Bricked my router?

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dcole13

534 posts

Ultimate Geek

#153876 10-Oct-2014 20:34

Hi,

I was given a Huawei HG659, but I uploaded some firmware and it went fine, but when when I downgraded to the original one, I turned off the power while it was still updating, now when I power it on the power LED turns on and does nothing else. None of the WPA and wifi buttons work and the ethernet doesn't work. Is there any way to fix this? I was thinking serial recovery but I can't find the pins to solder to.

Thanks

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timmmay

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#1151586 10-Oct-2014 21:54

Yeah you shouldn't have done that. Someone may be able to help you, but you're probably going to have to do some googling unless someone here has done it themselves and worked it out already.

tardtasticx

3075 posts

Uber Geek

#1151590 10-Oct-2014 21:59

Done it to a Micronet router once. Accidentally switched the wrong powerpoint off while being overconfident. Not a wise move. I ended up throwing it out even though there was probably a way to fix it. Took it as a sign to upgrade :) Maybe you should use it as an excuse to treat yourself to a new one.

dcole13

534 posts

Ultimate Geek

#1151630 10-Oct-2014 23:11

Don't have any money currently, I don't NEED this router, but I would like it because it has 11AC. And also because I wanna try see if I can get it going.

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hio77

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#1151633 10-Oct-2014 23:28

its a sign... quit buggering with your connection!

your even worse than TimA when he was snr tweaking alot some days i swear!

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dcole13

534 posts

Ultimate Geek

#1151635 10-Oct-2014 23:40

hio77: its a sign... quit buggering with your connection!

your even worse than TimA when he was snr tweaking alot some days i swear!

I've almost got a serial connection... Except I forgot the ground. Gg. Then I will find out if the bootloader is working enough to upload the firmware.

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linw

2849 posts

Uber Geek

#1151756 11-Oct-2014 10:53

Good luck! Most of us like a challenge, eh?

Let's know how it goes.

dcole13

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Ultimate Geek

#1151778 11-Oct-2014 11:58

Now I'm in the process of finding my SD card that I lost for my rpi...

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dcole13

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#1151828 11-Oct-2014 13:46

Progress! I finally found my SD card and switched some wires on the router and I got this!

It seems I got into busybox, now I am trying to figure out how to upload firmware...

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