GL-SFT1200 / Opal USB tethering breaking

Hi! My Opal spontaneously drops the USB tethering from my android 11 Moto G Power. After this the USB tethering toggle in the Android interface becomes inactive (which means that there is no response on the other end). The power is supplied to the phone still. Resetting the network preferences and restarting the phone did not help. Restarting the router helps, but sometimes it drops again to no-tethering state minutes after restart(sic!). Say, it dropped while I was writing this message. The logs (after break, restart, reconnect successfully) are below:

Fri Apr 19 08:03:32 2024 kern.info kernel: [   64.314357] lb-fmac 11000000.wifi-lb wlan0: Del key for vif(0), key index : 2
Fri Apr 19 08:03:32 2024 daemon.err hostapd: Using interface wlan0 with hwaddr 94:83:c4:3f:00:5d and ssid "GL-SFT1200-05b"
Fri Apr 19 08:03:32 2024 kern.info kernel: [   64.322201] lb-fmac 11000000.wifi-lb wlan0: Del key for vif(0), key index : 3
Fri Apr 19 08:03:32 2024 daemon.err lua: (...pkg-mips_siflower/gl-sdk4-repeater/usr/sbin/repeater:368) Wait phy ready...
Fri Apr 19 08:03:32 2024 daemon.notice hostapd: WPS: Converting push_button to virtual_push_button for WPS 2.0 compliance
Fri Apr 19 08:03:32 2024 kern.warn kernel: [   65.133550] lmac[0] {CTXT-0} Create channel context: freq=2437MHz bw=20MHz pwr=20dBm
Fri Apr 19 08:03:32 2024 kern.warn kernel: [   65.141457] lmac[0] {CTXT-0} link to {VIF-0}: status=0 nb_vif=0
Fri Apr 19 08:03:32 2024 kern.warn kernel: [   65.141481] lmac[0] final dsss power is 28 ofdm power is 28
Fri Apr 19 08:03:32 2024 kern.info kernel: [   65.153370] lb-fmac 11000000.wifi-lb wlan0: AP started: ch=0, bcmc_idx=64
Fri Apr 19 08:03:32 2024 kern.info kernel: [   65.160366] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered blocking state
Fri Apr 19 08:03:32 2024 kern.info kernel: [   65.165879] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered forwarding state
Fri Apr 19 08:03:32 2024 kern.info kernel: [   65.175099] lb-fmac 11000000.wifi-lb wlan0: Add key for vif(0), key index : 1
Fri Apr 19 08:03:32 2024 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan0: interface state HT_SCAN->ENABLED
Fri Apr 19 08:03:32 2024 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan0: AP-ENABLED
Fri Apr 19 08:03:33 2024 kern.warn kernel: [   65.336127] lmac[0] final dsss power is 15 ofdm power is 15
Fri Apr 19 08:03:33 2024 daemon.notice netifd: Network device 'wlan0' link is up
Fri Apr 19 08:03:33 2024 daemon.err block: /dev/ubiblock0_0 is already mounted on /rom
Fri Apr 19 08:03:33 2024 daemon.err block: /dev/ubi0_1 is already mounted on /overlay
Fri Apr 19 08:03:33 2024 daemon.notice netifd: wan (1433): udhcpc: sending discover
Fri Apr 19 08:03:33 2024 daemon.err lua: (...pkg-mips_siflower/gl-sdk4-repeater/usr/sbin/repeater:393) phy0: Wait phy ready...
Fri Apr 19 08:03:34 2024 daemon.err lua: (...pkg-mips_siflower/gl-sdk4-repeater/usr/sbin/repeater:393) phy0: Wait phy ready...
Fri Apr 19 08:03:35 2024 kern.info kernel: [   67.838670] tertf: br-lan registered, add it
Fri Apr 19 08:03:35 2024 user.notice firewall: Reloading firewall due to ifup of lan (br-lan)
Fri Apr 19 08:03:35 2024 daemon.info lua: (...pkg-mips_siflower/gl-sdk4-repeater/usr/sbin/repeater:412) found device: radio0 mac80211 phy0 2g
Fri Apr 19 08:03:35 2024 daemon.info lua: (...pkg-mips_siflower/gl-sdk4-repeater/usr/sbin/repeater:412) found device: radio1 mac80211 phy1 5g
Fri Apr 19 08:03:37 2024 user.notice ucitrack: Setting up /etc/config/network reload dependency on /etc/config/dhcp
Fri Apr 19 08:03:37 2024 user.notice ucitrack: Setting up /etc/config/network reload dependency on /etc/config/radvd
Fri Apr 19 08:03:37 2024 user.notice ucitrack: Setting up /etc/config/wireless reload dependency on /etc/config/network
Fri Apr 19 08:03:37 2024 user.notice relay: Reloading relay due to ifup of lan (br-lan)
Fri Apr 19 08:03:37 2024 user.notice ucitrack: Setting up /etc/config/firewall reload dependency on /etc/config/luci-splash
Fri Apr 19 08:03:37 2024 user.notice ucitrack: Setting up /etc/config/firewall reload dependency on /etc/config/qos
Fri Apr 19 08:03:38 2024 user.notice ucitrack: Setting up /etc/config/firewall reload dependency on /etc/config/miniupnpd
Fri Apr 19 08:03:38 2024 user.notice ucitrack: Setting up /etc/config/dhcp reload dependency on /etc/config/odhcpd
Fri Apr 19 08:03:38 2024 user.notice ucitrack: Setting up non-init /etc/config/fstab reload handler: /sbin/block mount
Fri Apr 19 08:03:38 2024 user.notice ucitrack: Setting up /etc/config/system reload trigger for non-procd /etc/init.d/led
Fri Apr 19 08:03:38 2024 user.notice ucitrack: Setting up /etc/config/system reload dependency on /etc/config/luci_statistics
Fri Apr 19 08:03:39 2024 user.notice ucitrack: Setting up /etc/config/system reload dependency on /etc/config/dhcp
Fri Apr 19 08:03:39 2024 user.notice mwan3[2563]: Execute ifup event on interface loopback (lo)
Fri Apr 19 08:03:39 2024 daemon.notice procd: /etc/rc.d/S93gl_tethering: /etc/rc.common: line 20: /etc/init.d/usbmuxd: not found
Fri Apr 19 08:03:40 2024 user.notice mwan3[2563]: Starting tracker on interface loopback (lo)
Fri Apr 19 08:03:44 2024 user.info mwan3rtmon[2278]: Detect rtchange event.
Fri Apr 19 08:03:44 2024 daemon.notice procd: /etc/rc.d/S99wan_speed: uci: Entry not found
Fri Apr 19 08:03:44 2024 daemon.info procd: - init complete -
Fri Apr 19 08:03:45 2024 user.notice firewall: Reloading firewall due to ifup of loopback (lo)
Fri Apr 19 08:03:45 2024 user.notice relay: Reloading relay due to ifup of loopback (lo)
Fri Apr 19 08:03:46 2024 daemon.err dnscrypt-proxy[1873]: dnscrypt-proxy Unable to retrieve server certificates
Fri Apr 19 08:03:47 20

Thank you very much for your ideas!

Have you tried a different cable?

Hi! Thanks for replying. Trying it right now.
BTW, OpenWRT is updated to current version.

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Yes I imagine it would be as the sft1200 is stuck on 18.06 siflower SDK.

Do you use any of the other glinet features?