Cant clear device

General
#1

Hello,
Im hoping folks are still using these devices? and looking thru this discussion board, some posts are several years back.
I dug up some older imp001 boards to restart a project. One of them is able to clear settings and take a new wifi connections. The other is constantly blinking red and Im unable to use the smartphone blink app to clear its settings, or set new wifi settings.
Is there a work around ? Could this one imp be locked?
I’m getting 5 red light blinks and then 1 quick red light blink. Repeats.
Any help is greatly appreciated, please.
Thank you in advance.

//-Joe

#2

What type of phone are you using for the clear? Depending on how old the device is, it could be running a very early version of software which may not be super happy with android blinkup (especially if it was pre 2014).

I can look up the OS version the device was last seen with if you can give me the mac address.

#3

Thank you so much for the prompt reply! Im using a Samsung Note 10. As I said, it worked fine on the 1st imp001, but perhaps this one is on the edge. I could try an older Samsung S3.
In the meantime its mac: 0c2a690039c3

#4

0c2a690039c3 is so old that it’s not even in the database (so possibly has not connected since 2012/2013).

You will need to enable “legacy mode” in the android blinkup app to have any chance at all - or use an iOS device to get it online so it can update. After that point, android blinkup will be fine again.

#5

Solved! Houston…2 Imps safely on board. It took an iphone X to factory reset it and set the wifi (had to use a network with no password at first). Then tried the android note 10 in legacy mode and it worked as well.
Thank you for the help !
//-Joe

#6

Wow yes, that device was running impOS release 8, from Oct 11, 2012 before it auto-upgraded. That’s… quite old!

imp001 still supported though, and getting the latest release 42 shortly :slight_smile:

#7

Well, if anyone wanted a “software use case” where it tests if a really old version can be updated in the field…there you go ! :wink:

#8

We do have automated tests for this, but always nice to see it working in practice :slight_smile: