Did Google just brick the 2nd gen Chromecast?

https://old.reddit.com/r/Chromecast/comments/1j7caui/did_google_just_brick_the_2nd_gen_chromecast/

by Raed667 • 1 year ago

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duxup• 1 year ago

Wonder if this is just a broken "check for updated firmware" function?

Still not good.

I loved the chromecast when it came out, but I went through several and over time they all just became more laggy and needed to be reset often just to work. It felt like the classic Google experience for me, I had enough.

I just quit on all the options and got an AppleTV, it just works.

clan2• 1 year ago

I just installed Android TV[1] on my Raspberry Pi 4 just 2 days ago. This will give you the same error because it is not authorized by Google (known issue!). Apart from that everything else runs fine on the Pi. I would however not recommend it as my Pi sometimes freezes when interacting with the menus. But streaming from ie. Max for a couple of hours works without a hitch.

Because I tested casting to the Pi and got that error and then suddenly getting the same error on my official 2nd gen stick I got very paranoid and spent a couple of hours troubleshooting sigh.

If it is a botched firmware update - or simply someone at Google messing up the current signatures - it is not a good look for them.

But I guess it is again only us techies who really cares how easily they remote bricked our devices. From the reports and the sniffed network traffic I lean towards messed up keys rather than botched firmare update. All hail our digital overlords.

Made me think of what my real practical alternatives are. Unless I want to fiddle around with a browser while lounging on my couch it seems the only other real game in town is Apple TV. We have locked ourselves into the walled gardens. The powers that be never really understood that it was not fierce control but rather human nature and convenience which won the war against piracy.

[1] https://konstakang.com/devices/rpi4/LineageOS22-ATV/

zqna• 1 year ago

From NL, both devices uncastable. Any explanation from Google? Or is this covered in the terms of use?

LukeEDM• 1 year ago

Maybe, this whole issue is trending on a 6 year old reddit thread where gen 2 randomly started failing world wide today. Hope we can get a response from google on how to fix this or if they are completely gonna axe the gen 2s.

clan2• 1 year ago

Nope - nothing from Google that I can find.

I just spent 2 hours resetting and debugging my 2nd gen HDMI dongle. Blessed with having a UniFi network which can be a bit temperamental with Chromecast. For me the song and dance started with "outdated device firmware".

ChrisArchitect• 1 year ago

Some digging thru certificate logs appears to find that something expired Mar 9. Might require an intermediate fix from Google or some app updates.

https://old.reddit.com/r/Chromecast/comments/1j7lhrs/the_chr...

henearkr• 1 year ago

Chromecast Audio has the same problem currently.

jffederico• 1 year ago

From GoogleNest through a reddit channel:

Hey all,

We're aware of an emerging issue impacting Chromecast 2nd gen and Chromecast Audio devices and are working on a fix. Do not factory reset your device - we will keep you all updated when the fix rolls out. If you have already factory reset your device, we will provide instructions to set your device back up as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience.

panza• 1 year ago

Google's Twitter feed is responding, I imagine we'll see updates there: https://xcancel.com/madebygoogle/with_replies

Did Google just brick the 2nd gen Chromecast?

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