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First freeze with 2.1.1

Today(6/1), I experienced my first freeze after updating to version 2.1.1 on 5/23. When I turned on the camera and took two or three shots, it suddenly stopped responding. I tried to turn it off, but the orange indicator stayed on, and the camera didn't turn off. I attempted to switch the power lever off and on a few more times, but still no luck. Eventually, I had to remove the battery to force a restart. I believe there are still some errors that have not been fixed by the firmware.

 

Edit: Found a very similar case that other user reported:

 

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Unfortunately I’ve also had a couple of freezes on the new firmware already as well.  These have been happening consistently for me since fw1.6.1 so it’s nothing new, but I’m still disappointed Leica hasn’t managed to isolate and address the issue.  
 

Had my hopes up for a few days there. 😔

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I think the freeze issue is hardware related.... No matter how many firmware updates they issue the underlying engineering issues remain.

Its now over 2 years since launch. Long enough to have sorted this if it was firmware related.

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Unfortunately, I would agree - it's a flawed masterpiece. But it does most of the things really well, almost all of the time. Luckily I use other systems for work (Sony/Fuji), so if the M11 locks up occasionally, it's usually not critical. I wish it weren't that way, but I've come to accept it.

At this point, I'm resigned to the fact that it may never be truly dependable. 

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1 minute ago, fsprow said:

No freezes in my early M11 for 20,000 exposures and none in 600 exposures with the new firmware.

No freezes for me - I'm still on v1.6.2. But some freezes occasionally occur with my Canon R5/R3 and Fuji GFX100S. As well as my Apple Mac, my phone, my flat screen TV......

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vor 15 Stunden schrieb jaapv:

I guess deep formatting the card in SD formatter will cure the problem. There are strong indications that the problems were caused by hidden files. If the file structure of the card is damaged, a simple format will not help. It is no more than replacing the first bit of all files by a question mark, making them superficially invisible. To restore the proper structure on the card only a full format will do.

So far I haven't had a freeze with the new FW. But to be honest, it can't be a problem of the SD card itself, then the problem would be solved with only internal storage, which is e.g. in #255 is not so. I had already tried it (with the old FW) but was also a problem

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12 hours ago, costa43 said:

Could the Maestro III or internal memory be a bottleneck?, total speculation on my behalf but the q3 and sl3 seem ok on the maestro IV and no internal memory. 

Could be the reason yes..

The M11 owner in the following thread had to have the entire mainboard replaced so perhaps that is the cause?

 

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14 hours ago, Antonio Russell said:

I think the freeze issue is hardware related.... No matter how many firmware updates they issue the underlying engineering issues remain.

Its now over 2 years since launch. Long enough to have sorted this if it was firmware related.

I think the same. Leica has a hardware issue on its hands, and they are trying to do magic with software to mitigate the impact and avoid a recall.

Two years to solve a software issue? I work in software, and that's a sign of incompetent programmers, a lack of resources, or a hardware issue that they are trying to cover up.

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If it's hardware related then it's certainly not affecting every M11 owner by any means.

As an owner of extensive Canon kit I can testify that main board failure is something I read about on many Facebook forums every single day and so it doesn't just trouble Leica owners.

 

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Hmm - taking pictures out on the street yesterday in warm weather, with the latest firmware. Three crashes requiring a battery pull, and two images appearing upside down. Neither of those things happened previously. So it's not all beer and skittles.

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37 minutes ago, lct said:

Never had an upside-down image until now. This is not normal at all. I wonder how beta tests are carried out if they let such errors through.

Are you getting them as well?

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2 hours ago, colint544 said:

Hmm - taking pictures out on the street yesterday in warm weather, with the latest firmware. Three crashes requiring a battery pull, and two images appearing upside down. Neither of those things happened previously. So it's not all beer and skittles.

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That is just puzzlingly weird..............How the hell does this happen?

Are the upside down files the same size as the regular way up ones? Maybe not totally "cooked" by the processor?

Yes I know that's quite a stupid theory, but are there more plausible ones?

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