Unable to manual upload file for firmware upgrade

[guest123tk]

This works for me in Firefox.

1. Browse to the firmware update page.
2. Open a Web Console with Ctrl-Shift-K.
3. At the >> prompt, type open_AiMesh_router_fw_upgrade();

That should invoke the firmware upgrade function and open a file browser so you can select the firmware file.

I got this error when I tried the firefox console.

Uncaught TypeError: document.form.file is undefined
open_AiMesh_router_fw_upgrade http://www.asusrouter.com/Advanced_FirmwareUpgrade_Content.asp:1547
<anonymous> debugger eval code:1

 

[guest123tk]

Thanks for the tips and advices here.

I have upgraded the firmware to Merlin latest using SCP and ssh command successfully. However, the browse file and upload buttons are still missing. I have soft and hard reset after upgrading the firmware via SCP but the missing issues still there. Nevertheless, I can use this SCP method for future manual upgrading (GUI update not possible) purpose although no buttons are available.

Thanks again for the tips and advises here. Meanwhile, I will stop tweaking for the moment unless there is a different approach or method available.

Cheers!

 

[Jerry J]

Normally looks like this and when clicked opens a pop up window to select the firmware file.

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I did this with Firefox.
Go to the firmware update page then press "Alt" on keyboard then at the top of the browser select "View" > "page style" > "no style"
Now scroll toward the bottom of the update page and you should see an extra button before the "upload" button named "browse" which when clicked opens a pop up window for you to select a file for the update.

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After you have the file selected and it is showing in the window next to "browse" go back to view > page style and change it back to basic page style then update should start.

This Fix absolutely WORKS! I just used it to finally update my router from 3.88.2_2 to 388.5

Thank you KevTech!

 

[MjrD]

I guess is will just stick to this fw for now since there aren’t any major issue…

Didn't work for me.

I think there is some level of corruption stemming from a recent firmware version. When I saved/restored the configuration files after my first factory reset, that caused the entire system to stop working. A second/third reset had to be performed. The third being where I restored a year old configuration file to get the wifi working again.

If you haven't been able to update the firmware and are still using that hardware try one of the following (both work for my AC86U).

Use the AI Mesh node fw update endpoint: https://xxx.xxx.xx.x:xxx/Advanced_FirmwareUpgrade_Content.asp
Make sure you use the correct protocol and the IP of the router you want to update.
This is a much safer alternative than doing what kidd232 suggested since the nodes are just routers in a specific configuration; and so the update process will be functionally the same (worst case would be things like settings being lost, but in my case it functioned identical to the normal flow).

Alternatively you can open up the dev-tools and either add the missing function or call it directly from the console; open_AiMesh_router_fw_upgrade().


@Matth943 you were on the right track; hopefully this information helps you, if not sorry I couldn't get it to you sooner.