TL-WR842ND broken firmware v150514 (up_boot) and fix
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TL-WR842ND broken firmware v150514 (up_boot) and fix
Model : TL-WR842ND
Hardware Version : V2
Firmware Version : 150514
ISP :
Firmware http://www.tp-link.com/res/down/soft/TL-WR842ND_V2_150514.zip with wr842ndv2_en_3_16_9_up_boot(150514).bin image bricks your router. It happens because it has boot sector (up_boot) prepended which is not upgraded correctly.
If you haven't bricked your router yet, you can use this firmware with up_boot removed from here: http://rghost.net/6L7bBBfDc or remove up_boot sectors yourself.
If you have bricked your router, please follow TFTP recovery instructions here:
https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wr842nd
You can recover-upgrade using my above posted firmware too.
I'm shocked about the absence of any quality control.
Hardware Version : V2
Firmware Version : 150514
ISP :
Firmware http://www.tp-link.com/res/down/soft/TL-WR842ND_V2_150514.zip with wr842ndv2_en_3_16_9_up_boot(150514).bin image bricks your router. It happens because it has boot sector (up_boot) prepended which is not upgraded correctly.
If you haven't bricked your router yet, you can use this firmware with up_boot removed from here: http://rghost.net/6L7bBBfDc or remove up_boot sectors yourself.
If you have bricked your router, please follow TFTP recovery instructions here:
https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wr842nd
You can recover-upgrade using my above posted firmware too.
I'm shocked about the absence of any quality control.
