Speedport W 503V ENG - ITA Annex A

[Miodrag]

Promemoria primo messaggio :

Hi, Ihave been trying to convert thsi SP to FB with ENG language and Annex A. With speed-to-fritz I was able to convert the box to DE Annex A with use of German 7270v1 image. As there is no official 7270v1 English firmware for modification to Eng, I used modified bi-lingual fw DE-ENG and DE-ITA but after flashing I got FritzBox web interface with missing menus and some empty pages. So I created Freetz custom 7270v1 EN image that was about 9.6MB and used it for modification as well, but I got missing menus again.

Does anyone have a clue how to solve this one?

[CartoonX]

Data from device, but still can not start recovery procedure, because "quote REBOOT" back bootstrap from 1734 to 1455 and HW revision to original:

firmware_version avme
ProductID Fritz_Box_503avm
firmware_info 98.04.79
HWRevision 170.1.0.6
bootloaderVersion 1.734
urlader-version 1734
quote REBOOT

I got
Searching 170 at: 192.168.178.1
One system found! - Detecting the current version.
Version successfully detected!
Hardware: Speedport W503V
Bootstrap: 1455
Firmware: 66.04.66
Speedport W503V firmware is incompatible with the recovery firmware

[CartoonX]

Finaly, I do following:

Open a "COMMAND" console window (aka "DOS window") and enter the following instruction (go to ADAM2):

ftp 192.168.178.1 (or set IP via Speedport menu)

Now you see the FTP login prompt. Enter "adam2" as user and password.


220 ADAM2 FTP Server ready.

331 Password required for adam2.
PASS adam2
230 User adam2 successfully logged in.

Put commands:

quote SETENV firmware_version avme
quote SETENV ProductID Fritz_Box_503avm
quote SETENV firmware_info 98.04.79
quote SETENV HWRevision 170.1.0.6
quote SETENV bootloaderVersion 1.734
quote SETENV urlader-version 1734

Do not use command "quote REBOOT".
disable DOS Window

Start Recovery file/procedure


Searching 170 at: 192.168.178.1
One system found! - Detecting the current version.
Version successfully detected!
   Hardware: 170
   Bootstrap: 1734
   Firmware: 98.04.79
Flash area (mtd1)
   Deleting flash area (mtd1)
   Restoring flash area (mtd1)
   Checking flash area (mtd1)
   Successful
Flash area (mtd3)
   Deleting flash area (mtd3)
   Restoring flash area (mtd3)
Flash area (mtd4)
   Deleting flash area (mtd4)
   Restoring flash area (mtd4)
170 recovered successfully!

[CartoonX]

After flashing, bootloader and HWversion back to original


200 GETENV command successful
ftp> quote GETENV ProductID
ProductID Fritz_Box_SpeedportW50

200 GETENV command successful
ftp> quote GETENV firmware_info
firmware_info 98.04.81

200 GETENV command successful
ftp> quote GETENV firmware_version
firmware_version avme

200 GETENV command successful
ftp> quote GETENV HWRevision
HWRevision 136.1.0.6

200 GETENV command successful
ftp> quote GETENV bootloaderVersion
bootloaderVersion 1.455

200 GETENV command successful
ftp> quote GETENV urlader-version
urlader-version 1455

200 GETENV command successful

[CartoonX]

Also, now is default IP address:
http://192.168.178.1/

It is possible to change Annex between Annex A/Annex B (kernel args) via telnet commands.

HWR 136 = Speedport W503V, bootloader 1455, Annex B (kernel args)
HWR 170 = Speedport W503V (FYROM), bootloader 1734, Annex A (kernel args)

[Naf]

Sono in Germania e mi hanno regalato un paio fritz ed anche uno speedport W 503v se mi date il link per il recovery citato nella discuzione, provo a capirci qualche cosa.

[CartoonX]

http://www.fileconvoy.com/dfl.php?id=ge0b200b60cf54dd29993551941a79ba12e839c194

The file(s) that can be retrieved with the above link is (are):

Speedport_W_503V.en.zip (6.249 MB)

[Massinge]

a breve a disposizione per tutti sul repository!
Grazie!
En: Soon  available for all on the fritz's repository!
Many Thanks!

@Naf: da quanto non ci si sente?!! Come va, tutto ok? Bentornato sul forum!

Ciao!

[Naf]

Per quello che sono riuscito a capire, questo router non conserva il cambio di alcuni env dopo il riavvio come (HWRevision etc...) per cui credo che sia meglio estrarre il bootloader per capire al meglio cosa fare. Per ora qui non ho niente per andare avanti nemmeno un telefono per abilitare telnet ed ho anche perso l´interfaccia del w503v. Ne parleremo quando rientro in Italia dopo il 29.

@ Mas
Qui va tutto bene... Ho solo preso una pausa per riprendermi.

[Massinge]

@ Naf: hai provato anche il recovery inglese qui presente? il fritz va in annex A?

[Naf]

Purtroppo se uso quel recovery perdo il collegamento con il LAN e non ho un portatile qui per accedere, ho deciso di rimandare le prove dopo giovedi!

[Miodrag]

Thing is that there is an HW difference betvean 503.de and 503.mk, so direct recovery is not an option. The best option is to use speed2fritz converted FW to german as an base FW, and exchange language files with this recovery in freetz. I dont have ADSL anymore, and I dont have enough time to do it myself.

[Massinge]

@naf: hai provato a collegarti via ftp e cambiare il brand in avme dopo il recovery?

[Miodrag]

I just bricked one German 503 - so I wil jtag it tonight and try something else. Here is what I did:

I used Freetz made German FW as starting point. I extracted mtd2 (bootloader) from .mk box, by mounting partition on .ico file and downloading via http server. Than I transfered that bin file to router via tftp server and overwrote mtdblock2. After it router is bricked. So I dont think there will be a way to use this recovery directly. It will need some adjustment in freetz like I tought in first place.

About my earlier statement - there are no hardware differences, but LAN controler is directly connected to HWR number, and it wont load if it is different. HWR as well as productid can not be changed as they are stored in bootloader so they reset every time router reboots, thats way I tried to change bootloader with .mk version.

[Massinge]

@#Miodrag: thank you for your important reply! I'm going to invastigate this HW differences!
Bye

[Naf]

@naf: hai provato a collegarti via ftp e cambiare il brand in avme dopo il recovery?

Ho fatto ma non cambia niente.

@#Miodrag
I think we have to edit the bootloader with some hexedit and upload it into the rooter but we have to found a simple solution... I can insure you that from next friday i will try my best. You just try to recovery your Router!

[Miodrag]

Tonight I will try to jtag mk bin file from 0xff, if that does not wake up router i will do whole jtag with german fw.

[Miodrag]

Here are some files for you to experiment with.

Original (German) mtd2 partition:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/z0bx6x4lmf5ppjp/mtd2de.bin

Here is (FYROM) mtd2 partition:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/xa9ti413mux8irs/mtd2mk.bin

Here is the screenshot of vbindiff utility - part showing differences in HWR and Product ID section:


By the way, both routers have same partition tables:
cat /proc/mtd

I have all partitions extracted from FYROM box via http server, but I mtd0 and mtd1 dumps are not ok. If needed I can upload those partitions as well.

[Massinge]

Did you have tried to put mtd2mk.bin into German Hardware? It Works?
Bye

[Miodrag]

As I said, by putting mtd2mk.bin to German fw, I bricked one router. Yesterday my friend who has jtag and HW chip programator didnt had time, but tonight we are going to do some eperiments.

I will keep you updated with results, but from eperiments so far we can conclude that there will not be an easy way for total conversion to .mk version. Our best option is to use freetz to make mesh fw with support of dual language - same thing our member "annex" did for 7240 box with 7270 int fw.

[Massinge]

Our best option is to use freetz to make mesh fw with support of dual language - same thing our member "annex" did for 7240 box with 7270 int fw.

If you have the EN firmware (not the recovery) i'm going to try it. at this point it's more simple to integrate english page from 7270's international firmware xx.04.78. I'm going to try it and post the firmware for your tests.

Bye

EDIT:
I've try this merge:

firmware w503v 04.81 en-de-it.image

ATTENTION : Only for very expert user, only for JTAG expert!
Only for AVM factor w503v Typ A model
No Warranty! Good Luck!

Bye

[Miodrag]

Hi Mas,

Its not possible with 7270 int FW - I tried that method years ago, and I always got too large image. Recovery image can be unzipped (credits to Lonegunman) in Win with "Universal Extractor" and in Linux now freetz script has builtin tool for it.

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Anyhow I was unable to do jtag yesterday - friend was busy and today I will make my own jtag connector. I would need some assistence for using it, as I am not sure about chip recognition.

[Massinge]

Hi Mas,

Its not possible with 7270 int FW - I tried that method years ago, and I always got too large image. Recovery image can be unzipped (credits to Lonegunman) in Win with "Universal Extractor" and in Linux now freetz script has builtin tool for it.

Not whole 7270's international firmware but only grab his web pages into w503v de firmware.
Good testing!
Bye

[Naf]

If you have the EN firmware (not the recovery) i'm going to try it.[/strike] at this point it's more simple to integrate english page from 7270's international firmware xx.04.78. I'm going to try it and post the firmware for your tests.

Bye

EDIT:
I've try this merge:

firmware w503v 04.81 en-de-it.image

ATTENTION : Only for very expert user, only for JTAG expert!
Only for AVM factor w503v Typ A model
No Warranty! Good Luck!

Bye

I tested this by uploading with ftp_uploader but the router loses interface and everyway I restored with recovery software that you sent me by pm.

[Miodrag]

Some ppl from German freetz community, who would like to be annonomus, are working on devel version of 503 based on .mk recovery version and extracted partitions. I will provide you with link as soon as they make first beta.

[Naf]

Come promesso, vi presento il nuovo firmware multi lingue non originale ( Francese, Tedesco, Inglese, Italiano e Spagnolo) testato e funzionante. Anche se testato, non mi assumo alcuna responsabilità in caso di danno al vostro apparechio.
54.04.88-18902.de_fr_en_es_it
Attenzione: Consiglio di caricare questo firmware con ftp_uploader.
Buon testing.


Naf

[OpenADSL]

Hi Naf

Can you send me (PM or e-mail) FW for Speedport W 503V Typ A (fw 54-04-88 Multi-de_en_es_fr_it Naf-Mod)?

regards
OpenADSL

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