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V2.02 firmware issues

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After i got my G4 i used the older i think V1.43 for a while, and i decided maybe try V2.02. I am terrible wrong and i wanna know if anyone has a downgrade file because V2.02 has caused VERY bad lagging, crashing and other headaches. I was pressing hold on a channel and the radio went BEEEEEE.... and then turned off. If anyone has older firmware please let me know and ill send you my email because this is getting annoying. Also V2.02 theres a new bug where it thinks its out of range then randomly goes in range?
 

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After i got my G4 i used the older i think V1.43 for a while, and i decided maybe try V2.02. I am terrible wrong and i wanna know if anyone has a downgrade file because V2.02 has caused VERY bad lagging, crashing and other headaches. I was pressing hold on a channel and the radio went BEEEEEE.... and then turned off. If anyone has older firmware please let me know and ill send you my email because this is getting annoying. Also V2.02 theres a new bug where it thinks its out of range then randomly goes in range?
I have 3 G5s running 2.02 and they work great. I would 2nd the post about resetting and then rebuilding the CP with the new software
 

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I have 3 G5s running 2.02 and they work great. I would 2nd the post about resetting and then rebuilding the CP with the new software
Truth is that this new version is extremely buggy with older hardware and no amount of factory resets, or rebuilding of profiles seems to help. I've tried the new version twice already, and the result was the same both times. First time was just a straight upgrade with issues and eventual downgrade to V1.35. The second time was when I took the advice of resetting and rebuilding everything and giving V2.02 a second chance. Same issues as before, so I again downgraded to V1.35 and all issues went away. It seems I'm not alone.
 

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Truth is that this new version is extremely buggy with older hardware and no amount of factory resets, or rebuilding of profiles seems to help. I've tried the new version twice already, and the result was the same both times. First time was just a straight upgrade with issues and eventual downgrade to V1.35. The second time was when I took the advice of resetting and rebuilding everything and giving V2.02 a second chance. Same issues as before, so I again downgraded to V1.35 and all issues went away. It seems I'm not alone.
ive had the same issue. Ive been reading that unication cuts corners on some of the newer products cause of supply and demand issues
 

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The only reason that V2+ exists is the switch to a new chipset. V2.02 is supposed to be backwards compatible, but sadly, it isn't 100% of the time.
 
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