Kodak Smile Classic Digital Camera - Firmware Upgrade HOW TO

Got a Kodak Smile Camera that needs a firmware upgrade

Let's look at how to do it. Dave Taylor here, and I have the Kodak Smile camera, and it's telling me, or the app is telling

me there's a firmware upgrade. How do I know? When I paired the app, and it's the Kodak Smile app, when I paired the app with the camera

and then I went to settings, and then I went to firmware. It told me there was an upgrade

Now, there's two ways to get the upgrade. When I first went there and saw there was an upgrade

there was a way to actually ask Kodak to mail you the firmware upgrade

So that's what I did. We'll get to that in a second. Now there's a more recent option where it looks like you can download it via Bluetooth

and you can install the whole thing without having anything in the mail

But I have the firmware update, so let's look at how that works. So I actually applied. They mailed it to me in just a couple of days and I got this letter from CNA Global, which is presumably their agency that does this sort of stuff

And it's pretty straightforward. But more importantly, I didn't just get the letter because I also got this micro SD card that has the firmware upgrade

So how do you apply it Let find out First off I had my camera fully charged up That pretty important You don want it to die halfway through a firmware upgrade And then on this side there a micro SD card slot So what I going to do is I going to open up the micro sd card they sent me

And it's kind of interesting because it actually comes with an SD card adapter

I don't know why they would put that in there because it doesn't actually necessary. But let's see what they sent us

Oh, this is a 16 gigabyte micro sd card. That's pretty nice

So I'm going to get a firmware update. But then I got a new 16 gig card

gig card. So maybe that's the way to go. So on the side, there is a micro SD card slot. If you already

have one in your camera, you will probably have to pull it out. And then it goes metal, tiny metal

contact up. So I find these a little fiddly. So you put it in and then push it in with your

fingernail until it's flush with the actual camera. Then it's actually pretty easy. You turn it on

And then what we want to do is we want to see the status LED flash rapidly

And when the app update is done, it will actually make a sound and the LED will power off

So let's see how that all goes. Ready? So let's see. Well, okay, now it's blinking rapidly

So that's good. I am reassured that the process is working correctly

I'm going to guess it's going to take maybe, I don't know, 15 to 3,000. 30 seconds We see We can watch paint dry while we waiting Yes that is actually paint drying I am not kidding So it is still flashing Time is passing

You know what? We have the magic of editing. So what I'm going to do is I'm going to jump to the end of this process

So hold on just a second and boom, we'll update. Ah, there we go. And boom, it's done. It's upgraded

and as they say it is turned off so I shall power up again and let's see actually I

think I have to push it down and now I'll power up again and hopefully it's all

ready to roll let's see so now I'm gonna go back into the app and we're gonna

pair it again I'm gonna connect the camera and it just takes a couple

seconds because it works with low power Bluetooth which is pretty cool come

on you can see the camera Hopefully it can see the camera. It's on

I have the green light now instead of the flashing red light, so that's good

So let's search again. Whenever you do a demo, things never quite work right

It's just an inevitability. So I am going to try one more time

And if not, then I'll just pretend that it's working. But no, we want this thing to actually work

And for some reason it's not. Let try turning the camera turning the camera on a second time See it was faster to upgrade than it is to verify that I upgraded So not entirely sure what that means

Whoops, there it was, I just saw it, show up. So now, assuming it shows up again, I'm just sitting here at this selecting an accessory screen

So not very exciting, but it should show up. Come on. Aha, there it is. I'm selecting it. And then all I want to do is I want to just go to firmware

And that's under settings, firmware, and let's see what it says. It says you're on it

So our firmware is up to date. There is a slight typo in this, but who cares

The important thing is that this is now ready to roll, and I believe this firmware update gives you some really cool new features, but I'll let you check this out

If you do have a Kodak Smile Classic, well, congratulations. It's a pretty nifty little camera

And with that, I'm going to wrap this up because I'm going to go take some more pictures, which means I'll catch you, I hope, in my next video