Belkin RT3200/Linksys E8450 WiFi AX discussion

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Thanks for pointing me in that direction, :star_struck: I've recovered the device without needing to attach a serial console.

root@OpenWrt:~# ubinfo -d 0 -n 0
Volume ID:   0 (on ubi0)
Type:        static
Alignment:   1
Size:        9 LEBs (1142784 bytes, 1.0 MiB)
Data bytes:  1019796 bytes (995.8 KiB)
State:       OK
Name:        fip
Character device major/minor: 250:1

root@OpenWrt:~# ubinfo -d 0 | grep physical
Count of bad physical eraseblocks:       0
Count of reserved physical eraseblocks:  20

root@OpenWrt:~# ls -l openwrt-mediatek-mt7622-linksys_e8450-ubi-bl31-uboot.fip
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       1012564 Apr 25 19:08 openwrt-mediatek-mt7622-linksys_e8450-ubi-bl31-uboot.fip

root@OpenWrt:~# md5sum openwrt-mediatek-mt7622-linksys_e8450-ubi-bl31-uboot.fip 
74438e269be0c03049b40fdead43d6dc  openwrt-mediatek-mt7622-linksys_e8450-ubi-bl31-uboot.fip

root@OpenWrt:~# ubiupdatevol /dev/ubi0_0 openwrt-mediatek-mt7622-linksys_e8450-ubi-bl31-uboot.fip

root@OpenWrt:~# ubinfo -d 0 | grep physical
Count of bad physical eraseblocks:       0
Count of reserved physical eraseblocks:  20
root@OpenWrt:~# ubinfo -d 0 -n 0
Volume ID:   0 (on ubi0)
Type:        static
Alignment:   1
Size:        9 LEBs (1142784 bytes, 1.0 MiB)
Data bytes:  1012564 bytes (988.8 KiB)
State:       OK
Name:        fip
Character device major/minor: 250:1

Rebooted fine, without being held captive in a freezer :innocent:

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