RenderMan Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 So I just recieved my MK iv pineapple. Fired it up and after some poking, went to install the latest firmware via the web interface. No idea how it happened, but something went terribly wrong. Basically it's bricked and no communication via wifi or ethernet. I'm familiar with openwrt on many platforms but this one is new to me. Googling around I looked at the flash procedures for the hardware. I lack one of thier official console boards but hacked something together from a usb to serial adapter to the pins on the board. I get what appears to be the bootup output on the console but it's coming up as garbage on the official setings of 115200-8-n-1. If I cant tell the hardware to tftp a firmware, I'm kinda screwed. Of course all of this has to happen just as I'm about to head to a conference and wanted to show off the pineapple. Suggestions for de-bricking? Render Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RenderMan Posted March 23, 2012 Author Share Posted March 23, 2012 Update: Found another adapter and managed to get to the recovery console. Now just waiting for the kernel.bin and rootfs.bin files to be posted so I can complete the process. Hacking and cough syrup is a dangerous combination. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebkinne Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Posted to the other thread. Http://wifipineapple.com/downloads.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RenderMan Posted March 23, 2012 Author Share Posted March 23, 2012 Posted to the other thread. Http://wifipineapple.com/downloads.php Happy to report I got it rebuilt, thanks seb. For future note, a sparkfun FTDI basic and some jumper wires will allow you to talk serial to the Mark IV quite easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Kitchen Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Glad you got it sorted and thanks for posting on the TTL adapter you used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr-Protocol Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 This is what you have to do when you wget update.bin via ssh and then upload it to a machine running FTP, then try and flash with the Windows machine. WARNING TO ALL! Check your MD5 hashes before flashing :) Using Alfa console board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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