 Doctor OldsI Need A Remedy For What's Ailing Me.Premium,VIP
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1 edit | OK. Now I see the confusion. Using a Hex Editor to read a file without changing it is not "hacking", but I can understand now why you misunderstood about versions and that you may be uneasy about reading with a Hex Editor if you never have before though it is just like reading a text file in Notepad with other characters (binary) mixed inside it, but there is still readable English plain text inside the file. I have no problems with you or your posts and I wasn't upset with you, my apologizes if it came across that way.
That list you found for the 5200 was from my reading the contents of the Firmware file using a Hex Editor on the file from inside each Updater (you have to run the Updater to get that, but you stop and don't click the Update/Upgrade button at the next step and instead click Cancel so that no changes occur to the Modem. All I was saying is that list doesn't mean any number combination will be tied to or linked with any certain type or ISP version of a Firmware. That's all. A7S could be Bell in the 5200, but A7S in the 4200 is Full Router.
I hope this clears up any confusion.
The list you read was Abusor.org copying from my Forum post - which is nothing that you did and I didn't blame you, I'm trying to help you instead and it seems were are on different pages.
Anyway, Good Luck with whatever you decide. Back up your old original firmware first before you flash update it as that will overwrite it and lose it if you don't take care of copying it first on your own. There are steps in a guide that is posted in the Bell Canada/Old Sympatico Forum for the 5200 that work with the 4200 also.
Regards,
Doctor Olds
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