Samsung forum: Firmware for HT-C9950W?

Hi MrMonkeyPants & frodogrey,

Sorry to hear about the problems you've been having. Have you tried upgrading over your wireless network yet?

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Yes i have but failed to upgrade. message read" error detected in upgrade date" the version i downloaded was 1010.2

Hi frodogrey,

Sorry, I noticed that I missed that in the previous message. Please try a factory reset on the home theater system: http://www.samsung.com/us/support/SupportOwnersFAQPopup.do?faq_id=FAQ00001316&fm_seq=1484

Then after that, try to upgrade again.

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Hi
Have reset system as suggested. Still message "failed to upgrade"! Any other ideas besides fixing error in upgrade data?

Hi frodogrey,

What country are you in? I ask because this thread is the first report I've heard of this firmware not upgrading properly, and another guy in this thread is from Australia.

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I am actually in Malaysia. Sorry for not informing you earlier and please please don't ask me to contact my own country support. Have tried calling them and explaining my problem with the firmware upgrade. They have no idea what i am talking about and kept insisting that i send the whole system in checking! There is nothing wrong with the system, it can play other 3D blu-ray disc but why not others like Avengers, MIB 3 or John Carter? Please try to help, i am really frustrated over here.
Thanks

Well, the problem is that we've done everything we can do as far as normal troubleshooting goes:

- Firmware by Internet: failed
- Firmware by USB: failed
- Factory reset and then firmware update again: failed

So it's a problem with you're unit, or there's somehow the file stored in the website and the file being sent to your machine are both corrupted. (Very unlikely as they are typically two different servers.)

Now I'm going to suggest something unusual, and I'm not sure what the results of it will be. I could fix it; it could break your machine; or it could do nothing. I'm not sure at all honestly. But if you want to try it, apply the US firmware update: http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/HT-C9950W/XAA

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Thanks for all your help and i really appreciate it.
Unfortunately for me the US firmware did not work for my unit either.
So I am back to square 1.
Thanks all the same

Hi , im also having problem with this new update, it downloads over the Internet , but when it's about to start installing it , it says "update error" , would it be a new update ? Does this update corrects the sound cropping ? It's annoying , in a nearly 2000 usd HT

Hi frodogrey,

I'll recommend to you that same thing I recommended to frodogrey; try a factory reset on the home theater system: http://www.samsung.com/us/support/SupportOwnersFAQPopup.do?faq_id=FAQ00001316&fm_seq=1484

Then after that, try to upgrade again. Let me know if it helps or if it doesn't.

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I have tried only via my wifi connection. I cannot find the file to download anywhere to try otherwise.

I have a Australian system to further clarify my problem. These seem to have been given away with the series 9 television

Hi MrMonkeyPants,

Thanks for that clarification about your country. You may want to try my factory reset suggestion as well: http://www.samsung.com/us/support/SupportOwnersFAQPopup.do?faq_id=FAQ00001316&fm_seq=1484

But just so you know, I support US products and customers. So while some of my suggestion may generally help you out, for official Samsung support for your country, here's the Samsung Australia portal for support on that product: http://www.samsung.com/au/support/model/HT-C9950W/XSA

Hope this helps you!

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Thanks for the help. Resetting it to default didn't fix anything but I managed to update it by putting the update onto USB.

I'm in Australia and also have many days of failed firmware upgrades by internet to HTB-C9950WWB-1010.2

Finally, I downloaded the zip package of the FW upgrade from the Australian Samsung site
http://www.samsung.com/au/support/model/HT-C9950W/XSA-downloads

Then uzipped the FW to a USB drive.
Inserted the USB drive into the back of the C9950 console.
Next time the Automatic FW upgrade notification came on the screen and selected "OK" it found the new FW on the USB key and has now successfully installed HTB-C9950WWB-1010.2

Clearly the Internet method has an error.

Try the USB installation method, I'm happy that this now works.

I had the same problem and making the manual upgrade, works!!!

Just need to make the download of the Firmware in your current country. The actualization (the upgrade from 1007.2 to 1010.2) came in a ZIP. You just need to unzip and copy-paste on a flash-drive.

Than you just need to plug into the USB port, behind the reader and follow the instruction that will apear on the TV.

Samsung HT-C9950w (it's a 3D Blu-ray 7.1 Home Theater).

Hi!

I am having the same error in my HT-C9950. I am in Brazil, and cannot upgrade from internet, neither from USB.

I downloaded the firmware from Samsung Brazil site, extracted it from the zip, and copied in the root of a pen drive. I put in the port that is next to the wi fi card, and nothing happens. The pen drive led flashes, but it don't detect the new firmware.

I tried with another two pen drives, and same problem.

How can I solve this?

Thanks