Upgrade 1.7.0 -> 1.7.1 Bricked TP-Link TL-WR841N ver 8.4

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Qinn
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Upgrade 1.7.0 -> 1.7.1 Bricked TP-Link TL-WR841N ver 8.4

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I bricked my TP-Link (as mentioned above) upgrading from 1.7.0. to 1.7.1 all led's are flashing on and off a few seconds apart, anyone be carefull.

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Re: Upgrade 1.7.0 -> 1.7.1 Bricked TP-Link TL-WR841N ver 8.4

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failsafe reset

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Re: Upgrade 1.7.0 -> 1.7.1 Bricked TP-Link TL-WR841N ver 8.4

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ispyisail wrote:failsafe reset
thnx for your reply but I tried it but that doesn't work. When I switch it on the power led gets on and after that all led's go on and off. Powering into failsafe (nice function btw) is gone.

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Re: Upgrade 1.7.0 -> 1.7.1 Bricked TP-Link TL-WR841N ver 8.4

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your only option left ia a serial cable

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Re: Upgrade 1.7.0 -> 1.7.1 Bricked TP-Link TL-WR841N ver 8.4

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I used USB TTL converter and restored OpenWRT using
http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wr841nd

Then using LuCI I flashed it to Gargoyle 1.7.0 all went well . Then I Gargoyle 1.7.0 and upgraded to 1.7.1 with the try to preserve on and again it was bricked. So to my opinion there is something wrong with the version 1.7.1 for TP-Link WR841n 8.4 plz be careful.

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Re: Upgrade 1.7.0 -> 1.7.1 Bricked TP-Link TL-WR841N ver 8.4

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:oops: just after the second serial flash I saw that the image size of 1.7.1 was 200kb ....after I downloaded it again all was well so nothing is wrong with 1.7.1 for TP-Link WR841N v8.4

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Re: Upgrade 1.7.0 -> 1.7.1 Bricked TP-Link TL-WR841N ver 8.4

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with the try to preserve on and again
This can be a problem

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