There is another being built now. Should be ready in a couple of hours.
how are you writing your image? raspberry pi imager I assume?
Are you changing settings? the ovos user has sudo privileges without a pw by default
You should not have to manually edit a file at all. I wonder if the PHAL plugin does not work well with a “hidden” network?
Maybe join us on matrix. Its easier for me to keep track of there for sure.