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Hi guys!
I'm looking for an owner of TP-LINK WA701ND v1, because I need a log of the CONFIG and ART partition:
0x003e0000-0x003f0000 : "config"
0x003f0000-0x00400000 : "art"
I have unintentionally deleted the flash, and so, I have down the WiFi connection using OpenWrt, because I deleted the configuration data of this device.
As written in
https://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/howto/rest … _partition
I have only a possibility to re-live my AP using a backup of this part of the memory .
Please, help me !

TY
Gino

I found, for WR741ND (in the file TL-WR741ND_V2.1_W25Q32B_Unlock.BIN) valid data starting 3F1000 up to 3F11FF, that is in the ART partition.
Someone knows read these data ? Any ideas ?

        /*3F1000:*/ 0xA5, 0x5A, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x03, 0x50, 0x00, 0x16, 0x8C, 0x00, 0x2B, 0x50, 0x08, 0x00, 0x01,
        /*3F1010:*/ 0x02, 0x80, 0x50, 0x2C, 0x16, 0x8C, 0xA0, 0x91, 0x50, 0x64, 0x8C, 0xC0, 0x05, 0x04, 0x50, 0x6C,
        /*3F1020:*/ 0x38, 0x11, 0x00, 0x03, 0x40, 0x04, 0x05, 0xCB, 0x00, 0x4A, 0x40, 0x74, 0x00, 0x03, 0x00, 0x00,
        /*3F1030:*/ 0x40, 0x00, 0x50, 0x01, 0x01, 0xC2, 0x51, 0x0C, 0x20, 0x10, 0x00, 0x06, 0x51, 0x64, 0x14, 0x12,
        /*3F1040:*/ 0xFF, 0x24, 0x51, 0x68, 0x17, 0xFF, 0x00, 0x15, 0x50, 0x68, 0x20, 0x10, 0x00, 0x19, 0xFF, 0xFF,
        /*3F1050:*/ 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF,
        /*3F1060:*/ 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF,
        /*3F1070:*/ 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF,
        /*3F1080:*/ 0x01, 0x78, 0x3D, 0x16, 0xE0, 0x0D, 0x02, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x1F, 0x00, 0x19, 0xE0, 0x66,
        /*3F1090:*/ 0x66, 0x68, 0x01, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x09, 0x07, 0x00, 0x05, 0x00,
        /*3F10A0:*/ 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
        /*3F10B0:*/ 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x2D, 0x20, 0x00,
        /*3F10C0:*/ 0xE2, 0x00, 0x0D, 0x00, 0x02, 0x0E, 0x1C, 0xBA, 0x0C, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x06, 0x46, 0x34, 0x01,
        /*3F10D0:*/ 0x0E, 0x0E, 0x00, 0x00, 0x1F, 0x2D, 0x00, 0x00, 0x34, 0x04, 0x44, 0x84, 0x33, 0x93, 0x33, 0x03,
        /*3F10E0:*/ 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x80, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
        /*3F10F0:*/ 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x70, 0x89, 0xAC, 0x19, 0x19, 0x25, 0x39, 0x4D,
        /*3F1100:*/ 0x45, 0x54, 0x64, 0x6C, 0x6C, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x10, 0x4B, 0x2F, 0x50, 0x88, 0xB3, 0xB2, 0x0A,
        /*3F1110:*/ 0x1E, 0x2A, 0x3E, 0x4F, 0x49, 0x58, 0x67, 0x6A, 0x6B, 0x09, 0x12, 0x20, 0x45, 0x7E, 0x35, 0x59,
        /*3F1120:*/ 0x97, 0xA7, 0xA6, 0x0A, 0x1E, 0x2B, 0x3E, 0x50, 0x4A, 0x59, 0x68, 0x66, 0x67, 0x07, 0x11, 0x1C,
        /*3F1130:*/ 0x43, 0x7D, 0x36, 0x5A, 0x98, 0xA7, 0xA7, 0x70, 0x24, 0x24, 0x24, 0x24, 0xB8, 0x24, 0x24, 0x24,
        /*3F1140:*/ 0x24, 0xFF, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x70, 0x24, 0x24, 0x22, 0x20, 0x89, 0x24, 0x24, 0x22, 0x20,
        /*3F1150:*/ 0xAC, 0x24, 0x24, 0x22, 0x20, 0x70, 0x24, 0x24, 0x24, 0x24, 0x24, 0x24, 0x20, 0x1E, 0x89, 0x24,
        /*3F1160:*/ 0x24, 0x24, 0x24, 0x24, 0x24, 0x20, 0x1E, 0xAC, 0x24, 0x24, 0x24, 0x24, 0x24, 0x24, 0x20, 0x1E,
        /*3F1170:*/ 0x70, 0x1E, 0x1E, 0x1E, 0x1E, 0x1E, 0x1C, 0x1A, 0x18, 0x89, 0x1E, 0x1E, 0x1E, 0x1E, 0x1E, 0x1C,
        /*3F1180:*/ 0x1A, 0x18, 0xAC, 0x1E, 0x1E, 0x1E, 0x1E, 0x1E, 0x1C, 0x1A, 0x18, 0x11, 0x12, 0x15, 0x17, 0x41,
        /*3F1190:*/ 0x42, 0x45, 0x47, 0x31, 0x32, 0x35, 0x37, 0x70, 0x22, 0x75, 0x22, 0x7A, 0x62, 0xA2, 0x22, 0x70,
        /*3F11A0:*/ 0x1C, 0x75, 0x60, 0x9D, 0x60, 0xA2, 0x1D, 0x70, 0x1A, 0x75, 0x60, 0x9D, 0x60, 0xA2, 0x1C, 0x7A,
        /*3F11B0:*/ 0x13, 0x7F, 0x5B, 0x93, 0x1B, 0x98, 0x13, 0x70, 0x22, 0x75, 0x62, 0xAC, 0x22, 0xB8, 0x22, 0x70,
        /*3F11C0:*/ 0x22, 0x75, 0x62, 0xAC, 0x22, 0x00, 0x00, 0x70, 0x22, 0x75, 0x62, 0xAC, 0x22, 0x00, 0x00, 0x7A,
        /*3F11D0:*/ 0x1C, 0x7F, 0x5C, 0x93, 0x5C, 0xA2, 0x1C, 0x70, 0x1C, 0x75, 0x5D, 0xAC, 0x1C, 0x00, 0x00, 0x70,
        /*3F11E0:*/ 0x1C, 0x75, 0x5E, 0xAC, 0x1C, 0x00, 0x00, 0x70, 0x1C, 0x75, 0x5E, 0xAC, 0x1C, 0x00, 0x00, 0x7A,
        /*3F11F0:*/ 0x1C, 0x7F, 0x5C, 0x93, 0x5C, 0xA2, 0x1C, 0x00, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF,

Hi all.
I confirm that the ART partition that I previous posted is correct !!! I flashed the data in WA701ND v1, et voilà ....
Now all is on. I am very happy. I hope that this thread can help someone else.
Ciao

Gino

Nice to know calibration data is not something unique to particular device.
Config partition is probably not needed. I guess it contain settings for original firmware.
In all routers I've seen calibration data was 64K and called either "art" or "caldata"

(Last edited by bolvan on 26 Jan 2016, 09:58)

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