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fix(docs): Add a note about entering manual bootloader mode
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docs/en/advanced-topics/boot-mode-selection.rst

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- For development boards produced by Espressif, this information can be found in the respective getting started guides or user guides. For example, to manually reset a development board, hold down the **Boot** button (``{IDF_TARGET_STRAP_BOOT_GPIO}``) and press the **EN** button (``EN`` (``CHIP_PU``)).
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- For other types of hardware, try pulling ``{IDF_TARGET_STRAP_BOOT_GPIO}`` down.
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If esptool is able to reset the chip but for some reason the chip is not entering into bootloader mode then hold down the Boot button (or pull down ``{IDF_TARGET_STRAP_BOOT_GPIO}``) while you start esptool and keep it down during reset.
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.. only:: esp8266
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.. _boot-log-esp8266:

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