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Netgear Nighthawk m1 MR1100 Firmware 12.06.07 cannot operate without battery
After upgraded to firmware 12.06.07, my netgear m1 cannot operate without battery inserted. It keeps rebooting. Before the upgrade, it works normally just using ac adapter (with no battery in...
This is a known issue with the current release (12.06.07.00). The main fix in the latest release was to address the reset being experienced by some users. There should be a new FW release soon to correct the no battery problem.
Here are the release notes for the latest FW:
https://kb.netgear.com/000061333/MR1100-Firmware-Version-NTG9x50C-12-06-07-00-00
As 12.06.07.00 is a temporary release,
let me summary my experience between 12.06.08.00 and 2 versions before :
1) It reboots faster
2) It has longer battery life, in old version, when using outdoor it cannot sustains the whole day. Now it can.
3) It can now operate without battery and does not need Quick Charge 2.0 charger. Before, if no battery inserted and not using Quick Charge 2.0 certified charger, it cannot operate. (**stock adapter works in both versions with no battery inserted, it's the case if you use other usb power source)
4) But it has weaker signal/bandwidth. In old version, it could reach 50Mbps but now it cannot, just max out ~20Mbps. Of course it may be related to my mobile LTE provider. Subject to verification and more user reports.
**I tried to rollback to see if i could get higher bandwidth. But it does not allow me to rollback (showing error 16, etc). Tried "MR-1100-100NSA..." and "MR-1100-100EUS..." version, both said invalid.