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Factory reset/default possible?

TallguyTallguy Member
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Am I correct in asuming that it is possible to reset the Homey to factory default values?
It's easy to think about trying to create something (app) or make a mistake with wifi settings, resulting in an unresponsive or unmanageble homey.

With that in mind...how do I have to invision the authentication process in my local wifi? Do I need physical access to homey or do I need to tell it what wifi SSID it needs to connect to?

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  • EmileEmile Administrator, Athom

    Yes, you can reset Homey to factory values. We aim of course to do not make this nescessary due to a crash or Wi-Fi credentials change.

    To set it up to your Wi-Fi, you need to be in the neighbourhood with another Wi-Fi device.

  • RobinVanKekemRobinVanKekem Member

    So I connect my laptop peer-to-peer to the device or do I connect it via USB from my laptop so I can set it up?
    NFC and then Bluetooth to setup trough the mobile phone would by a very nice users experience imho

  • EmileEmile Administrator, Athom

    See http://setup.athom.com/ ;)

    NFC + Bluetooth is something we'd like to support, but not for now as it takes some effort.

  • RobinVanKekemRobinVanKekem Member

    I understand. Nice work.

  • PeterGroenewegPeterGroeneweg Member

    Most of the WiFi products without a display work that way. My Omni 10's does the same.

  • elfrigoelfrigo

    @Emile: will the factory reset/default be a true and FULL factory reset? Especially for those of us that will try and change settings using shell access.
    The reason I ask is there are quite some devices that forget some (or more) settings or files (e.g. no full diskdump, but only overwrite some files).

  • EmileEmile Administrator, Athom
    edited June 2015

    A factory reset wipes everything on the 'user' partition. You do not have shell access however, so you can't really mess up anything that bad ;)

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