Sad News JioFiber 2.4ghz and 5ghz wifi bands are merged after firmware update

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Can anyone tell me where can I get previous firmwares for my Jio Fiber ONT (JCOW404) as it got updated to R3.7 lately and things really bricked, the SSIDs automatically gets switched from 2.4GHz to 5GHz and vice versa, and that's why I think the wifi devices keep on getting reconnected again and again, the LMUI is also broken, there are a lot of settings missing, even the option to Reboot the router got deleted, I understand their idea of controlling the Router remotely with the MyJio network apps, but cmon, there should be an option to disable it as I manage my own router from last 10 years. No matter what settings I change it gets replaced by their image after sometime, it doesn't even let me change the SSID of the 5Ghz band, even I'm facing frequent connection outage on ethernet, everything is just so messed up I want to throw the Router and move to another service provider at this point.

I tried this URL but it's not found
Code: 
http://fota.slv.fxd.jiophone.net/
 
malhar_ch said:
my Jio Fiber ONT (JCOW404) as it got updated to R3.7 lately
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I have never heard about this firmware version. Is it a newer version than the R2.57 which most of us here have got? 🤔

Can you please share a screenshot showing the version details from MyJio app and web interface (192.168.29.1)?
 
Bapun said:
I have never heard about this firmware version. Is it a newer version than the R2.57 which most of us here have got? 🤔

Can you please share a screenshot showing the version details from MyJio app and web interface (192.168.29.1)?
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Here is the screenshot, I guess my model is different than what I saw mostly on this forum.


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malhar_ch said:
Here is the screenshot, I guess my model is different than what I saw mostly on this forum.
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Thanks for sharing the screenshots. I can confirm your ONT firmware version is ahead than my ONT firmware and it looks like the most recently released one.

Your ONT model is old though. But I believe that Jio these days updating all ONTs together so soon other models will also get the same version, or they have been getting updated already in a gradual manner.

May I know when your ONT got this firmware update? Any idea?

This is my current firmware version & date details:

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I see :cf2:

Bapun said:
May I know when your ONT got this firmware update? Any idea?
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I'm not sure but it should be sometime in last month, as problems started happening since then, recently checked and saw few features got removed from the LMUI.

Now in the Jio Home app, I cannot set which SSID should have which band, previously I had two SSIDs one with 2.4GHz band and another with 5GHz, I got quite a lot of devices spread across the house so I generally manage my stationary devices with particular SSIDs for stable connection (basically I don't let them juggle between different APs by themselves). so now there is no such option to set particular band for a particular SSID, now it's like, Primary SSID and Secondary SSID, this results in the devices constantly juggling between the two bands, resulting in streams buffering, calls dropping, VPN connections constantly getting reconnected, etc...

And guess what you can only set the SSID names and passwords through JioHome app, even MyJio app doesn't work while changing the names, it shows all wrong info, doesn't even show all the APs, and if you try to do any change it will say changes will take affect after sometime, but it never does, their whole system is completely messed up rn, all started happening after this update.

Today, I wasted my entire day trying to setup Bridge mode, I was able to enable Bridge mode one time, but Internet didn't work, and then once I rebooted the ONT it never loaded the LMUI again, factory reset it and what I ended up doing is setting up another Router as an AP, so that at least I can get one AP with stable Wifi (or that's what I think, doubtful coz I also faced issues on the ethernet once, after this update).

Will keep updating here, I think I have to reach out to the Jio guys to update my ONT and then try Bridge mode on that, I'm just not sure how will I explain this issue, they will just show me speedtest.net results and call it a day 😂
 
malhar_ch said:
Can anyone tell me where can I get previous firmwares for my Jio Fiber ONT (JCOW404) as it got updated to R3.7 lately and things really bricked, the SSIDs automatically gets switched from 2.4GHz to 5GHz and vice versa, and that's why I think the wifi devices keep on getting reconnected again and again, the LMUI is also broken, there are a lot of settings missing, even the option to Reboot the router got deleted, I understand their idea of controlling the Router remotely with the MyJio network apps, but cmon, there should be an option to disable it as I manage my own router from last 10 years. No matter what settings I change it gets replaced by their image after sometime, it doesn't even let me change the SSID of the 5Ghz band, even I'm facing frequent connection outage on ethernet, everything is just so messed up I want to throw the Router and move to another service provider at this point.

I tried this URL but it's not found
Code: 
http://fota.slv.fxd.jiophone.net/
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Bhai aapka thik hua yeah problem

T: Brother, is your problem is fixed
 
josh said:
Bhai aapka thik hua yeah problem

T: Brother, is your problem is fixed
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Nahi bhai :(

I got some old firmware for JCO404, tried to flash them all one by one, but it seems like they have blocked the firmware downgrade, or flashing through the LMUI, as all of them returned "Firmware invalid or corrupt" which I'm pretty sure are not and I saw some other people also facing the same issue... honestly atp, I'm thinking of replacing their whole ONT with a tplink G3 ONU and a good budget Router like archer c6 which can then have endless possibilities with Openwrt
 
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@malhar_ch bro, I think they are still testing the new firmware version with limited users and your ONT has got as a part of it. I don't see anyone getting this update anywhere hence assuming this.
 
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