[SOLVED] RT-AC68U - Brick and can't take any firmware via recovery

I have cleared the NVRAM in web GUI and then tried to move from AsuswrtMerlin to FreshTomato using Asus Router Firmware Restoration Utility (couldn't do that in GUI because of the Asus restriction on flashing unofficial software...). Unfortunately, after a long wait, the router wasn't detected in DHCP settings.

Router: RT-AC68U rev. E1
Previous software: AsuswrtMerlin RT-AC68U_384.14_2.zip
Update that crashed the router: fresh tomato-RT-AC68U-ARM-2020.1-AIO-64K

Current State (what...

[SOLVED] RT-AC68U - Brick and can't take any firmware via recovery