yup2, me not under contract since i take simkad only, so anytime can terminate or change plan

definitely take sim only and don't have to tie down with contract, beside you already got your own arcadyan, U mobile free 5G modem is heavily locked down, no tinkering is possible. not useful for ppl who want to have greater control of it.

yup2, correct, lagipun cannot telco unlock even after contract finish, from what i hear lah

well, actually you can, those modem are actually firmware locked. you just need to reflash the firmware with generic version to remove the lock. but it is very tricky, as you need to connect to the SPI to write the new firmware, either through serial tty port on the board or unsolder the SPI chip place it on a writer to flash it. very tedious job.

that for expert only lol, normal user not gonna go that far

This post has been edited by syahpian: Nov 20 2025, 03:18 PM

HUAWEI 5G CPE Pro 2

i use the GT 502 blue router.
cun dalam rumah boleh dapat dalam 300+ mbps.
monthly max dalam 1.9TB use

Yupe, for sure need some soldering skills and a bit of tinkering. Could be risking / bricking the modem if not done properly. Not for ppl who are not into this stuffs.

It is possible to flash a chip especially the Winbond 8-pin SOIC by the CH341A 24 25 Series EEPROM Flash BIOS USB Programmer Module + SOIC8 SOP8 Test Clip For EEPROM 93CXX _ 25CXX _ 24CXX _ on board - No need to unsolder. I have done that for a motherboard few years ago but now forgotten already. Still have two programmers, this CH341A and a very old but capable WELLON VP-38B+ bought in 2005 from weilei.com.cn (Windows XP).

yupe, I know that, you need to buy the bracket that is cover the top of the SPI chip so that it makes contact with 8 pins of the SPI chips. I already open my 5G modem router, but I think they all covers in metal bracket to shield all the high frequency signal, if not, I would be able to take the pic of the SPI chip.

is gonna cost 1K upward for new set.

zx7981 is the 5G module
modem router local full set price
i think x55 full set cheaper

21.02? is it that too old already? that is version from 2023, latest one is 24.10

No, zx7981 is the router model without the 5g modem. The 5g modem is the separate m.2 module, which i m using is mtk t750.

X55 now full set how much? I didn't follow the sd price.

Is oem, they tweak the linux kernel to 5.4.210 but keeping as 21.02 for supporting m.2 5g baseband at kernel level without installing the drivers for it. I think update to 24.10 run the risk of bricking. The spi flash is only 128mb with 8 or 9 partitions. Is very tricky to upgrade. Dont play play.

ah, i see, my aw1000 already using 24.10



also, mine already extended the internal storage



https://github.com/xhikarishii/openwrt-ipq



This post has been edited by syahpian: Nov 22 2025, 02:25 PM

http://192.168.0.1/cgi-bin/luci/admin/status/overview
standard openwrt luci page

from ssh terminal

what was your previous version? you upgraded yourself?

factory default version.

yup2, upgrade myself through luci

before this using sopek myqwrt, they using china version of openwrt, called immortalwrt as base firmware, not sure which version through

https://www.sopeksemprit.xyz/

This post has been edited by syahpian: Nov 22 2025, 03:43 PM