Do you go no-number to extend your G6 sensor life?

[Hammer]

@Fred_E, I do that as well. @Dave44 for me started doing it that way. I did let it get a little tacky first though. I also use the bottle, it will last a super long time for very little money.
I get about 14 days normally. I got 21 days on the previous sensor though.

[Marie20]

I go generally over 25 days with each sensor, so I apply more Skin Tac along the way.
They do get crudy around the edges, I got GrifGrips to place over them and the first ones worked great and then I decided to be allergic to the adhesive on the grif grips. I have allergies to a lot of adhesives, so it’s an issue with me.

[Jim2]

I only use my phone, so maybe that is the issue.

[Marie20]

So the reader isn’t on? If the reader isn’t on, I don’t think it’s an issue.
But I don’t know if I’ve ever restarted one on my phone.
(I know some people hide it in the microwave so it can’t interfere)

[Linda5]

I have been able to restart my sensor onetime but that is all. They are so expensive I can’t keep paying $130.00 every 10 days.
What am I doing wrong? Please help.

[Marie20]

@Linda5
Let me know if you are having a particular problem as someone on here probably has an answer.

I waited for the current 10 day session to expire before trying to restart.

1. Let your sensor expire.

2. Start a new sensor session and choose “no code”. You do not need to remove the transmitter.

3. Let the warm-up session start and run for about 15 minutes. I set a timer on my phone. Do not let it run longer than about 20-25 minutes, set a timer!

4. After 15 minutes, STOP sensor.

5. Start another new sensor and enter your existing sensors code

6. The sensor will warm-up for two hours and start giving readings after 2 hours

I have found that if my phone, which has the ap and my reader are both on when I restart my sensor, it will figure out I am restarting a sensor and stop. If you goof or it doesn’t work you can do the process from the beginning all over again. I power off my phone or power off my reader during this process.

This only works on the old style transmitters 80 or 81 series, which Dexcom is switching to an 8G transmitter number on which restarting won’t work. Hopefully someone figures out a way to restart those soon as I like the sensors that stay on longer better.

[Dave44]

The person who wrote " Restarting Dexcom G6 sensors – Updated – See My CGM " hasn’t updated that page with info on the newest (8G) transmitters, so I’m thinking that a fix hasn’t yet been found. There is so much confusion about this on the FB Dexcom G6 group, it’s hard to keep track of it all.

[Steve52]

The easiest way by far is to end your session, pop out the sensor and then start a new session and pop it back in. There are a few videos on the internet on how to do this. All you need is a test strip and push it in where the sensor pops in. Heck I was able to pop it out when it was attached to the back of my arm and I have very poor flexibility!

[Dave44]

But what about when you have an “8G” transmitter? Then what?

[MM1]

@Dave44

But what about when you have an “8G” transmitter? Then what?

I was thinking same, but don’t have 8G yet.

Hope someone with 8G can confirm whether removing trans works or not.

[Paytone]

@Steve52

The easiest way by far is to end your session, pop out the sensor and then start a new session and pop it back in. There are a few videos on the internet on how to do this. All you need is a test strip and push it in where the sensor pops in.

I tried that a few months ago and with an 80 series transmitter, and indeed it worked. But the 8G transmitter looks at the signal when you start a session to see if it’s changing rapidly, as it would in a new site, or well equilibrated, as is the in case with a restart. If that’s accurate, and I believe it is, it doesn’t matter how you stop or restart a session (software or remove the transmitter) success depends on how long the sensor has been in place when you hit the ‘start sensor’ button.

[Hammer]

Ok, with the 8G transmitters, do they actually work better with the first 24 hours than the older series transmitters?

[Paytone]

I sure hope so. That would be great. I don’t have any direct experience yet.

[MM1]

@Paytone

But the 8G transmitter looks at the signal when you start a session to see if it’s changing rapidly, as it would in a new site,

I think this was referred to as the new trauma check.

But have not heard confirmation yet if this works with 8G transmitter.

The sure way around “no restarts”: Bluetooth Unpaired method

The only way for sure around this trauma check that I have found on both new and old transmitters alike is to use the old Option 2 method from my original post. Let’s call it the “Bluetooth Unpaired” method from now on.

HUGE IMPORTANT POINT: You must start and finish this process before your current sensor session is scheduled to end. In other words, if you see you have 2 hours left on your session, you’re too late.

[Linda5]

Thanks, ill try again. I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong. I do use a faraway bag because I just use my pump to read BS.

[Linda5]

So you don’t put it in the microwave or anything? Are you using a T slim pump? I was able to get my sensors cheaper at Sam’s but it’s still crazy expensive.

[Marie20]

@Linda5 This on a transmitter I have restarted sensors before. It didn’t work! I have restarted many and I have a feeling the last update??? from Dexcom did something so it recognizes restarts somehow?

I experimented with the new transmitter instructions for the 8G, but I am not sure I did it right as it didn’t exactly match what the last person did as she had a tandem. On top of that my sensor was of course expired because I was restarting it as I normally do. I am in a waiting period right now to know.

[Marie20]

There is more information on restarting the new sensors and now maybe the old on

The dread G6 session-restart block is here

Hey everyone, possible bad news here. I just went to restart a sensor on a transmitter I’ve been restarting them on and it recognized an old sensor about a half hour into the process. So I tried again thinking I messed something up and no go. So I have tried the new instructions, but I don’t have the tslim as above and of course my sensor had expired. I’m not sure it’s going to work as it didn’t follow the pattern above. It never asked me for a pairing request, so I might have goofed somewhere,…

[maninabag]

@Paytone

the 8G transmitter looks at the signal when you start a session to see if it’s changing rapidly, as it would in a new site, or well equilibrated, as is the in case with a restart.

@Paytone…

Do you have an article or publication describing this “insertion trauma” algorithm?

I’m not buying it…have two back to back restarts on a 8G transmitter…yep…one sensor…thirty days…just did a finger stick…BG meter was 63 CGM was 65. That’s very good agreement!!

[Paytone]

Dexcom obviously isn’t going to publish something about this, but there are many first-hand accounts here and elsewhere. Here’s a topic about this. Might want to consider sharing your experience there. There are a lot of people looking for ways around this. Maybe you’ve found something.

Sorry - saw you already were there before I replied.

The dread G6 session-restart block is here

[Dark epic film-teaser voice] And so it begins. In a world… I went to do my first sensor-restart yesterday after getting a new transmitter last week, and all the ill-omens and dark murmurings you’ve heard are true. It blocks you from doing the forget-code/restore-code restart method. About half an hour into the warm-up it threw up a No Restart Allowed message. I did try the more elaborate method where you have to “forget this device” in the Bluetooth preferences (IOS) but that just caused me a …