TP-Link XZ000-G3 GPON ONT – Teardown – UART Console Access

In this video, let’s dig the XZ000-G3 GPON ONT by tearing it down, soldering the UART headers and let’s see if we can find any interesting thing with this device.

UART login: admin/1234
Clear photos & more detail – https://vantc.net/all-about-the-tp-link-xz000-g3-gpon-ont.html

00:00 – Introduction
00:42 – Teardown the XZ000-G3
04:19 – Closer look at the PCB components (EN751221 SoC)
06:29 – Solder the UART headers
06:40 – Connect the USB TTL Adapter to the UART headers
07:26 – Establish the UART Serial connection with Putty (admin/1234)
11:11 – Attempt to access hidden features (change SW, HW info, OCMI, etc.)
14:08 – Backup the firmware (Dump the mtd0)

Here is an overview of the specs that I got from the console:

System type: EcoNet EN751221 SOC
CPU Model: MIPS 34Kc V5.8
RAM: 64 MB

That is all for this video. Thanks for watching and see you in the next video! .