Core won't connect to Wi-fi

Troubleshooting
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Hi, I was wondering if anyone could help me, I was working on my program and the after some modifications, the core flashed red (overload I guess). I did a factory reset to clear the bug and to upload a new version of my program, but the core won’t connect to Wi-fi (keep flashing green). I did more factory reset, but still nothing. I try an other wif-fi and uploading credential from my computer.
I also try to upgrade the firmware (https://community.spark.io/t/tutorial-upgrading-factory-reset-firmware/3430), but I was getting this error:
Filter on vendor = 0x1d50 product = 0x607f
Opening DFU capable USB device… Cannot open device

This happen with both of my Core, but not with the same program.
I’m running out of idea…

Thanks
William

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Just to be sure:

Your Core was in DFU mode (blinking yellow), right?

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Yes, I ran dfu-util -l and I obtained something like this

Found DFU: [1d50:607f] devnum=0, cfg=1, intf=0, alt=0, name="UNDEFINED"
Found DFU: [1d50:607f] devnum=0, cfg=1, intf=0, alt=1, name="UNDEFINED"

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@Moors7 Do you have any idea of what the problem could be ?

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Try sudo dfu-util -l

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@kennethlimcp, Here is what I got:

dfu-util 0.5

(C) 2005-2008 by Weston Schmidt, Harald Welte and OpenMoko Inc.
(C) 2010-2011 Tormod Volden (DfuSe support)
This program is Free Software and has ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY

dfu-util does currently only support DFU version 1.0

Found DFU: [1d50:607f] devnum=0, cfg=1, intf=0, alt=0, name="@Internal Flash /0x08000000/20001Ka,108001Kg"
Found DFU: [1d50:607f] devnum=0, cfg=1, intf=0, alt=1, name="@SPI Flash : SST25x/0x00000000/512*04Kg"

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Looks like it’s working now. So i presume you want to apply a CC3000 patch next?

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I'm trying to follow your tutorial: Tutorial: Upgrading Factory Reset Firmware - Tutorials - Particle to see if this could help. Unless you have a better idea ?
I'm getting this:

dfu-util does currently only support DFU version 1.0

Filter on vendor = 0x1d50 product = 0x607f
Opening DFU USB device... ID 1d50:607f
Run-time device DFU version 011a
Found DFU: [1d50:607f] devnum=0, cfg=1, intf=0, alt=1, name="@SPI Flash : SST25x/0x00000000/512*04Kg"
Claiming USB DFU Interface...
Setting Alternate Setting #1 ...
Determining device status: state = dfuIDLE, status = 0
dfuIDLE, continuing
DFU mode device DFU version 011a
Device returned transfer size 1024
No valid DFU suffix signature
Warning: File has no DFU suffix
DfuSe interface name: "SPI Flash : SST25x"

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Try it out!

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I ran your command, but I got this error:

sudo dfu-util -d 1d50:607f -a 0 -s 0x08005000 -D cc3000-patch-programmer.bin

So I remove the :leave, but I got this:

Filter on vendor = 0x1d50 product = 0x607f
Cannot open device
Opening DFU USB device...

So I add sudo but then I got practically the same error as last time and the led didn't change to magenta:

dfu-util does currently only support DFU version 1.0

Filter on vendor = 0x1d50 product = 0x607f
Opening DFU USB device... ID 1d50:607f
Run-time device DFU version 011a
Found DFU: [1d50:607f] devnum=0, cfg=1, intf=0, alt=0, name="@Internal Flash /0x08000000/20001Ka,108001Kg"
Claiming USB DFU Interface...
Setting Alternate Setting #0 ...
Determining device status: state = dfuDNLOAD-IDLE, status = 0
aborting previous incomplete transfer
Determining device status: state = dfuIDLE, status = 0
dfuIDLE, continuing
DFU mode device DFU version 011a
Device returned transfer size 1024
No valid DFU suffix signature
Warning: File has no DFU suffix
DfuSe interface name: "Internal Flash "

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Which OS are you on?

Be sure to place the device in DFU-mode (blinking yellow)

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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

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Hmm… DFU should work though the version might be a little old.

Can you paste the full output message when you run the command?

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Seems like it was transferred. What happens to the core after that? You might need to hit the reset button since :leave is not used

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Nothing happen, the core just keep flashing yellow. If I press the reset button, the light turn off, and turn back to yellow as soon as I release it. Do I only need to press or to hold the reset button ? I trying following the rest of your step, but I got the exact same output for this command line:

sudo dfu-util -d 1d50:607f -a 0 -s 0x08005000 -D spark_tinker.bin

I did the manual reset after each command, but the core still blank yellow. In fact, I can't get the core out of the DFU mode.

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Can you perform a factory reset?

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I had similar issue but after cc3000 patch and tinker firmware update , core was alright. Can you try with dfu-util 0.8 ?

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@kennethlimcp, yes I was able to perform a factory reset (well I guess the light stay off until it flash white), now the core is in listening mode
@naveen_surya, I’m not sure to understand what you mean but: Can you try with dfu-util 0.8 ?

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From your screenshot , it looks you have got older version of dfu-util (v 0.5) .

You can find dfu-util v0.8 in this link https://s3.amazonaws.com/spark-assets/dfu-util-0.8-binaries.tar.xz