I can try, you will need an EPROM recorder, found it easy on Ebay, some knowledge of electronics to be able to remove the chip from the Archer board and then solder it back.
And the original Firmware that can be downloaded from the manufacturer's website.
Another option would be to combine a cable that allows to record the FW in the chip without removing it from the board, and a PC with windows to run the recording program.
But rather try other methods like the TFTP server.
Sorry for my bad English, but you can count on my help as much as possible.
After you are done modifying your things, you should flash back to an official LEDE firmware image to lock it again. This build is based on lede-17.01 branch.
@DjiPi Thanks for the help, I will install and use very carefully, I will re-report the result, I use it and I will study and learn more about this free firmware world.
How I correctly place the UART connector on the Archer C50, I have to jam Resistor R600 and R601 are missing. I asked because I soldered the connector but I did not get it on Putty.
@DjiPi thank you for u help , i Have luck in restory stok MAC, editing original bios dump file, now all Mac is a same original in TRE router label, now only stok WiFi password Need be correct..
I try soldering uart serial but dont work i think Need jump MB and install back Lede, and i will report my progress.
Hello,
I bought a similar one to the link, I edited the Hexdacimal address where the factory MAC address is record, and the wifi network names and factory passwords, according to the label pasted on the back of the router
tengo un arher c50 eu v3 le trate de instalar LEDE 18 y me equivoque de bin, se congelo, después intente entrar por usb ttl y escribimos algunos comandos como eracer entonces no se pudo, ahora logre sacarlo con una grabadora de eeprom y la compilación 5 de heinz y salió, pero en el proceso anterior creo haber hecho algo mal pues mi router no emite señal wifi, cuando entro al sistema de su interfaz la wifi no identifica la dirección MAC, creo que borre la partición esa, como se puede restaurar?
I have an arher c50 Eu v3 treat him to install LEDE 18 and make a mistake of bin, himself I freeze, after try to go in for USB ttl and we wrote some commands like eracer then one could not, now achieve to take it out with a tape recorder of EEPROM and the compilation 5 of Heinz and it went out, but in the previous process I consider myself to have done something badly because my router does not emit signal wifi, when do I enter your interface's system the wifi does not identify the MAC address, do I believe that he erase that partition, as it can be restored?
Any way of reestablishing the MAC addresses that authenticate GHz and 5ghz to the wifi in 2,4, for in an attempt of putting LEDE and turning of the ARCHER c50 to the original firmware is (EU) v3, signal does not give wifi, and when I see in her web, there is no MAC address in no one of the 2 bands wireeles.Any way of reestablishing the MAC addresses that authenticate GHz and 5ghz to the wifi in 2,4, for in an attempt of putting LEDE and turning of the ARCHER c50 to the original firmware is (EU) v3, signal does not give wifi, and when I see in her web, there is no MAC address in no one of the 2 bands wireeles.
I bricked my Archer C50 v1 when I tried to flash "openwrt-18.06.0-ramips-mt7620-ArcherC50v1-squashfs-factory-eu.bin" via its web interface. Then I tried to restore it via the above mentioned TFTP method. The C50 read the requested file off the TFTP server fine but something went wrong as the result was bricked unit (orange blink - same as shown by gu3d3s above). Later I found out that this was probably because I did strip the U-Boot section from the file.
Although my knowledge is limited on the matter (obviously as everything I did went wrong so far…) I ordered a CH341A Mini Programmer (Black Edition) with a wire clip to access the flash chip on the PCB of the C50. 1st off I backed up the content of the flash chip (even though the unit did not boot with its content anymore).
Then I tried to flash the file which was uploaded by Heinz here - just to see if I can get the unit back to life. And: It worked!
As expected, the device specific router data (mac address at 0x007DF100 and wireless pin at 0x007DF200) was of Heinz’s unit. Therefore, I examined the flash backup of my bricked one. I was able to find the mac address and the pin in there (as written on the label of the unit). So, it seemed that this data was still intact. As there is also unit specific data stored in that area (such as radio data, etc.) I decided to just replace the data of Heinz flash file as of position 0x007C0000 (mtd3 to mtd6 of Heinz files) with the data of my flash backup.
First, I flashed the modified file with the CH341A to my C50. Once reset it to factory defaults, mac address, pin etc. was back to the initial state as recorded on the unit’s label. Whoohoo!!!
Not I will resume where I started: Trying to get openWRT on the unit, so I can configure it as dump AP (no router) with a guest network (as this seems not possible with the original firmware).
Thanks, guys, for the information provided here! On my own I was not able to do that!
Awesome!!!
Nice for your reply...
It help to recovery more bricked routers!!!
I save the Heinz´s dumpe here for this work...
Here in Brazil, I recovery many bricked routers and any sugestions, are always welcome!!
