Dd-wrt 3.0 on DIR-825 B1 conversion to openwrt possible?

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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HI I've been given a DIR-825 B1 with the DD-WRT os on it.
I would prefer to install OpenWrt on it.

I did found some post talking about it but none works.
when I try to upgrade by the firmware update methode on the dd-wrt device it say update succesfull but after a reboot. It still is DD-WRT running. no matter the firmware sent (orginal or AR71 or AR79 openwrt bin file)

I then used the firmware recovery option (30 seconde hold reset, yellow flash on the power light, ip of router is not 192.168.0.1 nad the recovery page does show)

I pushed 3 firmware with all the same result. first the latest factory bin provided by D-link , no joy, The latest openwrt (with AR79) no joy, then the openwrt-19.07.2-ar71xx-generic-dir-825-b1-squashfs-factory.bin as specified in one of the post I've read. still no joy, showed updateing failed and dd-wrt was still running.

IS there another methode that I could use?

tks

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should probably try to to go back to stock first ...

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I would like to, but was not able to push a factory image either

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then you probably need to ask dd-wrt how to :frowning:

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Was hoping to not have to talk to them. But if I have to.
Got some real funky attitude problem every time I spoke to them.

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For DD-WRT read the page about router bellow and first try updating from your current dd-wrt build to a newer one then try flashing openwrt again.

https://wiki.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/D-Link_DIR-825

Link for newest dd-wrt build of 825 B
https://dd-wrt.com/support/other-downloads/?path=betas%2F2022%2F02-14-2022-r48352%2Fdlink-dir825-revb%2F

Here is link for both openwrt files for your router.
https://firmware-selector.openwrt.org/?version=21.02.1&target=ath79%2Fgeneric&id=dlink_dir-825-b1

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the recovery page on this router is very picky
you need a computer with windows XP & it's old internet explorer to use it
at lest that what i found last time windows 7 was not enough
if you get this to work tho
you can upload any of the factory images dd-wrt openwrt or Dlink's