WNDR3700v1 upgrade problems

[ed1023]

Good day all I have been using gargoyle 1.5.3. When I up graded my WNDR3700v1 for the stock image to gargoyle 1.5.3 every thing went fine. When I tryed to upgrade the image to 1.5.4 the up grade screen came up and just sat there spining. I left it alone for over an hour a cople times. One time the update screen spinner froze and the other time it just kept spinning. Any ideas on how I could get the new version of gargoyle on my router. Or how to get the factory image back (same thing happens here) so that I can up load the new version of gargoyle. I have looked in the forums but did not find any thing. If some one knows of a post that might be helpfull please point me to it.

[ed1023]

Like always when I ask for help I find an answer.
I was able to restore the original factory image using this forum post at dd-wrt
http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=79802
Then I was able to upload the newest Gargoyle. If any one has an idea why the upgrade was just spinning please let me know.
Thanks

[DoesItMatter]

I've seen this happen occasionally to other members and myself.

Not sure what the issue is but I think its related to some settings
in Gargoyle that don't allow the upgrade to go correctly.

Future upgrades - do the following:

1) Fresh reboot of router
2) Fresh backup of config
3) Restore to Defaults on router! (important)
4) As soon as you are back into the GUI - reset the password,
login, and immediately upgrade firmware - don't change anything
5) After firmware update & reboot - restore old config file
** May not always work with old config - if any issues with this
re-configure from defaults, don't use your old config file **

This should almost always allow you to upgrade properly.