Can we do OTA upgrade from jetpack 4.6.1 to jetpack 5.0.2?

Autonomous Machines Jetson & Embedded Systems Jetson Xavier NX
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• Hardware Platform (Jetson / GPU) - Jetson Xavier NX emmc kit

Can I do OTA upgrade from jetpack 4.6.1 to jetpack 5.0.2 directly?

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No, the boot content of JetPack 4.6.1 release is incompatible with that of JetPack 5.0.2 release., suggest to do the reflash by SDK manager.

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Can I upgrade from jetpack 4.6.1 to jetpack 5.0.1?
What if we can’t have a direct connection between Jetson device and the host machine? So is there any other way other than sdkmanager to upgrade jetpack to 5.0.2?

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JetPack 4.x releases are incompatible with that of JetPack 5.x releases.

Please have a host PC to do the reflash.

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Hi nav007verma,

Please follow document Image-Based Over-the-Air Update steps to updates from version 32.7.x to version 35.1.
https://docs.nvidia.com/jetson/archives/r35.1/DeveloperGuide/text/SD/SoftwarePackagesAndTheUpdateMechanism.html?highlight=over%20air#over-the-air-update

Over-the-Air (OTA) Update :
Upgrading from release 32.x to release 35.x is not supported.

You also can use SDK Manager to flash the latest JetPack.

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If I have L4T version 32.7.1, then I can update it to L4T 35.1. Right?

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Hi nav007verma,

You can use SDK Manager or flash by manually to upgrade or downgrade JetPack version on your Xavier-NX.
Please reference JetPack Archive | NVIDIA Developer

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For using SDK Manager or flashing manually we need physical communication between the host pc and jetson device, But this is not possible in my scenario.

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Hi nav007verma,

We’re only support upgrade from old BSP to new BSP, not support downgrade.
If you don’t have host PC, please reference “Image-Based Over-the-Air Update” or “Over-the Air Update” steps.

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