For fucks sake it bricked the prod update too under the same circumstances , so now what? What is the genius response now? Or does it EXTRA HIGHLIGHT that they aren’t even using the beta environment to sus out bugs correctly, because no way this should’ve gone untested in the lower environments even before this…its happened multiple times now, maybe MAYBE you should include the same circumstances in your pipeline tests but what the fuck would I know?
Comment on Stuck on Verifying Installation after most recent Beta update...basically bricked my deck
HeyLow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 months ago
They are BETA updates, meaning they are not polished, they contain bugs. Stick with stable if you don’t want bugs.
TheDarkKnight@lemmy.world 8 months ago
HeyLow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 months ago
First off your device is not bricked, just reinstall steam os. Here’s a step by step video on how to do it. youtu.be/X1fg9TB_DcU?si=vRAe34l4HT10vHyL
Second off, by opting into a BETA you become a tester for an unstable software. Especially when it’s a beta for an entire operating system.
Third off I would love to see the proof that this is “also happening on prod” because it’s likely not happening on vanilla versions of steam os stable.
TheDarkKnight@lemmy.world 8 months ago
All you have to do is switch to the stable update, toggle off wifi, reboot and then reboot again. If they didn’t patch yet then it’ll get stuck in verification regardless of the update channel. Go try it.
HeyLow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 months ago
Clearly not if you are still here complaining. I suggest you follow the video youtu.be/X1fg9TB_DcU?si=vRAe34l4HT10vHyL and reinstall via usb with a fresh version of the image.
Here’s where you can get a fresh version of the steam os image. help.steampowered.com/en/…/1B71-EDF2-EB6D-2BB3
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 8 months ago
I don’t know when it changed, but somewhere in the last 5-10 years gamers and tech enthusiasts have forgotten what “beta” means.
Used to be that if you installed a Beta OS, like Vista, (I mean Windows Longhorn, anyone?) you would pretty much know that something would go wrong, you could lose all your data, and you may need to reinstall everything, but to please submit a bug report so they can look into it. Vista and 7 was had a few bug reports from me I remember.
Now I see posts and people like this saying “I installed a beta OS and it is buggy! What happened?!?” Or worse “Don’t use this garbage product it’s so buggy.” Like, that’s literally what it is, a buggy, not ready for main stream product. I’d love to use some of the new features from SteamOS 3.5 but I use my deck when traveling, and I don’t have a backup, so I stick with the stable release branch.
Unless you are okay with resetting everything potentially every update and losing data, then you want stable.