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# Using the releases
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For each new *stable* version of Pinetime, a [release note](https://github.com/JF002/Pinetime/releases) is created. It contains a description of the main changes in the release and some files you can use to flash the firmware in your Pinetime.
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This page describes the files from the release notes and how to use them.
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**NOTE :** the files included in different could be different. This page describes the release note of [version 0.7.1](https://github.com/JF002/Pinetime/releases/tag/0.7.1), which is the version that'll probably be pre-programmed at the factory for the next batch of Pinetime devkits.
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## Files included in the release note
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### Standalone firmware
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This firmware is standalone, meaning that it does not need a bootloader to actually run. It is intended to be flash at offset 0, meaning it will erase any bootloader that might be present in memory.
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- **pinetime-app.out** : Output file of GCC containing debug symbols, useful is you want to debug the firmware using GDB.
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- **pinetime-app.hex** : Firmware in Intel HEX file format. Easier to use because it contains the offset in memory where it must be flashed, you don't need to specify it.
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- **pintime-app.bin** : Firmware in binary format. When programming it, you have to specify the offset (0x00) in memory where it must be flashed.
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- **pinetime-app.map** : Map file containing all the symbols, addresses in memory,...
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**This firmware must be flashed at address 0x00 in the main flash memory**
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### Bootloader
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The bootloader is maintained by [lupyuen](https://github.com/lupyuen) and is a binary version of [this release](https://github.com/lupyuen/pinetime-rust-mynewt/releases/tag/v5.0.4).
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- **bootloader.hex** : Firmware in Intel HEX file format.
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**This firmware must be flashed at address 0x00 in the main flash memory**
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### Graphics firmware
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This firmware is a small utility firmware that writes the boot graphic in the external SPI flash memory. You need it if you want to use the [bootloader](../bootloader/README.md).
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- **pinetime-graphics.out** : Output file of GCC containing debug symbols, useful is you want to debug the firmware using GDB.
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- **pinetime-graphics.hex** : Firmware in Intel HEX file format. Easier to use because it contains the offset in memory where it must be flashed, you don't need to specify it.
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- **pintime-graphics.bin** : Firmware in binary format. When programming it, you have to specify the offset (0x00) in memory where it must be flashed.
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- **pinetime-graphics.map** : Map file containing all the symbols, addresses in memory,...
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**This firmware must be flashed at address 0x00 in the main flash memory**
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### Firmware with bootloader
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This firmware is intended to be used with our [MCUBoot-based bootloader](../bootloader/README.md).
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- **pinetime-mcuboot-app-image.hex** : Firmware wrapped into an MCUBoot image. This is **the** file that must be flashed **@ 0x8000** into flash memory. If the [bootloader](../bootloader/README.md) has been successfully programmed, it should run this firmware after the next reset.
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The following files are not directly usable by the bootloader:
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- **pinetime-mcuboot-app.out** : Output file of GCC containing debug symbols, useful is you want to debug the firmware using GDB.
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- **pinetime-mcuboot-app.hex** : Firmware in Intel HEX file format.
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- **pinetime-mcuboot-app.bin** : Firmware in binary format.
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- **pinetime-mcuboot-app.map** : Map file containing all the symbols, addresses in memory,...
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### OTA (Update the firmware Over-The-Air)
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Once the bootloader and application firmware are running, it is possible to update the current firmware or even replace it with another firmware **that uses the same bootloader based on MCUBoot**.
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**NOTE :** Use this file **only** if you programmed our [MCUBoot-based bootloader](../bootloader/README.md). This file is not compatible with other bootloaders like the one that is based on the closed source NRF SoftDevice !
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- **pinetime-app-dfu.zip** : This is the file you must provide toNRFConnect to update the firmware over BLE.
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