Comment 24 for bug 449394

I can confirm that the firmware update resolved the issue for me. I got the Vodafone branded updater from http://www.vodacom.co.za/services/vodacom_broadband/downloads.jsp

I found that I had to stop the dashboard and its status bar applet before the updater was able to detect my device. Aside from that it was just a task of reading the instructions and clicking 'Next' a few times.