GL-MT300A overwritten mtd2 & mtd7

firemod · 2018-12-30T19:10:46.552Z

During some experiment with openWRT I overwritten factory and art partition now I want to try your new firmware and the log is full of:

Sun Dec 30 18:01:35 2018 user.info : 272: gl-sdk>> Read factory info failed.
Sun Dec 30 18:01:35 2018 user.info : 272: gl-sdk>> Read factory info failed.
Sun Dec 30 18:01:36 2018 user.info : Read factory info failed.
Sun Dec 30 18:01:36 2018 user.info : Read factory info failed.
Sun Dec 30 18:01:36 2018 user.warn : [ 247] gl-health>> Check factory info failed!
Sun Dec 30 18:01:37 2018 user.info : 272: gl-sdk>> Read factory info failed.
Sun Dec 30 18:01:37 2018 user.info : 272: gl-sdk>> Read factory info failed.
Sun Dec 30 18:01:37 2018 kern.warn kernel: [ 119.290819] ieee80211 phy0: rt2800_config_txpower_rt6352: Warning - ignoring EEPROM HT40 power delta: -2
Sun Dec 30 18:01:38 2018 user.warn : [ 247] gl-health>> Check factory info failed!
Sun Dec 30 18:01:38 2018 user.info : Read factory info failed.
Sun Dec 30 18:01:38 2018 user.info : Read factory info failed.

With old firmware 2.xxx the gl interface load no problem but ddns give some http://��.gl-inet.com/ weird output
The new interface (FW 3.0) load after a lot of time and ddns is not usable anymore
Please help me

Best regards

alzhao · 2018-12-31T01:54:56.327Z

You erased the factory data. Seems you also erased the radio data, which will cause the wifi doesn’t work.

Please send private email to support@gl-inet.com, with your router bottom sticker. If the info can be found back then you can write them back. I am not sure for MT300A the data is stored in factory.

firemod · 2018-12-31T13:58:36.646Z

I sent the email. By the way what kind of operation is done with factory partition and art partition?

I have an ar150 too and I didn’t see factory partition

alzhao · 2018-12-31T14:03:41.337Z

It is art mtd, storing the radio calibration data and MAC address etc.

firemod · 2018-12-31T14:10:28.896Z

Thz what about factory partition?

alzhao · 2019-01-01T04:20:46.215Z

My mistake.

Art partition is for Atheros.

In MTK it is factory partition.

firemod · 2019-01-02T19:07:18.824Z

I sent a new e-mail with correct data

firemod · 2019-01-03T17:50:48.363Z

I bricked my router MT-300A overwriting factory partition with art partition of my AR150 in an attempt to fix the problem (I was thinking that only MAC S/N were in factory partition)

Please help me now it keep reboot I can still access uBoot @alzhao

alzhao · 2019-01-10T07:07:44.926Z

No you cannot do that.

Seems I sent you the config.bin, so still need to send other data right?

firemod · 2019-01-10T11:39:01.328Z

Yes I need all the factory partition, please

alzhao · 2019-01-20T04:35:00.967Z

sorry I forget if I solved your issue via email. The radio data is lost and we have to copy from another router. We don’t have radio data back up of MT300A.

firemod · 2019-01-24T19:02:35.736Z

So I just have to throw it away?

sfx2000 · 2019-01-24T21:11:03.733Z

If you have access to u-Boot, you may be able to restore all the partitions by copying from another MT300A of the same HW version…

Can’t remember at the moment where the MAC addresses are stored (factory I think on the mediatek devices), so you’ll end up with a clone, but if one knows the offset, one can hex edit the file and change those octets back to the original…

That’s all contigent upon uBoot not being borked of course, and one having the appriorate USB-UART cable and appropriate skillset to get into the deeper gubbins…

These things are almost impossible to totally brick unless uBoot is messed up, and even then…

firemod · 2019-02-23T16:04:12.906Z

So no one has GL-MT300A???

juanesf · 2019-03-26T01:50:30.117Z

Do you still need the data of an MT300A?

firemod · 2019-03-26T11:26:01.730Z

Yes please I need it

firemod · 2019-04-12T21:32:27.610Z

Any news? I hope to receive files

juanesf · 2019-04-13T02:41:56.864Z

Sorry, do not enter the forum since I asked, mtd7 I think it’s the partition you need?

Screenshot_2019-04-12-22-40-111080×1920 408 KB

juanesf · 2019-04-13T02:53:00.875Z

Here it isart-mtd7-backup.zip (212 Bytes)

juanesf · 2019-04-14T01:48:11.180Z

And mtd2 factory partition
factory-mtd2-backup.zip (507 Bytes)