I was able to get to “take-over the device” within ESPHome Builder. At the end of the flashing, it showed an IP but it couldn’t connect to the VPE. I retried several times but no luck. Now it shows the VPE in Home Builder in red. When I try to install now, it asks how I want to connect. When I choose OTA it ends with a “couldn’t find device” message.
It now seems to be bricked. The light ring (white) stays on all the time and it doesn’t connect to the wifi anymore. Power cycling has no effect. At this point I figured I should stop and ask for help. This is the first time I’ve used Home Builder, so I really hope I didn’t screw something up and permanently break my brand new Voice Assist.
No ideal what I should do next. Any help would be much appreciated.
In addition to this thread you probably should also post your question on the thread you linked since the person whose instructions you followed can be found there.
Based on this info I checked my “secrets” and I have a typo in my wifi credentials. So it’s not bricked, the flashing was successful, it just can’t connect to the wifi because it has the wrong password.
The factory firmware reset did not work, (probably because it’s not running the factory firmware) so I’m doing more digging.
So now the question is how to I clear the settings if it can’t connect?
At this point I think it might be easier to just change my wifi to match the typo, fix it, then switch back. This is what I will try later today.
The source of the problem was the wifi creds. Changing my wifi to match the typo let the VPE connect. I then fixed the wifi creds in secrets and updated the VPE. Changed my wifi network back and no more problems.