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    Posted: 08 December 2024 at 15:15
Hi all,
I recently udated the firmware on my a1 from 1.32 to 2.02 (through 1.35 and 2.01). I have just dicovered that bluetooth and wifi appear to be broken. Googling the problem suggests I am not alone, and I should have done my research before upgrading. This is infuriating!
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That's very frustrating Jonas!

Does the camera still take pictures and it's only the wireless network which is not working!?
That seems to be a hardware error surfacing after running though all these FW updates (especially v2.01) and for sure this is annoying.
I guess you need to send it in for service to get the HW fixed and have working Wifi and BT function again - see Sony support here.
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The camera works fine otherwise.
I had understood that the broken hardware issue was fw2.00.
The 2.02 was released in June long after the issue was known and per Sony instruction:
Important precautions for updating from Ver. 1.32 or earlier
Update order: Ver. 1.35 → Ver. 2.01 → Ver. 2.02

I could not have imagined that they would force users through an update process which was known at the time to destroy hardware?
I am not getting the error message, I just cannot get it to connect through wifi or bluetooth....


Edited by Jonas A-R - 08 December 2024 at 18:04
a1 20/1.8G 21/2.8 Loxia 35/1.4GM 50/1.2GM 85/1.4GM 90/2.8G Laowa 100/2.8 2:1 100/2.8GM STF 135/1.8GM 24-105/4G 100-400/4-5.6GM 200-600/5.6-6.3G 1.4x 2x TC
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