V1 Unpatched Switch ESP32-S3 payload injector

[mcPickleRick]

OK that's good so now we know what the issue is and we can narrow it down even further.

1: Either you have a wrong USB library installed or you need to update your boards.

First check you have this boards file installed - if not make sure you do.
View attachment 587616

i had 3.3.11. uninstalled and now have 3.3.7 installed. build and upload firmware again?

 

[snuffbot1]

i had 3.3.11. uninstalled and now have 3.3.7 installed. build and upload firmware again?

Yep, we will need to keep doing this until we find out what's wrong, 3.3.7 should fix it though.

 

[mcPickleRick]

ok, so that didnt work but i noticed that it must have injected something because switch is still black screen but when i plug it in to my pc and check tegrarcmgui, it doesnt show connected in RCM Mode.

the file with 3.3.7 boards is 1612KB
the file with 3.3.11 boards was 1616KB

 

[snuffbot1]

ok, so that didnt work but i noticed that it must have injected something because switch is still black screen but when i plug it in to my pc and check tegrarcmgui, it doesnt show connected in RCM Mode.

the file with 3.3.7 boards is 1612KB
the file with 3.3.11 boards was 1616KB

Reboot the switch and put it into RCM mode again and try injection again, sometimes the switch does that. Arduino is also a bit strange and doesn't delete cached files properly sometimes so close Arduino and remove all the folders in the sketches folder, then rebuild and flash the waveshare again.

 

[mcPickleRick]

Reboot the switch and put it into RCM mode again and try injection again, sometimes the switch does that. Arduino is also a bit strange and doesn't delete cached files properly sometimes so close Arduino and remove all the folders in the sketches folder, then rebuild and flash the waveshare again.

it did the same thing again

edit:
checked the system information after that attempt and i see this:

edit2:
my bad on this, i built with PSRAM disabled this time. rebuilding now

 

[snuffbot1]

it did the same thing again

OK, then what we need to do next is look at the sketch - at the top you'll see all the include files - these are the libraries we are using, so go through those and tell me what versions you have installed and then I'll compare with the ones I have installed. For example -
<ArduinoJson.h> I have 7.4.2
<ESPAsyncWebServer.h> - I have 3.10.0

Do that for all the libs we are using (ignore the ones that come pre-packaged in the src folder). I am going to my bed now, but if you make a list I will check them when I get up and see what you have different.

 

[mcPickleRick]

OK, then what we need to do next is look at the sketch - at the top you'll see all the include files - these are the libraries we are using, so go through those and tell me what versions you have installed and then I'll compare with the ones I have installed. For example -
<ArduinoJson.h> I have 7.4.2
<ESPAsyncWebServer.h> - I have 3.10.0

Do that for all the libs we are using (ignore the ones that come pre-packaged in the src folder). I am going to my bed now, but if you make a list I will check them when I get up and see what you have different.

looks like the issue was with the boards version. i updated the firmware again after build with PSRAM on and it works now. appreciate all the time you spent helping me work through this!

 

[snuffbot1]

looks like the issue was with the boards version. i updated the firmware again after build with PSRAM on and it works now. appreciate all the time you spent helping me work through this!

So you have it all fixed now and it's working?

 

[mcPickleRick]

So you have it all fixed now and it's working?

yup, ill do some more testing tomorrow with a full compile and flash with the 3.3.7 boards version to see if it works straight that way

 

[snuffbot1]

yup, ill do some more testing tomorrow with a full compile and flash with the 3.3.7 boards version to see if it works straight that way

It will work fine now, the bootloader comes with the boards file and we know that one works, the firmware file works and lastly the partitions is built when we compile so that's not an issue. If you have it working now, build for your other chips. Make sure to change boards definitions for the waveshare mini to - waveshare esp32-s3-zero or it won't work. Also I think the PSRAM is octal for that rather than quad, so you should make sure to test that when you select that you pick the one starting with O.

 

[mcPickleRick]

It will work fine now, the bootloader comes with the boards file and we know that one works, the firmware file works and lastly the partitions is built when we compile so that's not an issue. If tou have it working now, build for your other chips. Make sure to change boards definitions for the waveshare mini to - wavesahre esp32-s3-zero or it won't work. Also I think the PSRAM is octal for that rather than quad, so you should make sure to test that when you select that you pick the one starting with Q.

i just updated the firmware for the waveshare tiny. i used the esp32s3 dev module as the board and the custom partitions.csv for the 8MB flash, PSRAM set to OPI PSRAM and it is working as well now!

 

[snuffbot1]

i just updated the firmware for the waveshare tiny. i used the esp32s3 dev module as the board and the custom partitions.csv for the 8MB flash, PSRAM set to OPI PSRAM and it is working as well now!

Great, now I can sleep in peace. Well done, you got there in the end.