ESP32 not functioning WIFI - esp32

Question

I have a Frankenstein ESP 32 setup using my dead Wemos Lolin 32 board and an external Ai thinker ESP 32 chip.
It has been working alright until recently it's failing to connect to any Wifi while dumping garbage data for anything beyond the Wifi. begin() function. It occasionally connects in roughly 1 of 15 reboots. It also seems to sometimes stall UART before triggering a reboot and then working.
I have been using it with a GC9A01 1.28-inch TFT display. I may have damaged it while making the connections but I can't be sure. If I don't use Wifi most other functionality seems to work ok.
This is a sample of the many codes I have tried.
#include <Arduino.h>
#include <WiFi.h>
#include "time.h"
const char *ssid = "VUMA FIBER ";
const char *password = "mysecurepassword";
const char *ntpServer = "pool.ntp.org";
const long gmtOffset_sec = 3 * 3600;
const int daylightOffset_sec = 0;
hw_timer_t *My_timer = NULL;
class Timehandler
{
private:
hw_timer_t *My_timer = NULL;
uint8_t counter = 0;
public:
uint8_t hour;
uint8_t minutes;
uint8_t seconds;
unsigned int year;
uint8_t date;
uint8_t day;
struct tm timeinfo;
bool fetchtime(uint8_t gmtOffset = 0, uint8_t daylightOffset_sec = 0, const char *ntpServer = "pool.ntp.org")
{
// configTime(gmtOffset * 3600, daylightOffset_sec, ntpServer);
// struct tm timeinfo;
// if (!getLocalTime(&timeinfo)) {
// return false;
// } else {
Serial.println(&timeinfo, "%A, %B %d %Y %H:%M:%S");
return true;
// }
}
void maintainTime()
{
seconds++;
if (seconds >= 60)
{
minutes++;
seconds = 0;
}
if (minutes >= 60)
{
hour++;
minutes = 0;
}
if (hour >= 24)
{
date++;
hour = 0;
}
Serial.printf("%02d", hour);
Serial.print(":");
Serial.printf("%02d", minutes);
Serial.print(":");
Serial.printf("%02d", seconds);
Serial.println("");
}
void getTime()
{
struct tm timeinfo;
if (!getLocalTime(&timeinfo))
{
Serial.println("Failed to obtain time");
return;
}
hour = timeinfo.tm_hour;
minutes = timeinfo.tm_min;
seconds = timeinfo.tm_sec;
year = timeinfo.tm_year;
date = timeinfo.tm_mday;
day = timeinfo.tm_wday;
}
};
bool connected = false;
Timehandler t;
void setup()
{
Serial.begin(115200);
// connect to WiFi
Serial.print("Connecting to ");
Serial.println(ssid);
WiFi.begin(ssid, password);
t.fetchtime();
t.getTime();
}
void loop()
{
if (!connected)
{
Serial.println("failed...retrying");
if (WiFi.status() == WL_CONNECTED)
{
Serial.println(" CONNECTED");
while (!t.fetchtime(3))
{
Serial.println("failed...retrying");
delay(500);
t.fetchtime(3);
WiFi.disconnect(true);
WiFi.mode(WIFI_OFF);
}
t.getTime();
connected = true;
}
}else{
t.maintainTime();
}
t.maintainTime();
delay(1000);
}
Here is a sample of the serial output.
CURRENT: upload_protocol = esptool
Looking for upload port...
Auto-detected: COM5
Uploading .pio\build\lolin32\firmware.bin
esptool.py v3.1
Serial port COM5
Connecting....
Chip is ESP32-D0WD (revision 1)
Features: WiFi, BT, Dual Core, 240MHz, VRef calibration in efuse, Coding Scheme None
Crystal is 40MHz
MAC: 94:3c:c6:10:4b:30
Uploading stub...
Running stub...
Stub running...
Changing baud rate to 460800
Changed.
Configuring flash size...
Auto-detected Flash size: 4MB
Flash will be erased from 0x00001000 to 0x00005fff...
Flash will be erased from 0x00008000 to 0x00008fff...
Flash will be erased from 0x0000e000 to 0x0000ffff...
Flash will be erased from 0x00010000 to 0x000abfff...
Compressed 17120 bytes to 11164...
Writing at 0x00001000... (100 %)
Wrote 17120 bytes (11164 compressed) at 0x00001000 in 0.6 seconds (effective 213.4 kbit/s)...
Hash of data verified.
Compressed 3072 bytes to 128...
Writing at 0x00008000... (100 %)
Wrote 3072 bytes (128 compressed) at 0x00008000 in 0.1 seconds (effective 247.8 kbit/s)...
Hash of data verified.
Compressed 8192 bytes to 47...
Writing at 0x0000e000... (100 %)
Wrote 8192 bytes (47 compressed) at 0x0000e000 in 0.2 seconds (effective 397.7 kbit/s)...
Hash of data verified.
Compressed 638784 bytes to 391514...
Writing at 0x00010000... (4 %)
Writing at 0x0001bce6... (8 %)
Writing at 0x00029453... (12 %)
Writing at 0x00031fdd... (16 %)
Writing at 0x00037279... (20 %)
Writing at 0x0003c526... (25 %)
Writing at 0x000419cd... (29 %)
Writing at 0x00046f5c... (33 %)
Writing at 0x0004c242... (37 %)
Writing at 0x000533e8... (41 %)
Writing at 0x0005ba7c... (45 %)
Writing at 0x00061195... (50 %)
Writing at 0x00066a45... (54 %)
Writing at 0x0006bdb0... (58 %)
Writing at 0x000715e8... (62 %)
Writing at 0x00077550... (66 %)
Writing at 0x0007cdc5... (70 %)
Writing at 0x000830c2... (75 %)
Writing at 0x00088d20... (79 %)
Writing at 0x0008ebd9... (83 %)
Writing at 0x00094b83... (87 %)
Writing at 0x0009ab4a... (91 %)
Writing at 0x000a0842... (95 %)
Writing at 0x000a6686... (100 %)
Wrote 638784 bytes (391514 compressed) at 0x00010000 in 10.5 seconds (effective 486.4 kbit/s)...
Hash of data verified.
Leaving...
clk_drv:0x00,q_drv:0x00,d_drv:0x00,cs0_drv:0x00,hd_drv:0x00,wp_drv:0x00
mode:DIO, clock div:1
load:0x3fff0018,len:4
load:0x3fff001c,len:1044load:0x40078000,len:10124
load:0x40080400,len:5856
entry 0x400806a8
Connecting to VUMA FIBER
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rst:0x1 (POWERON_RESET),boot:0x13 (SPI_FAST_FLASH_BOOT)
configsip: 0, SPIWP:0xee
clk_drv:0x00,q_drv:0x00,d_drv:0x00,cs0_drv:0x00,hd_drv:0x00,wp_drv:0x00
mode:DIO, clock div:1
load:0x3fff0018,len:4
load:0x3fff001c,len:1044
load:0x40078000,len:10124
load:0x40080400,len:5856
entry 0x400806a8
ets Jun 8 2016 00:22:57
rst:0x10 (RTCWDT_RTC_RESET),boot:0x13 (SPI_FAST_FLASH_BOOT)
configsip: 0, SPIWP:0xee
clk_drv:0x00,q_drv:0x00,d_drv:0x00,cs0_drv:0x00,hd_drv:0x00,wp_drv:0x00
mode:DIO, clock div:1
load:0x3fff0018,len:4
load:0x3fff001c,len:1044
load:0x40078000,len:10124
load:0x40080400,len:5856
entry 0x400806a8
Connecting to VUMA FIBER
Sunday, January 00 1900 00:00:00
Failed to obtain time
failed...retrying
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failed...retrying
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failed...retrying
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failed...retrying
CONNECTED
Sunday, January 00 1900 00:00:00
Failed to obtain time
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Any help would be appreciated