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[TIP] TP-Link - Back to original firmware - simple steps.
Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2013 7:25 am
by melquiferreira
To return to original firmware (uninstall Gargoyle) - Tested with TP-Link WR741ND:
1: Download latest firmware from tp-link
(with "boot" in its name, ex.: "wr741nv4_en_3_16_6_up_boot(130524).bin").
2: Download a app called "winscp517".
3: Download a app called "putty".
4: With "winscp", login (SCP mode) as:
hostname: 192.168.1.1 (or one you configured in connection - lan)
username: root
password: (if you have created in gargoyle or default "password")
and copy the firmware file to "tmp" folder (rename to orig.bin before).
5. Open PuTTY as SSH to 192.168.1.1 and perform the following commands:
cd tmp
dd if=orig.bin of=tplink.bin skip=257 bs=512
mtd -r write /tmp/tplink.bin firmware
and wait until flash complete!
Re: [TIP] TP-Link - Back to original firmware - simple steps
Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2014 9:53 pm
by fernandogazapina
Thanks for your post!!
Works perfect!
Re: [TIP] TP-Link - Back to original firmware - simple steps
Posted: Fri May 23, 2014 12:15 pm
by tehpensfan
melquiferreira wrote:To return to original firmware (uninstall Gargoyle) - Tested with TP-Link WR741ND:
1: Download latest firmware from tp-link
(with "boot" in its name, ex.: "wr741nv4_en_3_16_6_up_boot(130524).bin").
2: Download a app called "winscp517".
3: Download a app called "putty".
4: With "winscp", login (SCP mode) as:
hostname: 192.168.1.1 (or one you configured in connection - lan)
username: root
password: (if you have created in gargoyle or default "password")
and copy the firmware file to "tmp" folder (rename to orig.bin before).
5. Open PuTTY as SSH to 192.168.1.1 and perform the following commands:
cd tmp
dd if=orig.bin of=tplink.bin skip=257 bs=512
mtd -r write /tmp/tplink.bin firmware
and wait until flash complete!
I've executed this procedure on:
it worked perfectly.
Thanks!
Re: [TIP] TP-Link - Back to original firmware - simple steps
Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2014 7:38 pm
by danymarc
melquiferreira wrote:To return to original firmware (uninstall Gargoyle) with TP-Link WR741NDV4
or download wr741nv4_en_3_12_11_up(120320).bin from here
ftp://tplink-forum.pl/orgin_bez_boot/ back to stock from web-ui
Re: [TIP] TP-Link - Back to original firmware - simple steps
Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2014 8:42 am
by FRN
Hi, I'm new to all this and I did everything as stated but when I type dd if=orig.bin of=tplink.bin skip=257 bs=512 on putty. It says no such file or directory. What should I do?
Re: [TIP] TP-Link - Back to original firmware - simple steps
Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2014 5:02 pm
by danymarc
FRN wrote:but when I type dd if=orig.bin of=tplink.bin skip=257 bs=512 on putty. It says no such file or directory. What should I do?
You should only cut a firmware if you are using a firmware with boot
You never posted router brand, model and Ver. This links you to cutted files you can skip cutting step if you find your file here
ftp://tplink-forum.pl/orgin_bez_boot/
2 Download and install WinSCP (
http://winscp.net);
4 Download putty (
http://www.putty.org/)
5 On WinSCP:
5.1 Select New Site;
5.2 File protocol: SCP;
5.3 Hostname: 192.168.1.1 (or your router IP);
5.4 Username: root
5.5 Password: your admin pass
5.6 Drag downloaded firmware from Download folder and drop in /tmp
5.7 (Important, I think...) On Transfer Settings, select Binary
5.8 Transfer;
6 On putty;
6.1 Login on 192.168.1.1 (user root and pass);
6.2 Type:
cd /tmp (Enter)
mtd -r write /tmp/tplink.bin firmware (Enter)
Note: Use at your own risk.
Re: [TIP] TP-Link - Back to original firmware - simple steps
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2014 5:35 pm
by asz
Worked perfectly on both tl-wr740n & tl-wr741nd....
But when attempted on TL-WR841N it showed
BUS ERROR
and after that the router keeps on rebooting within a second (all the LEDs keeps on glowing within a second).
PLEASE 
Help Out Here
Re: [TIP] TP-Link - Back to original firmware - simple steps
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2014 6:56 pm
by asz
FRN wrote:Hi, I'm new to all this and I did everything as stated but when I type dd if=orig.bin of=tplink.bin skip=257 bs=512 on putty. It says no such file or directory. What should I do?
firstly get out of root by:
cd ..
then
cd tmp
dd if=orig.bin of=tplink.bin skip=257 bs=512
mtd -r write /tmp/tplink.bin firmware
Re: [TIP] TP-Link - Back to original firmware - simple steps
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2014 1:46 am
by Doky
melquiferreira wrote:To return to original firmware (uninstall Gargoyle) - Tested with TP-Link WR741ND:
1: Download latest firmware from tp-link
(with "boot" in its name, ex.: "wr741nv4_en_3_16_6_up_boot(130524).bin").
2: Download a app called "winscp517".
3: Download a app called "putty".
4: With "winscp", login (SCP mode) as:
hostname: 192.168.1.1 (or one you configured in connection - lan)
username: root
password: (if you have created in gargoyle or default "password")
and copy the firmware file to "tmp" folder (rename to orig.bin before).
5. Open PuTTY as SSH to 192.168.1.1 and perform the following commands:
cd tmp
dd if=orig.bin of=tplink.bin skip=257 bs=512
mtd -r write /tmp/tplink.bin firmware
and wait until flash complete!
Hi!
Work 1043ND V2?
Re: [TIP] TP-Link - Back to original firmware - simple steps
Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2015 4:52 pm
by dmahaur
Thanks, my ISP changed some settings and I could not logon to PPPoE without a service name. Used this thread to get back to my original firmware.
Router: TP Link Model No. TL-WR740N / TL-WR740ND
Version: 4.27
Used firmware: wr740nv4_en_3_17_0_up_boot(150105).bin
on Putty used chdir instead of cd
Also, had to come out of root.. so the following commands used
chdir ..
chdir tmp
dd if=orig.bin of=tplink.bin skip=257 bs=512
mtd -r write /tmp/tplink.bin firmware
Worked like a charm.