Joined: 28 Jun 2011 Posts: 580 Location: Vilnius, Lithuania
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2016 19:57 Post subject:
Maybe: TPL + enter? Recently I stopped boot this way on serial. I can`t remember exact router model though _________________ [Ramips] Nexx WT3020F Openwrt @kernel #4.14.167 (OpenVPN server, Wireguard server, AD blocking, SQM QOS, USB)
Joined: 16 Apr 2016 Posts: 307 Location: California
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2016 0:56 Post subject: hah. I found out it still is CTRL-C
You have to wait for the bootloader when it says FOXCONN
Then press CTRL-C + Enter rapidly in a row
Wierd
I never had to press enter before. Just CTRL-C
I will post the log
Decompressing...done
Press CTRL-C-ENTER Rapidly In that order
CFE for Foxconn Router R6300v2 version: v1.0.16
Build Date: Thu Dec 12 17:57:15 CST 2013
Init Arena
Init Devs.
Boot up from NAND flash...
Boot partition size = 262144(0x40000)
DDR Clock: 533 MHz
Info: DDR frequency set from clkfreq=800,*533*
et0: Broadcom BCM47XX 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet Controller 6.37.15.7 (r437571)
CPU type 0x0: 800MHz
Tot mem: 262144 KBytes
Boot Aborted
CFE>
Verified and works on the r6300v2CH
also for everyone searching the forums
This board Pin Outs for serial
115200 8, N, 1 and no flow control
J252 Jumper = RX = Green
Pin 3 = TX = White
Pin 2 = Ground
DO NOT HOOK UP RED WIRE to pin1
Hook Power up but dont press power button until you want to.start the boot process
Could be a a series of bad sectors on the flash. Mine had the same issue. It would go fine, then when it was flashing a bad area, it puked and soft-bricked.
You will need a TTL-USB adapter and the stock Netgear image. I did find that OpenWrt 15.05.1 did fix the issue. Hopefully it gets integrated into dd-wrt soon.
EDIT: I did not try a Kong build on it yet. I will soon.
EDIT2: Tried the Kong build. Soft-Bricked it was well.
Last edited by Simba7 on Wed Apr 20, 2016 4:45; edited 1 time in total
Joined: 16 Apr 2016 Posts: 307 Location: California
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2016 4:58 Post subject: Perfect.
Thanks. I had located it off google but had to manually assemble the url. Netgears site sucks.
This is a good post for everyone on specific r6300v2CH.
So check this out. So far out of 50 r6300v2CH units that I have 3 Will not allow DD WRT to install. The Kernel is panicking and rebooting in a boot loop until I TFTP the factory firmware back. There are reported memory errors on the flash. Any suggestions from anybody on what I should do as far as memory problems on the flash?
This Foxconn boot doesnt have NAND commands. It does have NVRAM though.
I have an ac1450, which is the same HW. The serial connection gave me a lot of problems, but I found if I start the router with only Ethernet connected, then as soon as that comes up connect the serial and hit Ctrl+c it works perfectly.
Assumptions:
1. Everyone on the forum has read the relevant forum section announcements.
2. For Broadcom section we have ALL at least tried to understand the "Peacock" thread,HERE
