====== Failsafe Mode, Factory Reset, and Recovery Mode ======

===== Gargoyle (Basic) =====
==== Factory Reset ====

With the Gargoyle router fully powered up (boot sequence finished) hold the router "reset" button for 10 seconds to enable router reset. Wait around 2 minutes for the process to finish. Don't interrupt the router while the process is taking place.

//Note: The button hold time is officially between 3 and 90 seconds// 

//Note: Not enabled for all router models//



===== Gargoyle/OpenWrt (Advanced) =====

[[https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/troubleshooting/failsafe_and_factory_reset|Gargoyle/OpenWrt]] offers several ways to “start over” with your router.

==== Failsafe Mode ====

  * Failsafe Mode is useful if you have lost control of your device, and it has become inaccessible, perhaps through a configuration error. It allows you to reboot the router into a basic operating state, retaining all your packages and (most) settings. ([[https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/troubleshooting/failsafe_and_factory_reset#failsafe_mode|see Failsafe Mode]])

==== Factory Reset ====

  * Factory Reset erases all your packages and settings, returning the router to its initial state after installing OpenWrt. ([[https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/troubleshooting/failsafe_and_factory_reset#factory_reset|see Factory Reset]])

==== Recovery Mode ====

  * Recovery Mode allows you to install new firmware on a router that has become corrupted. ([[https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/troubleshooting/vendor_specific_rescue|see Recovery Mode]])