Does the bootloader need to be flashed on the chip before flashing WLED? I'm seeing conflicting info.

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  • esphome-flasher

    Discontinued Simple GUI tool to flash ESPs over USB

    • When I try to flash the bootloader now (on my esp32), I get an error Unexpected error: The firmware binary is invalid (magic byte=FF, should be E9 This person had the same error but no solution

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