Technical Tip: FortiExtender-311F rebooting after upgrade to v7.4.4 firmware version.

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Description	This article explains how to stop the reboot loop under FortiExtender-311F.
Scope	FortiExtender-311F.
Solution	It is detected on this model FortiExtender-311F when the upgrade process from firmware v7.2.x to v7.4.4 is done, it is under a rebooting loop state, and actions like turning it off or doing a factory reset did not help:  End modem firmware upgrade please wait 5s for modem resetting....... GPIO reset modem... .. bring modem down .. done .. bring modem up... done please wait 5s for modem boot up! ******* Start modem firmware upgrade ******* create temporary file ******* decrpt the modem firmware Archive: /tmp/firmware/FW/EM160RGLAUR02A08M4G_01.001.01.001.zip   inflating: contents.xml   inflating: md5.txt    creating: update/   inflating: update/abl.elf   inflating: update/aop.mbn   inflating: update/devcfg.mbn    creating: update/firehose/   inflating: update/firehose/partition_complete_p4K_b256K.mbn   inflating: update/firehose/patch_p4K_b256K.xml   inflating: update/firehose/prog_firehose_sdx24.mbn   inflating: update/firehose/rawprogram_nand_p4K_b256K_update.xml   inflating: update/hyp.mbn   inflating: update/multi_image.mbn   inflating: update/NON-HLOS.ubi   inflating: update/partition.mbn   inflating: update/partition_nand.xml   inflating: update/sbl1.mbn   inflating: update/sdxpoorwills-boot.img   inflating: update/sdxpoorwills-recoveryfs.ubi   inflating: update/sdxpoorwills-sysfs.ubi   inflating: update/sdxpoorwills-usrfs.ubifs   inflating: update/sec.dat   inflating: update/tools.fv   inflating: update/tz.mbn   inflating: update/uefi.elf   inflating: update/usrdata.ubi   inflating: update/xbl_cfg.elf [000.000]: Version: QFirehose_Linux_Android_V1.4.8 [000.000]: Builded: Apr 23 2024 22:33:07 [000.000]: Find md5 check file </tmp/force_upgrade/md5.txt> [000.001]: md5 checking: /tmp/force_upgrade/contents.xml pass [000.004]: md5 checking: /tmp/force_upgrade/update/abl.elf pass [000.008]: md5 checking: /tmp/force_upgrade/update/aop.mbn pass [000.009]: md5 checking: /tmp/force_upgrade/update/devcfg.mbn pass [000.009]: md5 checking: /tmp/force_upgrade/update/firehose/partition_complete_p 4K_b256K.mbn pass [000.009]: md5 checking: /tmp/force_upgrade/update/firehose/patch_p4K_b256K.xml pass [000.016]: md5 checking: /tmp/force_upgrade/update/firehose/prog_firehose_sdx24. mbn pass [000.016]: md5 checking: /tmp/force_upgrade/update/firehose/rawprogram_nand_p4K_ b256K_update.xml pass [000.018]: md5 checking: /tmp/force_upgrade/update/hyp.mbn pass [000.019]: md5 checking: /tmp/force_upgrade/update/multi_image.mbn pass [001.173]: md5 checking: /tmp/force_upgrade/update/NON-HLOS.ubi pass [001.174]: md5 checking: /tmp/force_upgrade/update/partition.mbn pass [001.174]: md5 checking: /tmp/force_upgrade/update/partition_nand.xml pass [001.188]: md5 checking: /tmp/force_upgrade/update/sbl1.mbn pass [001.383]: md5 checking: /tmp/force_upgrade/update/sdxpoorwills-boot.img pass [001.793]: md5 checking: /tmp/force_upgrade/update/sdxpoorwills-recoveryfs.ubi p **bleep** [003.047]: md5 checking: /tmp/force_upgrade/update/sdxpoorwills-sysfs.ubi pass [003.125]: md5 checking: /tmp/force_upgrade/update/sdxpoorwills-usrfs.ubifs pass [003.125]: md5 checking: /tmp/force_upgrade/update/sec.dat pass [003.135]: md5 checking: /tmp/force_upgrade/update/tools.fv pass [003.157]: md5 checking: /tmp/force_upgrade/update/tz.mbn pass [003.189]: md5 checking: /tmp/force_upgrade/update/uefi.elf pass [003.282]: md5 checking: /tmp/force_upgrade/update/usrdata.ubi pass [003.283]: md5 checking: /tmp/force_upgrade/update/xbl_cfg.elf pass [003.283]: Totals checking 24 files md5 value, 0 file fail! [003.284]: Quectel module not found [003.284]: qfirehose_src/qfirehose.c main 346 fail End modem firmware upgrade please wait 5s for modem resetting....... GPIO reset modem... .. bring modem down .. done .. bring modem up... done To fix or avoid this issue, install the v7.6.1.