Cudy started using a new flash chip in their AX3000 devices, it's currently unsupported

Hardware Questions and Recommendations
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Affected models:

AP3000 Outdoor v1
AP3000 Wall v1
M3000 v1/v2
TR3000 v1
WR3000E v1
WR3000H v1
WR3000S v1
WR3000P v1

Serials start with 2543 or later.

ref: https://www.cudy.com/blogs/faq/openwrt-software-download

Very nice of them to make people aware of it.

There's already a PR for the new flash chip pending for the TR3000, haven't checked other Cudy's.

IF you run into this, you can still recover using https://www.cudy.com/blogs/faq/how-to-recovery-the-cudy-router-from-openwrt-firmware-to-cudy-official-firmware.

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I'll update some wiki pages with this info. Thank you.

I'm monitoring commits and haven't seen such.

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FYI, TR3000's already done.

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I have done only WR3000S and WR3000H which I created or updated since the beginning.

EDIT : some news here

It would have been wiser from Cudy to label these new devices v2 rather than keeping v1.

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yes, that's the PR I found the other day (and added to TR3000 wiki page).

at least they're identifiable using the serial #.

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I tried to link directly to the most recent post, it didn't work as expected.

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I see I missed the comment by hauke (most likely made after I posted), there's also a back port for 24.10, that's nice.

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Thanks for the headsup. A batch of 50 WR3000 ordered 2 weeks ago still goes with 2532* serial numbers. I was contemplating on ordering WR3000S devices, too, which I will do in smaller quanitity to test the changes.

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It is likely that devices sold during the next weeks would be compatible. Real question is when the newer will be shipped? I doubt that the incompatibility with OpenWrt can be a valid reason for refusing the delivery.

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the PRs required for new flash chip support have been merged, meaning snapshots should already work, while stable requires a new major or minor release.

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Good news.
Can you give the link to the commit please, I can't find it? I'd like to check which devices are concerned.

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they're at the bottom of the PR you posted, but I guess they only relate to the TR3000 ?

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I build an image on the weekend with the latest commits, flashed onto an “old” WR3000s, no issues. Will report once I have a device with new flash chip in hand, too.

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That's what I feared, titles of theses commits are cryptic. Thank you.

EDIT

The commit says "multiple Cudy products" so I assume it is available for every devices involved.
Thanks to @hauke for such a quick solution. I'm always impressed by the devs' involvment to this project. :blush:

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Has a fix been released for Cudy WR3000H?

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Apparently yes, but you'll have to wait for 24.10.5, or use a snapshot.

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I'd like to try one of these if the AX3000 labeled product is working? Any reason not to buy one if I were going to try an AP3000?

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AP3000 is affected by this too, but it seems the fix is already in 10.5, 25.12-RC1 and snapshots.

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This shows that the commit is included in 24.10.5. It has been also in main ans so in 25.12.0-rc1. I will modify the wiki for WR3000S and WR3000H.