yeah i know, but one of the replies above i think @iplaywithtoys told me that i could install tether packages to have internet access via a phone hotspot, so i built an image with all of this:
base-files busybox ca-bundle dnsmasq dropbear e2fsprogs firewall4 fstools kmod-amazon-ena kmod-amd-xgbe kmod-bnx2 kmod-button-hotplug kmod-e1000 kmod-e1000e kmod-forcedeth kmod-fs-vfat kmod-igb kmod-igc kmod-ixgbe kmod-nft-offload kmod-r8169 kmod-tg3 libc libgcc libustream-wolfssl logd mkf2fs mtd netifd nftables odhcp6c odhcpd-ipv6only opkg partx-utils ppp ppp-mod-pppoe procd procd-seccomp procd-ujail uci uclient-fetch urandom-seed urngd kmod-usb-net-ipheth usbmuxd libimobiledevice usbutils kmod-nls-base kmod-usb-core kmod-usb-net kmod-usb-net-cdc-ether kmod-usb2 kmod-usb-net-cdc-eem kmod-usb-net-cdc-ether kmod-usb-net-cdc-subset kmod-usb-net-huawei-cdc-ncm kmod-usb-net-rndis lsblk libc libblkid1 libmount1 libsmartcols1 luci