Lost encryption key for esphome device- esp32dev 30 pin. Has "reset" and "en" buttons. What are my options? Also need help with different build options

Hello all,

Can you all give me some guidance on the subject?

Also, when I build/ prepare/ install from the esphome web interface, it doesn’t seem to apply an encryption key like it does when using the install option inside of “esphome builder” inside of home assistant.

Could someone help me figure out all of the issues I am encountering above and potentially explain the best path forward.

Is there a way to factory reset the whole esp32. I feel like it is remembering things about the first setup and that is what is causing some of my problems.-- At some point, the device did have an encryption key and I lost it through all of the build/ rebuild I’ve been doing trying to figure out the inconsistencies with all of the different options/ paths.

Thank you all!!

Just go to one of the ESPHome web flashers and have it erase and rewrite it (or do it yourself from the integration).