[REQ] WiFi Recovery Guide

[Hammerfest]

I could swear at one point there was a page for changing the WiFi info but I cannot seem to find it.

Can someone please post the instructions proper for yi-hack-v5 on how to change the WiFi info when a network change has occurred.

I tried to search through issues and discussions and found bits/pieces as well as conflicting information regarding directory structure placement and contents.

EDIT: now that I look, almost all the pages I recall seeing are gone

[alienatedsec]

Main page of the camera at the very bottom, but this only applies to a camera with current WiFi connection. If you need to connect manually, please follow this #193

[Hammerfest]

Yep, was trying to follow 193 but it did not work, tried putting the file in multiple places even.

[alienatedsec]

The file needs to be in /tmp/sd/recover/configure_wifi.cfg as per changes in the commit 98f3db1

[Hammerfest]

Yep, I put it there as well

There was no folder called tmp so I made one and the subfolders
There was also a recover folder on root so I threw it in there as well
Also threw it in root as well

H:\configure_wifi.cfg
H:\tmp\sd\recover\configure_wifi.cfg
H:\recover\configure_wifi.cfg

The file only contained the 2 lines mentioned and tested with 2 different methods:
wifi_ssid=Bacon
wifi_psk=ExtraCrispy
or
wifi_ssid=[Bacon]
wifi_psk=[ExtraCrispy]

like I said, didnt work, placed it multiple places, I factory reset one of them and wiped it as well to put the latest 4.1x on it

EDIT: now that I look at 193, I did not put it in: /tmp/sd/configure_wifi.cfg like mentioned in first post, that was the one directory i didn't try and I tried a few other tickets locations as well

[alienatedsec]

Did you restart after placing the configure_wifi.cfg file inside the /tmp/sd/recover folder?

The recover folder should be in the root folder of your SD card. /tmp/sd is the location mounted on your camera.

[Hammerfest]

The camera was powered down as it was not connectable due to wifi change, the sd card was removed and plugged into a PC

So the instructions I guess need to be to place the file in the recover folder located in the root of the drive, the instructions are unclear on source structure due to the whole linux mounting while connectable which is counter to changing wifi without access

Alas, it didn't work either and I have gone ahead and factory reset and installed latest

Instructions for anyone else who needs it:

WiFi Recovery Guide (when you cannot access it over the network)
On your computer use Notepad or something similar, create a file named:
configure_wifi.cfg

Inside this file paste the following lines and fill your information in as needed:
wifi_ssid=[YourWiFiNetworkNameHere]
wifi_psk=[YourWiFiPasswordHere]

With camera powered down, remove MicroSD from camera and plug into your PC
Navigate with your file explorer to the MicroSD drive
On the root/top level of the MicroSD you should see a folder labeled "recover"
Copy the configure_wifi.cfg file into the recover folder
Move the MicroSD back to the camera and power on

For me it did not work, but I will test next time I have to move the camera's to a different wifi network.

[alienatedsec]

Happy to accept any PRs and you contribute to the project :)

[alienatedsec]

@Hammerfest This bothered me for the rest of the night and I think I found the problem. When the file is manually created, it adds 0D 0A as hex values, a simple ENTER; however, UNIX will likely take 0D as another empty character; hence, it's not working when applied when edited under Windows (or any other system) and applied under Linux.

configure_wifi.zip

Please use and edit the attached, which ends each line with 0A and try again.

This investigation helped me fix another issue, so thanks :)

[Hammerfest]

Sorry if bothered you enough for the evening! Glad either way it helped fix something else however!

Doesn't shock me, also with your example looks like I was correct the first time with removing the [ ] instead of just putting the text inside

Currently using them for a bit of work for a bit but in a few weeks I should be able to do more testing and force a need to network swap.

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[rikkistylz]

Hi so the camera blinked yellow and then turned blue but didn't connect back to the internet... And I tried resetting the cam and now I after scanning the QR code it won't connect to the internet again( yi outdoor)