My photon is blinking white every time I restart it, I think that is in semi automatic mode but I need to bring it back to automatic mode and I don’t know how to do it

Flash some code that doesn’t engage SEMI_AUTOMATIC To flash OTA you should use Safe Mode to get the device online and then flash.

I am using a BORON and the same thing has happened to me. But I can’t connect to it over LTE, and the DFU does not seem to work. Tried factory reset and that failed also. Any help would be appreciated.

Have you tried [image] ScruffR: you should use Safe Mode And in what way is that? [image] dnk100: he DFU does not seem to work this is not a very enlightening symptom description.

Thx. Figured out how to get it into safe mode. Problem stemmed from using “SEMI-AUTOMATIC” mode incorrectly. DFU issue is unrelated. I keep getting “No DFU capable USB device available” error when trying to program the device from visual studio Particle plugin. Ran the installer and tried uninst…

[image] dnk100: “No DFU capable USB device available” Are you on Windows? If so, try zadig to install the drivers.

How did you get it into safe mode. When i follow the procedure outlined, i was able to get my led to blink with the mangeta color while still holding the mode button. On releasing the mode button, the led reverted back to a white blink. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

https://docs.particle.io/tutorials/device-os/led/photon/#listening-mode The device needs to be running before you press/hold SETUP/MODE

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