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The Badger v2.6.0 by Jason Buechler

Video demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7SYNOZQ504

badger v220 in action

REQUIREMENTS:

  • A relatively recently updated Windows 10 computer
  • Administrator privileges for the user running the script
  • All network adapters, besides one ethernet, to be disabled/disconnected
  • Several files that I'm not hosting or including because I have no idea what the licenses are and am not interested in taking that obligation on... BUT, they're easy to find. Grab them from this famous instructional page: https://www.bayareatechpros.com/ac1900-to-ac68u/
  • Optional (but recommended) is an rt-ac68u CFE .bin file of the version you desire. The most commonly needed one can be found in the "tmo2ac68u" package here: https://wiki.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Asus_T-Mobile_Cellspot or via a little googling.

MAKE IT DO:

  • verify you've collected all the files in one place (see below)
  • right click badger.ps1 and "Run with PowerShell"
  • if it opens in PowerShell ISE, you'll see the green-text note at the top saying to run it using the green play/triangle button
  • however you run it, if it determines you need to do so, it will alert you that it will relaunch itself properly

NECESSARY FILES:

  • The Badger's scripts -----> https://github.com/jasonbuechler/asus-rebadger/releases
    • badger.ps1
    • bits/*.ps1
  • downloads from bayareatechpros
    • FW_RT_AC68U_30043763626.trx ........... (MD5: C9D544EFD51DAD31C7A0E533DBD2005B)
    • mtd-write ............................. (MD5: DC162789E82618AC4E0F6A252A083F8F)
    • TM-AC1900_3.0.0.4_376_1703-g0ffdbba.trx (MD5: E617E8E4326D61EF7DECC751FA3D40D4)
  • optional download from dd-wrt (or competant googling)
    • rt-ac68u_1.0.2.0_us.bin or similarly named CFE file of version 1.0.2.0
    • (if you don't download this file in advance, you'll be prompted to visit cfeditor.pipeline.sh in the middle of the process)

Demo

Easily handles the difficult "recovery mode" operation to revert to old T-Mo firmware

tftp-downgrade

Handling upload of your CFE file and flashing of stock Asus firmware

cfe-and-fw-upload

Does all the "secret commands" to fix the MTD5 partition and allow unlocked firmware

secret-sauce-and-unlocked-firmware

...And basically everything else too.

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