Acer predator connect W6x

aLiArLa · October 22, 2025, 6:13pm

Mate, you've got it in this screenshot. Now comes the easy part. Forget about gaining root access. You don't have to do the commands you post afterwards. Once you've loaded the predator.bin file, you can do this part: https://openwrt.org/toh/acer/predator_connect_w6x#backup

Always use WinSCP, which works very well, and copy the backup files to your computer for security.

Once copied, using winscp, copy the file openwrt-mediatek-filogic-acer_predator-w6x-stock-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin to /tmp/ and run this command: sysupgrade -n /tmp/sysupgrade.bin

Once you reboot, you're all set.

who_what8 · October 23, 2025, 6:46am

According to the wiki, you only need to perform this part if you want root access with the OEM firmware.

If you want to install Openwrt, please follow the Openwrt Stock Layout section instructions.

joatanlima · October 23, 2025, 8:06am

Vlw papito... tudo certo!

who_what8 · November 1, 2025, 2:10am

Update:

The Ubootmod Layout PR has been merged and related files are now available for download. The device now has (Stock Layout) and (OpenWrt U-Boot Layout) as suffix in the name to differentiate the variants according to the storage layout in the firmware-selector site.

I've updated the device page with the relevant links to the files for the ubootmod layout.

The backport PR to 24.10 is still pending. It'll be great to get some testers if you have a build environment and get some attention to it.

aLiArLa · November 1, 2025, 7:20am

Thank you very much for your work. I will try the new u-boot this weekend. On the other hand, I can build a development environment to test 24.10. What should I keep in mind when testing it? Any instructions?

who_what8 · November 1, 2025, 7:33am

Going from snapshot to 24.10, at least with ubootmod, requires reflashing all the mtd partitions, not just ubi. So in other words, you’d need to rerun all the steps in ubootmod section of the wiki going from snapshot to 24.10 and vice versa.

I’ve haven’t tried going from snapshot to 24.10 on stock layout. However, I have tested 24.10 stock layout in isolation.

Make sure you have backups in case you need to unbrick. I’ve bricked mine a few times during dev and it was relatively easy to recover.

aLiArLa · November 1, 2025, 6:44pm

Updating info. I installed ubootmod + SNAPSHOT (OpenWrt U-Boot Layout) and everything worked fine. I created the partitions and had no problems. Everything works as expected.

On the other hand, I don't know how to install version 24.10. I cloned the 24.10.4 repository and, as I expected, our model is not there. What am I doing wrong?

who_what8 · November 1, 2025, 7:00pm

You should clone my fork/branch for 24.10:

Edit: during make menuconfig, make sure to select opkg under Base System. Otherwise, you’ll have no package manager.

aLiArLa · November 2, 2025, 7:14am

I must be doing something wrong because it won't let me clone the repository. Could you give me the correct git clone command with the URL?

who_what8 · November 2, 2025, 6:13pm

clone: git clone git@github.com:ses1er/openwrt.git

checkout the openwrt-24.10 branch: git checkout origin/openwrt-24.10

aLiArLa · November 3, 2025, 7:01am

Updating info. I created firmware version 24.10 (U-boot Layout version). It works correctly. I updated from the SNAPSHOT version (U-boot layout version) by restoring the default settings, and it worked fine. I did not have to repartition, nor did I reload the U-boot layout:

I'm taking this opportunity to upload the image I created, which I've tested and found to work well (note: ‘openwrt uboot’ version):

Would it be possible to create a repository with version 24.10.4?

Thanks for your help.

who_what8 · November 3, 2025, 6:42pm

That's great to hear the 24.10-SNAPSHOT works for you as well. I find it odd I needed to repartition but I could have done it in a rush and missed something.

I'm not sure if I find a necessity to create a 24.10.4 repo, although the source code is available and we can probably add the necessary commits to it.

I think a better approach is to hopefully get this PR merged to the openwrt-24.10 branch to get support for the device for 24.10.5 when it comes out.

xAndre · November 11, 2025, 10:25pm

Tomorrow I’ll try to install openwrt and will use your image.

xAndre · November 12, 2025, 9:43pm

First Round:
W6x 1 x 0 Me
I couldn't find a good electronics technician in my city, so I went to another one. He did the soldering. I came home and tested it, but the Putty can't capture any information.

Tomorrow, I'll take it back to a good technician and ask him to redo the soldering.

The good news is that the router is still working.

who_what8 · November 13, 2025, 5:43am

That looks pretty rough...

It may have been easier to remove the connector and use bare wires.

also.. use flux

frollic · November 13, 2025, 5:50am

It looks terrible, was the guy doing the soldering blind ?

xAndre · November 13, 2025, 8:29am

Believe me, there are plenty of "professionals" like that.
The recommended professional was out of town for work.
Today I'll go see him and see if he can clean up the mess.

who_what8 · November 13, 2025, 10:23pm

You mentioned you did not get any data in PuTTY... what is on the other end of that cable? can you reverse TX and RX and see if you can get data?

Edit:
by looking at your pic, white is TX and green is RX, if it's directly to a UART USB cable, I'm pretty sure you need to reverse that based on typical color coding.

xAndre · November 16, 2025, 12:25pm

I tried every possible way, but it still wouldn’t read.
I took the motherboard to a skilled technician—it’s been with him for days. He should release it tomorrow, and only then will I be able to test it.
I bought a PI2303HX UART adapter, but just to be safe, I also ordered another one: CH340G.
Today, I’m migrating from Windows 11 to Ubuntu 24.04. As soon as I have the router’s motherboard in hand, I’ll begin the work.

xAndre · November 17, 2025, 6:49pm

U-Boot 2022.07-rc5 1.00.01 (Jan 19 2024 - 16:44:38 +0800)

MMC: mmc@11230000: 0
Loading Environment from MTD... OK
In: serial@11002000
Out: serial@11002000
Err: serial@11002000
Net: eth0: ethernet@15100000

*** U-Boot Boot Menu ***
  1. Startup system (Default)
  2. Upgrade firmware
  3. Upgrade ATF BL2
  4. Upgrade ATF FIP
  5. Upgrade single image
  6. Load image
  0. U-Boot console
Press UP/DOWN to move, ENTER to select, ESC/CTRL+C to quit
Reading 'dual' from 0x0 to 0x7f7fb9d8, size 0x24 ... OK
Current bootnum[2]
Boot ubi name[ubi1]
ubi0: attaching mtd10
ubi0: scanning is finished
ubi0: attached mtd10 (name "ubi1", size 100 MiB)
…
W6x login:

I press 0, arrow, enter and nothing happens for this boot. I tried with Putty and MobaXterm and nothing...
After booting it always ends at W6x login:

Is it possible that my laptop keyboard isn't being recognized by PuTTY?