Latest Official Firmware ?

[damianiw]

My experience accords with @MymsMan. Really, if it's 5370 and the listing says 3070 that's prima facie "item not as described" and should get you a refund through the eBay system regardless of what the seller may think.

I've had some constructive discussion with the seller now, they admit they sell the 5370 but that this must have got mixed up and they haven't had a 3070 in this casing, they have checked another themselves and had been connecting them to Linux which is using the same driver but only when you do the command Black Hole listed does it show the vendor ID/Chipset and of course as I knew and why I purchased the Humax is going to be picky as it won't have all the latest drivers from newer Linux builds.

I've been offered to return for a refund if I don't find a use for my raspberry pi, and hopefully the seller can check others and prevent the same issue.

I laughed at the baby and bath water comment - I agree I've had some regular eBay sellers I have no issue with but the marketplace on eBay and the whole headaches of dealing with issues there VS Amazon or any retail web store mean I put a lot less custom there than I did when it was a much younger business.

If I want the risk and am patient of course I'll order direct from China, it's all about how much, how quick and level of risk much like any purchase.


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[damianiw]

I totally agree.

I think it's worth messaging the seller to let them know your item doesn't work. It will allow them to change it for future customers and orders.
To be fair to the seller, I purchased mine over a year ago (from other Ebay seller). They work fine and just look like your duff unit. They were very common and were sold by many sellers, although now I don't see many of the exact model on the site. As @Black Hole has said, it may have been an old production run.
I post the results of the dmesg, lsusb and lsusb -v commands from Linux Mint on a working unit - it may help you to compare the differences.
Your seller did have the chipset and product suitability on the description so s/he may be helpful and replace or refund the unit.
Note they sell a number of usb WiFi dongles, so they may offer to replace the item.

~$ dmesg
[ 304.446717] ieee80211 phy1: rt2x00_set_rt: Info - RT chipset 3070, rev 0201 detected
[ 304.476762] ieee80211 phy1: rt2x00_set_rf: Info - RF chipset 0005 detected
[ 304.477052] ieee80211 phy1: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel_ht'
[ 304.480125] usbcore: registered new interface driver rt2800usb
[ 304.503830] rt2800usb 2-1.2:1.0 wlx70f11c260ccf: renamed from wlan0
[ 304.528466] ieee80211 phy1: rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Info - Loading firmware file 'rt2870.bin'
[ 304.531225] ieee80211 phy1: rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Info - Firmware detected - version: 0.36

~$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 005: ID 148f:3070 Ralink Technology, Corp. RT2870/RT3070 Wireless Adapter

Spoiler: Click for details of sudo lsusb -v

~$ sudo lsusb -v -s 2:5
Bus 002 Device 005: ID 148f:3070 Ralink Technology, Corp. RT2870/RT3070 Wireless Adapter
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 2.00
bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level)
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 64
idVendor 0x148f Ralink Technology, Corp.
idProduct 0x3070 RT2870/RT3070 Wireless Adapter
bcdDevice 1.01
iManufacturer 1 Ralink
iProduct 2 802.11 n WLAN
iSerial 3 1.0
bNumConfigurations 1
Configuration Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 2
wTotalLength 67
bNumInterfaces 1
bConfigurationValue 1
iConfiguration 0
bmAttributes 0x80
(Bus Powered)
MaxPower 450mA
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 7
bInterfaceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class
bInterfaceSubClass 255 Vendor Specific Subclass
bInterfaceProtocol 255 Vendor Specific Protocol
iInterface 5 1.0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
bInterval 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x01 EP 1 OUT
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
bInterval 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x02 EP 2 OUT
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
bInterval 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x03 EP 3 OUT
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
bInterval 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x04 EP 4 OUT
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
bInterval 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x05 EP 5 OUT
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
bInterval 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x06 EP 6 OUT
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
bInterval 0
Device Qualifier (for other device speed):
bLength 10
bDescriptorType 6
bcdUSB 2.00
bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level)
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 64
bNumConfigurations 1
Device Status: 0x0000
(Bus Powered)

Here's the photo of the non working

I'll unplug the working one from Amazon later if anyone is interested


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[Luke]

Here's the photo of the non working

Your picture doesn't match the picture in link that you purchased it from.
Like bottletop, I do have one which looks the same as the picture in link that you purchased it from, and like bottletop it works.

Perhaps the seller sent you the wrong dongle..

 

[heretw]

I also bought a wifi device, first I thought that I have some difficulties but then everything was ok