Weird led problem (works as long as connected after boot)

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So I just made my first led project which is a fan for festivals and I can’t seem this one out.

If I connect my leds after WLED boot, they seem to work perfectly, effects work great, but I have a really weird problem where when I press solid I still keep an effect going on???

Then when I try and boot wled on my wemos d1 mini it won’t boot and a few random leds here and there go on for some reason.

I’m using ws2812b strips, powered through the 5v from the esp8266 and using a logic level shifter for the digital line.

Can anyone give me some tips on what this could be? I now also notice a few beginning and end leds dont work, is that quite common when you solder on them, I can imagine they dont like that heat so much?

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Do not power your leds from the MCU pins and try to follow the guide here Getting Started - WLED Project

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Thanks ALDIY but it’s not all too helpful unfortunately, this is a wearable device so I have no other option then using the wiring from the 5v
Vcc port, I used a 3.3v to 5v level shifter for the data line. The only thing I can think of still is adding some resistors. I also tried wiring to a different port that can not cause booting problems (tried gpio2 - high on boot, and gpio 4)

From your link I can see I wired my button wrong so will fix that. Hopefully anyone else can provide guidance on what I did wrong for a wearable project and thus no other option then using usb power.

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I tried with a 330ohm resistor on the data line, no change, only the 5v line when connected is when it does not boot

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Actually what you said that it is wearable does not mean you can not follow the KB , your PSU is this case is your batteries which its details you did not share . That is one best practice to follow may or may not help . If you need to get meaningful help then try to provide meaning details like a drawing or pictures of how did you wire that

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You have to add pull up resistor 10kOhm to your LED out pin.