Tried, nothing.. I was very careful with every step as it was my first time. I'm Pretty sure it bricked now.
Can't I get a replacement or RMA from the service center as they won't be able to tell who bricked it.
if Not then what are my options now..
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Let's continue this discussion on this other topic:
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hey - it seems they have taken the feb build off the lists on openwrt.
I installed your firmware on my 1 year old build and it works fine (i like the dark theme btw)
only issue is the kernel. Since all has gotten to 5.10 and this one is 5.4 i cant get openvpn to work...
now i see there is also a C6U V1 in the list with same processor and is final build...
have you tested it? I am tempted as making another build with 5.10 is too much work 
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Aight...so I tried and bricked my c6v3.2 trying to force c6u firmware.
So anyone here having the same itch...DONT.
Alas, now over to UART!! This router is a pain in the....
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Same thing happened with me after Installing the 1st Feb build, the router was bricked and tried all the methods except UART since I don't have that.
Finally, I requested an RMA and they provided a new one.
It took them more than 2 weeks to ship it.
So, I think it's not worth the risk. Since the stock was working fine for my requirement.
However, It would be great if someone can upload a video on youtube for the recovery via UART.
That will be much appreciated.
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Aight so i found the solve..i stumbled on this without any internet video so i feel so cool 
no UART needed...if lights are solid on,...ur router is recoverable...
simply change the ip of your pc to 192.168.0.66 subnet 2552552550
plug in lan cable to lan port on router..power it on...and voila...
u can find the router on 192.168.0.1
no gateway no dns pls
i am now flashing all kind of firmwares to see what works
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Yippy Kay yay...
My router lives to die another day!!
So i managed to recover without UART...
only glitch I am back to stock firmware now.. but thats ok...I will reflash some more cr@p on it!
Yes, it was supposed to respond the same way as you mentioned. I did recover this way several times.
But this time symptoms were different.
There was just Power LED which was constantly ON and all the ethernet ports were not working/dead.
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Let us know if the 17th Feb build is working, I don't want to brick it again.
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Tried flashing the second service release version (21.02.2) on my router (Archer A6 v3 us) today. The device bootloops when I enable the 5ghz band without any modifications done.
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Nopes. Don't bother.... Not stable....
I got bootlooped....
my july2021 snapshot is the most stable (although archaic build)...
I have decided to stick to stock for the moment and gone ahead and flashed openwrt on my c20v5 instead. Works like a charm...
I fixed that problem as well.... Issue is bad flash.... I tried at least 20 different images and magically one of them worked....
The issue with these TPlink routers is regional variances and uboot configs.... So unless u have the exact firmware with same bootloader config, you may just be flashing the wrong variant of the same firmware version....
The good news and why I still love them is the ability to tftp and flash using 0.66 ip irrespective of many bad flashes given the way its set up... No other router manufacturer I have seen does that!!
Did anyone test the latest A6v3 stable build? Does it include the latest WiFi Drivers?
Hello devs/users from openwrt,
I am currently using Tplink c6 v3.2(US) from the latest official firmware
I am aware that there is no official firmware from openwrt for this router.
I have average knowledge for this type of things. As I went through this topic,
Correct me if I'm wrong I have to use a firmware to update from the stock then sysuprade from that again.
- Is the sysupgrade GUI?
2.Can you guys provide me specific files that work with v3.2. As I read through june and the latest should work.
Lastly Luci is needed to get a webui, but when I upgrade and try to install luci I'm in a state where I have no internet.
3.How can I install it?
Well update:
I decided to do it anyways and it works.
Im using the march snapshot
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archer a6 v3 - 21.02.2 is running fine on archer c6????
There are reports that 21.02.2 is causing boot loop on the Archer A6 v3. I also tested 21.02.2 on the Archer C6 v3.2 and had the same problem. More details below:
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I am staying away from this for a while.
Stock is working fine and I added few heat sinks to the wifi chips, am seeing better performance it could be placebo, results don't lie.
But I do see better speeds compared to earlier
Same place Same room.
Without Heat Sink
Speed: 180-200Mbps
After adding tiny Heat Sinks.
Speed: 250-280Mbps.
WAN: 350Mbps
Happy with this little guy who sucks around just 4.5w.
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does anyone know how to access the archer c6 recovery page without it brick???
I also tried to find a way to enter the recovery page from a functioning device but I was not able to find it out.
The only way I managed to enter the recovery page in this situation was via UART - right before kernel starts loading you can press “4” key and there is an option to start the web recovery page.
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