# How do you remotely fix a panic Hard Fault

**URL:** <https://community.particle.io/t/how-do-you-remotely-fix-a-panic-hard-fault/51176>\
**Category:** Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [July 16, 2019, 12:38am UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/how-do-you-remotely-fix-a-panic-hard-fault/51176 "2019-07-16T00:38:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![jade7272](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/jade7272/32/13509_2.png) [@jade7272](https://community.particle.io/u/jade7272)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 12:38am UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/how-do-you-remotely-fix-a-panic-hard-fault/51176/1 "2019-07-16T00:38:08Z")

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I have a device i accidentally flashed with a bad program and now its in a hard fault is there anyway to fix this remotely

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**Author:** ![Mjones](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/mjones/32/21658_2.png) [@Mjones](https://community.particle.io/u/Mjones)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 12:49am UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/how-do-you-remotely-fix-a-panic-hard-fault/51176/2 "2019-07-16T00:49:09Z")

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Unlikely. In an SOS fault condition I believe the unit isn’t cloud connected so anything OTA wouldn’t go through.

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**Author:** ![jade7272](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/jade7272/32/13509_2.png) [@jade7272](https://community.particle.io/u/jade7272)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 1:01am UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/how-do-you-remotely-fix-a-panic-hard-fault/51176/3 "2019-07-16T01:01:30Z")

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Shit …Thanks

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**Author:** ![ScruffR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/scruffr/32/6952_2.png) [@ScruffR](https://community.particle.io/u/ScruffR)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 7:50am UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/how-do-you-remotely-fix-a-panic-hard-fault/51176/4 "2019-07-16T07:50:51Z")

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Not sure if this feature still exists and _when_ your SOS panic happens, but there was a time when a device that keeps crashing “immediately” after bootup was put into Listening or Safe Mode.  
You’d have to try with a local device running the same device OS as your remote device.

However, if the crash only happens _after_ the device had succesfully connected then this won’t help either.