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- Mon Oct 12, 2015 3:53 pm #31192 @forlotto

Thanks for asking me some pic!
From one pic (http://imgur.com/q6LbIED) I noticed a strange solder on the TXD pin, I checked with a multimeter and that damn pin was bad soldered.

I fixed that soldering and I tried to upload a sketch: it works!!

I'm soooo sorry for this trouble, without that picture of the circuit I couldn't notice that strange solder... I solved the issue and I don't need a new ESP12 anymore.

Taking a picture of solderings may be a good practice to find a bad solder because there aren't reflections and you can zoom in!

Thank you all for the help
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- Mon Oct 12, 2015 4:14 pm #31193 Indeed you are very welcome glad we got it figured out for you ;)

Yeah it is tricky sometimes its always when you think you may know it all that you get hit with them simple things.

I see it plain as day too now! I was actually looking at another joint on the esp as well but did not quite catch that one but indeed a good pic always helps I got a magnifying headset I use for when I solder just because of issues like that.

Something like this... http://www.ebay.com/itm/10X-Magnifier-M ... 3f492e6136

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