Arcadyan AW1000 (Telstra 5G Smart Modem) support- IPQ807x

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It's already on my 2nd to the last comment :slight_smile:

Or you can always look into Index of /snapshots/targets/qualcommax/ipq807x/ (openwrt.org)

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Here is a good way to start initramfs from USB pendrive .
AW1000 will boot normally when there is no USB with initramfs , and will start from USB initramfs when plugged...
https://eko.one.pl/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=299428#p299428

You can set this uBoot env's from running system via command fw_setenv , but device have to be not bricked... If the system don't start ,then you have to connect to serial console anyway.

It is good to set it and have some spare usbe pendrive with initramfs just in case.

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Nice. Do you want to add that to the wiki?

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may I know what is the root password for this build?

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QWRT? You can just do a factory reset, will dump a fresh image later :slight_smile:

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Hi, does this method allow you to install OpenWRT on an unmodified router without needing to use a serial cable?

Thanks for your time,
Oscar

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On Orginal QWRT you just point a sysupgrade file ,and it will install any brand of Openwrt.

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Thanks for your reply, my problem is I’m running stock Telstra firmware.

I’d prefer to not have to solder a serial port to the main board

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And stock Telstra firmware is .... ? QWRT ?

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Stock firmware is a custom build of OpenWRT

It's trivial to get root access and bypass the Telstra skin but there's no way to update and installing software's very difficult, some settings immediately revert.

Vanilla OpenWRT or ROOter is installable by soldering a serial port to the main board, I was hoping this USB method might obviate the need to modify the board

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If you are able to modify u-boot env than you can probably run initramfs image from USB.

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I'll look into that, thanks.

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Check your bootcmd first and than probably this change allow you to start from USB:

fw_setenv bootusb 'usb start && usbboot 0x44000000 0 && bootm 0x44000000'
fw_setenv bootcmd 'run bootusb; bootipq'

USB preparation:

dd bs=1M if=openwrt-qualcommax-ipq807x-arcadyan_aw1000-initramfs-uImage.itb of=/dev/sdX
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Thanks a lot that's a huge help (I'm flying mostly blind)

I'll hook into this when I get home in the next couple of weeks

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When i received my AW1000 it was a fw on it called QWRT ,and i belive yours is also.
It looked like this:

And it was no problem to upload any sysupgrade file from any openwrt.

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I think that @0jay is talking about this firmware: https://youtu.be/KqRA9A4wVmU?t=392

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Then it would be good ,before update to OpenWRT to do a backup of it.

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You can check this dump: Arcadyan AW1000 (Telstra 5G Smart Modem) support- IPQ807x - #3 by kylemd

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I’m in Australia, this modem’s supplied with Telstra firmware which is very much not QWRT

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Correct, this is the stock Telstra firmware interface