Configured the adapter to use 1v8 by soldering J1 and J3 and not the others.
Soldered TX and RX like this:

Found
here where I should get the 1v8 from.
Used windows to run putty after installing drivers.
Ran, configured => Nothing shows on the console.
The screen still shows the same "Please wait" screen.
Could this be because the device is in recovery mode? (which shows in lsusb)
Is the serial port activated only when the device boots normally?