@formax6 

Yes, you can, with a MAC ... Use this, without any software: Method 2: Http uboot web-based interface (Taking Deco M4 as an example) -> https://community.tp-link.com/en/home/stories/detail/672

What's the status of this firmware now. I updated to 1.2.0 20241011 back when it was an official firmware and before it was pulled from distribution, which seems to mean I'm on completely unsupported firmware that I can't upgrade or downgrade to an official one without special measures.

This thread is showing a different 1.2.0 as a beta version, apparently after another beta with version number 1.2.1 was also pulled from the forum. Now there's no updates whatsoever for over a month, and people on the forum are saying the new beta is not fixing the issues they had with 1.2.0.

Personally, I've found the 1.2.0 to work fairly well for me, although I'm wondering a bit if the X50-5G contains enough RAM to run it properly with all the features. However, can someone tell me when I can upgrade to an officially supported firmware again through the app?

  @David-TP Had terrible problems on 1.1.7 red or white light few hours. Updated to 1.2.0 which has been a little better with scheduled reboot every morning but I am still getting red and white light crashes now maybe every second day. I note people mentioning 1.2.1 but the link in the first post is for 1.2.0 

Where can I download 1.2.1 ?

#EDIT

I note some people went back to 1.1.15 and got a stable result. 

However the recovery instruction requires a windows PC. Is it possible to revert to 1.1.15 on mac?

  @Rushtonwolves 

Will probably do exact that. But it seems that version 1.1.7 has recovered after a few frustrating restarts and currently everything seems to be stable.

  @OeKintaro install 1.15, since that the firmware upgrades are useless, 1.17 wasnt that bad, had random restarts, 1.20 is just a waste of time

  @David-TP 

I have tried your solution, but when i try to put my deco x50-5G in recovery mode it starts up, flashes two times green and then stays solid red.

Edit: nevermind. I was just impatient with pressing the reset button. 

Edit 2: i downgraded successfully to 1.1.7 - without losing my settings.

Update: to be honest i am really pssed at that shtbox of router... Although I'm on 1.1.7 it keeps randomly restarting. The router is in my sleeping room and i can hear the fan starting on every restart. On my smartphone i can see how the connection drops, then reconnects, but with no internet connection, then restarts, no internet, yes internet, restart and so on. 

  @David-TP 

I was afraid to install the beta version because people here are talking about problems, but I wanted to connect my Tapo bulbs and everything works fine for me. CPU sometimes shows 100% usage, but why should I care? It's there to be used. It's 16h after the update and I haven't found any issues. I like the new options (eg IoT WiFi) in the Deco app :D

  @David-TP 

  @David-TP 

back on 1.15 and back to normal speeds....and full 5g signal.

cheers pal