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  Topic: Unbricking via Serial DIR-868L
SimulationMan32

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PostForum: Broadcom SoC based Hardware   Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2017 23:09   Subject: Unbricking via Serial DIR-868L
Won't boot:
Loader:raw Filesys:raw Dev:nflash0.os File: Options:(null)
Loading: Image compressed with unsupported method
Failed.
Could not load nflash0.os:: ...
  Topic: Unbricking via Serial DIR-868L
SimulationMan32

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PostForum: Broadcom SoC based Hardware   Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2017 22:56   Subject: Unbricking via Serial DIR-868L
Here is what I am going to do. I will try to load Factory v2.00 using Malachi's method and see what happens.
  Topic: Unbricking via Serial DIR-868L
SimulationMan32

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PostForum: Broadcom SoC based Hardware   Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2017 22:52   Subject: Unbricking via Serial DIR-868L
Id test full internet connection to be sure...

You might at some point, load up OEM FW and fully test wireless as well...
I've gotten to this point before, but going back to stock still had broken ...
  Topic: Unbricking via Serial DIR-868L
SimulationMan32

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PostForum: Broadcom SoC based Hardware   Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2017 22:49   Subject: Unbricking via Serial DIR-868L
And you get internet traffic thru the radios?
Can't really test that at the moment, but I could access the GUI.
  Topic: Unbricking via Serial DIR-868L
SimulationMan32

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PostForum: Broadcom SoC based Hardware   Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2017 22:46   Subject: Unbricking via Serial DIR-868L
Still on 33006 -> Tested can confirm connection to both interfaces (w/ default settings) but serial spits this out during the process:
get_wl_instance doesnt return the right value 0
get_wl_insta ...
  Topic: Unbricking via Serial DIR-868L
SimulationMan32

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PostForum: Broadcom SoC based Hardware   Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2017 22:40   Subject: Unbricking via Serial DIR-868L
Also, is this normal part of ddwrt boot?


br0: Invalid argument
device vlan1 entered promiscuous mode
br0: port 1(vlan1) entered forwarding state
br0: port 1(vlan1) ...
  Topic: Unbricking via Serial DIR-868L
SimulationMan32

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PostForum: Broadcom SoC based Hardware   Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2017 22:36   Subject: Unbricking via Serial DIR-868L
I do see this in Serial when moving around ddwrt GUI:

br0: port 1(vlan1) entered forwarding state
br0: port 2(eth1) entered forwarding state
br0: port 3(eth2) ...
  Topic: Unbricking via Serial DIR-868L
SimulationMan32

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PostForum: Broadcom SoC based Hardware   Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2017 22:33   Subject: Unbricking via Serial DIR-868L
So here is what I did using IE (ER = Dlink Recovery Room):

1. Flash ddwrt 33006 factory-to-ddwrt using ER.
2. Reset to factory using ddwrt UI.
3. Flash ddwrt 33006 webflash using Ui.

Currently ...
  Topic: Unbricking via Serial DIR-868L
SimulationMan32

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PostForum: Broadcom SoC based Hardware   Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2017 22:08   Subject: Unbricking via Serial DIR-868L
Maybe this will help (bad sign?):

CFE> show devices
Device Name Description
------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------
uart0 NS1655 ...
  Topic: Unbricking via Serial DIR-868L
SimulationMan32

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PostForum: Broadcom SoC based Hardware   Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2017 22:02   Subject: Unbricking via Serial DIR-868L
What version of FW is this?
Did you try v2.00 in recovery mode using the UI and IE11 or FF browser?

I'll see if I can find some info...not sure, haven't been this far with these routers.
Sorry, ...
  Topic: Unbricking via Serial DIR-868L
SimulationMan32

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PostForum: Broadcom SoC based Hardware   Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2017 21:58   Subject: Unbricking via Serial DIR-868L
Ya I see the following:

eth1: Broadcom BCM4331 802.11 Wireless Controller 6.37.14.56 (r428735 WLTEST)
srom rev:0
wl driver 6.37.14.56 (r428735 WLTEST) failed with code 1

SERVD: start service ...
  Topic: Unbricking via Serial DIR-868L
SimulationMan32

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PostForum: Broadcom SoC based Hardware   Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2017 21:46   Subject: Unbricking via Serial DIR-868L
Here is the startup process:


Digital core power voltage set to 0.9375V
SVN revision: 1033
Decompressing...done
Digital core power voltage set to 0.9375V

R 1.13
07DC06011801080000000000 ...
  Topic: Unbricking via Serial DIR-868L
SimulationMan32

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PostForum: Broadcom SoC based Hardware   Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2017 21:39   Subject: Unbricking via Serial DIR-868L
What version of FW did you load? v2.00 or most current?

Newest - DIR-868L_REVB_FIRMWARE_2.05B02.bin
  Topic: Unbricking via Serial DIR-868L
SimulationMan32

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PostForum: Broadcom SoC based Hardware   Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2017 21:36   Subject: Unbricking via Serial DIR-868L
Makes me wonder if the wireless portion of the HW is bad....

If OEM fw is doing this, means something is broke.


Did you use the recovery mode to get OEM back on it?


Flashed back to stock ...
  Topic: Unbricking via Serial DIR-868L
SimulationMan32

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PostForum: Broadcom SoC based Hardware   Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2017 21:31   Subject: Unbricking via Serial DIR-868L
Flashed back to stock again, and stock firmware still has broken wireless and this repeating:


wifia0: WLC_GET_VAR(chanspec): No such device
wifia0: WLC_GET_VAR(authe_sta ...
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