# Can not recover XBEE 3

**URL:** <https://forums.digi.com/t/can-not-recover-xbee-3/23149>\
**Category:** XBee & XBee Gateway\
**Tags:** 3, xbee\
**Created:** [July 12, 2022, 8:34am UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/can-not-recover-xbee-3/23149 "2022-07-12T08:34:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![hchien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c68b51/32.png) [@hchien](https://forums.digi.com/u/hchien)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 8:34am UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/can-not-recover-xbee-3/23149/1 "2022-07-12T08:34:38Z")

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Hi all,

I think I accidentally bricked my Xbee3

On the Dev board the user LED is always on. When going thru recovery mode it shows no bootloader found.

Any suggestions on what I can do to try to fix it or its done?

Thank you again Xbee community

Anthony

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**Author:** ![jeremy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/82dd89/32.png) [@jeremy](https://forums.digi.com/u/jeremy)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2022, 11:18am UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/can-not-recover-xbee-3/23149/2 "2022-07-13T11:18:31Z")

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Be sure to try a different development board, possibly on a different computer (or try a good radio on your current computer and dev board) to check if the dev board and computer are working.

If you haven’t already, try XCTU recovery, it has a few ways into the bootloader.

[https://www.digi.com/resources/documentation/digidocs/90001458-13/default.htm#reference/r\_xbee\_recovery\_tool.htm](https://www.digi.com/resources/documentation/digidocs/90001458-13/default.htm#reference/r_xbee_recovery_tool.htm)

Last, check the part number, if this is a “programmable” radio there are some additional steps you can try.

But if these steps don’t work the module may be bricked.