HiWiFi/Gee HC5661/HC5761/HC5861

Generally speaking, there is NO easy way to install OpenWrt on HiWiFi 5661/5761 devices manufactured after middle 2014, since then HiWiFi locked the U-Boot to accept factory firmware images only. To determine whether the U-boot is locked, look at the stock firmware version number.

• For unlocked u-boot, flash the firmware via tftp.
• For versions between 0.9005 and 0.9006, download http://www.iptvfans.cn/hiwifi/HC5661-9005-downgrade-ssh.zip, unpack and flash the image via tftp. This is a factory image with SSH enabled, login with root:admin and flash OpenWrt with sysupgrade.
• For locked u-boot, you have to follow HiWiFi's official unlocking procedure. Unfortunately, most steps require some knowledge about Chinese language..

If you live in China, with a Chinese cellphone number.

1. Register a HiWiFi account at www.hiwifi.com, and add your cellphone number to the account
2. Bind your device to the account, login into app.hiwifi.com. At the bottom of the router information page, there is an “Advanced” section, clicked and choose to enable “Developer Mode”
3. Follow the instructions
4. When “Developer Mode” is enabled, go to the app market, there is now a “Developer Mode” app in the marked, install it, and you get a working SSH on port 1022

0x000000000000-0x000000030000 : "u-boot"
0x000000030000-0x000000040000 : "hw_panic"
0x000000040000-0x000000050000 : "Factory"
0x000000050000-0x0000001b0000 : "kernel"
0x0000001b0000-0x000000fd0000 : "rootfs"
0x000000ce0000-0x000000fd0000 : "rootfs_data"
0x000000fd0000-0x000000fe0000 : "hwf_config"
0x000000fe0000-0x000000ff0000 : "bdinfo"
0x000000ff0000-0x000001000000 : "backup"
0x000000050000-0x000000fd0000 : "firmware"

→ generic.flashing.tftp

→ generic.sysupgrade

cd /tmp
wget http://http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/XXX/xxx.abc
sysupgrade /tmp/xxx.abc

cd /tmp
wget http://http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/XXX/xxx.abc
mtd write /tmp/xxx.abc linux && reboot

→ generic.debrick

→ failsafe_and_factory_reset

→ Basic configuration After flashing, proceed with this.
Set up your Internet connection, configure wireless, configure USB port, etc.

The default network configuration is:

Note: OpenWrt's support for MT762X switch is incomplete, tagging doesn't work, the ports are always in access mode.

→ hardware.button on howto use and configure the hardware button(s). Here, we merely name the buttons, so we can use them in the above Howto.

The HiWiFi/Gee HC5661 has the following buttons:

Front:
Insert photo of front of the casing

Back:
Insert photo of back of the casing

Backside label:
Insert photo of backside label

Note: This will void your warranty!

Main PCB:
Insert photo of PCB

→ port.serial general information about the serial port, serial port cable, etc.

How to connect to the Serial Port of this specific device:
Insert photo of PCB with markings for serial port

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