aiemassfiria / m6restore

Netgear Nighthawk M5 and M6 IMEI Restore Utility

Nighthawk M6 Tutorial

📄 This is a fork of the M5 Restore utility modified to support the M6 series. ❗ WARNING: I take no responsibility for what you do with this utility.

Clone repository

git clone https://github.com/developer-of-things/m6restore

Get an IMEI number available

Have an IMEI that you know is not / won’t be used already IMEI should be of a 5G device that is supported on the carrier you are using

Install homebrew at brew.sh

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

Install Telnet & nmap

brew install telnet nmap

python3 -m venv myVEnv
source myVEnv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

💡 Remove SIM card Plug device into computer

sudo nmap 192.168.1.1

Should see:

PORT STATE SERVICE 53/tcp open domain 80/tcp open http 5510/tcp open secureidprop

M6 Restore

python m5restore.py <IMEI Number Here>

💡 Device will restart, wait for restart to go on to next steps

Should see:

PORT STATE SERVICE 23/tcp open telnet 53/tcp open domain 80/tcp open http 5510/tcp open secureidprop

Telnet connect to device

telnet 192.168.1.1 23

Create script file

touch /usr/sbin/set-ttl.sh
chmod +x /usr/sbin/set-ttl.sh
vi /usr/sbin/set-ttl.sh

Add contents of script

#!/bin/bash
#!/usr/bin/env bash

iptables -t mangle -I POSTROUTING -j TTL --ttl-set 64
iptables -t mangle -I PREROUTING -j TTL --ttl-set 64

Create service at this location

/etc/systemd/system/set-ttl.service

[Unit]
Description=Set TTL in mangle iptables
After=multi-user.target

[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/sbin/set-ttl.sh
Type=simple

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Enable script

setenforce 0 \ sets mode to permissive setenforce 1 \ sets mode to enforcing getenforce \ displays mode

Setting permissive mode is temporary and is only needed to make changes to processes. It can be switched back after changes are made or will be set back once device reboots

start will start the service enable will create sim link in /etc/systemd/system and will be called on boot

setenforce 0

systemctl daemon-reload

systemctl start set-ttl

systemctl status set-ttl

systemctl enable set-ttl

systemctl list-unit-files | grep ttl

Validate that service is running

Validate that service is running

iptables -t mangle -L POSTROUTING
iptables -t mangle -L PREROUTING

Configure APN

vi ./mnt/userrw/ntgnv/apns.xml

Example APN:

💡 This APN will be specific to your SIM card and which APN it is meant to work with. Generally you will change your APN by adding ‘dun’ to APN type

<apn pid="apn-1" carrier="ATT NR Broadband" mcc="310" mnc="280" apn="nrbroadband" type="default,supl,dun,mms,fota" protocol="IPV4V6" mvno_type="gid" mvno_match_data="S" />
<apn pid="apn-2" carrier="ATT Enhancedphone" mcc="310" mnc="280" apn="enhancedphone" type="default,supl,dun,mms,fota" protocol="IPV4V6" />

reboot

💡 You can now insert your SIM card & select your APN in the admin panel Now the IMEI, APN, and TTL service are setup and running All data will be considered phone data and not hotspot ⚠️ If Device updates you will need to do this process again 📣 Shoutouts: MOB, HCH, tophat, techn0_logic, jouser, kf. B.Kerler for the sierrakeygen code.