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I need help!
« on: August 14, 2014, 07:10:50 pm »
Ok, I'm new to this forum, I have no clue what i'm doing. lets start there.
I got a TI nspire cx cas a while back and recently learned about endless. the problem is that i haven't updated my calc so it is currently at 3.2, and since the most recent os is 3.9 I dont know where to get the os or how to upload it. school starts in a week for me so I would like to finish this soon.
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Re: I need help!
« Reply #1 on: August 14, 2014, 07:27:24 pm »
3.9 doesn't offer many new features, and it's basically just made to block ndless again, so as long as your school doesn't force you to do it, I reccomend you to not update your calculator. Because your calculator is much simpler than a computer and not connected to the internet all the time, there are no security risks you have to worry about, and updating is often an unnessicary hassle anyway.
If you absolutely need OS 3.9 though, you can get it from ti's website (education.ti.com).
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Re: I need help!
« Reply #2 on: August 14, 2014, 07:28:27 pm »
Yeah but im trying to get 3.6
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Re: I need help!
« Reply #3 on: August 14, 2014, 07:28:49 pm »
It's not required to update at my school
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Re: I need help!
« Reply #4 on: August 14, 2014, 07:38:31 pm »
Well, first of all, try to avoid double-posting. You can use the modify button at the top left of your post to edit them.

Before you update, please think very carefully about the following things (I don't own an nspire, so this may be inaccurate and I may have forgotten a few things):
    - Installing OS 3.6 means that you will never be able to install OS 3.2 again, or any OS below 3.6.
    - OS 3.6 introduces some new bugs that may annoy you.
    - OS 3.6 uses a different version of ndless (ndless 3.6 instead of ndless 3.2), so some programs and games may not be compatible.
So if you're not 100% sure, be sure to at least try it in an emulator for some time, and make sure to do everything you'd normally do on that emulator in the new OS.

If, after all that, you are still sure you want to update your nspire, you can find the download links here.
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Re: I need help!
« Reply #5 on: August 14, 2014, 07:42:11 pm »
Ndless 3.2 is nonexistent. In order to use ndless you need either OS 3.1 or 3.6.  I use 3.1 and I have no problems with it.
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Re: I need help!
« Reply #6 on: August 14, 2014, 11:16:26 pm »
OS 3.6 is most likely no longer linked on TI website, if it's even on their servers anymore at all, but TI-Planet usually keeps track of OS URLs or if it's no longer available they keep copies intact. It's currently reachable via http://tiplanet.org/forum/archives_voir.php?id=29554 for the time being.

If you can manage to downgrade to OS 3.1, I would recommend it because it's smaller and has less bugs, but Lua is much slower and some Lua programs won't run. OS 3.1 and 3.6 are the ones that supports Ndless so make sure you don't upgrade to 3.9.

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Re: I need help!
« Reply #7 on: August 15, 2014, 12:24:02 am »
Doesn't TI make new N-spire OS versions just to block ndless? it's sort of n(ee)dless

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Re: I need help!
« Reply #8 on: August 15, 2014, 01:09:57 am »
Indeed, because most new versions barely even had anything new, yet still jumped very high in OS number. Some had notable improvements, such as OS 3.2, but other than that, not that much.

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Re: I need help!
« Reply #9 on: August 15, 2014, 02:33:34 am »
What exactly is your OS ? Because there are several 3.2 OSes, including a nice one and a bad one.
What is your hardware revision (the thing looking like P-0711C at the back of your calculator, what's the last letter) ?

In some cases, you'll "only" be able to have OS 3.6 with Ndless 3.6 (not reboot proof). In other cases, you'll be able to have either OS 3.1 with Ndless 3.1 (reboot proof) or even OS 3.1 + OS 3.6 both on your calc and both with Ndless and both reboot proof.
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