# Upgrading to 0.15.0 breaks wifi for my board **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions\ **Created:** [January 16, 2025, 8:03am UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/upgrading-to-0-15-0-breaks-wifi-for-my-board/13914 "2025-01-16T08:03:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![meadowsjared](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/wled.discourse.group/meadowsjared/32/9175_2.png) [@meadowsjared](https://wled.discourse.group/u/meadowsjared)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 8:03am UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/upgrading-to-0-15-0-breaks-wifi-for-my-board/13914/1 "2025-01-16T08:03:03Z")
I just bought a MagWLED board. When I first got it, I tried to update the firmware like the five other MagWLED boards I own. However, this newest board failed to update to 0.15.0 using Home Assistant. So, to troubleshoot it further, I was able to re-flash 0.14.4 to get WiFi working using: > **[MagWLED-1 Web Installer](https://install.magwled.com/)** > > Install MagWLED-1 firmware. Whenever I try to update the board using “[install.magwled.com](http://install.magwled.com)”, it breaks the WiFi if I update it to 0.15.0. But downgrading the board back to 0.14.4 re-enables WiFi. While that made it work again, I need to get 0.15.0 going, as I now depend on many features, like the profile boot selection. ❤ I’m starting to wonder if I have a bad board, as I’ve never had this problem with any other MagWLED board. ---
**Author:** ![dedehai](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/wled.discourse.group/dedehai/32/7265_2.png) [@dedehai](https://wled.discourse.group/u/dedehai)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 8:55am UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/upgrading-to-0-15-0-breaks-wifi-for-my-board/13914/2 "2025-01-16T08:55:02Z")
the design may be missing a decent capacitor. are you able to make modifications to the board? can you set it to AP mode and get access that way? if you can get into AP mode: try lowering the TX power in wifi settings to minimum (for starts, then try increasing it in steps if that works) ---
**Author:** ![meadowsjared](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/wled.discourse.group/meadowsjared/32/9175_2.png) [@meadowsjared](https://wled.discourse.group/u/meadowsjared)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 9:52pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/upgrading-to-0-15-0-breaks-wifi-for-my-board/13914/3 "2025-01-16T21:52:37Z")
The weird thing is, I can interact with it like usual and even have it join my WiFi, but ONLY if I’m on 0.14.4. But if I upgrade to 0.15.0, it breaks the board’s ability to use WiFi. I have five other MagWLED boards that do this just fine, and with the 5 other MagWLED boards, upgrading to 0.15.0 went flawlessly. ---
**Author:** ![meadowsjared](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/wled.discourse.group/meadowsjared/32/9175_2.png) [@meadowsjared](https://wled.discourse.group/u/meadowsjared)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 10:08pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/upgrading-to-0-15-0-breaks-wifi-for-my-board/13914/4 "2025-01-16T22:08:00Z")
I just tried setting the default brightness to 8 and then upgrading to 0.15.0. It still breaks WiFi for the MagWLED board and becomes unresponsive if I upgrade to 0.15.0. (yet still works for 0.14.4) ☹ I will contact the MagWLED people; maybe my board is defective. ![0.15.0 Success, yet still no WiFi](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/wled/original/2X/7/7f43f90e66e4b8a47414741188d6e28f04014b69.png) Note: I’m in touch with MagWLED support. I’ll update this post with what happens. ---
**Author:** ![meadowsjared](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/wled.discourse.group/meadowsjared/32/9175_2.png) [@meadowsjared](https://wled.discourse.group/u/meadowsjared)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 6:20am UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/upgrading-to-0-15-0-breaks-wifi-for-my-board/13914/5 "2025-01-21T06:20:26Z")
After contacting their support ([info@magwled.com](mailto:info@magwled.com)), I also went to my original order and requested a return. The support email people were very friendly. After I described all the troubleshooting I had done, they agreed that the board was defective and shipped me a replacement MagWLED board. I’m sure the next board will work fine, so I’m very happy with them!