Plain OpenWRT on GL-X2000

Hardware Questions and Recommendations
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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!

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Yeah, it's not supported.

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Darn :slight_smile: Any chances it will be in the future?

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Depends on you. You have the device, you can do the research.

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@Hostle hey your second X2000 device owner has turned up and created a thread.

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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

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I assume you mean tftpboot && bootm here, not actually flashing.

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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.

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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!

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there's no you, there's I, until someone else with the same device on their desk comes along and does the leg work ...

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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!

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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.

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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.