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Same just happened here. I woke this morning to find the Bangle2 on a white screen with a default Anton clock. When I connected to the apps page, it reported that the firmware was 2v11 when I have been running 2v16 since it came out. None of my loaded apps were present.
I have just spent an hour, reinstalling everything from the firmware up. It seemed like the Bangle2 had gone back to its original status including the Welcome app which I have never had installed since I first wiped it when I received it.
I really hope this isn't the beginning of the end of the Bangle2- my last Pebble is just on the way out (I only use it as a wake up timer by my bed these days as its battery charge won't keep up for more than a few hours at this point).
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[Update: the deletion and reinstallation seems to have solved this!]
Thanks, @Gordon.
Yep, iOS app installed and paired, but I just deleted, reinstalled, forgot, and re-paired, so I'll see how that works out.
I'll report back.
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Hi,
Often my Bangle–iPhone BT connection is dropped when I move out of range without both of them with me. That's fine.
Is there a way for the connection automatically to repair when the two are brought within range again? Currently, they stay disconnected until I physically reconnect them via the iPhone settings.
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Hi Gordon,
Nope - I hadn't (and haven't) changed anything.
What I was saying was that I followed the reboot instructions and saw "-> Bluetooth" at the bottom corner of the logo screen. Even with that implication that there was a BT connection, the BT widget on the main screen showed grey (so no connection) and there was no device connected to the Bangle.
I don't remember having to use a BT pairing password originally, so was foxed when it was required for re-pairing after forgetting the connection on Mac and iPhone. I later found that Bangle refers to it as the "Passkey" - when other devices refer to the BT "Passcode" - and having found that, I was able to re-pair to the phone.
I think the major issue is that, with no change of things on my end, Bangle refused to connect to the App Loader webpage, where it had had absolutely no problem before. (The process I had used in the past was to switch off the iPhone BT and then just connect on the webpage. This did not work - hence all the messing around (and commenting) to find a solution. Hopefully, we won't encounter that in the future.) -
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So I now have exactly this problem too. I'm using exactly the same method of connecting through the browser as I have before, and all I get is the orange bar and "Device connection failed,".
I did the reboot and the Bangles shows '-> Bluetooth', however the BT widget is grey, the phone (to which it's usually connected, and the only device other than the browser to which it's ever been connected) has BT switched off - so it's not connected to any other BT. I have forgotten the iPhone pairing, but can't find a way to forget the browser pairing. (Update: forgot the pairing in the System Preferences instead of the browser.)
As I say, I've done nothing different from what I always did (phone BT off, connect through the browser), but can't get Bangle connected in the browser. It does connect just fine with the phone.
Thoughts @Gordon?
UPDATE: Solved the issue, but not sure how. I had deleted the pairing from both phone and computer. When I tried to repair with the computer, it asked for a "passcode shown on remote Bluetooth device" but there was no indication of a code on the Bangle. Without closing that window, I opened a new window with the Apps loader page, and it connected.
I tried to repeat this connection method, but it has failed again. Still getting the orange "Device connection failed," bar. Clicking Cancel returns to the orange bar.
I've never had this connection issue before.
UPDATE UPDATE: In order to be able to connect, I have to hold the button in through the <====> screen, until it boots to the logo and just ">" bottom left. Then I can click Connect on the App Loader page and it connects.
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Have you tried nRF Toolbox - and the update instructions here: https://www.espruino.com/Bangle.js#firmware-updates
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I think this has happened to all of us on iOS using nRF Toolbox. You have to keep hitting Retry and it incrementally uploads the zip file. Once you get to 100% it should then reboot itself. No idea why it happens, but the upload does actually end up working.
It'll be much easier when the Firmware Update app is out of beta and doing its job; but in the meantime, the nRF Toolbox DfuTarg option will get the job done.
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Have you tried nRF Toolbox instead?
Same kind of process - download the FW zip file to your computer, Share with nRF Toolbox, Connect to DfuTarg, Upload FW.
(The only thing about this is that the watch keeps disconnecting, so you have to repeatedly click on Retry to get the upload to continue - and it does incrementally upload each time you click Retry, though only at 1-2% each time; eventually you get to 100% though.)
[iPhone 11 PM, iOS 15.1]
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Thanks, Gordon.
Nothing else to report after I spent the time to reconstruct the watch setup. I thought it worth reporting for your data.
I didn't take any screenshots, and it's all behaving as it should at this point!
Best wishes for the season - I hope you're taking a break...