THG3000 router firmware out of date

[Spies]

My router is currently on firmware version 19.2.0307-3261013

I'm having problems with cloud streaming on the Xbox and I wanted to eliminate the firmware as being at fault as it's quite a long way behind the latest release.

Doing a manual update check fails after 5 minutes, is there any way you can push the newer firmware to my router?

[Jayach]

I do know that I've had some updates after I've factory reset. (you notice because it seems to go through the reboot process twice)

But I've also found that it occasionally reboots overnight (usually between Midnight to 3am), and when I check the firmware has been upgraded. (I've actually got 2 routers that I swap around occasionally, and they don't always stay in step firmware wise) 

They are on the same now but the "spare" was on 19.2.0307-3261013 (same as the OP when they stared this thread) and my main one never got that version.

[Jayach]

If you look at this post: Re: Router not resolving some DNS until rebooted - Community home (vodafone.co.uk)

The poster says he was rolled back from 19.4.0551-3269083 to 19.2.0307-3261020, and I've never had either of those. I do wonder if there are some slight hardware differences in the THG3000's that we are not aware of.

[Ripshod]

@Jayach we are aware.

https://forum.vodafone.co.uk/t5/Other-broadband-queries/THG3000-VS-THG3000G-V2/td-p/2686343 

[Jayach]

@Ripshod 

I know that thread well. but I've never heard of a THG3000v2. (except on that thread)

There are a THG3000 and a THG3000g. the difference being that the g is for GFast lines. so has a slightly different modem. (AFAIK)

They are equivalent to the Technicolor routers DGA4231 and DGA2231 respectively.

Both my routers are THG3000.

[Ripshod]

Again we're just left with yet more questions.

[Jayach]

We are indeed. Vodafone really don't seem to like giving specs on the devices they supply.

[sat505]

So I’m still on firmware 19.4.0551-3261103. Have there been any more updates since July?

Imagine if Apple or Microsoft issued updates in such a broken fashion…

Thanks

[Ripshod]

If you go into the router ui to the status page and look at the firmware version the third set of numbers between the "-" is the date and time the firmware was compiled. I think you'll find the date is November 2021. 

If 

19.4.0551-3261103-20211126144629-7efccd9e333e995b72430e4ef45c0f27f265fb5d

2021 November 26th at 14:46:29

So there's been no updated firmware for over a year. All vodafone do when they say they've  "updated your firmware" is fiddle with your settings or roll the firmware back to before the problem started. 

Security?? Pathetic!!

If indeed there was a "fixed" firmware available we'd all have it already. 

[CrimsonLiar]

Id have to search stupidly hard to find this, but I believe Vodafone are supposed to have moved away from a monolithic firmware to a base firmware which accepts add-on modules.  So it is supposed to be possible to change some functionality without a completely new firmware.  How it's handled/managed I have no idea!

[Cynric]

It's probably Javascript. I can't see VF using Rust or Python 3 on the cut-down Linux that's likely to be the core.