Netgear Router Recovery Hack Method

In this video I show you: How to Rescue a Netgear Router in the event of a failure to boot. I call this the "Hack Method" because it was created by a third party but not officially supported by Netgear (to my knowledge) But the creators at Github say it can be used to rescue the majority of Netgear routers after they fail to function. I used a Netgear R7000 Router in this video and I also tested this on a R7000P with success.

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Last update 06/15/2022
Netgear Router Recovery Hack Method

[Low.Level.Disruption]

Thanks so much! My Netgear R6800 was going to go in the bin after spending many hours with tftp. I will NEVER EVER do an OTA wifi update on a router again even if the routers page tells me I can.

[jacobpounder]

Absolute life saver!! I bought an r8000 for £60 and tried to put tomato on it and it bricked my router and now it’s working again ty

[gradysmith]

I’ve been trying to fix this router for months, going though countless video’s/threads online and this is the only video that actually fixed it. Thank you so much!

[Tootsie-qpbn]

Your's is the first instructional resource to clearly explain this whole confusing process Richard! EXCELLENT WORK!!! FYI, I was able to restore a Netgear r6400v2 that was stuck in an endless boot loop (with no blinking white power light; I had accidentally flashed an incompatible version of Tomato onto it) using your directions. I was also able to flash a Netgear R6700v3 back to factory firmware from Express VPN's firmware. I had been unable to to this using the update firmware option because of a bug in Express VPN's firmware, and had been unsuccessful when trying to use TFTP as well. This method is quick, and seemingly works in all "bricked router" situations. KEEP UP THE WONDERFUL WORK!

[ferngl]

Thanks, Richard. I too was able to bring my R6400v2 back to life with this video. I did the tftp process and it completed successfully. Can't thank you enough!

[Apgujohn]

Seriously one of the best YouTube walkthroughs I've ever been through. Clear, concise, and it worked! Cheers!

[markg]

Wow! You are amazing. I put my R7000 away a year ago because of a bad 3rd party flash and not finding a way to fix it. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

[unwarranted]

FINALLY! After scouring the internet, reading worthless 'official' posts and guides, trying multiple programs and techniques. This method finally worked for me. Thanks a whole heap!

[moswell]

You deserve a medal for these videos and I deserve a thwack on the head for ever installing ExpressVPN firmware onto my router. What a relief to find a fairly simple fix.

[TheGospelGuitarist]

I've tried both methods you have given in your videos. Come to find out the recovery file had 0 bits in it. That won't work, redownloaded. I used this method and recovered my R6700 finally. I took a few tries. Thanks for videos, great job and I have my router back. Subed.

[ElvinGenceli]

My Netgear R7200 software was broken.. Your video helped me a lot. Thank you very much 😊👍🏻

[KaitlynKiyani-bueh]

Omgosh you are the best, thank you, thank you, thank you. I had a Netgear R6400 that has been bricked for a year and I’ve spent countless hours trying to repair, watching videos and had it fixed in 20 minutes watching this!

Do you by chance have any videos on Edgerouters?! I have an ERLite that is bricked,

[sebastiansimmich]

You really saved my ass. I thought my router was beyond saving. Thanks for the video.

[earlkarp]

I was able to recover my r8000 following these steps. Thanks for posting this video!

[niklaspersson]

Perfect, worked like a charm on my EX8000 which had been bricked.
Thx for a great video.

[oleggninenko]

Thanks, Richard! This method resurected my NG6400.

[RyanP]

Thanks a ton! I tried the Tftpd64 method and it failed, I finally found your video and was able to resurrect my Nighthawk router which was only a few months old.

[borijess]

You saved my R8000. Thank you for the great walkthrough!

[talismanicac]

Hi Richard, as you mentioned at 22:25, that LAN led should be an indicator of active file transfer, however in my case it never lits up even though the status of ethernet is 'Unidentified' or 'NetgearXX' indicating that computer knows something is connected to it. I pinged the default gateway (with static ip on PC) which in my case is 192.168.1.1 but all requests time out. Same case with TFTP.
You think the router is just bad now and time to get a new one?

[TheMoraless]

Thank you very much. Thanks to your tutorial, I was able to fix my Netgear r6220 router. Cool!😁