RT3200 upgrade bricked (22.03.5 to 22.03.7)

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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Currently running 22.03.5 and figured I would update to the latest 22.03.7 before attempting to upgrade to 23.05. Looks like it was a mistake to try this.

These were originally installed a while ago so I do not think that the 1.1 stuff applies. I tried upgrading using auc per dangowrt's instructions.

RT3200 did not come back as expected. ping is unreachable. I suspect that it may have factory reset to 192.168.1.1 as I was having trouble with the network until I powered it off. RT3200 IP address is supposed to be 192.168.1.6. It will take me a bit to unplug and set up for isolated testing but looking for ideas/suggestions.

BusyBox v1.35.0 (2023-05-03 22:07:11 UTC) built-in shell (ash)

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OpenWrt 22.03.5, r20134-5f15225c1e

root@rt3200:~# auc
auc/0.3.1-1
Server: https://sysupgrade.openwrt.org
Running: 22.03.5 r20134-5f15225c1e on mediatek/mt7622 (linksys,e8450-ubi)
Available: 22.03.7 r20341-591b7e93d3
Requesting package lists...
kmod-crypto-gf128: 5.10.176-1 -> 5.10.221-1
kmod-usb-core: 5.10.176-1 -> 5.10.221-1
luci-app-opkg: git-23.093.42303-e16f620 -> git-24.045.79537-9f5b5dd
kmod-crypto-manager: 5.10.176-1 -> 5.10.221-1
kmod-crypto-ctr: 5.10.176-1 -> 5.10.221-1
luci-lib-ip: git-20.250.76529-62505bd -> git-23.311.79310-704a335
libwolfssl: 5.5.4-stable-1 -> 5.7.2-stable-1
kmod-nft-fib: 5.10.176-1 -> 5.10.221-1
kmod-nfnetlink: 5.10.176-1 -> 5.10.221-1
kmod-crypto-hash: 5.10.176-1 -> 5.10.221-1
kmod-nf-reject6: 5.10.176-1 -> 5.10.221-1
kmod-crypto-aead: 5.10.176-1 -> 5.10.221-1
luci-mod-system: git-23.118.78821-0c02883 -> git-24.067.02339-de5734b
kmod-nf-flow: 5.10.176-1 -> 5.10.221-1
kmod-lib-crc-ccitt: 5.10.176-1 -> 5.10.221-1
luci-theme-bootstrap: git-23.093.42704-b47268a -> git-24.208.65546-18f3914
kmod-pppoe: 5.10.176-1 -> 5.10.221-1
kmod-pppox: 5.10.176-1 -> 5.10.221-1
wpad-basic-wolfssl: 2022-01-16-cff80b4f-16.2 -> 2022-01-16-cff80b4f-21.3
kmod-nf-reject: 5.10.176-1 -> 5.10.221-1
procd-ujail: 2022-06-01-7a009685-2 -> 2022-06-01-7a009685-3
base-files: 1502-r20134-5f15225c1e -> 1506-r20341-591b7e93d3
kmod-nf-nat: 5.10.176-1 -> 5.10.221-1
kmod-crypto-crc32c: 5.10.176-1 -> 5.10.221-1
kmod-mt7615e: 5.10.176+2022-09-06-d7054646-5 -> 5.10.221+2023-09-11-bdf8ea71-5
uboot-envtools: 2022.01-38 -> 2022.01-40
kmod-usb-xhci-hcd: 5.10.176-1 -> 5.10.221-1
procd: 2022-06-01-7a009685-2 -> 2022-06-01-7a009685-3
kmod-crypto-hmac: 5.10.176-1 -> 5.10.221-1
kmod-crypto-sha256: 5.10.176-1 -> 5.10.221-1
kmod-mt7615-common: 5.10.176+2022-09-06-d7054646-5 -> 5.10.221+2023-09-11-bdf8ea71-5
kmod-lib-crc32c: 5.10.176-1 -> 5.10.221-1
luci-mod-status: git-23.093.42411-713f701 -> git-24.212.61256-910cf4d
kmod-mt76-connac: 5.10.176+2022-09-06-d7054646-5 -> 5.10.221+2023-09-11-bdf8ea71-5
kmod-crypto-seqiv: 5.10.176-1 -> 5.10.221-1
kmod-nft-nat: 5.10.176-1 -> 5.10.221-1
kmod-usb3: 5.10.176-1 -> 5.10.221-1
luci-app-firewall: git-23.093.42704-1c01c64 -> git-24.067.02332-0337416
kmod-thermal: 5.10.176-1 -> 5.10.221-1
kmod-crypto-ghash: 5.10.176-1 -> 5.10.221-1
lua: 5.1.5-10 -> 5.1.5-11
dropbear: 2022.82-2 -> 2022.82-4
kmod-hwmon-core: 5.10.176-1 -> 5.10.221-1
procd-seccomp: 2022-06-01-7a009685-2 -> 2022-06-01-7a009685-3
kmod-mt7915e: 5.10.176+2022-09-06-d7054646-5 -> 5.10.221+2023-09-11-bdf8ea71-5
kmod-crypto-ccm: 5.10.176-1 -> 5.10.221-1
kmod-nf-log: 5.10.176-1 -> 5.10.221-1
luci-proto-ppp: git-21.158.38888-88b9d84 -> git-24.135.45225-e7a8d09
luci-base: git-23.119.80898-65ef406 -> git-24.208.65546-18f3914
kmod-leds-gpio: 5.10.176-1 -> 5.10.221-1
kmod-gpio-button-hotplug: 5.10.176-3 -> 5.10.221-3
kmod-nf-log6: 5.10.176-1 -> 5.10.221-1
kmod-mac80211: 5.10.176+5.15.92-1-1 -> 5.10.221+5.15.162-1-1
luci-proto-ipv6: git-21.148.48881-79947af -> git-23.355.78888-e047387
kmod-nft-offload: 5.10.176-1 -> 5.10.221-1
kmod-ppp: 5.10.176-1 -> 5.10.221-1
kmod-crypto-null: 5.10.176-1 -> 5.10.221-1
kmod-mt7615-firmware: 5.10.176+2022-09-06-d7054646-5 -> 5.10.221+2023-09-11-bdf8ea71-5
uhttpd: 2022-10-31-23977554-1 -> 2023-06-25-34a8a74d-1
kmod-nf-conntrack: 5.10.176-1 -> 5.10.221-1
liblua: 5.1.5-10 -> 5.1.5-11
kmod-crypto-gcm: 5.10.176-1 -> 5.10.221-1
luci-lib-nixio: git-20.234.06894-c4a4e43 -> git-24.034.55122-b50146c
ca-bundle: 20211016-1 -> 20230311-1
kmod-crypto-cmac: 5.10.176-1 -> 5.10.221-1
luci-lib-jsonc: git-22.097.61921-7513345 -> git-23.298.74581-7dfbbca
kmod-crypto-rng: 5.10.176-1 -> 5.10.221-1
kmod-nf-conntrack6: 5.10.176-1 -> 5.10.221-1
kmod-mt76-core: 5.10.176+2022-09-06-d7054646-5 -> 5.10.221+2023-09-11-bdf8ea71-5
luci-mod-network: git-23.118.74641-4b1cbff -> git-24.207.52566-2374216
kmod-nft-core: 5.10.176-1 -> 5.10.221-1
kmod-nls-base: 5.10.176-1 -> 5.10.221-1
uhttpd-mod-ubus: 2022-10-31-23977554-1 -> 2023-06-25-34a8a74d-1
jsonfilter: 2018-02-04-c7e938d6-1 -> 2024-01-23-594cfa86-1
hostapd-common: 2022-01-16-cff80b4f-16.2 -> 2022-01-16-cff80b4f-21.3
wireless-regdb: 2023.02.13-1 -> 2024.07.04-1
urngd: 2020-01-21-c7f7b6b6-1 -> 2023-11-01-44365eb1-1
kmod-slhc: 5.10.176-1 -> 5.10.221-1
kmod-cfg80211: 5.10.176+5.15.92-1-1 -> 5.10.221+5.15.162-1-1
Are you sure you want to continue the upgrade process? [N/y] y
Requesting build (position in queue: 0)..........................
Downloading image from https://sysupgrade.openwrt.org/store/3dab6c9b6d7e86fb0400f4a4f43ad6db/openwrt-22.03.7-ada762fdfde9-mediatek-mt7622-linksys_e8450-ubi-squashfs-sysupgrade.itb
Writing to 'openwrt-22.03.7-ada762fdfde9-mediatek-mt7622-linksys_e8450-ubi-squashfs-sysupgrade.itb'
image verification succeeded
invoking sysupgrade
Shared connection to rt3200 closed.

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The only usable info provided is "bricked".

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Should I not have used "auc"?

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You should have added config files you changed to /etc/sysupgrade.conf

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Were you able to solve the problem? I have the exact same issue when i upgraded to 22.03.7 from luci GUI. Now I am stuck in recovery OpenWrt SNAPSHOT r18125-b764cb9e5b. I tried force-installing https://github.com/dangowrt/owrt-ubi-installer/releases/download/v1.1.3/openwrt-mediatek-mt7622-linksys_e8450-ubi-initramfs-recovery-installer.itb from the recovery flash firmware but it reverts back to OpenWrt SNAPSHOT r18125-b764cb9e5b after restarting.

I checked the b2

root@OpenWrt:~# grep "(release)" /dev/mtd0ro
v2.4(release):OpenWrt v2021-05-08-d2c75b21-1 (mt7622-snand-1ddr)

Any ideas how i might get the sys image working ?
I tried installing luci from cli

93d3440164c247a13bc67d164/Packages.gz, wget returned 8.
root@OpenWrt:~# opkg install luci

Multiple packages (libgcc1 and libgcc1) providing same name marked HOLD or PREFER. Using latest.
Multiple packages (libgcc1 and libgcc1) providing same name marked HOLD or PREFER. Using latest.
Multiple packages (libpthread and libpthread) providing same name marked HOLD or PREFER. Using latest.
Package luci (git-20.074.84698-ead5e81) installed in root is up to date.
Collected errors:
 * pkg_hash_check_unresolved: cannot find dependency kernel (= 6.6.45~49e71714325fdcfa290fe1e9e87971df-r1) for kmod-nfnetlink
 * pkg_hash_fetch_best_installation_candidate: Packages for kmod-nfnetlink found, but incompatible with the architectures configured
 * pkg_hash_check_unresolved: cannot find dependency kernel (= 6.6.45~49e71714325fdcfa290fe1e9e87971df-r1) for kmod-nf-reject
 * pkg_hash_check_unresolved: cannot find dependency kernel (= 6.6.45~49e71714325fdcfa290fe1e9e87971df-r1) for kmod-nf-reject6
 * pkg_hash_check_unreso

But i get kernel dependency since my kernel is v5.10.80

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So I just fixed things. I had a suspicion that things were reset to default and indeed they were.

The upgrade from 22.03.5 to 22.03.7 resulted in a default config connecting at 192.168.1.1.

What was interesting was that the first login indicated that things were in recovery mode running 22.03.0. I updated the firmware to what I had on hand which was 22.03.6 and had to fully power cycle (unplug/replug) to get things to pop up. After that, I uploaded an older config and things appeared to be back to normal.

Because I did the initial install quite a while ago, I'm on a sufficiently old release that I could directly upgrade to 23.05.4 using the normal sysupgrade without issue. You should check out the wiki if you have a different version.

grep "(release)" /dev/mtd0ro
v2.4(release):OpenWrt v2021-05-08-d2c75b21-3 (mt7622-snand-1ddr)
v2.4(release):OpenWrt v2021-05-08-d2c75b21-3 (mt7622-snand-1ddr)
v2.4(release):OpenWrt v2021-05-08-d2c75b21-3 (mt7622-snand-1ddr)
v2.4(release):OpenWrt v2021-05-08-d2c75b21-3 (mt7622-snand-1ddr)

So now I am on 23.05.4 for one of my APs. Going to let it run for a bit before bumping to 23.05.5.