Joined: 28 Aug 2014 Posts: 135 Location: Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2015 23:43 Post subject:
It is at your own risk. I just did an update on an E4200 (Similar to E3000) yesterday. I did it over wireless and without any reset and it bricked. Bad.
Was able to recover but not before a big headache.
So flashing without reset is at your own risk. It should be fine for a couple upgrades, but then you should definitely reset after 2-3 times. _________________ KONG Builds for R7000, AC68U
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No. It's not okay with that router. How you reset is router dependent, but in the past failing to do a proper reset was the number one reason that people bricked their routers. The problem is that sometimes your router doesn't brick. _________________ SIG:
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No. It's not okay with that router. How you reset is router dependent, but in the past failing to do a proper reset was the number one reason that people bricked their routers. The problem is that sometimes your router doesn't brick.
No. It's not okay with that router. How you reset is router dependent, but in the past failing to do a proper reset was the number one reason that people bricked their routers. The problem is that sometimes your router doesn't brick.
Proper reset? Is that the 30-30-30?
THAT is the part that depends on the router. With an e3000 30-30-30 works and doesn't brick it. With newer ea series routers, you have to be careful not to delete the extra partition. You will know you have done a proper reset if you get the dd-wrt re-enter username and password page when you login. _________________ SIG:
I'm trying to teach you to fish, not give you a fish. If you just want a fish, wait for a fisherman who hands them out. I'm more of a fishing instructor.
LOM: "If you show that you have not bothered to read the forum announcements or to follow the advices in them then the level of help available for you will drop substantially, also known as Murrkf's law.."
No. It's not okay with that router. How you reset is router dependent, but in the past failing to do a proper reset was the number one reason that people bricked their routers. The problem is that sometimes your router doesn't brick.
Proper reset? Is that the 30-30-30?
THAT is the part that depends on the router. With an e3000 30-30-30 works and doesn't brick it. With newer ea series routers, you have to be careful not to delete the extra partition. You will know you have done a proper reset if you get the dd-wrt re-enter username and password page when you login.
Thanks! How about an E3200? Do I also need to reset it after flashing and do a 30-30-30?
It is more important to reset it before flashing than it is after, and I do not have a 3200 so I do not know what is best for that router. _________________ SIG:
I'm trying to teach you to fish, not give you a fish. If you just want a fish, wait for a fisherman who hands them out. I'm more of a fishing instructor.
LOM: "If you show that you have not bothered to read the forum announcements or to follow the advices in them then the level of help available for you will drop substantially, also known as Murrkf's law.."
It is more important to reset it before flashing than it is after, and I do not have a 3200 so I do not know what is best for that router.
I must have been lucky then. I flash mostly an E3200 now, and the last 6 months I regularly update, never once reset before flashing. Only reset after.
It is annoying to have to configure everything all over again after each flash, wish I could not have to reset after a flash. It's my only router and dont want to brick it. My E3000 is bricked from months ago not sure what I did to that.