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V1 Unpatched Switch ESP32-S3 payload injector

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snuffbot1 said:
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.
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i had 3.3.11. uninstalled and now have 3.3.7 installed. build and upload firmware again?
 
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
 
mcPickleRick said:
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
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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.
 
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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.
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it did the same thing again

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checked the system information after that attempt and i see this:
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my bad on this, i built with PSRAM disabled this time. rebuilding now
 
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mcPickleRick said:
it did the same thing again
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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.
 
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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.
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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!
 
mcPickleRick said:
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
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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.
 
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snuffbot1 said:
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.
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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!
 
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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!
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Great, now I can sleep in peace. Well done, you got there in the end.
:)
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I've attached a couple of files to show you how to code the buttons/touchscreen and show battery information for the waveshare 1.8 v1 touch. These can be used to help you create a UI for it and put in into standby/swap payloads etc from from touchscreen.

I can't post the dongle files with the touch/button code included as it doesn't belong to me and I don't want to piss mrdude off, but the code attached can be used to help you as I made it myself. You can give the code to AI and ask it to implement it into the dongle code and it should do it very quickly if you don't know how to code yourself. You should download and install the waveshare examples from waveshare site and put in your arduino folder so you have the correct libraries.
 

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

I've attached a couple of files to show you how to code the buttons/touchscreen and show battery information for the waveshare 1.8 v1 touch. These can be used to help you create a UI for it and put in into standby/swap payloads etc from from touchscreen.

I can't post the dongle files with the touch/button code included as it doesn't belong to me and I don't want to piss mrdude off, but the code attached can be used to help you as I made it myself. You can give the code to AI and ask it to implement it into the dongle code and it should do it very quickly if you don't know how to code yourself. You should download and install the waveshare examples from waveshare site and put in your arduino folder so you have the correct libraries.
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this is great, thanks again! i have some python and javascript experience but have never worked with arduino and these types of boards. im able to make sense of some of the code but ill have to spend some time with AI to explain some of the parts i dont understand. ill look at these and see if i can throw something together. would love to have some kind of grid selection screen which shows the payloads and then injects the one that is selected. either way, this is an awesome project...kudos to the creator and to you and @Shalasere for the support. i feel like i wasted your time helping me debug and it turned out to be a board version issue (not sure why that would cause this) but i guess its tracked here so if others run into the issue they will know how to solve it :)
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I also plan on doing an internal install, so if anyone has done so i would love to hear what your experience was like. i did some tracing on the waveshare tiny n8r8 and found a potentially easier spot to solder the d+ and d- points.
ill attempt to install to the ends of the smd components there and see how it goes
 

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this is great, thanks again! i have some python and javascript experience but have never worked with arduino and these types of boards. im able to make sense of some of the code but ill have to spend some time with AI to explain some of the parts i dont understand. ill look at these and see if i can throw something together. would love to have some kind of grid selection screen which shows the payloads and then injects the one that is selected. either way, this is an awesome project...kudos to the creator and to you and @Shalasere for the support. i feel like i wasted your time helping me debug and it turned out to be a board version issue (not sure why that would cause this) but i guess its tracked here so if others run into the issue they will know how to solve it :)
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I also plan on doing an internal install, so if anyone has done so i would love to hear what your experience was like. i did some tracing on the waveshare tiny n8r8 and found a potentially easier spot to solder the d+ and d- points.
ill attempt to install to the ends of the smd components there and see how it goes
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On the waveshare tiny just look at the first few posts of this thread, you can buy a breakout board that plugs into the ribbon cable, they are cheap as anything from Ali express, so are the ribbon cables. This would make an install far easier. For UI coding there's a free program called Squareline Studio you can use and there's loads of tutorials on youtube. There's a youtube channel called VolosProjects and you can see lot's of examples on UI coding for lcd/touchscreens for esp based boards.

Grid selection screen will be easy, it's just a loop that scrolls the contents of a dir and prints out a list. There's an example mp3 player code that's basically the same, but instead of selecting a file ending mp3, you are selecting a file called bin - it's on waveshare github example's page, that should help you. The examples I posted should just compile as is and you can get a basic gist of how the code works and what headers you will need.

Anyway, good luck on your coding. Also if you had to give this project a mark out of 10 and the Android App it comes with, what would you rate it as? And if you could improve it what would you add or do differently? (bare in mind the code posted is for waveshare mini with 4mb flash).
 
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