WLED-AP never appears

[jerkwagon]

Wled-ap never appears.

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WLED version

• esp32s dev
• Version 0.10.0,
• Format Bianary

Steps, old board, which i used before for other arduino steps (esp32) flashed WLED_0.10.0_ESP32

No wled-ap

flashed esp32_bootloader

no wled-ap

Flashed WLED_0.10.0_ESP32 and ERASE ALL DATA

no wled-ap

reflashed bootloader.

no wled-ap

took out a brand new esp32s

flashed bootloader

flashed WLED_0.10.0_ESP32

no wled-ap

in short, i have done the following,

WIPE/flash bootloader
Flash wled

WIPE/Flash Bootloader
Wipe/Flash wled

Wipe/Flash Bootloader
flash Wled
Flash bootloader

flashbootloader
flash wled

still no wled-ap on my ssids

Thank you for your help!

[jerkwagon]

I also tried on a brand new MacBook air, installed python, esptool.

Then ran esptool.py write_flash 0x0 ./esp32_bootloader.bin it flashed, but still no wled-ap

[jerkwagon]

this is what the serial monitor sees after the reboot

[raoulteeuwen]

Long shot, but can you try https://github.com/esphome/esphome-flasher/releases ? Prob not related, but found it through #320 .

[jerkwagon]

Long shot, but can you try https://github.com/esphome/esphome-flasher/releases ? Prob not related, but found it through #320 .

Using 'COM3' as serial port.
Connecting........_____..
Detecting chip type... ESP32
Connecting.....

Chip Info:

• Chip Family: ESP32
• Chip Model: ESP32D0WDQ6 (revision 1)
• Number of Cores: 2
• Max CPU Frequency: 240MHz
• Has Bluetooth: YES
• Has Embedded Flash: NO
• Has Factory-Calibrated ADC: YES
• MAC Address: 24:62:AB:FE:1E:48
  Uploading stub...
  Running stub...
  Stub running...
  Changing baud rate to 460800
  Changed.
• Flash Size: 4MB
  Unexpected error: The firmware binary is invalid (magic byte=FF, should be E9)

didnt work,

[raoulteeuwen]

Found esphome/esphome-core#311 > could you please re-download the bin and try again?

[jerkwagon]

Solved, I dont know anything about coding chips, i am decent and troubleshooting, turns out the bootloader was being overwriten by the WLED? I used different software on epressif site to get a downloader (its made for batch firmwares) so basically i told it to write the bootloader at 0x0 (which was the answer from the google search to issue #517 ) then i said to start writing the WLED .bin at 0x10000, it was just a long shot but it worked, i think i could of told it to write at a smaller nunber but honestly have no idea how that stuff works, Maybe some techie person can say. Anyway heres a shot of my procedure WLED HERE WE COME!~

esptool.py --port --baud 115200 --after no_reset write_flash --flash_mode dio 0x10000 WLED_0.10.0_ESP32.bin just might do the job for you if have the same issue.

[raoulteeuwen]

At https://github.com/Aircoookie/WLED/wiki/Install-WLED-binary it is stated the write on an ESP32 should start at what you ended up with...