After ESPhome update screen stuck in white display

[Sliver88]

Hi,

After the latest update in ESPHome on my Home Assistance installation i got a white screen. I reboot it, rebooted the Home Assistance, checked all the settings (for possible naming issue) and i even reverted to pre-ESPHome update but still the issue was there. Home assistant was passing commands (eg. i could open and close the switches from the lovelace button).

I thought to restage the whole panel from scratch. When i firstly tried to install it i had some issues which finally were resolved with the help of the edwardtfn. The case was: https://github.com/Blackymas/NSPanel_HA_Blueprint/issues/645

Of course i tried everything step by step with the files that were attached and worked then, but now when i install nspanel_nextion_pr2956-factory.bin or nspanel-factory.bin the panel lights up in black with a vertical message: "Data corrupt" so i can't proceed with anything.

Is there a new file i could use and might lost in my 5 hour now trying? Please spare me, my wife can not open the bathroom light and we all know what that means............ 🗡️

Thank you in advance, Jim

[edwardtfn]

So, as I understood right now you have a pure white screen with nothing written on that, is that correct?

[edwardtfn]

Could you please share the yaml used for ESPHome settings? Please remove any sensitive information before sharing.

[edwardtfn]

I would propose one new thing... There's a new code on dev now which will have a different routine for uploading TFT but, most important, will collect more logs. So if you wanna try that, please change in your setting, on the remote_package area, from ref: main to ref: dev, then flash your device again and try the Upload TFT, but this time with an eye in your ESPHome logs. Please share the logs here when it fails (or when it finishes successfully but in the end you didn't got the right thing in your panel. After that, please make sure you go back to ref: main.

[Sliver88]

So, as I understood right now you have a pure white screen with nothing written on that, is that correct?

Hi edwardfn... I hope you are doing great. No at this moment i have this:

after flashing the device with this: nspanel_nextion_pr2956-factory.bin

The rest like nspanel-factory.bin and nspanel_nextion_pr2956.bin are giving me just a black screen.

So what file should i flash the device with?

Thank you in advance once more and sorry for late reply i was out of town.

[edwardtfn]

I still think you should try this: https://github.com/Blackymas/NSPanel_HA_Blueprint/issues/1137#issuecomment-1744187168

I don't know from where you got nspanel_nextion_pr2956.bin but, anyways, this is most likely the ESPHome firmware. With that suggestion above you will be using the code from our dev brach, which will provide more logs, so it might be easier to figure out how to handle the TFT transfer.

Try to install that one from dev, press the button Upload TFT and capture the logs... I'm sure that will help.

[Sliver88]

Ok thanks.. i truly cant remember where i found it. i had in my folder of ESPHome after the resolution. i might had put it there by mistake. I will try your suggestion and i ll return with news..

[Sliver88]

Well i cant install it like this.. it stuck here for ever. And i dont accidentally lose pin connection. i guess i ll need to flash with a .bin file. but the ones you had uploaded on the other case are not working :P

[edwardtfn]

Why don't you select the "wirelessly" install?

[Sliver88]

Why don't you select the "wirelessly" install?

Tried but the device is not even connected to the wifi most probably. It is in the above state and the message from ESP:

[edwardtfn]

Understood. Look, I can see it took 941 seconds to compile... this is the time it will take on that "Preparing for download"... you have to wait. Or you can use the option "Manual download". The process (and time to wait) is the same, but at least you have some visual feedback. You will be able to download the file and then you can go https://web.esphome.io/ to transfer the file.

[Sliver88]

Well still the same. The .bin file was created i flashed it successfully and still i get the same screen with the Data Error... Any ideas?

[Sliver88]

Well still the same. The .bin file was created i flashed it successfully and still i get the same screen with the Data Error... Any ideas?

I now have the panel opened via IP and i can control it. Also Home Assistant found it again. But i keep getting the issue i initially posted. with dev it had the same screen error but didn't connect to wifi. With the usual one at least i got it working from Hass

[edwardtfn]

I want the logs from when you press the button Upload TFT

[Sliver88]

I retried everything and it just worked this time. Mysterious but i won't complain. Sorry for the false alarm as it seems and thank you very much for the instant replies and willingness to help.

Cheers