# I bricked my WR21 by attempting to put WR44 firmware on it. Is there a way to recover the WR21?

**URL:** <https://forums.digi.com/t/i-bricked-my-wr21-by-attempting-to-put-wr44-firmware-on-it-is-there-a-way-to-recover-the-wr21/19802>\
**Category:** Digi TransPort WR (Series)\
**Tags:** firmware, wr21, bricked\
**Created:** [August 21, 2018, 3:00pm UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/i-bricked-my-wr21-by-attempting-to-put-wr44-firmware-on-it-is-there-a-way-to-recover-the-wr21/19802 "2018-08-21T15:00:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![mjfowler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@mjfowler](https://forums.digi.com/u/mjfowler)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 3:00pm UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/i-bricked-my-wr21-by-attempting-to-put-wr44-firmware-on-it-is-there-a-way-to-recover-the-wr21/19802/1 "2018-08-21T15:00:51Z")

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**Author:** ![James.Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/53a042/32.png) [@James.Wilson](https://forums.digi.com/u/James.Wilson)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2018, 4:31am UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/i-bricked-my-wr21-by-attempting-to-put-wr44-firmware-on-it-is-there-a-way-to-recover-the-wr21/19802/2 "2018-08-22T04:31:31Z")

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Hi there is a recovery process on the website.

[http://ftp1.digi.com/support/utilities/WR21\_Step\_by\_step\_test.pdf](http://ftp1.digi.com/support/utilities/WR21_Step_by_step_test.pdf)

you do need a usb b-b cable to carry it out

hope that helps