Device died after updating u-boot

starsnape · 2023-01-15T10:56:18.696Z

Hi,

I got my Opal brick when updating firmware recently.
I was following tutorial to debrike via uboot, updated uboot at http://192.168.1.1/uboot.html, waited for a few minutes, cannot be sure it reboots or not (SSID already disappeared since it brick) so I powered off the device.
Now its light died completely when I power it on, the device seems still can communicate with my PC but I cannot access 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.8.1
Is there anything I can try to save it?

yuxin.zou · 2023-01-16T03:53:42.982Z

It sounds like there is a problem with the installed firmware file.

The update via Uboot does not require a manual power failure. After uploading the firmware, you just need to change the PC’s connection back to DHCP and wait for 192.168.8.1 to become available.

razor225 · 2023-01-16T22:15:14.921Z

It seems that you uploaded the file in the wrong part of Uboot.

http://192.168.1.1 is to upload firmware to debrick the router or update the firmware

http://192.168.1.1/uboot.html is to update the uboot itself. You can upload whatever you want there, so you must be extremely careful

So please check if you entered the right URL

starsnape · 2023-01-17T02:49:40.387Z

I uploaded the bin downloaded from uboot-for-qca95xx/bin at master · gl-inet/uboot-for-qca95xx · GitHub to update uboot.
Anyway the device is dead already, nothing I can do now I guess?