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.
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
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
