OpenWrt support for Xiaomi AX3000T

raenye · June 19, 2024, 8:56pm

If you installed a stable version (e.g. 23.05.3) then you're on kernel 5.15.150 and opkg install will get you a matching kmod-mtd-rw 5.15.150.
If you installed a recent snapshot version (from the last ~4 days) then you're on kernel 6.6.33 and opkg install will get you a matching kmod-mtd-rw 6.6.33.
If you installed an old snapshot version (which you apparently did), then you're on a kernel older than 6.6.33 (it could be 6.6.32 or 5.15.144) and you don't have matching kernel modules to install.

The easiest solution for (3) is to upgrade your firmware to the most recent snapshot; alternatively, you could just give up. But the worst "solution" would be to delete a perfectly good tutorial.

Deto · June 19, 2024, 9:07pm

Flash openwrt-mediatek-filogic-xiaomi_mi-router-ax3000t-ubootmod-initramfs-factory.ubi

ubiformat /dev/mtd8 -y -f /tmp/openwrt-mediatek-filogic-xiaomi_mi-router-ax3000t-ubootmod-initramfs-factory.ubi

I installed this firmware, it was the only one I found here:

RadioOperator · June 20, 2024, 2:21am

I followed the AX3000T openwrt uboot tutorial, and flash ubootmod-sysupgrade code, all OK.

Deto · June 20, 2024, 2:31am

I gave up, posted the errors and it seems like no one read them.

How difficult is it to understand that the tutorial files are kernel 5.5 and the download kmod only wants to download 6.6?

kernel 5.5:


 1. Flash openwrt-mediatek-filogic-xiaomi_mi-router-ax3000t-ubootmod-initramfs-factory.ubi

ubiformat /dev/mtd8 -y -f /tmp/openwrt-mediatek-filogic-xiaomi_mi-router-ax3000t-ubootmod-initramfs-factory.ubi

reboot

Kernel 6.6:

2. Install kmod-mtd-rw

opkg update && opkg install kmod-mtd-rw

insmod /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/mtd-rw.ko i_want_a_brick=1

Again, the errors:

Collected errors:

    pkg_hash_check_unresolved: cannot find dependency kernel (= 6.6.33~1dad35562137e0ea0d3d46c055f7fbd1-r1) for kmod-mtd-rw
    pkg_hash_fetch_best_installation_candidate: Packages for kmod-mtd-rw found, but incompatible with the architectures configured
    opkg_install_cmd: Cannot install package kmod-mtd-rw.

RadioOperator · June 20, 2024, 2:55am

try my build:

it's built in mtd-rw, and then you could upgrade to the lasted, any.

sadafa12 · June 20, 2024, 3:01am

u don't need to install that package for install the uboot layer just do the tutorial said install the factory image first and write the ubootmod image

vipperhell · June 20, 2024, 4:52am

I tried to do that but as I have uboot.. I couldn't do using sysupgrade on Luci. How to do that?

andi-at-1 · June 20, 2024, 4:53am

Hey, i worked yesterday through install, some ideas for the tutorial for a noobish firstie like me:

add pictures where to clicky click in the chinese firmware to get to the password-set / firmware-downgrade
point out that snapshot dont have ljcy installed, so browserconnection will fail and you need ssh
the installation of uboot wiped the config, so router is back to 192.168.1.1 afterwards

It runs perfectly fine now, but this steps made the 10min job to 2 hours...

Now another question, can i backup the whole flash and write it to my other virgin router? Mabe over serial?

andi-at-1 · June 20, 2024, 4:56am

https://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/targets/mediatek/filogic/
Here i got the snapshot yesterday, also initialy uboot wasnt there but it got uploaded after a while, seems like it wasnt built already

bodgit · June 20, 2024, 3:58pm

Hoping somebody can help with this.

Recently bought a Xiaomi AX3000T, installed Openwrt as the instructions without to much problems and updated to the latest snapshot.

All OK ot so I thought, I was only getting 90Mb download speed as opposed to 450Mb on my old router.

I have tried different snapshots and builds with the same result. After a LOT of messing around I found that if I set up port 2 or 3 as WAN I got 450MB download.

It appears that Ports 1 and 4 are stuck at 100Mb and Ports 2 and 3 are working as they should at 1000Mb.

Is this a hardware issue or am I doing something stupid (Hopefully).
Any help appreciated.

johndg · June 20, 2024, 4:30pm

anyone has official CE certificate for global model RD23?

danhe · June 20, 2024, 7:23pm

Hi, I connected to the router using picocom and got the following message:

Terminal ready

F0: 102B 0000
FA: 1040 0000
FA: 1040 0000 [0200]
F9: 0000 0000
V0: 0000 0000 [0001]
00: 0000 0000
BP: 2400 0041 [0000]
G0: 1190 0000
EC: 0000 0000 [1000]
T0: 0000 024F [010F]
Jump to BL

NOTICE:  BL2: v2.6(release):e233a3d581-dirty
NOTICE:  BL2: Built : 06:23:27, Jul 30 2023
NOTICE:  WDT: disabled
NOTICE:  EMI: Using DDR3 settings

dump toprgu registers data: 
1001c000 | 00000000 0000ffe0 00000000 00000000
1001c010 | 00000fff 00000000 00f00000 00000000
1001c020 | 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1001c030 | 003c0003 003c0003 00000000 00000000
1001c040 | 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1001c050 | 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1001c060 | 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1001c070 | 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1001c080 | 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000

dump drm registers data: 
1001d000 | 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1001d010 | 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1001d020 | 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1001d030 | 00a083f1 000003ff 00100000 00000000
1001d040 | 00000000 00000000 00020303 000000ff
1001d050 | 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1001d060 | 00000002 00000000 00000000 00000000
drm: 500 = 0x8 
[DDR Reserve] ddr reserve mode not be enabled yet
DDR RESERVE Success 0
[EMI] ComboMCP not ready, using default setting
BYTE_swap:0 
BYTE_swap:0 
Window Sum 604, worse bit 6, min window 72
Window Sum 540, worse bit 8, min window 64
Window Sum 418, worse bit 1, min window 52
Window Sum 358, worse bit 9, min window 42
Window Sum 420, worse bit 0, min window 52
Window Sum 360, worse bit 15, min window 42
Window Sum 426, worse bit 1, min window 52
Window Sum 366, worse bit 9, min window 44
Window Sum 428, worse bit 1, min window 52
Window Sum 376, worse bit 15, min window 44
Window Sum 382, worse bit 9, min window 46
Window Sum 386, worse bit 9, min window 46
Window Sum 388, worse bit 8, min window 46
NOTICE:  EMI: Detected DRAM size: 256MB
NOTICE:  EMI: complex R/W mem test passed
NOTICE:  CPU: MT7981 (1300MHz)
NOTICE:  SPI_NAND parses attributes from parameter page.
NOTICE:  SPI_NAND Detected ID 0xc8
NOTICE:  Page size 2048, Block size 131072, size 134217728
NOTICE:  Initializing NMBM ...
NOTICE:  Signature found at block 1023 [0x07fe0000]
NOTICE:  First info table with writecount 0 found in block 960
NOTICE:  Second info table with writecount 0 found in block 963
NOTICE:  NMBM has been successfully attached in read-only mode
ERROR:   BL2: Failed to load image id 3 (-2)

What I should do now? I tried to type something or send a sudo cat "help" > /dev/ttyUSB0 in another terminal (with pico still open) and got "Permission denied".

How can I send the original firmware to the router? Is it possible using UART or I need to connect directly to the firmware chip?

hecatae · June 20, 2024, 10:28pm

Which snapshot version are you using?
There's a 23.05-snapshot version here if you're currently using master snapshot

https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/23.05-SNAPSHOT/targets/mediatek/filogic/

bodgit · June 20, 2024, 11:14pm

[quote="hecatae, post:648, topic:180490"]
https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/23.05-SNAPSHOT/targets/mediatek/filogic/
[/quote]Hi

Thanks for replying

I am currently on the latest release from here:-

https://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/targets/mediatek/

How do I switch to

https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/23.05-SNAPSHOT/targets/mediatek/filogic/

Can I just use Flash New Firmware from Luci or do I have to reset and flash

Deto · June 21, 2024, 1:37am

root@OpenWrt:/# ubiupdatevol /dev/ubi0_2 /tmp/ax3000t-snapshot-r26580-dd6bbbabd3-mediatek-filogic-xiaomi_mi-router-ax3000t-ubootmod-
initramfs-recovery.itb
ubiupdatevol: error!: "/tmp/ax3000t-snapshot-r26580-dd6bbbabd3-mediatek-filogic-xiaomi_mi-router-ax3000t-ubootmod-initramfs-recovery.itb" (size 19202048) will not fit volume "/dev/ubi0_2" (size 10539008)

Thanks, it worked.

I just had to change the .itb for a smaller one that would fit in the partition.

RadioOperator · June 21, 2024, 3:12am

I did not use the serial recovery on my AX3000T, you have to try / search on it.

Try power on + long-press the reset button 15s, check the serial log.

serial port cannot use for 2 terminal apps at same time.

RadioOperator · June 21, 2024, 3:14am

yes, the partition size is not enough.
so, I did not flash the recovery code.

hecatae · June 21, 2024, 6:38am

Flash new firmware from Luci, up to you if you keep settings

devast · June 21, 2024, 7:57am

It is for sure not a software issue. Check the ports with a different ethernet cable. If still bad, check visually the pins inside the connector. If still everything looks good, then maybe you could open the box, and check the soldering on the connector.
I've got 3 RD03s running snapshot, and none has this issue.

danhe · June 21, 2024, 9:40pm

Exactly the same output from the router. I think there's something missing and the bootloader is unable to complete the boot sequence. The reset button makes no difference probably because this is loaded after where the boot is stopping. Any suggestions? No LED, no ssh, it has no IP address, I setup static address on my laptop and searched subnets 192.168.31.0/24 and 192.168.1.0/24 with an IP Scanner for all network IPs and ports. Any ideas?
I don't get it, I followed the instructions to the letter and this happened.

F0: 102B 0000
FA: 1040 0000
FA: 1040 0000 [0200]
F9: 0000 0000
V0: 0000 0000 [0001]
00: 0000 0000
BP: 2400 0041 [0000]
G0: 1190 0000
EC: 0000 0000 [1000]
T0: 0000 024F [010F]
Jump to BL

NOTICE:  BL2: v2.6(release):e233a3d581-dirty
NOTICE:  BL2: Built : 06:23:27, Jul 30 2023
NOTICE:  WDT: disabled
NOTICE:  EMI: Using DDR3 settings

dump toprgu registers data: 
1001c000 | 00000000 0000ffe0 00000000 00000000
1001c010 | 00000fff 00000000 00f00000 00000000
1001c020 | 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1001c030 | 003c0003 003c0003 00000000 00000000
1001c040 | 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1001c050 | 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1001c060 | 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1001c070 | 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1001c080 | 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000

dump drm registers data: 
1001d000 | 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1001d010 | 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1001d020 | 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1001d030 | 00a083f1 000003ff 00100000 00000000
1001d040 | 00000000 00000000 00020303 000000ff
1001d050 | 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
1001d060 | 00000002 00000000 00000000 00000000
drm: 500 = 0x8 
[DDR Reserve] ddr reserve mode not be enabled yet
DDR RESERVE Success 0
[EMI] ComboMCP not ready, using default setting
BYTE_swap:0 
BYTE_swap:0 
Window Sum 564, worse bit 4, min window 68
Window Sum 548, worse bit 8, min window 68
Window Sum 418, worse bit 0, min window 50
Window Sum 356, worse bit 15, min window 42
Window Sum 420, worse bit 1, min window 52
Window Sum 364, worse bit 9, min window 44
Window Sum 426, worse bit 0, min window 52
Window Sum 366, worse bit 9, min window 44
Window Sum 428, worse bit 2, min window 52
Window Sum 378, worse bit 9, min window 44
Window Sum 386, worse bit 8, min window 48
NOTICE:  EMI: Detected DRAM size: 256MB
NOTICE:  EMI: complex R/W mem test passed
NOTICE:  CPU: MT7981 (1300MHz)
NOTICE:  SPI_NAND parses attributes from parameter page.
NOTICE:  SPI_NAND Detected ID 0xc8
NOTICE:  Page size 2048, Block size 131072, size 134217728
NOTICE:  Initializing NMBM ...
NOTICE:  Signature found at block 1023 [0x07fe0000]
NOTICE:  First info table with writecount 0 found in block 960
NOTICE:  Second info table with writecount 0 found in block 963
NOTICE:  NMBM has been successfully attached in read-only mode
ERROR:   BL2: Failed to load image id 3 (-2)