Mini-instruction how to enable wi-fi for CHUWI HI8

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Letin Dnec

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Nov 4, 2019, 12:58:33 PM11/4/19

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1.You must choose manual installation ( no auto)

2.You must choose during installation gpt , fat32 and 2 times click yes (for grub and write\read mod)

3.After installation, you should install (from usb) RootExplorer or other similar program

4.Go to the directory /lib/firmware/brcm/ and find the file brcmfmac43430-sdio.Hampoo-D2D3_Vi8A1.txt change the name to brcmfmac43430a0-sdio.ilife-S806.txt

4.1. I renamed this file because my tablet has the same network card

4.2 Android may require a different file on your device. After I entered in the terminal dmesg I saw that I need a file ( brcmfmac43430a0-sdio.ilife-S806.txt)

Example:

[    7.974149] brcmfmac: brcmf_fw_alloc_request: using brcm/brcmfmac43430a0-sdio for chip BCM43430/0
[    7.974311] usbcore: registered new interface driver brcmfmac
[    8.006224] brcmfmac mmc0:0001:1: Direct firmware load for brcm/brcmfmac43430a0-sdio.ilife-S806.txt failed with error -2
[    8.006256] brcmfmac mmc0:0001:1: Direct firmware load for brcm/brcmfmac43430a0-sdio.txt failed with error -2

5.After changing the name, restart the tablet and wifi works.

Chih-Wei Huang

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Nov 4, 2019, 11:03:04 PM11/4/19

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Thank you for the information.
I've added a symlink for it.

Letin Dnec <hyperg...@gmail.com> 於 2019年11月5日週二上午1:58寫道：