Photon pulses white constantly

Troubleshooting
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Here’s the steps to (hopefully) get out of this situation:

  1. download http://www.filedropper.com/reset-dct-part2 (the file has a .bin extension)

  2. install version 0.4.7 of firmware either via Particle CLI (particle update) or by manually flashing the files from the github releases.

  3. place the device in DFU mode and flash the file to your device

dfu-util -d 2b04:d006 -a 0 -s 0x8060000 -D reset-dct-part2.bin

  1. Reset the device. The device will display a solid green LED.

  2. Reflash system firmware 0.4.7

  3. Restart the device. The device will enter setup mode, since all wifi credentials are cleared. (This may not be the case if you have installed a custom application that doesn’t attempt to connect to WiFi.)

  4. Reflash the server public key - Photon setup flashing cyan with a "quick red burst" (now orange burst) [Solved]

That’s it! After these steps the device should be functioning normally.

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