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Main => Technical Support => Topic started by: kingslanding on July 04, 2015, 10:29:05 pm
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I haven't updated my bitshares client since v0.4.24. What's the best way to get to v0.9.2? Should I just back up the wallet as a json file & then download v0.9.2? Or should I be able to update directly from the client?
When I run v0.4.24, I can only get 1 network connection sporadically. The other times I get no connection. And the blocks aren't updating. When I "check for updates" the message "no new updates are available" shows up.
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https://github.com/bitshares/bitshares/releases/tag/bts%2F0.9.2
I think you just have to download and install it. Before that, backup(export) your wallet just in case.
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Just as a follow up, here's what I did to get to v0.9.2:
1. In your current client version, copy the %APPDATA%/Bitshares/wallets directory as a backup in another dir. (Export your wallet as .json as well for safety). If you don't have the wallets dir, create it by importing your .json file & running the client.
2. Uninstall your current version and delete the %APPDATA%/Bitshares dir.
3. Install v0.9.2. Run the new client for a couple minutes until a new %APPDATA%/Bitshares dir is created.
4. Copy your backup wallets dir over the one in the Bitshares dir.
5. Run the new client again, enter password, & you should see your wallet there.
6. To load the blockchain, I ran it from the console instead of the GUI (ie. run C:/Program files/Bitshares/bin/bitshares_client.exe). Sometimes it would hang, so I had to only run the client for about 3 hours, exit, and start again. I would save the chain dir each time in case the client crashed & started loading the blockchain again from the beginning. See the sticky "How to back up "chain" folder, to mitigate client failure" as a reference on how to do this.
7. Congratulate yourself because this is a pain in the a*s.