R7800 Return to Stock

[revengineer]

Yesterday I installed the Kamoj v5 add-on with my Voxel firmware v1.0.2.75.2. I had some trouble with the addin and wanted to remove it by reinstalling the Voxel firmware. To me surprise, the Kamoj add-on survived the reinstall of the Voxel firmware via tftp. I understand that I can use "opkg remove..." to remove the add-on and I eventually went that route. However, I am wondering if there is a way to rid myself of other packages installed over time that may be lingering on the flash memory. Is there a way to go completely back to stock? I searched for hours without success , so I signed up for an account here to directly ask the question. Thank you for your advice in advance.

 

[kamoj]

Install your wanted firmware (Netgear/Voxel) +
https://www.snbforums.com/threads/r7800-will-no-longer-save-settings-after-reboot.62773/#post-561797

Is there a way to go completely back to stock?

 

[revengineer]

Thank you @kamoj. My understanding is that the nvram command only affects the router settings. Is it the "mtd erase netgear" that will remove any installed software/packages? I have seen this command mentioned in association with people having trouble with the radios. My radios are working fine so I did not try this.

 

[spocko]

Anyone know what the "Revert to factory default settings" option in the web UI does? Is it just the equivalent of "nvram default"?

 

[L&LD]

It puts the currently flashed firmware to its default/nominal values.