Ledger Firmware Update?

[jerry0]

I do see firmware is available and option to update firmware. Shows Update Firmware to 2.1.0 is available.  I am using firmware 2.0 still.


I also see that the apps I have installed below have updates available as I am using these


Bitcoin  1.6.3

Bitcoin Cash 1.6.3

Bitcoin Gold 1.6.3



I can click on update all and it would all go to version 2.0.0 for each of these. My question is... do I update all first... before I do the update firmware?  Or the other way around?


Also my ledger live is the latest one as Ledger Live 2.36.3



Want to make sure before I do this firmware update.


Did anyone here regret doing this update?  I saw some people on reddit ask how they want to rollback to the old one but that certainly isn't possible right?


The thing though is if I do not update my ledger live now, I won't be able to for many months due to me not having the seed with me.  Thus I don't want to be doing a firmware update when I'm in another location without the seed.  So would you recommend to do this firmware update now or not?  Because there is a risk where if another firmware updates let say happens in a few months and say its now firmware 2.2 and you still using firmware 2.0, there is a better chance of something going wrong in the firmware update when it goes from an older version to newest one compared to like 2.1.0 to 2.2 right?

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[Rath_]

My question is... do I update all first... before I do the update firmware?  Or the other way around?

As far as I remember, apps need to be reinstalled after firmware update so it would be pointless to update them first.

I saw some people on reddit ask how they want to rollback to the old one but that certainly isn't possible right?

Yes, you cannot rollback an update.

So would you recommend to do this firmware update now or not?

Just do it, Jerry... just do it.

[Pmalek]

As far as I remember, apps need to be reinstalled after firmware update so it would be pointless to update them first.

It's now handled automatically. After the firmware upgrade is over, your Ledger Live will reinstall the apps you had on your device before. However, since the internal storage has been slightly reduced, some users could not have enough space for all of them. Since Jerry is using Bitcoin forked apps, nothing will be missing.

Bitcoin Gold 1.6.3

I think I remember from one of your older posts that you don't have any Bitcoin Gold anymore and that your account is empty. If that's true, why is this app still installed?

[jerry0]

How often does one need to update each coin version on their nano ledger?  For example when there is a firmware update, when i go and get ready to do it, i see my coin apps like btc, bch etc needs up to be updated as its using a much older version.  So i update each app to the latest version and then i do firmware update.  if there is no firmware update, i don't even look at each apps version for months.  Any issue with that?  i assume not right?  Does anyone know how often btc, bch and those apps have an update?


For people who just hold coins in their nano ledger, they would do the firmware update when there is one.  But if they aren't doing transactions much, they not going to connect their nano ledger to their pc that much.  i assume no issue not ever updating the coin apps at all right until there is a firmware update?

[Pmalek]

There are few certain things in life. One of those things is that Jerry will come back once every few months to ask how often he should update his Ledger apps and the firmware. Update them when a new version is available or don't. Your choice. Read the release notes about what was changed in the new releases and decide for yourself if that is something you need. If bugs and vulnerabilities were fixed, update it.

No questions about passphrases this time?   

[NeuroticFish]

Does anyone know how often btc, bch and those apps have an update?

If you are so keen to find updates for those apps you have to open LL often enough and it will tell you if updates are available for what's installed on your device.
The updates are not done because some time has passed since the previous update, they're done because, for some reason, changes are needed.

And if you want to see what changes are done, you can visit page like this one I've found for Ledger's Bitcoin app: https://github.com/LedgerHQ/app-bitcoin-new/blob/develop/CHANGELOG.md
You will see the reasons for the various updates.

For example LL is trying to push now Bitcoin 2.0.4 in my case, although 2.0.5 is also done and will probably start to get pushed in the near future (and I will wait for that one).

[Pmalek]

Update usually fix bug though.

I wanted to say that if you check release notes for your crypto apps or the Ledger Live, and you notice that certain bugs or vulnerabilities that can affect you were fixed, that's a good reason to update your software. Or if you notice that your Ledger device is acting differently. For example, there seems to be some disconnection issues with the HWs currently according to the notes I can see on GitHub. If I were to notice something like that with my device as well, it would be a good idea to update LL if I didn't already do that.

[dkbit98]

I have to say that last few times I updated ledger device and ledger live app it was much worse process than before.
Two times I got stuck half way with apps not updating and legder live reported my ledger is locked, even if I confirmed that nothing was locked on device.
Only way to get things moving was to disconnect cable from computer and start all over again, this happened several times, and I had to install apps again.
I hear complains from other people that app is now worse than before with recent interface changes, and you can't even send Bitcoin with minimum fees of 1 sat/vB  , but I never used this garbage app for anything else except firmware update anyway.