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If you download firmware from TL site most of those have boot and your router will brick
To go back to stock you need stripped or no boot firmware
Check the 2 links, and  see if they have the firmware version you need
https://www.gargoyle-router.com/wiki/doku.php?id=revert
In case not, you will have to strip the firmware

thank you for help, I `m back to the tp-link firmware with this command

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ cd Desktop
ubuntu@ubuntu:~/Desktop$ ls
ubuntu@ubuntu:~/Desktop$ dd if=wa901ndv4_eu_3_16_9_up_boot\(160304\).bin of=tplink.bin skip=257 bs=512
Desktop$ scp tplink.bin root@192.168.1.1:/tmp
ubuntu@ubuntu:~/Desktop$ ssh root@192.168.1.1
root@OpenWrt:~# cd /tmp
root@OpenWrt:/tmp# ls
root@OpenWrt:/tmp# sysupgrade -v tplink.bin

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