https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/52999/nrf9160-can-t-connect-yet-transport-connectedI&#39;m testing out an nRF9160 that I purchased several months ago. Sticker on back says PCA10090 0.8.2 2018.49. Testing the out-of-box asset tracker application that shipped with it. In nrfcloud activated my pin and associated my device. The board is powereden-USTelligent Community 13Tue, 08 Oct 2019 06:03:24 GMThttps://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/213781?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 08 Oct 2019 06:03:24 GMT137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:ef94f991-d2d1-4c04-ad74-b8f87321cbf6Martin Lesund<p>Hi Maclobdell,<br />Since you are running the &quot;out-of-the-box&quot; firmware I would assume that you have not updated the modem firmware.</p> <p>I would highly recommend that you download the newest modem firmware (<span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>v1.0.1</strong></span>):&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nordicsemi.com/Products/Low-power-cellular-IoT/nRF9160/Download#infotabs">https://www.nordicsemi.com/Products/Low-power-cellular-IoT/nRF9160/Download#infotabs</a></p> <p><a href="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/nordic/nordic-blog/b/blog/posts/how-to-get-production-version-v1-0-0-to-nrf9160" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">(Here is how you update the modem firmware)</a></p> <p>And also upgrade the Application FW to a newer version. You can use this one which is built from <a href="https://github.com/NordicPlayground/fw-nrfconnect-nrf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the master branch:</a> &nbsp;<a href="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/cfs-file/__key/support-attachments/beef5d1b77644c448dabff31668f3a47-eba6a76395544cdaaaf0e4c5c5b7a93f/asset_5F00_tracker.hex">devzone.nordicsemi.com/.../asset_5F00_tracker.hex</a></p> <p>You can either use the Programmer app in nrf Connect for desktop or the command line to flash the Application FW.</p> <p>Just remember to erase all before you flash the application with the Programmer app.</p> <p>If you want flash via the command line you can type:&nbsp;</p> <p><pre class="ui-code" data-mode="text">nrfjprog -e &amp;&amp; nrfjprog --program asset_tracker.hex -f nrf91 --sectorerase -r --verify</pre></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p>You should see a great improvement when you have upgraded.</p> <p><img src="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/resized-image/__size/320x240/__key/support-attachments/beef5d1b77644c448dabff31668f3a47-eba6a76395544cdaaaf0e4c5c5b7a93f/pastedimage1570514605213v1.png" alt=" " /></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p>Best regards,</p> <p>Martin L.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>