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Flashing FritzBox 7490 from German to International firmware

Note

The following guide of flashing the FritzBox firmware requires Windows operating system!


Required tool



- ruKernelTool (http://rukerneltool.rainerullrich.de)
- AVM recovery tool(http://download.avm.de/fritz.box/fritzbox.7490/x_misc/english/)

Steps


1.
Start the ruKernelTool

2.
Go to the "Upload" tab and click on "In Adam2 halten"

Note

The button is only active in "Experten-Modus", which can be activated in Einstellungen > Experte-Modus


3.
In the telnet terminal window execute the following:
quote SETENV firmware_version avme quote REBOOT

Note

avm-> german firmware_version
avme-> international firmware_version


4.
Proceed with the AVM recovery tool to resotre/flash the firmware