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@Lazar-Demin

There is no longer an Omega Wifi AP -- it does not appear. The onion is bricked.

@Boken-Lin Hello, I have been trying to fix this issue that persists with my onion omega. From the looks of this conversation, it looks like everything discussed is relatively going on with my single board. I've been trying to work with the Wi-Fi interface. However, I've been getting issues lately with locating even just the network settings just to be located, connected, and used on Putty. Hopefully this message finds you, I can tell it's been years since the conversation ended

@Lazar-Demin I mounted an ethernet shield for it too work. It mounts perfectly to the onion board; it lights up a signal showing that it's responsive. I followed the directions on how to connect a shield to onion. This is the link provided https://docs.onion.io/omega2-docs/the-ethernet-port.html. But it not do me good after all.

@Lazar-Demin After retrying the steps to update the required firmware. I checked the network settings to connect, but the access point is not showing in available networks anymore. I tried resetting it from the reboot button. However, there seems to be no solution for it to recognize at all.

This is what ends up showing after running the commands.

Then I tried opening the onion Wi-Fi wizard setup, but it doesn't open it. Something is preventing me from opening it.

@crispyoz it doesn't work. I followed the directions, but it will not work.

Please get me a stable firmware that I can install without internet.

I double checked the spelling.
There are no error messages within the terminal.
Do you know what happened?

After I put in the third line, an error message popped up, uci: Invalid argument

Double checked the SSID name and password, both correct.
I put the quotes on everything as instructed in single quotes.

Not future reference, present reference. This has is what I've been trying to get to for months.

Went to the link, and I I tried, and this is what popped up.

I tried the command for STA.
This is what it showed:

I tried to locate all of the files from PuTTY config. Successfully I can easily read the files listed. The onion omega article http://docs.onion.io/omega2-docs/usb-storage.html#usb-storage
specifically wants us to add command block cp <FILE YOU WANT TO COPY> <DESTINATION> . But the example doesn't clearly show us what to fill for the destination parameter. The issue is how do we copy the file from the thumb drive onto the omega 2+ board?

Here's a screenshot of what it shows me:

@Lazar-Demin said in New Firmware, No Wifi, Maybe New Name? Omega2+ 03.2-20230330.bin:

reference, you can see the firmware version number

You mentioned in your previous response that I disabled wifi , so I need to reset the onion. I followed that step, and reset it several times. I still cannot get access to wifi. The picture below shows it.

Thus, it is not connected to our local wifi network (or any wifi network). (There are a couple of us now working on it since this has been a nightmare; got some fresh eyes on it. I explained to my friend the method he took is impossible.)

Instead, we tried again via USB. 
Mounted successfully, but we cannot figure out how to get files from the USB to the Onion.
We got the firmware you suggested onto a USB (omega2p-v0.3.4-b257.bin).
Successfully mounted the USB.
Unable to download file from USB to Onion.

@Lazar-Demin I'm completely unfamiliar with command prompts that show if I've successfully restored to the initial version of onion omega software. I made sure to hold the reset button for 10 seconds, and also ran the command:
firstboot -y
sync
reboot
which did function by turning of the system, but it doesn't make it clear which version I am currently on. Even though I ran a version command block to see if it would even give me the information. And to my surprise it didn't. I tried one last thing to see if it could retrieve the needed assets. With wget http://repo.onioniot.com.s3.amazonaws.com/omega2/images/omega2p-v0.3.4-b257.bin .However, it did not successfully compile it in the screenshot provided along to this thread.

@Amalee said in New Firmware, No Wifi, Maybe New Name? Omega2+ 03.2-20230330.bin:

Firmware: 03.2-20230330.bin

Yeah, that's all I'm trying to do right now. Get the Onion 2+ back up and running.

Months ago, I updated the firmware to Firmware: 03.2-20230330.bin

Assuming I understand correctly, the aforementioned firmware does not have a wireless driver. I did not know that at the time I updated it.

After putting that firmware's version on it, I have not been able to get my Onion2+ connected to the internet/connected to the SSH, so I can't do anything with it.

I figured I would flash my Onion back to the previous firmware (or basically any stable firmware).

After a few attempts, I learned I cannot rollback or update the firmware because the instructions say it requires internet access.

@Lazar-Demin

Since the ethernet shield fit onto the dock, and lit up, I figured the onion would be able to access the internet via a wired connection.

Are you saying, despite the shield, ethernet is still not an option?

If so, how am I supposed to connect to via SSH without access to wifi? (I thought I needed wifi to establish a SSH connection.)

Is there a wifi driver I can download from a repository?

If there is no wifi driver to download and I need wifi to connect via SSH, is my onion bricked?

@Lazar-Demin

Logged in today, went back to your suggestion. Tried to connect via serial. Did not work. I saw you commented on another post. You asked about the type of onion they had, which helped resolved their issues when connecting via serial. As such, I included pictures of mine below.

After I download and run the Silicon Labs driver I either get random numbers (not COM 3), or most of the time a caution sign.

On a side note, as you can see in the photo, the last four of my Onion Omega is 34EB. Since that firmware update it reads (even now) as Omega-34ed.

After a stupid amount of work to get the Onion to popup again in the wifi network bank, and then another stupid amount of work to get the ports turned on in my device manager, after downloading and installing https://www.silabs.com/Support Documents/Software/CP210x_VCP_Windows.zip - it still won't recognize it. I can't connect.

I can't even get it back to a previous firmware since I need to connect via serial.

Technically, I have an ethernet shield, but that has not worked.

The Onion has really soured my experience with development boards.

Everything from Day 1 all those years ago has been cumbersome and confusing. I feel lied to because the commercial made it sound so accessible and easy-to-use.

I bought this from Indiegogo years ago. I haven't been able to complete one successful project. (With the exception of maybe turning it into a wifi range extender, but I am not entirely sure that worked.) I couldn't even get morse code to work. I even jumped through hoops to figure out the morse code project.

Then I saw the new firmware update and thought it would be easier to navigate. Unfortunately, I downloaded it and now I'm dead in the water. I can't even restore it because the directions require a serial connection.

I bit the bullet when my board could no longer use Node Red, and I bit the bullet again when it was no longer cloud connected (which were two huge perks). Granted, it is too much of a pain.

I think I'm done for now. I might pick it up again, but I don't have the bandwidth right now. Despite my repeated failure I learned a bit.

Thank you for helping, and I appreciate the community. Since the Onion does have users of all skill levels, my suggestion would be to write (and structure) instructions as if you expect zero programming experience to read it.

More importantly, please have instructional videos.