Hello, I am new to all this so please excuse my cluelessness. I was trying to flash WLED on my new esp32 dev board. I bought it from waveshare and it has an ESP32-S3-WROOM-1 if that makes a difference. The problem is that when the installation finishes and I click next I get thrown back to the log…

Some ESP32 boards require you to hold down the boot button whilst starting the install, release after second or so and installation should go okay. Alan

I read that this may be the issue before posting. I tried it but nothing changed. The problem is not the installation but rather the post-installation stuff. i ll add some screenshots above to make my self more clear. Thanks a lot thow

Here are the pictures as said above Hit install again [image]

Installtion proccedes normaly [image]

Then I get to this screen thinking everything went fine [image] But when I hit next I get back to the dialog menu shown in the first picture and the error mentioned above shows in the console

I believe the S2 and S3 boards are still considered experimental. They can take a bit of effort to get working, or may not work. I would search the forums for topics relating to the S3 board. But, it looks like your install may have been successful. Look at your available wifi networks and see if y…

I checked it did not show up. Which is the officially supported board if not the S3. I bought it because i thought it is the officially supported one XD

Which board is known to be stable? By the way thanks a lot for the quick replies

Lolin c3,s2,and s3 boards ( also known as S3 — WEMOS documentation ) just because the guys tested them a lot with wled , if you will get any then better the rev v2.0.0 . Also i seen talk about seeed studio boards but i do not have any of that to confirm

Improv Wi-Fi Serial not detected wled

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ALDIY December 7, 2023, 9:50pm 8

Sure WiFi issues are expected even if your installation on S3 is successful, look here for a solution which worked for a lot of boards Esp32-s3 devkit c - #2 by ALDIY

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