Xiaomi Mi Router 4A (R4AC) - infinite reboot / recovery mode only

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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Hi everyone,
I've got this new router and, long story short, followed Hoddys guide and installed latest OpenWRT 23.0.4.
I installed the kernel file and upon login I get this warning:

System running in recovery (initramfs) mode.

My guess was to install a sysupgrade found in the same page as kernel, but it bricked the device that got stuck in an infinite reboot.
Debricked, Hoddys again, this time with a chinese version of the firmware.
Got back on OpenWRT, same problem.

System running in recovery (initramfs) mode.

Now what should I do from here?

Thanks.

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Just sysupgrade to normal release?
To verfy 2x post:
Output of

ubus call system board

And a picture of device label blurring barcodes mac addresses serials and initial passwords.

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Hi, thanks for your answer.

I forgot to give an update.
In the end I went with an educated guess with this thread: Xiaomi R4AC | System running in recovery (initramfs) mode - #6 by dnd

It seems that I had the same problem. A chinese version made into an international one. Once I've unbricked it and uploaded the linked solution above, it worked fine.

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