Huawei E5372 custom firmware

[rezpower]

First of all a big thanks to ValdikSS for this great share.
I was able to flash my E5372 French Bouygues Telecom device with almost no problem. (Almost because my windows 11 or 10 PC would not recognize the device connected to usb port and I had to flash it with vmware windows XP).

I have one question that I hope to find a solution for:
I am trying to use nextdns as my dns service and unfortunately it's not working


I tried to edit stubby.yml file by copying it to my pc and sending back to device.
I enter my dsn data and it works but not totally!
Here is what I enter:
- address_data: xx.90.28.0
tls_auth_name: "c4522c.dns1.nextdns.io"
- address_data: 1a07:a8c0::0
tls_auth_name: "c4522c.dns1.nextdns.io"
- address_data: xx.90.30.0
tls_auth_name: "c4522c.dns2.nextdns.io"
- address_data: 1a07:a8c1::0
tls_auth_name: "c4522c.dns2.nextdns.io"

I have changed the passwd and ip's just to not expose my account!

This is the message I get from Nextdns:
This device is using NextDNS with no configuration.
Make sure you use the DNS-over-TLS endpoint shown below.


there is also this message: maybe this is the problem?!
Make sure Stubby is linked with OpenSSL 1.1.1 or higher as previous versions will not work with NextDNS.
Maybe the solution is to update Stubby! If possible!
Can you please help me get this working.

btw, what I want to achieve with this DNS service is to BLOCK ALL internet access and only allow (whitelist) few domains. If there is another way to get this done please advise

 

[rezpower]

Edit: Problem solved by editing /var/dhcp/dhcps/config

 

[timematcher]

@ValdikSS
Thanks so much for sharing. its an amazing work.

Can you create a custom rom mod for e5377s-32?

I have this model and i would like to use the features such as adblocking, advanced menu and dns over tls etc.


Appreciate your help.

 

[dakalaka]

Hello everyone. i am succesfully using an E5372 connected as client to my VPN server on my Asus router. however i cannot access the devices behind this client(E5372). do You know what should be the setup on the server side or on the client side? I have another 2 asus routers connected as client to my Asus VPN server and i can acces the clients from all directions: client->server, server->client, client->client. only the devices behind my E5372 are not visible from server side. if i connect to the E5372 i can access the other routers and their devices. Thank You in advance for Your support. Best regards.

 

[Rawon212]

Can we back up a full firmware from this device??
Like a full dump or something like that...

 

[9083ja]

Hi, first of all thank you for sharing this wonderful firmware. Occasionally the device freezes, it would be nice to have automatic reboot functionality every x days as other routers have, would there be a way to do it through firmware? thanks and regards.

 

[dakalaka]

Hello ValdikSS,
First of all thank you very much for your work and commitment.
Stock E5372 is a dead beat product and you contributed to make it quite flexible !
However i have a stupid problem : i have followed your readme instructions but i can't manage to flash my firmware correctly.
balong_flash.exe get me this :

Firmware Version: :B710D0:21.290.23.00.00
Build date: 2015.04.17 09:35:35
Title: version 1, platform HWEW11.1
Found 12 partitions
Entering HDLC mode... ok
Protocol version: 7200B--SKCBADZM
Device ID: HUAWEI B710D0
----------------------------------------------------
Write section 0 - Ptable_R1
Block 0 of 1
No response to block write command # 0

Any idea what went wrong ?

I am trying to flash your firmware on an Orange DOMINO 4G Airbox (=French Telecom Huawei E5372)

Thank you for your support .

Hello.
i am havig the same error as You had. how did You do the factory reset? i tried holding the reset button both with the modem on and off. i still get the same error. my screen is stuck at the "fagot" screen if i reboot it.

 

[dakalaka]

Hello.
i am havig the same error as You had. how did You do the factory reset? i tried holding the reset button both with the modem on and off. i still get the same error. my screen is stuck at the "fagot" screen if i reboot it.

nevermind...i got it working. the proper drivers form the modem were not installed in W10. after install the flashing process worked perfectly.

 

[mcbo007]

Hello,

I have an R215 (Huawei E5372) from German Vodafone.
It has the LTE bands B3 (FDD 1800), B7 (FDD 2600), B20 (FDD 800).

I now use the router with T-Mobile and only get 2G network in my city.
With my iPhone but 4G.

I'm probably missing the B1 (FDD 2100) frequency.
Is it possible to activate this via firmware?
Or is that a hardware setup?

Greeting Marcel

 

[Rawon212]

Hello,

I have an R215 (Huawei E5372) from German Vodafone.
It has the LTE bands B3 (FDD 1800), B7 (FDD 2600), B20 (FDD 800).

I now use the router with T-Mobile and only get 2G network in my city.
With my iPhone but 4G.

I'm probably missing the B1 (FDD 2100) frequency.
Is it possible to activate this via firmware?
Or is that a hardware setup?

Greeting Marcel

As long i use this firmware in my country...
I use E5372 with huawei logo on body its work.
I can activated 800,1800,2100,2600.
Cant activated 2300 because the hardware not support for 2300.
Fiy best frekuensi on my country for 4g is 2300 so for 2600 not used.
And another device E5372 with bolt logo, i can activated 850, 900, 2100,2300. Once more, my hardware not support.

 

[mcbo007]

When I activate B1 (FDD 2100), it will be deactivated again after saving.

 

[ValdikSS]

Is it possible to activate this via firmware?
Or is that a hardware setup?

It's both. Hardware needs a proper frequency filters, and software need an activation.
The NVRAM items which store supported 4G bands are, if I remember correctly: 53804, 50198, 9017.

 

[dakalaka]

Hello everyone. i am succesfully using an E5372 connected as client to my VPN server on my Asus router. however i cannot access the devices behind this client(E5372). do You know what should be the setup on the server side or on the client side? I have another 2 asus routers connected as client to my Asus VPN server and i can acces the clients from all directions: client->server, server->client, client->client. only the devices behind my E5372 are not visible from server side. if i connect to the E5372 i can access the other routers and their devices. Thank You in advance for Your support. Best regards.

Hello. i am relaunching this question to any of You. thank You in advance for Your help.

 

[ValdikSS]

Hello. i am relaunching this question to any of You. thank You in advance for Your help.

This is explicitly blocked as far as I can remember. Check iptables FORWARD rules.

 

[dakalaka]

This is explicitly blocked as far as I can remember. Check iptables FORWARD rules.

Hello VladikSS. Thank You for Your reply. You mean in the web interface of the device?

 

[ValdikSS]

Hello VladikSS. Thank You for Your reply. You mean in the web interface of the device?

No, the iptables rules.

 

[dakalaka]

No, the iptables rules.

Where do I find that please? it it is the one in the usr/sbin, how can i edit it? it tried to visualise the one on my home router but i don`t think it is an editable file.

 

[dakalaka]

Where do I find that please? it it is the one in the usr/sbin, how can i edit it? it tried to visualise the one on my home router but i don`t think it is an editable file.

Ok, i think i found how to edit it via putty for example. now what do I add as rules for the forward chain and also to make it persistent?

 

[dakalaka]

Hello all,
is there a way to update to ovpn 2.5.x on this device? thank You in advance for Your feedback.