I just got my electron and I tried flashing the “blink” program via USB, but the LED isn’t blinking. The red light is constantly blinking at a very high rate and the RGB LED is blinking blue at a constant rate. I put the board into DFU mode by pressing both buttons, letting go of reset and waiting u…

Hi @ericye16 ! It sounds like perhaps you have not activated your SIM and connected your Electron to the Cloud. If you do not install a SIM card in AUTOMATIC mode , it will go into Listening Mode on boot. If you’d like to run your Electron without connecting it to the Cloud and without a SIM you ca…

@ericye16 That’s great! If you could please share which part of the setup process you were originally blocked on that would be good feedback, thanks :smile_cat:

[solved] Running firmware on the Electron without a SIM card via DFU?

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[solved] Running firmware on the Electron without a SIM card via DFU?

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