I am using the instructions to unbrick my APX120 from this post, but I have run into issues below:
community.sophos.com/.../unbrick-apx120-break-bootdelay-0-recover-apx120
I can't seem to save the environment variables. When I run the "saveenv"
It says:
Saving Environment to NAND... Erasing Nand... Attempt to erase non page aligned data
I have exactly the same error
(APX120) # saveenv Saving Environment to NAND... Erasing Nand... Attempt to erase non page aligned data
This is the system initialization prompts (short U26 pin 8)
U-Boot 2012.07 [Chaos Calmer unknown,unknown] (Nov 02 2018 - 08:13:09) smem ram ptable found: ver: 1 len: 3 DRAM: 256 MiB @machid : 0x8010100 NAND: SF NAND unsupported id:0:0:0:0SF NAND unsupported id:0:0:0:0SF: Unsupported manufacturer 00 spi_nand: Id could not be mapped SF NAND unsupported id:0:0:0:0SF NAND unsupported id:0:0:0:0SF: Unsupported manufacturer 00 ipq_spi: SPI Flash not found (bus/cs/speed/mode) = (0/0/48000000/0) 0 MiB MMC: *** Warning - readenv() failed, using default environment In: serial Out: serial Err: serial machid: 8010100 flash_type: 0 Hit any key to stop autoboot: 0 No such device nand - NAND sub-system (APX120) # printenv baudrate=115200 bootargs=ubi.mtd=rootfs root=mtd:ubi_rootfs rootfstype=squashfs rootwait bootcmd=bootipq bootdelay=2 fdt_high=0x87000000 flash_type=0 fsbootargs=ubi.mtd=rootfs root=mtd:ubi_rootfs rootfstype=squashfs ipaddr=192.168.1.11 machid=8010100 stderr=serial stdin=serial stdout=serial
Bricked version of system initialization:
Format: Log Type - Time(microsec) - Message - Optional Info Log Type: B - Since Boot(Power On Reset), D - Delta, S - Statistic S - QC_IMAGE_VERSION_STRING=BOOT.BF.3.1.1-00120 S - IMAGE_VARIANT_STRING=DAABANAZA S - OEM_IMAGE_VERSION_STRING=CRM S - Boot Config, 0x00000021 S - Reset status Config, 0x00000010 S - Core 0 Frequency, 0 MHz B - 261 - PBL, Start B - 1338 - bootable_media_detect_entry, Start B - 1678 - bootable_media_detect_success, Start B - 1692 - elf_loader_entry, Start B - 5068 - auth_hash_seg_entry, Start B - 7210 - auth_hash_seg_exit, Start B - 577089 - elf_segs_hash_verify_entry, Start B - 694418 - PBL, End B - 694442 - SBL1, Start B - 785453 - pm_device_init, Start D - 7 - pm_device_init, Delta B - 786898 - boot_flash_init, Start D - 52811 - boot_flash_init, Delta B - 843849 - boot_config_data_table_init, Start D - 3838 - boot_config_data_table_init, Delta - (419 Bytes) B - 851055 - clock_init, Start D - 7569 - clock_init, Delta B - 863098 - CDT version:2,Platform ID:8,Major ID:1,Minor ID:1,Subtype:0 B - 866511 - sbl1_ddr_set_params, Start B - 871608 - cpr_init, Start D - 2 - cpr_init, Delta B - 875989 - Pre_DDR_clock_init, Start D - 4 - Pre_DDR_clock_init, Delta D - 13174 - sbl1_ddr_set_params, Delta B - 889728 - pm_driver_init, Start D - 2 - pm_driver_init, Delta B - 959701 - sbl1_wait_for_ddr_training, Start D - 27 - sbl1_wait_for_ddr_training, Delta B - 975303 - Image Load, Start D - 152200 - QSEE Image Loaded, Delta - (297752 Bytes) B - 1127929 - Image Load, Start D - 1444 - SEC Image Loaded, Delta - (2048 Bytes) B - 1138329 - Image Load, Start D - 223905 - APPSBL Image Loaded, Delta - (458523 Bytes) B - 1362631 - QSEE Execution, Start D - 60 - QSEE Execution, Delta B - 1368853 - SBL1, End D - 676517 - SBL1, Delta S - Flash Throughput, 2010 KB/s (758742 Bytes, 377357 us) S - DDR Frequency, 537 MHz U-Boot 2012.07 [Chaos Calmer unknown,unknown] (Nov 02 2018 - 08:13:09) smem ram ptable found: ver: 1 len: 3 DRAM: 256 MiB @machid : 0x8010100 NAND: spi_nand: spi_nand_flash_probe SF NAND ID 0:ef:ab:21 SF: Detected W25M02GV with page size 2 KiB, total 256 MiB SF: Detected MX25L1605D with page size 4 KiB, total 2 MiB ipq_spi: page_size: 0x100, sector_size: 0x1000, size: 0x200000 258 MiB MMC: In: serial Out: serial Err: serial machid: 8010100 flash_type: 0 Hit any key to stop autoboot: 0 Creating 1 MTD partitions on "nand1": 0x000000000000-0x000010000000 : "mtd=0" UBI: attaching mtd2 to ubi0 UBI: physical eraseblock size: 131072 bytes (128 KiB) UBI: logical eraseblock size: 126976 bytes UBI: smallest flash I/O unit: 2048 UBI: VID header offset: 2048 (aligned 2048) UBI: data offset: 4096 UBI error: ubi_read_volume_table: the layout volume was not found UBI error: ubi_init: cannot attach mtd2 UBI error: ubi_init: UBI error: cannot initialize UBI, error -22 UBI init error 22 Error, no UBI device/partition selected! Wrong Image Format for bootm command ERROR: can't get kernel image! Creating 1 MTD partitions on "nand1": 0x000000000000-0x000010000000 : "mtd=0" UBI: attaching mtd2 to ubi0 UBI: physical eraseblock size: 131072 bytes (128 KiB) UBI: logical eraseblock size: 126976 bytes UBI: smallest flash I/O unit: 2048 UBI: VID header offset: 2048 (aligned 2048) UBI: data offset: 4096 UBI error: ubi_read_volume_table: the layout volume was not found UBI error: ubi_init: cannot attach mtd2 UBI error: ubi_init: UBI error: cannot initialize UBI, error -22 UBI init error 22 Error, no UBI device/partition selected! Wrong Image Format for bootm command ERROR: can't get kernel image! resetting ...
You need to retry to break autoboot.
sometimes you need a few attemps.
i prefer to read the nor with in circuit flash.
if you can save the environment you must rebuild all env vars before loading the image file.
Hello Juergen,
Can you tell me where you find APX.v11.0.019-2.uimage? Or if you have it, can you provide link to download?
Hi Juergen,
Managed to find the Image (inside the Pattern Update tar). I could link the APX with the Firewall but after reboot I get an error - Volume kernel not found! and I'm back on the uboot console.
Do you have any suggestion?
Hello Juergen,
Can you post all the env variables that need to be set? I think I made some mistake there...
Hi,
this is the fw_printenv from OpenWRT (root shell from APX120).
setenv BASEMAC 7C:5A:1C:XX:XX:XX setenv SID P3200XXXXXXXXXX setenv baudrate 115200 setenv bootargs mtdparts=spi0.1:0x8000000(rootfs) ubi.mtd=rootfs loglevel=1 setenv bootcmd apx_check_reset_button\;run ubiboot\;run ubiboot_backup\;reset setenv bootdelay 10 setenv ethact eth0 setenv flash_type 0 setenv ipaddr192.168.1.1 setenv machid 8010100 setenv mtddevname rootfs setenv mtddevnum 0 setenv mtdids nand1=nand1 setenv mtdparts mtdparts=nand1:0x10000000(rootfs) setenv partition nand1,0 setenv radio0_select_5g 0 setenv serverip 192.168.1.254 setenv stderr serial setenv stdin serial setenv stdout serial setenv store_crashdump setenv crashdump_fix 1 setenv ubiboot ubi part rootfs\;ubi read 0x84000000 image\;bootm 0x84000000#config@4 setenv ubiboot_backup ubi part rootfs\;ubi read 0x84000000 image_backup\;setenv bootargs mtdparts spi0.1:0x8000000(rootfs) ubi.mtd rootfs OLD_IMAGE_BOOTED\;bootm 0x84000000#config@4 setenv wipe_config ubi part rootfs\;ubi remove config\;ubi remove dyn_cfg\;ubi remove dyn_cfg_backup
Thanks!! Managed to fix one APX, now lets try with the second one!
Hi,
can you tell me where to get the APX.v11.0.019-2.uimage ? All pattern files I found only include the newest version 11.0.021...
Thanks Jan
Hi Jan,
You can find it on my OneDrive:
1drv[dot]ms/u/s!Am04YvcSa_CLjLJKKMgj3n9zEQyrUQ?e=4SE2bh
perfect, thank you
Hi,
how did you manage to get keyboard inputs in putty ? are there any options needed ? I tried different settings in putty, but I am not able to input any text, after I successfully breaked autoboot.
Thanks Jan
You need a good USB<->RS232 Adapter with 3.3V and need a few attempts to get in to uBoot CLI.
I had some trouble with a USB Hub.
The RS232 Adapter should be plugged into the backside of a PC or directly in your Notebook.
You need a good USB<->RS232 Adapter with 3.3V and need a few attempts to get in to uBoot CLI.
I had some trouble with a USB Hub.
The RS232 Adapter should be plugged into the backside of a PC or directly in your Notebook.
Hi,
I am already in the uBoot CLI, but I cannot input any kind of text in Putty.
I am using the red USB RS232 Adapter with 3,3V (the one, which work for other users), directly plugged into the notebook.
Are there any Putty options, which I need to set ?
No (115200,8N1)
Only use pin 2,3,4 (TX,GND,RX, may be switch TX/RX).
of course I am using already these pins and settings, but i cannot type any text
If this doesn´t work, you need to get a different USB<->RS232 Adapter.
I had some cheap from ebay, these worked fine with a lot of devices, but not with APX120.
which one are you using ?
I have a few with PL2303HX Chipset, but with Windows 11 i switched to PL2303HXD.
But, yes most of the PL2303HX are some cheap, pink models.
Thank you!!
works with a CP2102 ;-) but now I have the reboot problem as mentioned above.
Do you have also any ideas ?
Hi,
i had a few solutions, but the best was still to setup a XG firewall with a setup for AP.
Next you need to enter APX120 uboot and use these 3 steps.
(APX120) # nand erase.chip clean
(APX120) # tftpboot APX120.v11.0.019-2.uimage
(APX120) # bootm 0x84000000#config@4
After that, the APX120 boots and connects to the XG.
You need to add the APX to the XG and the XG will send a new firmware.
The APX will upgrade by itself.
Thanks to all for your help, only the following steps worked. I had to update to V 2.3.4-5 (maybe because my XG is already on SFOS 20):
Boot into failsafe (some tries neccessary, hit enter until root) and update with shell script (V 2.3.4-5)
cd bin
wget https://d2apih4urmzzdu.cloudfront.net/v2.3.4-5/APX.uimage
./update_image.sh APX.uimage
reboot
Hi,
could you write the correct commands step-by-step, please?
And here my help for the autoboot loop:
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S - Flash Throughput, 2008 KB/s (758742 Bytes, 377680 us)
S - DDR Frequency, 537 MHz
----> here you must bridge GND (J1) and Pin 8 (U26, the first PIN on the left side, under J1)
-----> press any key on the keyboard
U-Boot 2012.07 [Chaos Calmer unknown,unknown] (Nov 02 2018 - 08:13:09)
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Now use the following commands:
setenv autoboot 10
saveenv
Reboot (plug out and plug in)
Best regards,
Stefan
