Difference between revisions of "De Brick or Un Bricking a WRT Series Router"

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*A TFTP Server is available and functional on the same network as the router
*A TFTP Server is available and functional on the same network as the router


==Recovery==
===Recovery===


*Enter the U-Boot command line in the three second boot pause window: Start pressing enter when you see the initial boot up message and the line that shows "MMC: mv_sdh:0" (about 2 seconds after turning the router on)
*Enter the U-Boot command line in the three second boot pause window: Start pressing enter when you see the initial boot up message and the line that shows "MMC: mv_sdh:0" (about 2 seconds after turning the router on)
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At this point, it should reboot and start the OpenWRT firmware (which will be available on both partitions)
At this point, it should reboot and start the OpenWRT firmware (which will be available on both partitions)


==Special Thanks To...==
===Special Thanks To...===
Usori's post was the 'starting hint': https://forum.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=311272&view=next&sid=f4fceb306811c819d84fc1c6a1d34fc0<nowiki/>(...it wasn't a step by step set of instructions from him, but he included all the command line output, which was enough of a hint, specifically the line(s) right after "MMC: mv_sdh: 0, Venom>>
Usori's post was the 'starting hint': https://forum.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=311272&view=next&sid=f4fceb306811c819d84fc1c6a1d34fc0<nowiki/>(...it wasn't a step by step set of instructions from him, but he included all the command line output, which was enough of a hint, specifically the line(s) right after "MMC: mv_sdh: 0, Venom>>


==An Oddity Worth Noting==
===An Oddity Worth Noting===
It cannot be an coincidence that the WRT32X, black in color with a code name of "Venom" and a SoC from Marvell, isn't somehow named after the 2018 Marvel movie, Venom.
It cannot be an coincidence that the WRT32X, black in color with a code name of "Venom" and a SoC from Marvell, isn't somehow named after the 2018 Marvel movie, Venom.