Solved it after days of scratching my head. It was due to the flash mode, setting it to DIO as indicated in the bootloop doesn't work. I had to use an older version of the firmware that supports DOUT and use DOUT as flash mode. That works. Hope this helps someone in the future.

Hi, I have attached the schematic of the circuit I am using. If there is information missing please let me know and I will provide it. I appreciate any help in advance! schematic.png Whenever I connect to power while holding the boot button down I see the following in the serial monitor: ESP-ROM:esp...