Tried to flash nodemcu firmware to it first overwriting all of the info and then reflash with basic no go...
I wonder what is causing the intermittent issue with AP there is something that is not fully correct with AP in basic I have an odd hunch would be cool if there were something that would edit the bin file with AP info maybe IDK if this would solve it beats me but I'll keep messing about...
I do notice when I use the reset button there is now a long flash after the initial reset flash don't recall this happening before but either way just something I noticed.
Where I buy my ESP8266 boards from... (Banggood)