# Presto upgrade bricked my Wi-FI **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [August 10, 2025, 9:06am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/presto-upgrade-bricked-my-wi-fi/28151 "2025-08-10T09:06:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ahnlak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/ahnlak/32/5610_2.png) [@ahnlak](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/ahnlak)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2025, 12:41pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/presto-upgrade-bricked-my-wi-fi/28151/22 "2025-08-13T12:41:35Z")
FWIW, to get to the “Unable to get time” error, the WiFi connection has been successfully made - the problem has never actually been at the WiFi level, it’s either something upstream or the `ntptime` library is …. locally broken? ---
**Author:** ![Grumpy\_Mike](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/grumpy_mike/32/10832_2.png) [@Grumpy\_Mike](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/Grumpy_Mike)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2025, 5:01am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/presto-upgrade-bricked-my-wi-fi/28151/23 "2025-08-14T05:01:21Z")
> [@ahnlak](#): > > Something like this (around line 53ish of word\_clock) OK I tried that. But no change I still get the “Unable to set time” error but I notice it is a longer time before it says that. However, that is only to be expected. ---
**Author:** ![Grumpy\_Mike](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/grumpy_mike/32/10832_2.png) [@Grumpy\_Mike](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/Grumpy_Mike)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2025, 5:18am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/presto-upgrade-bricked-my-wi-fi/28151/24 "2025-08-14T05:18:42Z")
> [@alphanumeric](#): > > Have a look at this: I ran it and got :- MPY: soft reboot Scanning for WiFi networks. Scanning… Found WiFi networks: SSID BSSID CH dB Auth TP-Link\_1102 “my mac address redacted for safety” 3 -93 WEP/WPA2 Connecting to “my router name” redacted for safety. Status: CONNECTING Status: NO\_AP\_FOUND Status: NO\_AP\_FOUND Status: NO\_AP\_FOUND Status: NO\_AP\_FOUND Status: NO\_AP\_FOUND Status: NO\_AP\_FOUND Timed out after 5 seconds… > [@alphanumeric](#): > > I know it gets old, but if you flash nuked, and reloaded the uf2, your secrets file will be blank. Yes I know this, in fact if you try and run things with the secrets file blank, you will get a message saying “Secrets file empty”. ---
**Author:** ![alphanumeric](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/alphanumeric/32/2729_2.png) [@alphanumeric](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/alphanumeric)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2025, 5:51am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/presto-upgrade-bricked-my-wi-fi/28151/25 "2025-08-14T05:51:54Z")
> [@Grumpy\_Mike](#): > > Status: NO\_AP\_FOUND Ok, so it is in fact not connecting to your WIFI. Not that I doubted you, I’m not so swift some times decoding error messages. Might be time to e-mail tech support directly and get them involved. > **[Submit a ticket](https://pimoroni.freshdesk.com/support/tickets/new)** I’d put a link to this Thread in the e-mail. ;) ---
**Author:** ![Grumpy\_Mike](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/grumpy_mike/32/10832_2.png) [@Grumpy\_Mike](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/Grumpy_Mike)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2025, 7:06am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/presto-upgrade-bricked-my-wi-fi/28151/26 "2025-08-14T07:06:54Z")
> [@alphanumeric](#): > > Might be time to e-mail tech support directly and get them involved. As I said before I need to examine what is going on inside my modem before calling for the cavalry. The hardware to allow me to make that connection will take another one to two weeks to arrive. ---
**Author:** ![bablokb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee59a6/32.png) [@bablokb](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/bablokb)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2025, 9:00am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/presto-upgrade-bricked-my-wi-fi/28151/27 "2025-08-14T09:00:59Z")
> [@Grumpy\_Mike](#): > > TP-Link\_1102 “my mac address redacted for safety” 3 -93 WEP/WP2 This figure (-93 for dB) is extremely low. And given the fact that you are next to your router even more. So either the RM2 has a problem, or the TX-power of the RM2 is not configured correctly. But no idea how MicroPython does that. And why it would suddenly be different. ---
**Author:** ![ahnlak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/ahnlak/32/5610_2.png) [@ahnlak](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/ahnlak)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2025, 9:38am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/presto-upgrade-bricked-my-wi-fi/28151/28 "2025-08-14T09:38:39Z")
Interestingly I’ve got similarly low dB for one of my APs here, although it _is_ in another room from the Presto. Also interestingly, I get exactly the same fail to connect messages if I have a typo in my `secrets.py` SSID… ---
**Author:** ![Grumpy\_Mike](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/grumpy_mike/32/10832_2.png) [@Grumpy\_Mike](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/Grumpy_Mike)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2025, 10:07am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/presto-upgrade-bricked-my-wi-fi/28151/29 "2025-08-14T10:07:11Z")
> [@bablokb](#): > > This figure (-93 for dB) is extremely low. And given the fact that you are next to your router even more. No I did this test upstairs as moving it next to the router made no difference > [@ahnlak](#): > > I get exactly the same fail to connect messages if I have a typo in my `secrets.py` I have checked this value many times. It is quite complex for a few reasons but I have checked this many times. I just got an email saying my Ethernet adaptor would be delivered on the 19th August. ---
**Author:** ![bablokb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee59a6/32.png) [@bablokb](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/bablokb)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2025, 10:15am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/presto-upgrade-bricked-my-wi-fi/28151/30 "2025-08-14T10:15:47Z")
> [@Grumpy\_Mike](#): > > No I did this test upstairs as moving it next to the router made no difference Can you repeat this test next to your router? It would be interesting to see the signal strength there. BTW: the fact that your router is detected by the wifi-scan does show that the wifi-chip RM2 _is_ working. ---
**Author:** ![ahnlak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/ahnlak/32/5610_2.png) [@ahnlak](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/ahnlak)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2025, 12:47pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/presto-upgrade-bricked-my-wi-fi/28151/31 "2025-08-14T12:47:03Z")
> [@Grumpy\_Mike](#): > > I have checked this value many times. It is quite complex for a few reasons but I have checked this many times. I mean from the looks of that log, it’s just “TP-Link\_1102”, but I’m clearly not helping now so I’ll butt out :-) ---
**Author:** ![alphanumeric](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/alphanumeric/32/2729_2.png) [@alphanumeric](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/alphanumeric)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2025, 9:10pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/presto-upgrade-bricked-my-wi-fi/28151/32 "2025-08-14T21:10:26Z")
I was just tinkering with my just arrived Pico Lipo 2 and RM2. At one point, for what ever reason, it stopped connecting to my network / router. Connection timed out error. And hardware miss match messages in Thonny? In the end I had to power cycle my Router to get it to connect? Just a FYI post. ---
**Author:** ![Grumpy\_Mike](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/grumpy_mike/32/10832_2.png) [@Grumpy\_Mike](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/Grumpy_Mike)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2025, 9:07am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/presto-upgrade-bricked-my-wi-fi/28151/33 "2025-08-15T09:07:13Z")
> [@bablokb](#): > > Can you repeat this test next to your router? This is interesting. I have just repeated the test both from upstairs and next to the router and have got **exactly** the same dB readings. This has got to tell me something, but I can’t figure out what yet. ---
**Author:** ![Grumpy\_Mike](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/grumpy_mike/32/10832_2.png) [@Grumpy\_Mike](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/Grumpy_Mike)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2025, 9:34am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/presto-upgrade-bricked-my-wi-fi/28151/34 "2025-08-15T09:34:31Z")
> [@ahnlak](#): > > I get exactly the same fail to connect messages if I have a typo in my `secrets.py` Yes that indeed was the problem. I am dyslexic and was spelling the name of my router as FRITS and not FRITZ. Couldn’t see it until I checked my system report under the Wi-Fi section. Many thanks to everyone who contributed to this thread. You are all stars. ---
**Author:** ![m1cr0py7h0n](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/m1cr0py7h0n/32/11507_2.png) [@m1cr0py7h0n](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/m1cr0py7h0n)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2025, 11:00am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/presto-upgrade-bricked-my-wi-fi/28151/35 "2025-09-28T11:00:19Z")
> [@Grumpy\_Mike](#): > > I am dyslexic and was spelling the name of my _router_ as FRITS and not FRITZ. Couldn’t see it until I checked my system report under the Wi-Fi section. glad, you found the root cause to the problem. But how could this lead you to assume it came with the firmware update, as there is no connection between updating the firmware and changing the credentials of secret.py on the PICO itself? > [@Grumpy\_Mike](#): > > I updated the software on my Presto with the presto-v0.1.0-micropython-with-filesystem.uf2 and the result was that nothing that uses WI-FI will work. You usually just flash the ROM image and leave everything untouched (as long as the firmware update does not rewrite the filesystem and thus erases all content). This might be just an unhappy coincidence… Anyways, this just shows that we always should expect the unexpected while tinkering around with electronics… ;) ---
**Author:** ![alphanumeric](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/alphanumeric/32/2729_2.png) [@alphanumeric](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/alphanumeric)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2025, 10:40pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/presto-upgrade-bricked-my-wi-fi/28151/36 "2025-09-28T22:40:39Z")
@m1cr0py7h0n If you use a **with file system** uf2 it will wipe everything. The presto-v1.0.0-micropython-with-filesystem.uf2 gets you the factory setup with all the examples etc. It also resets your secrets file to a blank one. ;) [Previous page](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/presto-upgrade-bricked-my-wi-fi/28151.md?page=1)