Hello,
I recently bought a GL-X3000 (Spitz AX) second‑hand.
From the first power‑on, when I tried to connect it to my ISP box, I could not access the router at all:
- Only the power LED turns on
- No other LEDs light up
- I cannot reach the web admin interface in normal mode
After searching your documentation and forums, I saw there are known startup and U‑Boot recovery issues on GL‑X3000 devices and that they may require a U‑Boot/firmware fix.
So I followed the U‑Boot web recovery procedure:
I connected my PC directly via Ethernet to the router, with a static IP 192.168.1.2 / 255.255.255.0
I accessed U‑Boot at: http://192.168.1.1 and http://192.168.1.1/uboot.html
U‑Boot version shown: U-Boot 2022.07-rc3 (Mar 09 2023 - 16:20:34 +0800)
Then I tried to upload the official firmware file for GL‑X3000 from your download page:
- Firmware: 4.8.3 (MTK / 21.02 / Active) for GL‑X3000
- File name: x3000-4.8.3_release3-902-1106-1762433696.bin
But every time I try to flash this file via U‑Boot, I get:
- On http://192.168.1.1 >> UPDATE FAILED – Something went wrong during update. Probably you have chosen wrong file.
- On http://192.168.1.1/uboot.html >> I get the same update failed error
I also retried multiple times, with a different browser and after re‑downloading the same firmware file, but the result is always the same: U‑Boot refuses the image as “wrong file”, even though it is the official GL‑X3000 4.8.3 firmware. I also tried the 4.7.4 frimware, result is the same.
Could you please advise if there is any further recovery method I can try at home ?
Additional details:
- Model: GL‑X3000 (Spitz AX, 5G NR AX3000 Cellular Gateway Router)
- LEDs: only power LED on, no other LEDs
- U‑Boot: U-Boot 2022.07-rc3 (Mar 09 2023 - 16:20:34 +0800)
- Firmware file used: x3000-4.8.3_release3-902-1106-1762433696.bin
- Access only via U‑Boot web interface (no normal web UI available)
Thank you in advance for your help.
Best regards,