How to downgrade nRF Connect?

[tmllr]

Hello there,

I'm trying to downgrade nRF Programmer from v2.0.0 to v1.4.11 as it is not possible anymore to select a Segger debugger as target device in the newer version.

Following this post, I downloaded the release from the  pc-nrfconnect-programmer releases github page, renamed it from *.tar.gz to *.tgz and put it into the ..\.nrfconnect-apps\local\ folder.

The programmer appears as a local app in v3.7 of nRF Connect but unfortunately does not work.

Therefore my question: How can I downgrade nRF Conenct apps appropriately?

Thanks for your help!

Best regards,

Thilo

[Marte Myrvold]

Hi,

You can downgrade nRF Connect for Desktop using the following steps:

1. Download the latest 3.7 version of nRF Connect for Desktop from https://www.nordicsemi.com/Products/Development-tools/nRF-Connect-for-desktop/Download?lang=en#infotabs (for macOS this is 3.7.2, for Windows and Linux 3.7.1, because 3.7.2 was not needed and not released for these).
2. After starting nRF Connect for Desktop 3.7 a prompt will come up about the 3.8 upgrade. Click “No” on this.
3. In the Settings, click on “Add source”, enter the URL http://developer.nordicsemi.com/.pc-tools/nrfconnect-apps/3.7-apps/apps.json and click “Add”.
4. Back in the list of all apps, all apps should show up twice now, one with “official” below them and one with “3.7 compatible apps” below them. If you want to hide the incompatible versions, click on “Filter” and deselect “Official”.
5. Install the apps you need in the old versions and use them.

Best regards,

Marte