TP-Link CPE510 v3.2 bricked

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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Hello, after using OpenWrt on my outside AP, i have to conclusion, that stock firmware is probably better for me. After flashing back to stock firmware, my AP bricked. I have installed version for V3.0, on my 3.2, which could be probably also a probem, but every functions worked great. After trying to do flash while holding the reset button, the AP asked for vmlinuz, which i gave it via TFTP from CPE210, that should be the same as i read on OpenWRT page about this AP. After that i coudlnt move any further. On next try it was still asking for vmlinuz it was still the same. Could you please tell me where i could possibly make a mistake? Or what should i do?

Thank you for your responses. :slight_smile:

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Have you tried to follow the debricking instructions on the device page?

You should use the stock firmware from the tp link website for the 510 3.2

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yes, i have tried, after tracking packets it dont want to recovery.bin but vmlinuz

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Can you provide it recovery.bin as instructed with the stock firmware and see what happens please?

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already tried it and still the same, recovery.bin and vmlinuz are both on my tftp server and its only pulling vmlinuz

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Try Downloading the intramfs version of the software and rename it to vmlinux and using that when asked for vmlinuz
EG https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/21.02.5/targets/ath79/generic/openwrt-21.02.5-ath79-generic-tplink_cpe510-v3-initramfs-kernel.bin

That should get you to a point where it will boot up.
You can then get OpenWrt running again by connecting to the device with ssh
and running sysupgrade -F -v -n /tmp/filename.bin after uploading a sysupgrade image.

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There are extra instructions for the vmlinuz issue, have you looked at this?

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thank you, i try this when i come home

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yeah ive tried it

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guys, you are live savers, i managed to get it back to stock firmware with help of @apcameron. I owe you a beer. thank you one more time. :slight_smile:

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