aren't going in the OT frequently: The Sonic All-Stars Racing Transformed patch is up as well!
FINALLY
Now that's the update I've been waiting for!
TheCongressman1
Member
Could be, but I doubt that is the issue. Most likely is because it's highly unoptimized, I think.
My download took about an hour and a half and about 5 minutes to install. At least the install was far faster this time. Download time was expected with my connection. Some days it cooperates and I can do 500 MB in an hour, others that takes a little longer.
I will really check Nintendo Land tomorrow to see if it did fix the hard locking, which I hope it did. But, if you're fixing hard locks, wouldn't that require a separate Nintendo Land patch along with this OS update? Or not necessarily? My understanding has always been that in order to fix any kind of hard locking that requires both an update at the OS level plus a game patch. But if they were able to stop the hard locking with the OS update tonight good on them. We'll see tomorrow. I'm honestly afraid to try Nintendo Land again, since that's the only game that hard locked on me but I suppose I have to try it again at some point.
But there are random lockups quite often it seems?
radioheadrule83
Banned
They're not their servers. They use the same cloud data provider as PSN etc according to a thread the other day.
I got the first update in about 20-25 minutes + a little extra to install, I get a feeling people's DNS or ISPs are causing consoles to look up the wrong update server or something, I get great speeds in the UK.
I guess it varies on systems. For example mines only got a lock up once. Meanwhile some have a ton of lock ups... I wish Nintendo hasn't rushed the system :/
By the way, all the update did was increase the speed of loading up some apps? Really underwhelming for something that's nearly 600MB or is there something I'm missing?
KennyLinder
Member
Ugh if the system had WiiConnect24 it could do it whilst we sleep!
sketchsanchez
Member
i dont know how long it took to dl because it had done it in the background, i had no idea it was doing so.
I basically only found out because of this thread. Read there was an update here, went to download manager to do the update check and there it was @ 100%. Nice to know it fetches updates for you.
Tank jeebus i didnt get bricked, tho.
I basically only found out because of this thread. Read there was an update here, went to download manager to do the update check and there it was @ 100%. Nice to know it fetches updates for you.
Tank jeebus i didnt get bricked, tho.
flipswitch
Member
I've pulled the power cord out several times while downloading due do it taking many hours to update. I have had zero freezes/lockups.
KojiKnight
Member
Didn't even do that. Measurements I took of before and after all were within a margin of error of about 1-2 seconds plus and minus. I see a lot of people claiming it helped, but unless they actually measured it with a stop watch (I did) I wouldn't give them too much credence.
frankie_baby
Member
My update is about halfway through downloading and that's after about 15 mins, not too bad for shitty slow ass internet (8meg)
Always-honest
Banned
Jeebus, that is some slow ass download.
Ugh, while it was useful, that shit was a Wii killer. Do not want.
Dreams-Visions
Member
I have fantastic Internet (60Mbps) and it took damn near an hour.
It's may be one of Akamai's managed private/third party CDNs. Which Nintendo would have control over in terms of resources and capacity and where servers are etc.
Or not.
I haven't seen anyone compare speeds to other services on public clouds so we can't say for sure, but it's not necessarily same provider = same quality of service. Depends what approach Nintendo's taking.
On the other hand it WOULD be arbitrarily blocking just added functionality for a convenient reveal, so that sounds like something Nintendo (... or Sony or Microsoft) might pull.
frankie_baby
Member
Does definitely seem a little nippier since the update nothing drastic but definitely not imagining it, web browser also seems a bit quicker but I could be imagining that?
miiverse has been more responsive since yesterday for me. Perhaps they've just beefed up the servers on that end?
frankie_baby
Member
something seems to be terrible wrong with my WiiU.
Not only that i had no problem connecting it to my router and none of those fine lockups, noooooo now i've downloaded and installed the update in 30 mins.
GAF, i'm getting anxious here!!
Me too, I know quite scary ain't it
For the looks of it, I think the day 1 patch was something they had prepared for Miiverse and eShop to go live at launch since a month or two ago and today's patch is what they've been working in until the last minute. It's the only rational explanation for such a huge patch so soon.
As it's been said before - maybe you cannot update the firmware, but have to replace it each time you do an update.
Seems unlikely. The 2.0 update was ~1GB, no? This one is half the size.