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ESP32 Built-in OLED Board (Wemos Lolin32): A fatal error occurred: Invalid head of packet (0x72)

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ramatito asked 5 years ago

Hi Rui Santos,

Referring to your tutorial ESP32 Built-in OLED Board (WEMOS Lolin32), I did try out and shows me the following error: –

Sketch uses 220260 bytes (16%) of program storage space. Maximum is 1310720 bytes.

Global variables use 14364 bytes (4%) of dynamic memory, leaving 313316 bytes for local variables. Maximum is 327680 bytes.

esptool.py v2.6
Serial port COM7
Connecting....

A fatal error occurred: Invalid head of packet (0x72)
A fatal error occurred: Invalid head of packet (0x72)
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Rui Santos Staff answered 5 years ago

Hello, that error means that your ESP32 OLED board is not in flashing mode.

  1. After pressing the “Upload” button in the Arduino IDE
  2. Hold down the BOOT button in the ESP32 to put it in flashing mode.

Regards,
Rui

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ramatito answered 5 years ago

Good day, Rui Santos,

After following the step, I do get the following error message:-

Arduino: 1.8.9 (Windows Store 1.8.21.0) (Windows 10), Board: "WEMOS LOLIN32, 80MHz, Default, 921600"

A fatal error occurred: Timed out waiting for packet header
A fatal error occurred: Timed out waiting for packet header
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ramatito answered 5 years ago 
Arduino: 1.8.9 (Windows Store 1.8.21.0) (Windows 10), Board: "WEMOS LOLIN32, 80MHz, Default, 115200"

Build options changed, rebuilding all
Sketch uses 220260 bytes (16%) of program storage space. Maximum is 1310720 bytes.
Global variables use 14364 bytes (4%) of dynamic memory, leaving 313316 bytes for local variables. Maximum is 327680 bytes.
esptool.py v2.6
Serial port COM7
Connecting....

A fatal error occurred: Timed out waiting for packet header
A fatal error occurred: Timed out waiting for packet header

This report would have more information with
"Show verbose output during compilation"
option enabled in File -> Preferences.

 

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Rui Santos Staff answered 5 years ago

That error means that your ESP32 is not establishing a serial communication with your computer and it fails to upload the code. I’ve encountered that error before (with many ESP32 boards) and it’s always solved by:

  • Ensure that you’ve selected the ESP32 COM Port in the Tools Menu
  • After you see the message “Connecting….”, you need to hold down the BOOT button until the uploading process begins
  • In some cases, using a different USB cable (shorter) fixed the connection issue
  • Your board might be faulty (that’s very unlikely)

Unfortunately to fix that error there’s no clear solution… It’s one of those things… Regards,
Rui