u/navyrails — reddlx

Thermometer + Wifi booster behaving flakily

I currently have the thermometer in my big green egg with the wifi booster right next to the grill.

My app keeps oscillating between a full normal readout (with my 145 degree target temp) and a version where it shows core and ambient temperatures, but no surface temp, and it's lost my target temperature widget. I assume this is some kind of connectivity problem, but it doesn't make sense why it's manifesting in this way.

There are a number of possible problems, from bluetooth connection, to wifi, to something wrong with the probe itself, but this UI doesn't help me figure it out.

I can see the battery is low, but it hasn't shut off, and I have seen this issue before (where it blanks out just the surface temp).

Anyone experienced similar or have any tips? It is possible my wifi strength to the booster is not good, but the display shows a full wifi logo.

u/navyrails — 13 days ago

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How steamy does an oven need to be to make the thermometer shut off?

I was roasting chicken in a small oven (about the size of a large microwave). The probe stopped connecting to my wifi display completely, and I got really spotty readings on the app. The oven was a bit steamy when I opened it, but the top of the probe was by no means in any contact with water.

I had to remove the probe, change the settings to always on, and then reinsert. Haven't had this happen before.

I haven't used this setting before, this will cause the battery to die in its dock if I don't change it back?

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u/navyrails — 1 month ago

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Watch keeps trying to pair with old phone

I had my watch paired with my business phone. I just got a personal phone and paired it to that. Later I uninstalled the connect app on the business phone. My watch was still trying repeatedly to connect to my old phone (it shows the bluetooth pairing number on the face, and my phone gets a bluetooth notification that the watch wants to pair).

I read that the proper thing to do is first disconnect it from the old phone from the app, so I re-added it to the old phone and then disconnected. Everything seems OK for a few days. But just now I'm carrying both phones and my watch again shows the bluetooth pairing number and tries 5+ times to pair with the old phone. After I keep pressing cancel it eventually gives up and tries the new phone.

It seems like somehow it remembers and has a preference for the business phone. Anyone experience / have tips to fix this?

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u/navyrails — 5 months ago