efforg/rayhunter#745

So this is all on me, 100% (and maybe chatgtp). I am only writing this to describe my experience and also a little bit as I am confused how it could have happened since to my understanding nothing was pushed to the device due to a checksum mismatch.

I recently heard of this project and was excited to try it out. I was off work for a few days so I had time to play. I was going to just get an Orbic but then I remembered having a hotspot sitting in a drawer for a while and decided to check what it was and it was a Moxee K779HSDL and to my surprise it was supported.

Install was super easy and I had a working device, minus the green/red indication bar. I found an issue where someone found a fix and implemented it and it worked, but due to holidays was not currently being worked on. Well, I got some time on my hands and this looks easy enough I thought, so I figured would give it a go.

I should have just left well enough alone because it became evident quickly that I had no idea what I was doing. Probably compounded by fact that I am using a M1 Mac. So as one does in these situations, I consulted chatgtp who for the next, I would rather not say amount of time, just lead me around in circles between docker and some other stuff that I honestly don’t even care to go back and check what it was.

After much coaxing I seemed to have a completed build. All seemed well until while trying to push it through I got a checksum error that I assumed prevented anything from being pushed through. I kept trying to get gtp to lead me the right way but no matter what I did, always a checksum error.

But as far as I know, the device up to this point was working. So I decided to try and just flash the original from the installer because in that issue I read there was also a note about storage space and was wondering if that was my issue. Again, I should have just left well enough alone, but I tried to push the original through using the release installer and got the same checksum error. So I did something stupid(er) and used the reset button on the device. And that’s when it all broke.

Things I can tell that are different:

1. It no longer says No Service on the screen. Just 0.0/0.0 KB
2. The little circle that shows how many connected wifi devices are gone, usually would show 0 if nothing.
3. If I go to device info, its all blank
4. Same as 2.4 and 5G wireless settings
5. WPS settings (not that I would use), but shows WPS DeActive
6. Device is no longer broadcasting a network my computer sees

Assumption:

Since I can’t connect to wifi, I can’t even use the install tool to push a new firmware as the device wont be detected and even though it boots and I can cycle through menus its essentially bricked as all the settings have been lost and as far as I can tell, nothing I can do to fix.

Conclusion:

Again, 100% my fault. I own that. I am just reaching out in case this can be recovered. But really, because I don’t understand what exactly did this. wouldn’t the checksum mismatch error have prevented my customized firmware from being pushed through.

I don’t think there is anything actionable here, so I did this as a discussion.