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Anyone try to install the new 15 NEX model Firmware into the 14s?

By newtonfb · Mar 12, 2015in NEX Series💬 11 posts👁️ 3,369 views
Posted Mar 12, 2015 · 17:37 UTC#1

I have a 4000nex but am refusing to upgrade after less than a year. I heard of some people saying that since the hardware didnt change at all that the firmware might work. I read that they upgraded the screen a little bit but that should have no effect on firmware. 

Posted Mar 12, 2015 · 20:56 UTC#2

Go for it. And then report back.

Posted Mar 12, 2015 · 21:32 UTC#3

Go for it. And then report back.

lol I am good. I dont even have the 4100 firmware. But someone with more knowledge then I do could look at and see if it works

Posted Mar 13, 2015 · 23:20 UTC#4

Yeah, be interesting when the new X100 units come out in June.

Posted Mar 15, 2015 · 06:24 UTC#5

The 4100 is out and I have already installed it in my car.

Posted Mar 15, 2015 · 19:29 UTC#6

The 4100 is out and I have already installed it in my car.

anyway to extract the firmware?

Posted Mar 23, 2015 · 00:02 UTC#7

Firmware is out.....

Posted Mar 23, 2015 · 15:03 UTC#9

Of course they are giving the warning "installation on any other product could cause irreversable damage"

 

Also not sure this firmware would do anything for x000 series owners anyway, Android Auto apparently required a minor hardware tweak in the unit... so it probably wont work on the x000... and the only other fixes noted were minor.

 

That being said, let us know the results if anyone tries it!

Posted Mar 24, 2015 · 00:53 UTC#10

I was bored and looked this up. A telling difference that there actually are some sort of hardware changes between the model years is in the displays. The 4000 has the same display unit as the 7000. The csx1194 unit. Same part used in a whole host of radios that they have been making for years. Here's a link for those interested. http://parts.pioneerelectronics.com/part.asp?productNum=CSX1194

 

However the 4100 doesn't use this display. It has a brand new unit. It uses the CXE7770. This panel has never been used before. My thought is it is probably the same lcd, but they beefed up the sensor because google wasn't happy with the sensor built into the 1194. It was rumored that google didn't want android auto to work at all unless it was on a capacitive display. This must have been some kind of an appeasement. Again for the interested here is a link to the part. http://parts.pioneerelectronics.com/part.asp?productNum=CXE7770