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That site is indeed correct. The actual firmware cannot be updated
in the UV-5R radio.<br>
<br>
What your second link contains are a set of image files. The image
files contain the contents of the memories and settings for the
radio (which are not the same as the firmware).<br>
<br>
Since the image file is based on the internal storage format of the
radio, which is dependent upon the firmware level, images are NOT
compatible across firmware levels.<br>
<br>
In the past, some people have ended up loading old images into newer
radios (and vice versa) which can end up making the radio
non-functional. These images exist to allow people to pull in a
known good image for their firmware level in order to recover the
radio if they loaded an incorrect image.<br>
<br>
<br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 06/02/2016 10:15 AM, Stormy via
chirp_users wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:573045799.3707393.1464880557105.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com"
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464766126540_117192">Hi, <br>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464766126540_117205" dir="ltr"><br>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464766126540_117191" dir="ltr">Newbie
question, sorry :) Not sure where else to ask...<br>
</div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464766126540_117092"><br>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464766126540_117093">Noticed here:</div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464766126540_117190"><br>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464766126540_117103" dir="ltr"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464766126540_117102" class=""
href="http://www.miklor.com/uv5r/UV5R-Firmware.php"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.miklor.com/uv5r/UV5R-Firmware.php">http://www.miklor.com/uv5r/UV5R-Firmware.php</a></a><br>
</div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464766126540_117206"><br>
</div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464766126540_117189"><br>
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<div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464766126540_117091">it
says firmwares are not changable on the Baofeng UV-5R radios..</div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464766126540_117211" dir="ltr"><br>
</div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464766126540_117216" dir="ltr">but
then reading some postings led to this directory:</div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464766126540_117240" dir="ltr"><br>
</div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464766126540_117246" dir="ltr"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464766126540_117245" class=""
href="http://kc9hi.dyndns.org/uv5r/programming/CHIRPrecovery/"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://kc9hi.dyndns.org/uv5r/programming/CHIRPrecovery/">http://kc9hi.dyndns.org/uv5r/programming/CHIRPrecovery/</a></a></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464766126540_117301"><br>
</div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464766126540_117302"><br>
</div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464766126540_117304" dir="ltr">with
list of firmwares.. and someone alluding to being able to
switch or flush these?</div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464766126540_117323" dir="ltr"><br>
</div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464766126540_117324" dir="ltr">If I
have a device with a given firmware, then for the life it
cannot be changed?</div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464766126540_117355" dir="ltr"><br>
</div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464766126540_117356" dir="ltr">Thanks
much.</div>
<div dir="ltr"><br>
</div>
<div dir="ltr">Stormy.<br>
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