There have been various tickets on this topic, but I have a specific requirement. Is it possible to just update the system firmware OTA using the particle CLI without updating the already installed application (that is running an earlier release candidate version of the system)? I have a feeling t…

For that you need to download the binaries from GitHub and send them via particle flash <deviceName> <binaryFile.bin> in the correct order.

OTA system firmware (only) update via CLI

UMD May 17, 2018, 6:32am 6

Quick confirmation: it worked as @ScruffR had advised.

You OTA download System Part 1 and then wait for the device to come back online, then OTA download System Part 2.

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