Did you put the cap across the supply?
The available ESP8266 breakout boards don't have enough caps to work without adding caps.
On the shim, I put a 47 uf 1210 cap on mine, and it works beautifully, didn't even connect without it.
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Did you put the cap across the supply?
The available ESP8266 breakout boards don't have enough caps to work without adding caps.
On the shim, I put a 47 uf 1210 cap on mine, and it works beautifully, didn't even connect without it.