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How to save my device from OTA failure?

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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
20/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
c

Research direction

Start with the reported OTA update flow and the idf.py serial connection failure for the LILYGO T-Display-S3. Determine whether secure boot permits recovery after this failure and document a verified recovery path, with success defined as restoring a bootable device.

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Description

Device: LILYGO T-Display-S3

Background

I purchased the device and flash the Jade latest firmware with secure boot enabled.

Everything works but I forgot to disable the DEBUG log output which could cause the Sparrow wallet failed to unlock the device.

So I try to do the OTA update with the DEBUG log disabled firmware.

The OTA result shows successful on both the device screen and my computer's terminal.

Problem

After I reboot the device, it became this:

Image
Is it possible to save my device?

I tried to flash the firmware again by using idf.py tools but it failed due to

Connecting......................................
/dev/cu.usbmodem101 failed to connect: Failed to connect to ESP32-S3: No serial data received.

I think it's caused by the secure boot.

So can I save the device on my own? Or I have to send it to the manufacturer to rewrite the chip?

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