EOS R7 firmware 1.5 to 1.6 upgrade doesn't work

[jedavis99]

I downloaded 1.6 and tried to install, I received a message that I "can't downgrade". I have V 1.5 installed on my camera and have Windows 11 on my laptop. Any suggestions?

[jrhoffman75]

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@jedavis99 wrote:

I downloaded 1.6 and tried to install, I received a message that I "can't downgrade". I have V 1.5 installed on my camera and have Windows 11 on my laptop. Any suggestions?

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If the camera thinks you are trying to downgrade verify that the correct .fir file was placed on the card.

[jedavis99]

Unfortunately, I confirmed that already. Based on some of the other issues reported with 1.6, I think I will leave it alone for a while.

[Stephen]

I'm not a tech, but I have a couple of questions:
Have you tried updating the firmware using the Canon Camera Connect app? 
Are you using a clean (newly formatted) card?
If not, can you try again using a clean card and/or the Camera Connect app?

Let us know how it goes!

[jedavis99]

I will try a clean card in the future to see if that helps. For now, I'm not going to install because of the issues a few others have had.