Flashed factory image over OpenWRT web interface and device bricked (TP-Link RE305 V3)

I thought it was an image to revert to factory, my mistake. The repeater is a TP-Link RE305 V3, the lights just flash in it now like its in a reboot loop. I see there's solder points on the board for a usb-ttl adapter. Is it possible to reflash and rescue the repeater?

Can you post filename and sha256 of the sysupgrade file flashed?

It was one of the files on here: [OpenWrt Wiki] TP-Link RE305 v3 I succesfully flashed openwrt but wanted to go back and I think I flashed the oem firmware through openwrt and bricked it.

Can you focus and read and answer simple question?

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Sure. See section "Installation through serial" in the commit message. Once recovered, you can try to flash back to stock again.

Since this device uses the TP-Link Safeloader, the OEM image needs to be converted to the correct format before you can flash it. There is even a website that claims to be able to convert the images.

NB: I haven't tested the online tool. I just found it in the forum:

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