[Contributed] How to: get root on a Foscam FI9831W (2017)

Note: this is a contributed post by Jens Heine binbash@gmx.net – please reach out to him if there any questions or comments! And a big &ldquo;thank you&rdquo; from me (Rink) for your contribution! This firmware modification is mainly inspired from another HOWTO from Rink&rsquo;s blog where he hacked a FI9853EP . First get access to a TTY console on the mainboard of the cam. There are 4 contacts in…