Leica 10R firmware update

[James Sch.]

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Need help. A few days ago, I installed the new Leica 10R 
firmware, and then found that the firmware information 
in the camera information turned gray and could not be opened. Has anyone encountered a similar situation? 
How to solve it? thanks

[Adam Bonn]

mine's the same, I think it's supposed to be like that. What would it do if we could open it?

[James Sch.]

Thank you for comment. 
Normally, it should be displayed in white instead of greyed out. How to continue to upgrade the firmware in the future?

[Siriusone59]

I just checked my 10r, I haven't installed either of the last two updates and its greyed out just like yours.  I think it only changes when it finds a usable update on the memory card.

[James Sch.]

 Thank you so much for the above kind help! Solved my troubles and let me learn new knowledge.

[LeicaR10]

Yep!  As the old saying goes; "When all else fails, read the instructions"....r/ Mark

[jakontil]

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1 hour ago, LeicaR10 said:

Yep!  As the old saying goes; "When all else fails, read the instructions"....r/ Mark

If nothing fails, dont worry the instructions

[Huss]

7 hours ago, LeicaR10 said:

Yep!  As the old saying goes; "When all else fails, read the instructions"....r/ Mark

Next thing you’ll say is we should ask for directions if we think we are lost.  Never!

[Tailwagger]

As an aside, I find the OPs assumption that this was a problem rather than a feature, quite interesting from a psychological perspective. I'm not sure if this reflects an overall  mistrust about software reliability in general or Leica firmware in particular. 

[Tailwagger]

9 minutes ago, Al Brown said:

It reflects the prerogative that everything scrollable should also be clickable, especially in a menu.

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What you suggest simply isn't the case.  Actions are typically grayed out when the current state of the system is such that it can not execute the requested operation. Failing to do so is far more heinous.  i.e you wind up smashing an enabled button dozens of times and nothing happens and you haven't a clue as to why or whether or not what you asked to have done was or not.  Now we can argue about whether or not it would be better or not to allow for the button to be pressed and displaying a popup stating, sorry can't do that right now, but the pros and cons of such an approach are a rat hole not worth going down here. 

What the Leica firmware did was 100% logical. There was no new update to load thus the functionality was grayed out. This has been a common practice in UI design for 50 years, yet the OP somehow found it disturbing enough to post about it.  That suggests a level of mistrust given there was no failure or any inconvenience involved, just a sense that something was amiss. Given the dozens upon dozens of similar threads here, all the grousing about Leica firmware and the state of the software industry in general, I find myself curious as to whether or not such misunderstandings are the result of users experience with these cameras or some broader problem in general. 

[jaapv]

Well, the OP doesn't trust the default typographical settings of the forum either