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Help How to get Bluetooth passcode screen again?

PattiCakeUS

PattiCakeUS

Android Expert
I got my G3 back in February - within about a week of getting it, Lollipop came through & I never felt the need to do a factory reset since everything was working fine. But being the curious creature that I am, I've been wondering if anything would be different if I did a FDR, so last week I did it.

Tonight when I tried to pair my heart rate monitor again, instead of double-checking what password I needed to re-pair it with my phone, I stupidly guessed, & of course I guessed wrong. It's not coming up with an option to put in the password again, just asks me Yes/No if I want to retry after it fails.

Does anyone have any idea if there's a way to get the "enter password" option again, without doing another FDR?
 
There's no option to delete it, it hasn't even paired again since I put in the wrong password.

It sees the HRM but there's nothing to delete. I've tried long pressing on it to see if maybe I could get to any options where I might be able to try the password again, but that didn't do anything.

I'll post screenshots tonight, maybe you'll see some option I'm missing.
 
Is it not listed in Bluetooth settings as a paired device? To the right should be a settings gear, which when pressed should give an option to unpair. But maybe it doesn't show up there since the password failed?
 
Well... tonight I tried pairing again & even took some screenshots to post, and it still didn't work - but then my phone stopped even finding the HRM at all.

I have an old HTC phone I use on wifi only for BOINC, & when I turned on Bluetooth on the HTC phone, my G3 found the HTC & I could have paired them (if I wanted to) - so that tells me the problem isn't my G3. I then used the HTC phone to see if it could find the HRM, & it's not showing up on the HTC phone either, so it seems like my HRM just suddenly went bad? I looked up my purchase & it's been almost 2 years since I bought it & I use it a lot, so maybe this is a sign... I've been considering a wrist HRM but I didn't think I needed to make a decision quite so soon.

Bummer.
 
But it almost paired, but for the wrong code. So maybe it went into hibernation? Is there a way to reboot your HRM ?
 
No, there doesn't seem to be. It's a Zephyr HXM that's really just a device that snaps onto a strap. Other than that, the only other hardware is the charger. There are no controls of any kind.

It really irritates me that it just stopped working before I could figure out how to re-pair the dumb thing.

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EDIT!! Wow. I barely posted this & thought I'd try again... because I really hate being defeated by stuff like this. It showed up on my phone this time, AND it miraculously popped up the "enter passcode" screen again. I just ordered an inexpensive HRM (Scosche Rhythm+) tonight, & I have no explanation for the weird behavior - but hopefully it'll keep working so I'll have a regular & backup. It's been a really great device except that sometimes my bra catches the edge of it & it'll partially unsnap from the strap, otherwise it's been really handy for workouts & bike rides.
 
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