Xiaomi Mi Router 4A Gigabit Edition (R4AG/R4A Gigabit) -- fully supported and flashable with OpenWRTInvasion

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Couple of people have made good guides:

Xiaomi Mi Router 4A Gigabit Edition (R4AG/R4A Gigabit) -- fully supported and flashable with OpenWRTInvasion

Hello, Following the advices and steps that @micky0867 (Xiaomi Mi Router 4A Gigabit Edition (R4AG/R4A Gigabit): fully supported but requires overwriting SPI flash with programmer), @acecilia and Arthur Machado said, I’ve managed to unbrick the router and installed the openwrt firmware. Thank you for your help. I thought of writing a more detailed step by step of what’s been pointed out to make it simpler for beginner like to rescue a bricked router. I’ve carried out the following steps on wi…

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Xiaomi Mi Router 4A Gigabit Edition (R4AG/R4A Gigabit) -- fully supported and flashable with OpenWRTInvasion

If you have bricked your 4A Gigabit, here's how to get at least a chinese image running. Connect your PC and your router with ethernet cable. Use port on the right sid (view from backside), not the WAN port! Disconnect from power, press and hold reset, connect powersocket, still keep pressing. When the light on the router starts flashing orange, it runs a bootp-request in which you can present one of the official firmware images (unfortunately, they all seem to be chinese). Easiest way is to…

I also made a video guide on how to install and do the debrick if needed here: https://youtu.be/VxzEvdDWU_s (the debrick guide is at the end of the video).