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• BangleJS 2 died after exposure to saltwater

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• BangleJS 2 died after exposure to saltwater

  in Bangle.js • 1 year, 7 months

  

  So awesome, it works!
  Thank you,
  -- Olav

• BangleJS 2 died after exposure to saltwater

  in Bangle.js • 1 year, 8 months

  

  Oh well, there we have it, the flash memory is broken.
  I will pull out my BangleJS 1 for the time being and wait for the next christmas or birthday.

  I could do you a firmware build that uses just that internal memory

  This would of course be fantastic.

  Thanks again for your time.
  -- Olav

• BangleJS 2 died after exposure to saltwater

  in Bangle.js • 1 year, 8 months

  

  Wow! From an Android phone, the firmware installation worked - thank you!
  However (back in Chrome on my Mac), the installation of the default apps hangs in the bootloader:

  What else could I try?
  Thank you for your patience,
  -- Olav

• BangleJS 2 died after exposure to saltwater

  in Bangle.js • 1 year, 8 months

  

  Oh! This may have well be the reason for the version mismatch; stupid me.

  I have loaded the 2v15 firmware for BangleJS 2 and tried again. Again, the nRF Toolbox is able to connect, but unable to transfer the firmware.

  Outside of DFUe mode, the watch just cycles an error message every minute or so.

  There is probably nothing else I can try, or is there?

• BangleJS 2 died after exposure to saltwater

  in Bangle.js • 1 year, 8 months

  

  20 days later, the watch boots again :)
  It complains about a corrupted storage and erases it.

  I can switch it to DFUe mode.
  However, trying to update the firmware, the app connects (with a message on the watch), but then fails with a message in the nRF Toolbox, saying that "SD version check fails".

  Any tip how I can work around this?

• BangleJS 2 died after exposure to saltwater

  in Bangle.js • 1 year, 9 months

  

  Hi Gordon,

  thank you for your kind help. I bought the watch from the shop in March.
  I will leave it alone for a week and see what happens.

  Best,
  -- Olav

• BangleJS 2 died after exposure to saltwater

  in Bangle.js • 1 year, 9 months

  

  At least, this is what it looks like. I was wearing my banglejs 2 when I went for a brief swim in the Baltic Sea at Eckernförde yesterday. First, the watch still showed the time, but didn‘t progress. After pressing the button, it booted, but didn‘t show the clockface any more.

  At home I tried to reflash it. It was listed on bluetooth, but didn‘t connect. Then, the vibration motor started to shake arbitrarily, finally the display went black. The watch now does not show on bluetooth any more, charging does not help.

  Is there hope to revive it?
  Best,
  — Olav