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OpenWRT binary firmware for all ar71xx based Wi-Fi routers
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Installing pre-compiled firmware on TL-WDR4300 - image check fail #4

Closed kr689 closed 1 year ago

kr689 commented 1 year ago

I have a TL-WDR4300 v1.7 (not Israel) router with the latest version of OpenWrt firmware. Now I need to reflash the device with a modified firmware image. This is got from: https://github.com/xieyaxiongfly/OpenWRT_firmware/blob/master/openwrt-ar71xx-generic-tl-wdr4300-v1-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin 1 However when I try to flash the device with this image, the Image check fails. I understand that if you try to downgrade, this fail is expected. However, I'm still worried to force the upgrade as it could potentially brick the router. Should I go ahead and force the upgrade?

kr689 commented 1 year ago

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kr689 commented 1 year ago

Turns out it bricks the router. Recovered using the TFTP method and tftpd64. Then installed factory image directly. This process still doesn't work with the US version I have of WDR4300. The Eu version managed to upgrade from 192.168.0.1.