I wonder if the problem StarkJarvis is experiencing is the same one I had when I first tried to use cloud-built firmware. In that case, simply changing the baud from 9600 to 115200 in ESPlorer fixed the problem.
Of course, this may not be the case here, but since Stark does not say what firmware he used, how he flashed it on the chip (with what software, what command, etc), I may well be wrong - but his description did remind me of the issue I had.
Communication with MCU..
for ever. Please help.