Spitz AX GL-X3000 - No longer boots

Technical Support for Routers
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Even PCIE mode works and the speed is x3 ! Check out my guide for installing vanilla openwrt on x3000.

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@ywp it seems to be working fine in stock openwrt. You seem to have a recent pattern of this happening with the GLInet firmware only.

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Sounds for me like the factory partition is corrupt which hold some important stuff for the GL config (like hostname and encryption key)

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Do you have any recommendations for getting some 5G connection status like the stock firmware? Like if it’s 5G NSA, SA, LTE, strength, etc? I use my Spitz as a modem only behind an OpenMPTCPRouter. Don’t need anything else GLI.Net has bundled in, really, but I’m not familiar with stock OpenWrts modem management.

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Would be great if there was a way to wipe this partition from stock OpenWRT. I'd rather not go through the RMA process and be without of my modem.

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There is, but I would not recommend nor support it.
So maybe you need to talk to @bruce or support about it.

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I am looking for the same capabilities, better modem management and monitoring with vanilla OpenWrt, I also use the Spitz as a modem, with an MT6000 as a router running vanilla OpenWrt 23.05.4

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4.3.0 and 4.4.10 Fail to Start Properly?
Can I see your partition?
cat /proc/mtd

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4.4.10 isn't listed for downloads from what I can tell.

root@OpenWrt:~# cat /proc/mtd
dev:    size   erasesize  name
root@OpenWrt:~#

/prod/mtd is empty

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4.3.0 Are you sure can't get up?
Have you changed the mode of the module?
Did you do anything else?

ls /dev/ ---press tab

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root@OpenWrt:~# ls /dev/
bus/          full          log           loop2         loop6         mmcblk0boot1  mmcblk0p4     mmcblk0rpmb   ppp           sda           stdout        ttyS10        ttyS14        ttyS4         ttyS8         ttyUSB2       watchdog
cdc-wdm0      gpiochip0     loop-control  loop3         loop7         mmcblk0p1     mmcblk0p5     net/          ptmx          shm/          tty           ttyS11        ttyS15        ttyS5         ttyS9         ttyUSB3       watchdog0
console       hwrng         loop0         loop4         mmcblk0       mmcblk0p2     mmcblk0p6     null          pts/          stderr        ttyS0         ttyS12        ttyS2         ttyS6         ttyUSB0       ubi_ctrl      zero
fd/           kmsg          loop1         loop5         mmcblk0boot0  mmcblk0p3     mmcblk0p7     port          random        stdin         ttyS1         ttyS13        ttyS3         ttyS7         ttyUSB1       urandom

I made zero modifications outside of the basic steps @SpitzAX3000 posted to get OpenWRT working.

The steps I took yesterday:

  1. Router stopped working
  2. I tried to reboot it
  3. I tried to reset it to factory defaults. I guess that didn't work
  4. I got it into UBoot mode, I tried to flash 4.4.9, didn't work. Tried probably 3-4 times.
  5. I flashed OpenWRT, same upload process, it worked immediately.
  6. I tried to flash 4.4.9 again, it didn't work. I tried 4.3.0 three times, it didn't work.
  7. I flashed OpenWRT again, and now I'm trying to use it.
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opkg update
opkg install minicom
minicom -D /dev/ttyUSB2
Ctrl + a   --press E
AT+QCFG="data_interface"
AT+QCFG="pcie/mode"

Take a look AT the results of these two AT instructions

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To be clear, "didn't work", when referencing 4.3 and 4.4.9, meant it would not boot. I was unable to get a DHCP IP, use a static IP, see any activity, etc.

Welcome to minicom 2.9

OPTIONS:
Port /dev/ttyUSB2

Press CTRL-A Z for help on special keys

AT+QCFG="data_interface"
AT+QCFG="data_interface"
+QCFG: "data_interface",0,0

OK
AT+QCFG="pcie/mode"
AT+QCFG="pcie/mode"
+QCFG: "pcie/mode",0

OK
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AT+QCFG="data_interface",1,0

Try 4.4.9 or 4.3.0 again?

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I ran that command and then tried 4.3.0 again, twice. No dice. I do have a USB-UART adapter if there's anything to gain from looking at the serial console doing this. Otherwise I was suggested by email support to perform my own "forward return" by buying a new unit on AliExpress, and returning this one in its box, since its under warranty, but I don't want to be without it for what I would assume to be months.

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Do you know which AT instructions you have executed?
thank you

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Before it crashed? I hadn't run any AT instructions in probably 6-12 months since getting it set up initially. After it crashed? The only commands I ran were the ones listed in How-To: Installing Vanilla OpenWRT on GL X3000

echo -e "AT+QCFG=\"usbnet\",0\r\n" > /dev/ttyUSB2
echo -e "AT+QCFG=\"data_interface\",0,0\r\n" > /dev/ttyUSB2

After that, the only commands I've run were your commands to try and debug it, and then I reran those commands once I re-flashed OpenWRT this morning, to keep my system usable.

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Can you get the logs of the serial port?

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Mines doing the same thing now after going to newest firmware. Any fix for this?

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What kind of problem?
Keep rebooting?