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Old 08-03-2017, 12:12 PM   #2355
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Originally Posted by knc1 View Post
That version does not have the "prevent factory firmware install" protection.
IF we had the factory firmware for the PW3-32G available, but we DO NOT have that available.

DO NOT use the PW3-4G factory firmware on the PW3-32G device, it will brick the device.
People have tried that already and satisfied themselves that it produces a very expensive paperweight.

@knc1

this is what I was thinking about in the previous post.

As I recall from the bricking, it is because of a bad uBoot.

I wonder if it is possible to put the uBoot and uImage from from 5.8.10, and the rootFS from PW3-4gb 5.7.4.

I can inspect the rootFS with TestDisk, and I cannot see anything hardware specific in it ( at least, nothing major, all of that shoudl be in the kernal uImage. ), and I have a strong suspicion this would work.

I am going to do this with the PW3-4G I have at home, just as a proof of concept, but to test on PW-32 I would need a volunteer to possibly brick thier device.

@anhyeuviolet, do you think your friend would be interested in testing this at all?
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