After entering the command ‘particle flash --usb tinker’ the following message is ‘running dfu-util -l’ and ‘Error writing firmware…dfu-util is not installed’. Photon is breathing cyan connected to USB. I am trying to connect a Nexus 6 tablet to Photon over WiFi using the Internet.

How do you install dfu-util in Windows 10?

Just download it, save it somewhere and add it to the PATH.

[image] Tutorial: Installing DFU-Driver on Windows [24 Feb 2015] Tutorials So it seems like some spark owners want to go slightly advanced but instructions for installing the DFU-driver is a little vague. How to put your core in DFU-mode Press on BOTH buttons Release on…

You can also use particle flash -serial tinker which doesn’t require dfu-util.

Error writing firmware... dfu-util not installed

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Moors7 April 24, 2016, 8:32pm 4

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Error writing firmware... dfu-util not installed

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