[Solved] Help to install firmware on cudy x6 v2

Hello,

I've installed version 1.15.39 from http://www.cudytech.com/openwrt_software_download but I get an error when I try to install the downloaded version of openwrt (version 23.05) from advanced settings --> firmware.

I get the error "File is invalid".

Thanks,

Have you looked at the info from here:
https://git.openwrt.org/?p=openwrt/openwrt.git;a=commit;h=5f583d31c72233efffa5c0fd2cbc802c8d059729

Yes. The steps I have followed are the ones described in the installation section.
Thank you for your response.

post a screen shot of the error.

Error_Firmware

The last part of the log show the next lines:

Sat Dec  2 08:53:26 2023 daemon.err uhttpd[2461]: lede: not fit firmware 
Sat Dec  2 08:53:26 2023 daemon.err uhttpd[2461]: lede: firmware format error

the file in Cudys X6 v2 openwrt ZIP is called openwrt-22.03-ramips-mt7621-cudy_x6v2-squashfs-flash.bin, it doesn't match the screen shot you posted...

you need to perform two flashes, 1st using the cudy openwrt image, then another one using the "real" openwrt image.

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I've downloaded the file from https://openwrt.org/toh/cudy/x6. The file is with bin extension, not a zip. I haven't change the name of the file.

First I flash the firmware downloaded from http://www.cudytech.com/openwrt_software_download (1.15.39) (installed correctly) and then firmware with the bin file downloaded from https://openwrt.org/toh/cudy/x6. This second step fails.

I don't know what I'm doing wrong.

Make sure you use a computer, or at least browser in desktop mode, then you browse the site, the content will change.

1.15.39, is not the file/fw you want, the filename should be x6-v2.zip, or similar.

Deep link http://www.cudytech.com/filedownload/711710

The correct CudyTech file is openwrt-22.03-ramips-mt7621-cudy_x6v2-squashfs-flash.bin from X6+V2.zip.
After flashing its LuCI GUI looks much more like the standard OpenWrt interface, no round icons, etc.
It will then allow you to flash any OpenWrt image using "Backup/Flash firmware".

That's exactly what I wrote, didn't I ?

I'm sorry. I'm stupid.

In my first step I just upgraded the base firmware from version 1.14 to 1.15. I thought the urls were the same:

.../openwrt_software_download
.../x6_software_download

The openwrt firmware has been successfully flashed to version 23.05.

Thanks for your patience.

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