Basic questions

Hello mailing list, I want to use the Simtrace for my master thesis on enhancing privacy in mobile networks. For this purpose I recently bought 2 Simtraces. However I have a few questions: Which firmware is on newly shipped Simtraces? The "buggy" v0.5 or the community enhanced version? Also I wanted to flash new firmware to the device (both from simlabtrace (https://github.com/kamwar/simlabTrace/wiki), as well as newly compiled firmware from git repository (git://git.osmocom.org/openpcd.git). I wasn't able to try the community fix since the url(http://lists.osmocom.org/pipermail/simtrace/attachments/20140624/a17d10… is down. The flashing process itself freezes after checking the connection state of the device. Even though the device is listed as idle the process does not continue. Any idea why? I'm working on a fresh and updated Kali Linux. If it's the OS do you have any suggestion for using another? If the support/development of the Simtrace is at an end can you recommend similar devices? Greetings, Michael Kramer