device did not appear with the intermediate firmware

I am trying to flash a Woox R5077 (tuya wifi bulb) wifi RGB GU10 lightbulb. Today i already did it succesfully with one, but i didn’t use that bulb for some time with the tuya app. The one i’m trying now has been used recently with the tuya app and its firmware might have been updated?

Any suggestions for trying?

I get the following output from running start_flash.sh:

./start_flash.sh 
Checking for network interface wlo1... Found.
Checking UDP port 53... Occupied by systemd-resolve with PID 2159.
Port 53 is needed to resolve DNS queries
Do you wish to terminate systemd-resolve? [y/N] y
Attempting to stop systemd-resolved.service
Checking UDP port 67... Available.
Checking TCP port 80... Available.
Checking TCP port 443... Available.
Checking UDP port 6666... Available.
Checking UDP port 6667... Available.
Checking TCP port 1883... Available.
Checking TCP port 8886... Available.
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  Starting AP in a screen..
  Starting web server in a screen
  Starting Mosquitto in a screen
  Starting PSK frontend in a screen
  Starting Tuya Discovery in a screen

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IMPORTANT
1. Connect any other device (a smartphone or something) to the WIFI vtrust-flash
   This step is IMPORTANT otherwise the smartconfig may not work!
2. Put your IoT device in autoconfig/smartconfig/pairing mode (LED will blink fast). This is usually done by pressing and holding the primary button of the device
   Make sure nothing else is plugged into your IoT device while attempting to flash.
3. Press ENTER to continue


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Starting smart config pairing procedure
Waiting for the device to install the intermediate firmware
Put device in EZ config mode (blinking fast)
Sending SSID                  vtrust-flash
Sending wifiPassword          
Sending token                 00000000
Sending secret                0101
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SmartConfig complete.
Resending SmartConfig Packets
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SmartConfig complete.
Resending SmartConfig Packets
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SmartConfig complete.
Resending SmartConfig Packets
.................
SmartConfig complete.
Resending SmartConfig Packets
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SmartConfig complete.
Resending SmartConfig Packets
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SmartConfig complete.
Resending SmartConfig Packets
.................
SmartConfig complete.
Resending SmartConfig Packets
.................
SmartConfig complete.
Resending SmartConfig Packets
.................
SmartConfig complete.
Resending SmartConfig Packets
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SmartConfig complete.
Resending SmartConfig Packets
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Device did not appear with the intermediate firmware
Check the *.log files in the scripts folder
Do you want to try flashing another device? [y/N] n

Logs smarthack-mqtt.log smarthack-psk.log smarthack-udp.log smarthack-web.log smarthack-wifi.log

[timaseth]

Gents, don’t waste your time with the Realtek chips unless, of course, you wish to create a port of the firmware for them. I suggest doing an organ transplant (read replace RT with ESP). It’s a fun project and most gratifying…having done a few, I speak from experience 😃

https://community.home-assistant.io/t/unkown-tuya-chip/153591/22

[PoloB12]

So I opened them up today, it’s very easy actually, if you put a cloth around and carfully put between a bench vice the glue will burst en case pops open without a single mark/scratch :

Anyway, I think I have another problem, if I’m not mistaken then these have Realtek chips and are not usable with any custom software ?

Not much left except putting them together I suppose ?