1 edit | (FIXED) Bricked WRT54GL v1.1. Toronto repair shop? Hello I bricked my WRT54gl v1.1 with the wrong version of shibby's tomatousb firmware.
tomato-K26-1.28.RT-MIPSR2-104-Mini
The router has no ping response, so I can't reflash it.....
I have no clue how to do a jtag despite reading up on it, with some guides.
Any repairs shops which have experience with this in Toronto? I need a cheap fix. |
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mlord
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1 edit | Re: Bricked WRT54GL v1.1. Toronto repair shop? See if you can find an electronics recycling shop -- they might have a used one for sale for $10-$15. I know the TTER shop around the corner from me here in Ottawa has one right now.
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The cheapest situation would be a new router. You can sometimes acquire routers that work with DD-WRT for $10 to $20. I know you requested a repair outfit, but I doubt (if you found a joint) that it would be less than $25.
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would anyone recommend this for a n00b?
»www.ebay.ca/itm/JTAG-Cable-Links···0wt_1397 |
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| it shouldn't be too hard to put it on the router board, even if you have to solder it. but the whole jtag process... i'm not sure.
check the tftp method before. i managed to unbrick a router by doing that.
»www.dd-wrt.ca/wiki/index.php/Rec···ad_Flash |
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said by torobull123:Any repairs shops which have experience with this in Toronto? I need a cheap fix. You could try contacting user Teddy Boom on this BBS -- just send him an Instant Message. He is in Toronto, and has JTAG stuff. I think it quite likely he might help out for a modest fee. |
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The seller says that his provides a super easy De-bricking Repair guide.
What do you think? |
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mlord
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kudos:9 | I have his kit. It is easy for me, but I'm quite used to fiddling with embedded systems and firmware, and soldering. As in, that's a big part of what I do for a living. |
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1 edit | said by mlord:I have his kit. It is easy for me, but I'm quite used to fiddling with embedded systems and firmware, and soldering. As in, that's a big part of what I do for a living.
Can you tell me the software that is used with this package?
Did it work for you?
Will this work in the case that i flashed the router with the WRONG firmware. As the tjtag method only seems to do a nvram reset and not a firmware .bin reflash. |
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Have you ever done soldering before? That's that part I'd be most concerned about. Software is pretty easy to use when you've got a step-by-step guide. Also, do you have a computer with a parallel port? That's what the cable connects to.
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| said by Taylortbb:Have you ever done soldering before? That's that part I'd be most concerned about. Software is pretty easy to use when you've got a step-by-step guide. Also, do you have a computer with a parallel port? That's what the cable connects to.
I heard you can just tape it down for a temp connection... or put a heavy book on it. |
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i'd love to get mine fixed too, will keep an eye on the thread to see how you make out
if you need someone with a similarly bricked router (same model) for testing, lemme know |
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torobull, I've bricked a GL before and it was quite easy to debrick with a JTAG. I built my own but the ones on ebay work great as well.
If you're concerned of your soldering ability, you can use some solderless pin headers to install in to the JTAG port on the GL. Do a search on eBay for solderless pin headers. They're a few dollars each, get a couple just to be sure although I think the GL only requires 6 actual points to make your flash correctly.
Have a look at this link. It's not as intimidating as it seems: »www.tiaowiki.com/w/Debrick_Route···AG_Cable |
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said by torobull123:Can you tell me the software that is used with this package? Did it work for you?
Will this work in the case that i flashed the router with the WRONG firmware. As the tjtag method only seems to do a nvram reset and not a firmware .bin reflash? The JTAG can be used to debrick anything that got messed up, EXCEPT if the processor has been overclocked incorrectly --> recovering from that is trickier, because the clock speed is set very very early during initialization. It is possible though, by shorting pins on the flash chip temporarily.
I think I used tjtag3-0-1 under Linux. The MS-Windows version didn't work as well when I tried it. This was all 2 years ago. |
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Instead of soldering, can't I just tape the 12 pin header to the router board, making sure it touches the side of the jtag holes? |
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mlord
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kudos:9 | Lots of people try it that way. But results can be flaky -- if a pin has marginal contact, then the image you flash will get corrupted. So it may take several attempts to get it right. |
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No, it is not going to be a reliable connection. And you could as a result end up with a continuing stream of bricks 
You need a specific kind of header to go in without soldering... essentially each pin must be like a porcupine quill ... goes in, but won't come out. |
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Here's an idea.
Take the router downtown to Creatron (»www.creatroninc.com/), at College and Spadina. Get Lawrence (the proprietor) to solder on the header for you. He may even do it for free, but more likely for $5 or so. |
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I've decided not to pursue debricking the wrt54gl. I don't have enough confidence in the jtag process (and my abilities) to go forward with it.
Im just going to buy a Linksys E1200 and flash it with Shibby's
tomato-E1200v1-NVRAM64K-1.28.RT-N5x-MIPSR2-104-Mini.bin
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tomato-E1200v2-NVRAM64K-1.28.RT-N5x-MIPSR2-104-Max.bin |
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| torobull, I know you said you couldn't ping the router but did you try hard setting your ip to the 192.168.1.10 ip address and see if you could ping your gateway?
Most of the bricks that I've experienced on broadcom based routers didn't harm the bootloader (which is all that needs to be working in order to tftp upload any of those DD-WRT/Tomato bins back to the modem) |
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