TP Link Router Recovery Rescue Unbrick Official

Sir being a firmware tech, for buses here in the Uk, I find myself in a somewhat embarrassing situation. I have a TP-Link TL-WR1043ND v3 which was running Openwrt. BEFORE I watched this video, I tried to reflash stock firmware using Openwrt [don't do it folks] it seems to have over written the bootloader, any ideas? I have yet to break in to it, both in software and physically ;) Great video. I like the tftp idea for flashing, going to look into that for work.

Hi Rihard ;
All steps are done but the log viewer is not showing anything my router ia Archer Ax10

Hello Richard. My Archer AX6000 Router does not load the firmware, it has an endless blue light and I have no connection, the problem started when the internet connection was very slow, so I restarted the router and since then nothing has loaded. I have tried to use your method with this model but it doesn't work, connectivity between the router and the PC running TFTP is never achieved. An additional problem is that, there is no LAN connection between the AX6000 ports and the laptop in any of the 8 ports that this AX6000 has. Any idea of the problem? Thank you.

Thank you very much for this video, it helped me a lot! Straightforward, informative, and without wasting any time. Greetings from Brazil and much success to you!✌
(I have the same black model)

Bless you man and thanks 😊
Even my isp didn't knew what to do but you saved me. I have subscribed

Que hacer si no carga el archivo ?

God bless you!

All steps are done but log viewer is not showing anything . My router is TL-WR940N

The best video explanation EVER... Luv ya <3

HELP plz! I have Archer AX23 and I cant see anything in the logs! I followed your instructions perfectly.. I also checked Openwrt and cant find any information on the device. Please help. I feel like the IPV4 IP is wrong or somthing.

I disabked windiws firewall and everything else.

Hi Richard. For me, I have TP Link Archer C50 and All lights are blinking. When I connect the network cable, it doesn't recognise in the laptop. What do I do? TP Link support just says I am out of warranty and they cant help me.

I have a C8 that Im unable to rescue any ideas?

good work >>>>>>> I have wr 940 n tplink router after upgrade no wifi or plug work or detect and router flash blue orange repeatedly ? how can fix it please

This doesnt work for me, my router, Archer vr300, got stuck in booting after a factory reset. The power LED keeps blinking and nothing is happening for multiple hours. I have tried your method, followed it exactly step by step and nothing shows up in the log viewer. Do you have any tips?

Greetings Richard Do you happen to know if the Archer C3150 uses similar recovery methods from tp-link support site?

regards

I finally got around to trying this on my bricked AC1200. It wasn't without hiccups along the way, but it worked!! Thanks for the video!!

Please help me with following, i bricked my tp-link c-60 up uploading zip file instead of bin by accident. now the router not able to communicate with TFTP software. let me know how to get out of the mess. thanks

Hello I have the Archer C6 router, the dual bands light dont show up and the router doesn’t show up in wifi, also while trying to register the log in tftp, there’s no response, tried holding the reset button and switching on the router many times, but the log doesn’t register in tftp

Just bricked Archer c20i, boot loop, unfortunately tftp rescue does not work ie starts downloading a few bytes but then boot loop again. Countinuous holding Wps button gives no change. Serial link left only..

I did it on my C6 vs eu and it downloaded the files, i let it set up everything trough the night, so i didnt check the leds. On the next day i could see that the power led is just on and i couldnt connect via the internet to the router. Any help?. But great Video

All steps are done but the log viewer is not showing anything my router is Archer MR 200

My computer and tftp program don’t detect the router no matter how much I try 😢 help please

Have a tplink archer C7I just get the power button light on and the arrows when I reset and power on but no other lights it takes the software but no lights go on and the power light is the only one that’s on any advice?

my tp link C7 AC 1750 version 2 sun light stack (stay on sun llight) and 5ghz light on but there is no wifi name list showing how to fix this proble anyone help me please

Hi, excellent walkthrough. I have TP-MR6400 v5 bought used over ebay. When I power on all lights are light up and after sec only power button is blinking fast, no communication seen on tftpd64 log. AntiV and FireW off. Please help!?!

This meathod doesn't seem to work with a single tp-link ax router. Supposedly there is a way, but tp-link won't tell us. Do you know?

This video is an eye opener. However I am still hesitant to apply this method on my TP-Link Archer C60. Can you enlighten me on this specific model? My Wii router went dead after a firmware update and right now only the power light signal is green. I cannot even access Tp-link router page from my browser. Regards

saved me! HERO

You’re a lifesaver! Just a tip to anyone struggling - make sure to disable your antivirus and maybe reinstall the tftpd program. My antivirus was blocking it before and it was driving me mad!

My router dont connect , not showing in wifi network, because power led is going auto on/off repeatly

What will i do..if my led light in archer c80 are auto blink and on-off, including power led

I have tp-link TL-WR941HP, no luck! the funny thing is that when i switch it off it gets connected to PC but when i switch it on it connects once and then disconnects forever then nothing 😅but the lights keep blinking crazy🫡🤣.

Hi i have a zte h108n v2.5 on which i updated firmware to totolink nd300 and cant revert it back. I tried with tftp but seems like router wont enter on recovery mode. Please let me know what to do :)

Hi Richard. Do you know if an Archer D9 has the same tftp or serial reflash capabilities? I've been trying to trigger tftp on it but I'm think8ng itay be a different creature altogether since it has the integrated DSL modem. I bad gui flash update the other day and now it is dead.

For my "dead" Archer c7V5 helped few steps 1. Hold reset button (when holding reset and then turn off, then you see sign of arrows "WPS" turning green) 2. it's very important to name BIN file correctly in my case "ArcherC7v5_tp_recovery.bin"

Richard. Great video but no luck. TP-Link AC1200 v1.0. TFTP server connection successful. renamed downloaded bin file to name indicated in log viewer. Upload recovery file transferred successfully. However on reboot the original firmware still running....
tried it twice with different firmware even with OpenWrt
I suspect this is an ISP issued router and it's locked somehow.
Any ideas?
Thinking to try serial...

Thank you for making such a detailed video. Unfortunately it hasn’t worked for me. I have read through the comments for more troubleshooting steps and none of the suggestions worked.

The router is an tp link archer C8 v1 . So it’s the dual band ac1750 version. I tried to update firmware using the directions on the website and it failed to reboot after the installation. All the router does now is light up the “USB” led. No other LEDs light/blink/react to anything.

I followed your directions, confirmed the correct IP address, verified firewall settings for both private and public settings, eventually turned off the firewall altogether, uninstalled and reinstalled the 64bit version, confirmed my OS is running windows10 64bit, and tried another computer.

I cannot pick up anything on the log viewer in the tftpd64 program. I’ve tried resetting multiple times and still no luck. Powered the router down, held down reset/wps button, flipped the toggle switch to ON, counted 4 “Mississippi’s” released. Even tried counting to 5 just in case I wasn’t holding it down long enough, and still nothing on the log.

Your help would be appreciated sir. Thank you in advance.

hi Richard, I have a 841hp(es) and I put a wrong firmware, after that, I followed your steps, but It can´t works, all lights are blinking. What can I do? Thank you!

I can't see anything written in tftpd64. I would follow your step perfectly but can't work. Router name: archer c6 v2

can u make a video on TP LINK Archer C6 v2(EU)

Thanks for the great guide! I followed all your steps trying to unbrick an Archer A7v5 thats stuck in a boot loop, but unfortunately it didn’t fix it.

In TFTP64, the progress bar pops up, goes about 70%, and then disappears. I get the confIrmation that the file was sent in the TFTP64 log, but my Archer A7v5 is still in a boot loop. In fact, I am wondering if the boot loop is is cutting off the TFTP process.

Maybe the bin file is transferred, but isn’t writing to flash? I’ve tried the TPlink factory recovery bin, openwrt recovery bin, and ddwrt recovery bin, and then every other bin I could find. They all result in the same questionable premature progress bar, and continued boot loop.

Sir, I have Deco Mesh M5 who have a problem on the Mesh itself. Ot was stock in steady YELLOW LIGHT. Can you make a tutorial how do I unbrick the Deco Mesh M5? Thank you

I've tried but the tftp seems to not fetch any data, tried using a different version and still failed

Complete and didactic! Congratulations and many thanks

please help ...rescue mode archer AX10...not booting after firmware update

I am not getting anything while trying to catch the error in log viewer. What should I do in this case?

Hello sir how i am bricked my tplink router plese help me bricked router thanks

50 minute fking video i swear

Hi Richard, Thanks for all your valuable vid's. have a question, A router is remote which I can manage but need to over-write the admin password. So even if its back to factory default, the password will be a new one I've created/updated.... NOT the original 'admin'