Hi,
i just bought an GL-X2000 (Spitz plus) from GL.inet and trying to run the travelmate addon. Didn't got it to work and after some reading it seems that the OEM Firmware might be the problem. Is there a way to install the plain OpenWRT on this device? I could not find it (yet?) at the list of devices....
Thanks for your help!
Yeah, it's not supported.
Darn 
Any chances it will be in the future?
Depends on you. You have the device, you can do the research.
@Hostle hey your second X2000 device owner has turned up and created a thread.
you can try and load the initramfs image and report back to start.
openwrt-qualcommax-ipq50xx-glinet_gl-x2000-initramfs-uImage.zip
don't forget to unzip it first, the initramfs.itb is inside. Flash it to your device and see it it boots. If it doesn't just cycle the power to get rid of it.
I have the pr started just need some testing to polish it before i send it officially. You can find it here
I assume you mean tftpboot && bootm here, not actually flashing.
absolutely .. getting fatigued explaining numerous times. I should maybe just create a file with instructions.
@golastran if you are not familiar or comfortable with the process, you may want to wait until i add the general flash instructions.
You will want to establish a serial connection first thing. Once you have a connection go ahead and back up each mtd partition .. again i will put together some general instruction on how to safely achieve this as well but can't give a timeline .. i've got a few irons in the fire right now so to speak.
Hey,
thanks for reaching out. I will rather wait until the instructions are ready....thanks for your work! Once you have something, could you drop me a message here or elsewhere? Anything that I should read/monitor?
Thanks again!
there's no you, there's I, until someone else with the same device on their desk comes along and does the leg work ...
Oh sry, if there is anything I could do to help, I would be happy to do so. I am not in a hurry and do not expect anything from you - just to be clear. I am thankful for all the work here!
It's easy to get into the X2000, there's 4 rubber caps on the bottom to remove, this gives you access to the entire circuit board, including the unpopulated antennas.
I don't think serial connection should be necessary. At this point i 95% it will boot. I think you can just flash the .img file. If by chance it doesn't fully boot, just use uboot webui to recover.
Link doesn't work anymore, could you please reupload it?
Which version of OpenWrt will this lead to? An actual one?
That link is a not to an official OpenWrt image of OpenWrt. It is the work of a community member (@Hostle ) who was working to try to test and add the necessary commits to make it supportable. Importantly, that specific image is an initramfs file, which is not persistent across reboots and isn't stored in flash memory... these images are used for development (extremely low risk of bricking a device) and in some cases for initial installation, but not for day-to-day use.
@Hostle may be able to provide an update about the status of this work, but the router is not yet supported in any official context.
this link was for the initramfs file for testing purposes.
The prepped pr for this device is still on my github
prepped pr
It was over 5 months ago i prepared it, based on the info I was given at that time. I do not have one of these units to test .. i actually ordered one but never received it, then, it was a real pain to get a refund so I just lost interest in it all together.
If you or someone wants to pick it up where i left off, feel free to @ me if you have any questions regarding the code. I am pretty certain it was ready for testing but one should have a recovery plan in place before flashing anything. uboot web recovery should work fine for this .. but a uart connection would be preferred.
here is a new link to the files, use at your own risk as per usual ..
openwrt-qualcommax-ipq50xx-glinet_gl-x2000-initramfs-uImage-and-factory-bin.zip
I would not be surprised if it works right off .. but I wouldn't expect this to be the case.
good luck
Thanks for your fast reply!
Which version of OpenWrt is this?
its 5 months old now ... version info from build says ..
r29260-81371e5013
FYI @Hostle
I cherry-picked and adapted your branch on top of the current main branch of openwrt
Image is successfully build, but i didn’t tried it yet 
you should be able to recovery via uboot webui should it go south. But i would recommend using serial to load initramfs to begin ... they are pricey units to gamble. the 4-5$ ttl converter vs 200-300$ for a replacement, my math says 4-5$ is well worth it.
