TL-WA801ND V2 back to original firmware

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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As described in TL-WA801ND v5 - Back to stock flashing problems is possible back to original firmware?
Actually i have installed:
TP-Link TL-WA801N/ND v2
Firmware Version: OpenWrt 18.06.2 r7676-cddd7b4c77
I have also the last firmware from tplink
https://www.tp-link.com/es/support/download/tl-wa801nd/v2/
I've been read.
https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/installation/generic.uninstall
https://tplink-dr.blogspot.com/2014/11/wa801v2-dd-wrt.html

I dont like bricks, so tell me if isn't possible. Thanks in advance.

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I used to have 2 of these (V2) devices.
I seem to remember that flashing back the original firmware was not complicated. Just use the TFTP method.

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Yeah. This is my problem too. Long time without touch these legacy devices, and I don't remember some things either. Thank you for your answer. I can't mark it as a solution, but thanks anyway.

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From that thread:

I would like to confirm that flashing the stripped firmware worked.

dd command: dd if=orig.bin of=stripped.bin skip=257 bs=512

This is true of most of the TP-Link of that era. Download and unzip the factory firmware (which should have "boot" in its name) and strip off the first 512*257 bytes (128 kB + 512 bytes) to create a stripped file. Use this file as a sysupgrade in OpenWrt-- make sure to not save settings and you will have to force flash.

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Yes maybe this work. Thanks!!

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