pepe2k:

Hi @Nektarin,

Could you check if your device contains tftp recovery mode in U-Boot [1]?
If it does, could please upload again 17.01.4 factory image and see if it works?

Do you maybe have (or can make) serial access to your device?

[1] https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wr1043nd#flashingrecovery_using_tftp_only_without_serial_console

Cheers,
Piotr

nkrn:

I tried the tftp recovery, as I said the router did not react to pressing the reset button at all. I am going to try the serial access when I get the ttl adapter.

pepe2k:

Hi @Nektarin,

People sometimes call "failsafe" a "recovery" mode, that's why I got confused and asked about "tftp recovery".

I have just tried 17.01.4 (factory and sysupgrade from 17.01.3) on a v1.8 of this model (with last available vendor firmware: 140319), without any issues.

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/        /\      _    ___ ___  ___

root@LEDE:/# cat /tmp/sysinfo/board_name
tl-wr1043nd
root@LEDE:/# cat /tmp/sysinfo/model
TP-Link TL-WR1043N/ND v1


Maybe something went wrong during the upgrade. Full bootlog from the serial console should tell you more - please reopen this ticket or issue another one when you get more details.

Cheers,
Piotr