PHICOMM K3C Router

wow! it's great!!!! :+1:

How far did you guys get with this one?

I was looking at BT Smart Hub Type B BT Smart Hub (Home Hub 6) Type B
and it seems to have similar (or the same CPU/SoC).
WikiDevi https://wikidevi.com/wiki/BT_Smart_Hub_Type_B, so wanted to check if GRX350 support is adequate.

Please excuse my ignorance. I started with the popular links and have read through all 120 posts trying to understand what to do (from sdk's to building out the firmware and the various versions and updates but I'm still truly lost.)

I recently acquired a K3C Router B1 Version (China version) and I'm trying to flash it with any sort of english firmware as there doesn't appear to be any way to change the menu to English as it was designed for the Chinese market.

Is there a .bin file available to flash it to something more usable. I'm coming from an Asus N66U where one could simply flash a Merlin firmware and away one goes, but this is a whole new ballgame that is far more complex.

RSA signature

Hey Paldier,

Thanks for responding. Sadly I think the response is over my head as well. Given that this forum is for developers I suppose I'm out of my league. A quick googling of "RSA Signature" seems to yield a public key cryptosystem.

hi guy, i made a new image,with 4.9 kernel,musl,gcc6.3
bad news,i don't have wifi driver
i got it

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[    0.000000] Linux version 4.9.109+ (paldier@paldier-MerlinR) (gcc version 6.3.0 (LEDE GCC 6.3.0 r7545-8e209af0bf) ) #0 SMP Thu Sep 26 14:16:23 2019
[    0.000000] SoC: GRX500 rev 1.2
[    0.000000] bootconsole [early0] enabled
[    0.000000] CPU0 revision is: 0001a120 (MIPS interAptiv (multi))
[    0.000000] Enhanced Virtual Addressing (EVA 1GB) activated
[    0.000000] Kernel panic - not syncing: no dtb found
[    0.000000] Rebooting in 1 seconds..
[    0.000000] Reboot failed -- System halted

no dtb found,why?

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[    0.000000] Linux version 4.9.109+ (paldier@paldier-MerlinR) (gcc version 6.3.0 (LEDE GCC 6.3.0 r7545-8e209af0bf) ) #0 SMP Thu Sep 26 14:16:23 2019
[    0.000000] SoC: GRX500 rev 1.2
[    0.000000] bootconsole [early0] enabled
[    0.000000] CPU0 revision is: 0001a120 (MIPS interAptiv (multi))
[    0.000000] Enhanced Virtual Addressing (EVA 1GB) activated
[    0.000000] MIPS: machine is Phicomm K3C
[    0.000000] Coherence Manager IOCU detected
[    0.000000] Hardware DMA cache coherency disabled
[    0.000000] earlycon: lantiq0 at MMIO 0x16600000 (options '')
[    0.000000] bootconsole [lantiq0] enabled

kernel is ok,start repairing rootfs

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Dear Paldier.
I would like to thank you for the work done.
Your firmware saved more than a dozen routers.
But I would like to ask, when is the next version?
Is there any way to help?

Hi Guys, How are you flashing the firmware? Is tftp enough?

mtdparts=17c00000.nand-parts:1m(uboot),-(ubi)
i have to build a new uboot
or wait for a new sdk

do you think will be the new SDK ?

Without wifi .or......

yes,the eeprom of k3c not support ax,i don't know how to rebuild it

Hi, everyone

Is there any pre-built Image Builder file(s) somewhere can be downloaded? Thanks.

You checked this ? GRX350 SDK https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/download/archer-ax50/#GPL-Code

can be helpful:
another one router on grx 350 here
gpl code here

it's not full code

Hi! Is it possible to return to stock fw from owrt?
Thanks!

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Any good news?
about new intel wifi drivers K3C device?