TL-WA801ND reboots in loop

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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I have done a mistake during upgrading my TP-LINK TL-WA801ND and now it keeps rebooting in loop every single second and can't rest it to factory setting any help please

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What mistake was that?
Read here for recovering with tftp.

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From which old firmware to which new firmware did you upgrade?

Which of the 5 versions of this device are we talking about?

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I tried to install openwrt but instead I downloaded the sys upgrade by mistake and here it comes.
Version 5

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Here you are https://openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wa801nd#installing_on_v5

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Since there is a snapshot build available, I doubt that one really needs to build from source for the v5.

git checkout v18.06.0-rc2 looks a bit outdated.

Installation instructions that should work (Source):

Currently the only method to install openwrt for the first time is via
TFTP recovery. After first install you can use regular updates.

Flash instructions:

  1. To flash the recovery image, start a TFTP server with IP address
    192.168.0.66 and serve the recovery image named tp_recovery.bin.
  2. Connect your device to the LAN port, then press the WPS and Reset
    button and power it up. Keep pressing the WPS/Reset button for
    10 seconds or until the lock LED is lighting up.
    It will try to download the recovery image and flash it.

It can take up to 2-3 minutes to finish. When it reaches 100%, the
router will reboot itself.

Firmware downloads for the TL-WA801ND v5

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