{
 "id": "esp32-softap-remote-dead-buttons-phone-hops-back-to-home-wifi",
 "kind": "lesson",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "Fix for phone web remote buttons doing nothing on an ESP32 SoftAP robot \u2014 the phone silently hops back to home wifi because the AP has no internet",
 "symptom": "Web UI served from the ESP32 access point loads on the phone but button presses do nothing; motors verified fine",
 "hw": [
  "esp32",
  "drv8833",
  "tt-motor"
 ],
 "sw": [
  "micropython"
 ],
 "intent": "drive a MicroPython ESP32 lego car from a phone over the board's own access point",
 "date": "2026-07-23",
 "status": "working",
 "confidence": "medium",
 "cost": "one 'nothing works' debugging round on a working car",
 "author": "sarg",
 "handle": "sarg",
 "locked": [
  "setup",
  "cause",
  "fix",
  "body"
 ],
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}