Bricked installing OpenWrt from tplink gui on TL-WR902ACv3

[leonaheidern]

Hi all

I just got this device yesterday TL-WR902ACv3 and I flashed using the tplink gui on 192.168.0.1 openwrt-22.03.2-ramips-mt76x8-tplink_tl-wr902ac-v3-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin

openwrt-22.03.2-ramips-mt76x8-tplink_tl-wr902ac-v3-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin

Immediately after flashing all the lights are yellow and blinking

Cannot get into rescue mode using tftpd64 by following the video here

Recover bricked router & roll back to stock firmware | Using TFTP method | TP-LINK WR902AC

The second light on the router just flashes rapidly then goes back to all the 4 lights on the router flashing endlessly. tftpd64 switches back from 192.168.0.66 ethernet to 127.0.0.1

This was the original firmware TL-WR902ACv3_EU_0.9.1_0.3_up_boot[191018-rel34369].bin . I can't seem to get the tftpd64 software to send the file over to the router as I am not sure after flashing this openwrt-22.03.2-ramips-mt76x8-tplink_tl-wr902ac-v3-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin which header I should cut to.

Just before I electronics bin the router is there anything else I can do?

[frollic]

TP-Link TL-WR902AC v3

Failed tftp flash/recovery is often caused by the firewall running in the TFTP host, it needs to be stopped.

[AashishAS]

Also need to flash the factory bin /recovery file.
Here you flashed the sysupgrade which caused the brick.
Try flashing the file in the link @frollic gave via tftp.

https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/22.03.2/targets/ramips/mt76x8/openwrt-22.03.2-ramips-mt76x8-tplink_tl-wr902ac-v3-squashfs-tftp-recovery.bin

Rename openwrt-ramips-mt76x8-tplink_tl-wr902ac-v3-squashfs-tftp-recovery.bin to tp_recovery.bin and place it in tftp server directory.

[leonaheidern]

hi frolic and AashishAs .

Thank you for the advise on the firewall and the recovery. while not quite fixed at least I finally see the transfer window now

[leonaheidern]

Hi Both

Thanks I am now able to access the router via openwrt-22.03-2