I’ll try to avoid a full reset for now if possible, I’ve already done a full factory reset recently and it didn’t help, so flashing via U-Boot feels a like a hassle unless really necessary.
I’ve read in a few forums that this issue might be caused by a voltage drop during power-up. Could that be the case with the GL-X3000? And if so, are there any tweaks or safer boot settings I can try to improve cold boot reliability without going through a full reflash?
Would love to avoid resetting everything again, especially since the device works perfectly once it’s running.
Since you have mentioned in the thread that the original adapteris being used, there should be no problem of the voltage during router plug in the DC cable and power-on.
Flashing firmware with uboot is a necessary operation at now.
If it does not improve the situation, please contact CS team and obtain the after-sales service.
If it can be started under the current situation (although it may take a few more power unplugs and plugs), enter Luci after startup and back up the current configuration.
I had a device like this, and I had to buy a small USB UPS to plug in the back and run the ‘nut’ package and set it to “soft power shutdown” when the mains went out. Turns out the hard power-off was causing it to try and run fsck at boot which then errored out and hung the system. Took several reboot loops to finally bring it back each time.
Alternative is to manually shutdown the system before removing power. This gives you a ‘clean’ shutdown without forcing fsck on boot.