# Unable to connect to the Spark Cloud **URL:** \ **Category:** Troubleshooting\ **Created:** [January 15, 2015, 12:33am UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/unable-to-connect-to-the-spark-cloud/9374 "2015-01-15T00:33:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3e96dc/32.png) [@aks](https://community.particle.io/u/aks)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 12:33am UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/unable-to-connect-to-the-spark-cloud/9374/1 "2015-01-15T00:33:30Z")
Hi, I am a beginner. I am trying the very basic example of blinking an LED through the Spark core. I have connected over USB to a Windows machine(even tried it on Mac ) Until now I have successfully completed 1. the Smart Config & the network information was found.(solid Blue) 2. connected to the local wifi network( flashing green & then flashing cyan) But, then after Flashing the code, I expect it to turn into slowly breathing cyan & magenta eventually(& LED blinking ofcourse).But, it doesn’t seem to be happening. I have been stuck on this for the whole day. Any suggestions on how to solve this issue? ---
**Author:** ![kennethlimcp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c0e974/32.png) [@kennethlimcp](https://community.particle.io/u/kennethlimcp)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 12:36am UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/unable-to-connect-to-the-spark-cloud/9374/2 "2015-01-15T00:36:45Z")
> [@aks](#): > > flashingcyan means that the core is connected to the Wifi network but not the Spark ☁ Do you see your core in the list? The core should normally be breathing cyan and turn to blinking magenta when there is new code 😉 ---
**Author:** ![bko](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/bko/32/20704_2.png) [@bko](https://community.particle.io/u/bko)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 12:42am UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/unable-to-connect-to-the-spark-cloud/9374/3 "2015-01-15T00:42:16Z")
There is a lot of good troubleshooting info here: [http://docs.spark.io/troubleshooting/](http://docs.spark.io/troubleshooting/) ---
**Author:** ![aks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3e96dc/32.png) [@aks](https://community.particle.io/u/aks)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 12:45am UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/unable-to-connect-to-the-spark-cloud/9374/4 "2015-01-15T00:45:10Z")
Yes, I see the core in the list. I saved, verified & then flashing it. I tried with different wifi networks too. ---
**Author:** ![kennethlimcp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c0e974/32.png) [@kennethlimcp](https://community.particle.io/u/kennethlimcp)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 12:54am UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/unable-to-connect-to-the-spark-cloud/9374/5 "2015-01-15T00:54:27Z")
my question is, is the core breathing cyan? Not the Web IDE response 😃 ---
**Author:** ![aks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3e96dc/32.png) [@aks](https://community.particle.io/u/aks)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 12:58am UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/unable-to-connect-to-the-spark-cloud/9374/6 "2015-01-15T00:58:39Z")
No it is not breathing cyan. It is flashing cyan (8-10 seconds) -\> solid white(1 sec) -\> flashing green(1 sec) -\>flashing cyan again. ---
**Author:** ![kennethlimcp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c0e974/32.png) [@kennethlimcp](https://community.particle.io/u/kennethlimcp)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 1:02am UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/unable-to-connect-to-the-spark-cloud/9374/7 "2015-01-15T01:02:27Z")
That means there’s some issue with cloud handshaking. Can you try with a Wifi hotspot on your mobile phone just to be sure? We can attempt to fix it with a patch if this doesn’t work. Let me know! ---
**Author:** ![aks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3e96dc/32.png) [@aks](https://community.particle.io/u/aks)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 9:05pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/unable-to-connect-to-the-spark-cloud/9374/8 "2015-01-15T21:05:36Z")
Okay. I was trying with the Wifi hotspot using the Android App PDANET+ from my phone until now. It did not work. But, when I used the wifi hosted by the same app on my friend’s phone. It worked ! The only difference being he had the paid version of the app. Thank you for the suggestions though. ---
**Author:** ![kennethlimcp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c0e974/32.png) [@kennethlimcp](https://community.particle.io/u/kennethlimcp)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 4:28am UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/unable-to-connect-to-the-spark-cloud/9374/9 "2015-01-16T04:28:45Z")
Sounds like some sorting out for the wifi network settings… Let us know if you need more help 😉