HomeHub 5 Type A install image v0.1

Guide for installing LEDE onto a BT Home Hub 5 Type A/Plusnet Hub One

You need an USB flash drive with at least 512MB free capacity, formatted as FAT32 or exFAT, attached to the Hub. The attached flash drive will be accessible at /tmp/mounts/.

To install LEDE, the USB flash drive must have a copy of the file lede-lantiq-xrx200-BTHOMEHUBV5A-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin

To restore the stock Firmware, the USB flash drive must have a have a copy of the nanddump backup file (hh5a.nanddump) containing the stock Firmware.

List of commands

To create a backup of the installed firmware (Take care to not overwrite any previously made backup): nanddump --file /tmp/mounts/<directory>/hh5a.nanddump /dev/mtd4

To install LEDE: prepare

To restore stock firmware: restore

Switch from BT firmware to LEDE

1. Start u-boot via UART (Topic "Installation over serial" in the HomeHub 5a OpenWrt Wiki article)
2. Upload the installation image via tftp: tftpboot 0x81000000 lede-lantiq-xrx200-BTHOMEHUBV5A-installimage.bin; bootm 0x81000000
3. Run prepare and follow the on screen instructions

Upgrade from any OpenWrt version or LEDE prior to r2363

Restore the stock firmware and do a fresh install of LEDE.

If you don't have a backup of the stock firmware from your Hub, use the experimental migrate script. It is offered with no guarantee of success. You are strongly advised to restore the stock firmware.