Root access to ST10

[EdouardVanbelle]

Hello did someone have a process to gain root access to ST10 ?

Via ST20 it was pretty easy using the usb stick and the remote_services

But with a ST10 it seems to be more complicated
I also have a Jack cable to USB but not the 5 rings Bose ETAP

Many thanks

[gmuth]

Just use a Micro-USB-OTG Adapter.

[treibbhaus]

ST10

• Disconnect the power cable.
• Connect the USB stick to the USB port of the ST10 using the OTG adapter.
• Press and hold the "4" button and the "Volume down" button on the keypad.
• Reconnect the power cable.
• The ST10 will now boot from the USB stick.
• release buttons now.
  (Good to have an signal-LED on USB.Stick which may indicate access )

[julius-d]

I did not had to press any buttons!

[EdouardVanbelle]

Weird I tried on 2 devices, via a direct hard boot, and then via the hard boot using 4 + "vol down" operation

Each time I have the USB stick with the led showing activity during boot time, but port 22 remains closed

The USB stick is the same used successfully for a ST20, formatted in fat32 with an emptyremote_services file

[gmuth]

I am not sure if the install-firmware-from-usb without firmware-on-usb workflow helps. I also had issues with a ST10 and did a factory reset (1 + vol down). Did the network setup work okay? I think (2 + vol down) triggers the setup mode.
https://support.bose.com/s/article/soundtouch-10-resetting-your-product?language=en_US

[EdouardVanbelle]

Still no success, event after a factory reset (network setup ok)
I tried a firmware downgrade too (following https://bose.fandom.com/wiki/SoundTouch_Firmware_Downgrade_Guide )
But it remains in 27.0.6

[gmuth]

You could try another filesystem e.g. ext2. Does telnet without port or 17000 at least connect?

[EdouardVanbelle]

Yes I already tried via other USB stick, other OTB cable, partition directly on /dev/sda or /dev/sda1, even in ext3

port 23 (telnet) & port 22 (ssh) remains closed
poer 17000 (bose service) is UP

if I check the ST20 (which may differs from ST10):

supported filesystem:

# cat /proc/filesystems  | grep -v nodev
	ext3
	ext2
	cramfs
	vfat
	msdos

code to activate remote_services:

# less /etc/udev/scripts/mount.sh
[...]
		if [ -e "$mnt/remote_services" ]; then
			if remote_services_enabled; then
				logger udev/mount.sh "Remote services were already enabled"
			else
				touch /tmp/remote_services
				logger udev/mount.sh "Enabled remote services"
				/etc/init.d/sshd start
				/etc/init.d/telnetd start
			fi
		fi
[...]

[pahenning]

It appears that the ST10 has several different hardware generations, which also exhibit different behaviour in startup.

Question: The ST20 has an USB A-type connector, while the ST10 has a Micro USB connector. I assume that your USB stick is Type A. How do you connect this to the Micro USB port? If this is done with a simple "adapter cable" it might not work. Necessary is a so called OTG adapter, which basically has an internal connection of the 5th pin of Micro USB to ground.

Regards
pah

[gmuth]

see #151 (comment)

[gmuth]

Somewhere I read about a bootable flag - not sure what that could be. Maybe the partition scheme needs to be MBR?