Bluefruit LE UART Friend printing out ?'s after factory resetting.

hey everyone, So I'm working on connecting my Bluefruit LE UART Friend. When I connect it, it runs through the whole "factory resetting" process. It takes a while but after a few seconds it just prints out "??"x100. If I change the baud rate it then resets the build and then is completely unreadable. I can connect a device to the bluefruit and it has blinking lights and a blue light on it. I am using the exact example code from the blueart_cmdmode.h example.

This is the output-

Adafruit Bluefruit Command Mode Example
---------------------------------------
Initialising the Bluefruit LE module: OK!
ATE=0

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Here are some pictures of the setup

Share your Arduino IDE code as well.

I think its baud rate problem, check the baud rate of your device using AT command or datasheet and make sure its same as in Arduino code.

I sent a baud rate command of 9600 and the serial is 9600. I've tried as many different baud rates as are available and its always just "??"

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#include <Arduino.h>
#include <SPI.h>
#include "Adafruit_BLE.h"
#include "Adafruit_BluefruitLE_SPI.h"
#include "Adafruit_BluefruitLE_UART.h"
#include "OneWire.h"
#include "DallasTemperature.h"

#include "BluefruitConfig.h"

#if SOFTWARE_SERIAL_AVAILABLE
  #include <SoftwareSerial.h>
#endif

/*=========================================================================
    APPLICATION SETTINGS

    FACTORYRESET_ENABLE       Perform a factory reset when running this sketch
   
                              Enabling this will put your Bluefruit LE module
                              in a 'known good' state and clear any config
                              data set in previous sketches or projects, so
                              running this at least once is a good idea.
   
                              When deploying your project, however, you will
                              want to disable factory reset by setting this
                              value to 0.  If you are making changes to your
                              Bluefruit LE device via AT commands, and those
                              changes aren't persisting across resets, this
                              is the reason why.  Factory reset will erase
                              the non-volatile memory where config data is
                              stored, setting it back to factory default
                              values.
       
                              Some sketches that require you to bond to a
                              central device (HID mouse, keyboard, etc.)
                              won't work at all with this feature enabled
                              since the factory reset will clear all of the
                              bonding data stored on the chip, meaning the
                              central device won't be able to reconnect.
    MINIMUM_FIRMWARE_VERSION  Minimum firmware version to have some new features
    MODE_LED_BEHAVIOUR        LED activity, valid options are
                              "DISABLE" or "MODE" or "BLEUART" or
                              "HWUART"  or "SPI"  or "MANUAL"
    -----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
    #define FACTORYRESET_ENABLE         0
    #define MINIMUM_FIRMWARE_VERSION    "0.6.6"
    #define MODE_LED_BEHAVIOUR          "MODE"
/*=========================================================================*/

// Create the bluefruit object, either software serial...uncomment these lines
/*
SoftwareSerial bluefruitSS = SoftwareSerial(BLUEFRUIT_SWUART_TXD_PIN, BLUEFRUIT_SWUART_RXD_PIN);

Adafruit_BluefruitLE_UART ble(bluefruitSS, BLUEFRUIT_UART_MODE_PIN,
                      BLUEFRUIT_UART_CTS_PIN, BLUEFRUIT_UART_RTS_PIN);
*/

/* ...or hardware serial, which does not need the RTS/CTS pins. Uncomment this line */
// Adafruit_BluefruitLE_UART ble(Serial1, BLUEFRUIT_UART_MODE_PIN);

/* ...hardware SPI, using SCK/MOSI/MISO hardware SPI pins and then user selected CS/IRQ/RST */
Adafruit_BluefruitLE_SPI ble(BLUEFRUIT_SPI_CS, BLUEFRUIT_SPI_IRQ, BLUEFRUIT_SPI_RST);

/* ...software SPI, using SCK/MOSI/MISO user-defined SPI pins and then user selected CS/IRQ/RST */
//Adafruit_BluefruitLE_SPI ble(BLUEFRUIT_SPI_SCK, BLUEFRUIT_SPI_MISO,
//                             BLUEFRUIT_SPI_MOSI, BLUEFRUIT_SPI_CS,
//                             BLUEFRUIT_SPI_IRQ, BLUEFRUIT_SPI_RST);


// A small helper
void error(const __FlashStringHelper*err) {
  Serial.println(err);
  while (1);
}

/**************************************************************************/
/*!
    @brief  Sets up the HW an the BLE module (this function is called
            automatically on startup)
*/
/**************************************************************************/

void setup(void)
{
  while (!Serial);  // required for Flora & Micro
  Serial.begin(9600);
  Serial.println(F("Adafruit Bluefruit Command Mode Example"));
  Serial.println(F("---------------------------------------"));

  /* Initialise the module */
  Serial.print(F("Initialising the Bluefruit LE module: "));

  if ( !ble.begin(VERBOSE_MODE) )
  {
    error(F("Couldn't find Bluefruit, make sure it's in CoMmanD mode & check wiring?"));
  }
  Serial.println( F("OK!") );

  ble.print("AT+BAUDRATE=");
    ble.println(9600);

    // check response stastus
    if (! ble.waitForOK() ) {
      Serial.println(F("Failed to send?"));
    }

  if ( FACTORYRESET_ENABLE )
  {
    /* Perform a factory reset to make sure everything is in a known state */
    Serial.println(F("Performing a factory reset: "));
    if ( ! ble.factoryReset() ){
      error(F("Couldn't factory reset"));
    }
  }

  /* Disable command echo from Bluefruit */
  ble.echo(false);

  Serial.println("Requesting Bluefruit info:");
  /* Print Bluefruit information */
  ble.info();

  Serial.println(F("Please use Adafruit Bluefruit LE app to connect in UART mode"));
  Serial.println(F("Then Enter characters to send to Bluefruit"));
  Serial.println();

  ble.verbose(false);  // debug info is a little annoying after this point!

  /* Wait for connection */
  while (! ble.isConnected()) {
      delay(500);
  }

  // LED Activity command is only supported from 0.6.6
  if ( ble.isVersionAtLeast(MINIMUM_FIRMWARE_VERSION) )
  {
    // Change Mode LED Activity
    Serial.println(F("******************************"));
    Serial.println(F("Change LED activity to " MODE_LED_BEHAVIOUR));
    ble.sendCommandCheckOK("AT+HWModeLED=" MODE_LED_BEHAVIOUR);
    Serial.println(F("******************************"));
  }
}

/**************************************************************************/
/*!
    @brief  Constantly poll for new command or response data
*/
/**************************************************************************/
void loop(void)
{
    int reading = analogRead(0);  
 
   float voltage = reading * 5.0;
   voltage /= 1024.0; 
   
   float temperatureC = (voltage - 0.5) * 100 ;  //converting from 10 mv per degree wit 500 mV offset
   float temperatureF = (temperatureC * 9.0 / 5.0) + 32.0;
   Serial.print(temperatureF); Serial.println(" degrees F");
  
  // Check for user input
  char inputs[BUFSIZE+1];

  if ( getUserInput(inputs, BUFSIZE) )
  {
    // Send characters to Bluefruit
    Serial.print("[Send] ");
    Serial.println(inputs);

    ble.print("AT+BAUDRATE=");
    ble.println(9600);

    // check response stastus
    if (! ble.waitForOK() ) {
      Serial.println(F("Failed to send?"));
    }
  }

  // Check for incoming characters from Bluefruit
  ble.println("AT+BLEUARTRX");
  ble.readline();
  if (strcmp(ble.buffer, "OK") == 0) {
    // no data
    return;
  }
  // Some data was found, its in the buffer
  Serial.print(F("[Recv] ")); Serial.println(ble.buffer);
  ble.waitForOK();
}

/**************************************************************************/
/*!
    @brief  Checks for user input (via the Serial Monitor)
*/
/**************************************************************************/
bool getUserInput(char buffer[], uint8_t maxSize)
{
  // timeout in 100 milliseconds
  TimeoutTimer timeout(100);

  memset(buffer, 0, maxSize);
  while( (!Serial.available()) && !timeout.expired() ) { delay(1); }

  if ( timeout.expired() ) return false;

  delay(2);
  uint8_t count=0;
  do
  {
    count += Serial.readBytes(buffer+count, maxSize);
    delay(2);
  } while( (count < maxSize) && (Serial.available()) );

  return true;
}

I have also changed from uart to cmd mode with no change whatsoever.

@tomshenstone, please post your solution.