# My FreedomBox no longer starts up after a system update
**URL:** https://discuss.freedombox.org/t/my-freedombox-no-longer-starts-up-after-a-system-update/4063
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 19, 2026, 6:29am UTC](https://discuss.freedombox.org/t/my-freedombox-no-longer-starts-up-after-a-system-update/4063 "2026-01-19T06:29:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@moji](https://discuss.freedombox.org/u/moji)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2026, 6:29am UTC](https://discuss.freedombox.org/t/my-freedombox-no-longer-starts-up-after-a-system-update/4063/1 "2026-01-19T06:29:40Z")
Hi,
My FreedomBox no longer starts up after a system update.
I can no longer see the BOX on my network either.
I don’t have SSH access either.
I need help
moji
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### Author:  [@Avron](https://discuss.freedombox.org/u/Avron)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2026, 10:31am UTC](https://discuss.freedombox.org/t/my-freedombox-no-longer-starts-up-after-a-system-update/4063/2 "2026-01-19T10:31:26Z")
Hello!
To give you any suggestion, some details are needed like:
- on which hardware does it run?
- how did you install freedombox?
- how is your freedombox connected to your local network (ethernet, wireless)?
- how do you normally access your freedombox?
- did you use the option to get frequent udates?
- did the problem occur after a manual or automatic update?
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### Author:  [@moji](https://discuss.freedombox.org/u/moji)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2026, 11:27am UTC](https://discuss.freedombox.org/t/my-freedombox-no-longer-starts-up-after-a-system-update/4063/3 "2026-01-19T11:27:59Z")
Thank you for your reply.
I’ve now restarted the device and the SD card.
I couldn’t wait any longer, sorry.
Regards,
moji
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### Author:  [@Avron](https://discuss.freedombox.org/u/Avron)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2026, 1:15pm UTC](https://discuss.freedombox.org/t/my-freedombox-no-longer-starts-up-after-a-system-update/4063/4 "2026-01-19T13:15:50Z")
Does it work now?
It sometimes (not often) happens that my freedombox is completely unresponsive. Powering it off and is a way to restore it. For my freedombox running on an SD card, I normally put the SD card in an SD card reader on my PC to check the filesystem, and then I put it back to the Freedombox.
Having backups is a good idea in case something really wrong (like, damaged SD card) happened.
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### Author:  [@moji](https://discuss.freedombox.org/u/moji)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2026, 8:48am UTC](https://discuss.freedombox.org/t/my-freedombox-no-longer-starts-up-after-a-system-update/4063/5 "2026-01-20T08:48:27Z")
I don’t have enough experience to know what to look out for.
Where can I learn this?
Thank you,
Moji