Friday 23 January 2015

Unbricking 79XX phones

On this link you find necessary info on resetten a IP phone

https://www.ucguru.com/reset-cisco-phone-factory-defaults/

But sometimes you brick a phone. I had some troubles with phone having firmware pre 8.5.2. After hard resetting a few phones I was left a few blank bricks.

The cure ?  A Callmanager Express with firmware 8.5.2.

1. Enable CME (telephony-service etc.)
2. Add firmware to flash and config
3. Enable autoregistration or add ephones with the MAC addresses of the phones
4. Enable DHCP
5. Connect phones

As soon as the phones get a config XML from the CME, life will flow back into the phones. Firmware will be loaded and screens will pop on.



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