Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2016 21:33 Post subject: Re: Unable to go back from Tomato to Stock firmware on E3000
coccoinomane wrote:
barryware wrote:
If it is like the other routers with tomato..
to go back to stock firmware:
strip out the 1st 32 bytes of the header so it starts with "HDR0".. The "H" must be the 1st byte.
Rename the bin to a trx.
that should do it. now flash via the tomato upgrade gui. remember to reset the device before & after flashing. Give it plenty of time to boot after flashing.
After four years... this is still working on E2500v3! Thank you barryware
I reverted from Shibby's [tomato-E2500-NVRAM60K-1.28.RT-N5x-MIPSR2-121-Max] to stock firmware successfully.
I had only one glitch: flashing the stock firmware (which you can find on Linksys website) took about ten minutes, and it ended with a timeout from the browser. No panic! Just access the router as usual at 192.168.1.1
I was planning on removing Shibby Tomato from my EA6900 but the latest firmware for this router from Linksys has a .img file extension. When I open the file in a hex editor it already starts with HDRO. So, do I simply rename the file to a .trx extension and upload it?
I got it to flash the factory firmware using the tomato webgui. I went to flash it a second time using the Linksys webgui because I heard that this is one of those dual boot routers but the flash failed when using the same file. The error message said that it's an invalid file. So I downloaded again from Linksys but the flash failed again. It's not a big deal since the router is out of warranty anyway. So, I tried to flash it with the initial dd-wrt firmware but that didn't work either - invalid file error message. I guess I should try to use the jtag port and clear the nvram and try again(?).
Not from the jtag port. Maybe the serial port. Not sure. These ea6xxx series routers are a pain in the rear. _________________ I am far from a guru, I'm barely a novice.
Take the 4 feet off of it, take out the 4 screws and pry it off. You may break one or two of the little plastic tabs but the 4 screws are enough to hold it together. _________________ I am far from a guru, I'm barely a novice.
I tried to install the firmware via tftp. The upload was successful but I'm still having trouble with this router. On a reboot I'm getting the CFE miniWeb Server even though there is firmware loaded - I can enter the routers address in the url field and it brings up the dd-wrt webgui. Why does the CFE miniWeb Server come up after every reboot? Also, it takes this router an abnormally long time to come back up (almost 10 minutes).
I didn't realize you'd changed the cfe. If you had a serial cable hooked up while its booting with putty running, you would see the the router looking for firmware upload for a certain amount of time. It's at this point that the cfe mini web server comes up at 192.168.1.1.
It takes longer to boot because it's not meant to run like this. _________________ I am far from a guru, I'm barely a novice.
There is nothing you can do. It eventually boots up if you do nothing. All asus routers look for firmware upload when booting. If you had a serial cable on an asus router you'd see that.
If you saved your original cfe, and all your nvram variables you could reflash it back to stock.
Like I said these ea6xxx routers are a pain. Get a netgear or even better an asus router, since you are trying to make your ea6900 be an rt-ac68u. _________________ I am far from a guru, I'm barely a novice.
If I recall correctly, I did the CFE "mod" because it fixed the 32k bug in the EA6900. Anyway, I couldn't get the EA6900 to work reliably so I guess I'll look at an Asus replacement (AC1900) even though they're not cheap. For now, I'll be using my WRT54gV8. Too many things to buy and not enough money.
You can get an rt-n68 used on eBay for right around $100. I had mine listed here last week for $90 but no interest. _________________ I am far from a guru, I'm barely a novice.
Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2016 0:08 Post subject: Re: Unable to go back from Tomato to Stock firmware on E3000
coccoinomane wrote:
After four years... this is still working on E2500v3! Thank you barryware
Ditto and for another E2500v3! The hex editor I used (didn't have one) was HxD and taking out the first 32 bytes was as simple as editing a text file to remove the first 32 characters.
