Converting a German targeted Fritz!Box Fon Wlan to an International version

[waynester59]

Hi booyip, I have converted the German 7240 and 7270 1&1 to annexe A, I know you can do these and the speedport 920 V are also possible (which will be my next project) I have no experience with the 7390 however.

The RJ11 will just fit inside the RJ45 and it is configured correctly, so just stick your usual lead in an bobs your uncle. The outer two pins of the RJ45 socket are for analogue pstn lines. So if you wanted to use the dect facility with your traditional analogue line then you could modify the Y cable or make your own from an ethernet cable.

Personallly I would opt for the speedport or 7270 (speedport if you want vdsl, it effectively is a 7570) as they are a safe bet. they are wonderful boxes, have had mine for a couple of years now, and they have so many amazing features for voip, NAS, call forwarding, switchboard, I use mine with Pennytel, MNF, sipgate and save bundles!
cheers
Wayne

 

[Taido]

FB 7320 converting possible

Hi forum,

Recently my 7170 died, I lost the receipt and no chance it will be made

I got a FB 7320 an was wondering if there is any chance that someone converted a FB 7320 to an Int version or is it impossible? :nemma:

Cheers,

Taido :-?

 

[booyip]

Hi booyip, I have converted the German 7240 and 7270 1&1 to annexe A, I know you can do these and the speedport 920 V are also possible (which will be my next project) I have no experience with the 7390 however....
Wayne

Thanks for the response Wayne. I may try a 7270, but it's the holy grail of the 7390 which is what I'm really looking at. Sure, I can just buy the international edition (anyone know an online retailer who'll ship direct to Australia?), but where's the fun in that ;-)

Looks like AVM are saying not possible to convert for 7390, but they would say that, wouldn't they? Still looking for a 7390 AnnexB-only owner who's already done the conversion, or tried it at least...

AVM.DE: "Please note that all German FRITZ!Box editions are solely intended for use in Germany and are designed to be operated at Annex B DSL lines only. The direct operation of such a FRITZ!Box at an Annex A line is definitely not possible. Additionally, German FRITZ!Box models do not allow to be adapted to any other international telephony standards other than the one found in Germany."

 

[xiaohua]

Hi booyip

If I remember right some people here in the forum flashed a German 7390 (using ruKernelTool) with the latest international firmware for the 7390 and it's working. As far as I know the only diffrences are the set of cables coming with the box, the power supply (because of a diffrent power socket in other ontries then Germany) and the covered TAE sockets at the side of the box. The german Box has the TAE sockets and the international has them too, but covered as mentioned before.

 

[waynester59]

Hi booyip

I am going to receive my W920v and convert it to 7570 with RuKernelTool. I just downoaded it and checked out the available firmware, it also had the 7390 firmware in Duetsche and the international firmwares to download, suprisingly the numbers are nearly the same, 84.04.87 Int and 84.04.89 DE , as far as I know when the hardware is different they assign a different first two digits. It would seem crazy to do two hardware versions as they haven't done this before, only changed the firmware or not released English firmware, so I would take a chance,
btw if you find a cheaper one that will send to europe you can have it sent to me in the uk and i can post it on if you like, pm me for any q. I grew up in Melbourne, and all my family are in NSW

 

[booyip]

If I remember right some people here in the forum flashed a German 7390 (using ruKernelTool)...

Excellent - I thought so. I'm going to get hold of one and give it a go.

...btw if you find a cheaper one that will send to europe you can have it sent to me in the uk and i can post it on if you like, pm me for any q.

That's a really kind offer Wayne - thanks. I'm actually a pom myself, so can get it sent to my parents in the UK. I think I'm going to look for a seller on ebay.de though, that will send to AUS address direct. I could do Amazon.de but as you say would have to ship via UK first still. Double posting doesn't make it that cheap.

Anyway, back on topic - reading in this thread, sounds like I need to use Windows XP for best results with ruKernelTool - time to dual boot my Win7 netbook?

 

[xiaohua]

Hi booyip

In my opinion you can give it a try with W7. Right now I'm running W7 x64 and I was able to flash the box with ruKernelTool with no probs.

Good luck and once you got the 7390 please let us know how and with which Annex it works in Australia. I can try it by myself in a Annex A country (China) in around 2,5 months.

See you

 

[booyip]

Cheers xiaohua - I'll give Win7 a go and see if it works.

Is the 1&1 Home Server 50.000 different in any way (apart from the black colour) to a standard 7390? Is it locked to the carrier at all? I really hope not, as I've just bought one!

 

[xiaohua]

Hi booyip

The only diffrence between a 1&1 box and the red box besides the color is the logo once you login and the choice of ISP's is a little smaller. But you can use it with any other ISP. Since you going to flash it with ruKernelTool all the things just mentioned before are gone If you want to use the latest international firmware for the box ([84.04.87) you must use "avme" as branding. After that you can choose English as language during setting up the box.

 

[booyip]

The RJ11 will just fit inside the RJ45 and it is configured correctly, so just stick your usual lead in an bobs your uncle. The outer two pins of the RJ45 socket are for analogue pstn lines. So if you wanted to use the dect facility with your traditional analogue line then you could modify the Y cable or make your own from an ethernet cable.

Hi Wayne - So is it pins 1 & 8 for analogue PSTN? I'm using an RJ11 splitter box in Oz, so I'd need to modify the Y-Cable so it has RJ45 connector to the Fritzbox, and then 2 x RJ11 for phone and dsl. I'll probably cut an RJ11-RJ11 cable in half, then use an RJ45 boot and crimper tool to join the two ends. Does this pinout look correct -
http://db.tt/9Ww0QVM

 

[waynester59]

Hi booyip, for some reason I haven't been getting notification of your posts, so have only just checked the forum, but yes, looks good to me.
I just did my speedport W920v that i got from germany and it is looking mighty fine! ~Have you received your fritz yet? Mine came via MyHermes and took forever!

Hi booyip, for some reason I haven't been getting notification of your posts, so have only just checked the forum, but yes, looks good to me.
I just did my speedport W920v that i got from germany and it is looking mighty fine! ~Have you received your fritz yet? Mine came via MyHermes and took forever!

 

[booyip]

Hi booyip, for some reason I haven't been getting notification of your posts, so have only just checked the forum, but yes, looks good to me.
I just did my speedport W920v that i got from germany and it is looking mighty fine! ~Have you received your fritz yet? Mine came via MyHermes and took forever!

Thanks for the reply. Received my brand new fritz box 7390 today! Had been badly packaged by sender and box had taken a bash at some point so local post had to tape it up. Luckily everything inside was ok. First of all, must say how impressed I am with the size and weight - so small. I had cleared out an old xbox to make room, so it looks tiny in the gap. Anyway, pleased to confirm got ruKernelTool up and running following english guide for 7170, and so have successfully converted my black german annex-B 1&1 homeserver 50.000 (7390) to run multi-annex international firmware. Is syncing on adsl2+ very nicely so far.

The build quality and web client are very impressive 1 hour in. can't wait to tinker further. Haven't got my new custom built y-cable made up yet, as waiting for rj45 crimpers and boots from ebay. Will report back when got that setup too.

 

[waynester59]

Haven't got my new custom built y-cable

I rechecked my y cable, and it seems only the two middle pins of the rj45 are needed for the adsl rj11 connection. Which state are you in BTW? Does australia have VDSL?
cheers and happy tinkering, I love the challenge of flashing the boxes, and saving some ££ on the international version, I have pennytel, sipgate (uk) Mynetfone all running on my fritz, so dad calls me for a local call (mnf albury DID no) I also have ipkall for my mate in the USA to call me on his inclusive minutes! (get a washington usa no for free!)

 

[booyip]

I rechecked my y cable, and it seems only the two middle pins of the rj45 are needed for the adsl rj11 connection. Which state are you in BTW? Does australia have VDSL?

Thanks for checking that Wayne - I should have realised it would only be 2 wires as well for DSL connection! Not going to worry about running voice through it yet. I'm in Sydney, but no VDSL anywhere in Australia as far as I know. I use Mynetfone too, so looking forward to it all integrating and saving some dollar$. I'm going to order a DECT phone from somewhere probably an MT-F unless there are others I should consider? Not too worried about it being fully featured, as will mainly be using the Android application to answer/make calls.

Anyway, time to read the manual and learn a thing or too. Thanks again Wayne and xiaohua too for assistance/encouragement.

 

[waynester59]

I'm going to order a DECT phone from somewhere probably an MT-F unless there are others I should consider? Not too worried about it being fully featured, as will mainly be using the Android application to answer/make calls.

I use SIEMENS gigaset dect phones, they are able to utilise functions of the fritz box, eg phone book on the fritz, missed and received calls, and have great call quality. I also have the mt-d, the older fritz fon, unfortunately no english firmware for it, it does a lot more with its menu than the gigaset, but call quality seems tinnier, despite being hi-def audio. I can also use the fritz app on the iphone, which is a nice feature. I would recommend the gigaset for call quality. I have also used panasonic, but it didn't access the fritz functions like the siemens do.

 

[sushbad005]

Hi All,

I am using Fritzbox 7170 in German. Can anybody help to convert it to English? I need step by step guide. Thanks in advance.

 

[zoranm1976]

Hello

I read your posts did the ftp connection but fritz did not responded ok to all commands
quote SETENV HWRevision 127
quote SETENV annex A
quote SETENV kernel_args annex=A
quote SETENV firmware_version avme

Only last 2 were successful and annex a firmware did not load but he was happy to receive annex b english.
Ok I have another modem but it would be nice to have it all in one box.
Now I have another problem, caller ID is not passing trough fritz leaving only private number on display. Internet caller id is working fine but fixed line is lost somehow.

 

[zoranm1976]

Correction,
it is working on annex a. I had problem with wiring. Inner pair for DSL an outer pair of RJ11 for line. I connected it to RJ45 on Fritz and it's working. Just to sort caller id which is probably lost due firmware upgrade or annex changing. Any suggestions?

 

[zoranm1976]

Problem with caller ID solved replacing the power supply. Maybe some capacitors in supply filtration were bad. Only one thing left to do. Put 1uF capacitor in fritz because it has problems syncing with line after restart. Sometimes needs to be unplugged from mains 3-4 times to get good sync.

 

[vortex1]

Hi. could someone tell me how to convert the 7270 v3 to international edition?
i am lost since some says that you can and others not.
up to now i tried to do it the way like a 7170, but it does not work.
any ideas?