How do I Perform a Factory Reset on the BBBW?

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I had trouble connecting to my Beaglebone Black Wireless, so I tried flashing it with the following image: https://debian.beagleboard.org/images/bone-debian-8.4-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2016-05-13-4gb.img.xz.
It connects fine now and I can use it again, but now it no longer has Wi-Fi functionality. I also had some difficulty flashing the latest images; the username:password was debian:temppwd and I couldn’t access certain files. I read somewhere that the images themselves are “insecure”, but I’m not sure what that means. How do I reset my BBBW to the way it was when I got it?

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That's expected... the "2016-05-13" image was BEFORE the BBBW was released..

Just grap the latest monthy snapshot:

https://rcn-ee.net/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2017-07-01/lxqt-4gb/

If you still have issues with 2017.07.01 run:

sudo /opt/scripts/tools/version.sh

and report it's output.

Regards,

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Thanks for giving me the image file. I can connect the bone to Wi-Fi, but now it has the debian:temppwd login credentials instead of root and I can’t access or alter certain directories and files, including /boot/uEnv.txt without using the sudo command. Is there any way I can change it?

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"sudo su"

root access thru "ssh" is the only thing we disabled..

You can still login as root thru:

hdmi console
serial console

Regards,

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Or, follow the instructions at

http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_Debian#i_take_full_responsibility_for_knowing_my_beagle_is_now_insecure

if you want to turn off the access security, to make access easy during development.

— Graham

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Thank you so much, Robert and Graham.