I know that everyone does the 7 day restart your sensor thing to get some extra days out of your sensor. Does anything like that work for the battery/transmitter??
I have a G5, and the battery warning is popping up.
Can I go into the settings menu, change the transmitter device code, restart it, stop it, change the transmitter code BACK to what is in there, and see if I get some extra days or weeks out of it?
I am wondering if the battery warning is based on a real battery level, or just based on a certain time, like the warning is just scheduled to appear at 3 months.
Has anyone done this? I can try it, but wanted to see if it’s worth the attempt. Thanks!
Hm… interesting hack. What I’ve run into several times is that after you get the battery warning you can’t stop and restart or initiate a sensor session on the same transmitter–it won’t accept a new session until you replace the transmitter. I suspect you’d hit the same wall trying to reconnect to the initial transmitter ID
I doubt that it would work because I’m sure the receiver software keeps a log of past transmitter use.
Concerning your question of there being battery life left in the transmitter after the three month period, indeed there is. Using xDrip+ as the receiver on an android device allows you to use the transmitter until the battery is dead. I am currently using an expired transmitter on the first day it was supposed to stop. I have no idea how long it will last, but my guess is at least another month or two.
Another hardware advantage with xDrip+ is that the sensor does not need to be restarted after seven days.
Looking forward to hearing the results of your experiment!
Underway right now. I’ll let everyone know after the newly initiated sensor warmup completes. I am doubtful this will work, but the total cost for me to try it is…zero!
Well, as thought, as soon as I put the original transmitter ID back in there, it went back to saying low battery AND it showed the battery start date as October. So indeed the receiver keeps a record of each transmitter ID.
So the next thing would be to see if the record of the transmitter can be removed from the receiver. Not sure if that would be easy, but certainly worth a try.
@Eric2 Sorry to hear that, even though it was fully expected.
Just for fun I tried to start my receiver (which I haven’t used for a month) again, with the transmitter, now expired, that I’m still using with xDrip+. It wouldn’t even connect, the Bluetooth icon on the receiver just kept blinking for an hour or so before I gave up.
It appears that Dexcom would like to stay in business.
I’ve heard that if you go into the settings menu, change the transmitter device code, restart it, stop it, change the transmitter code BACK to what is in there, the transmitter explodes and catches fire like a Samsung Note 7. To quote thetrump: “DANGEROUS”
@rgcainmd I would take you up, but right now I’m drinking orange juice because my Bg is crashing from doing some strenuous yard work. Just the occasional reminder that diabetes sucks.
There´s no such thing as dumb question related to Dexcom…have te same warning too, i will certainly not be able to get a new transmitter soon as they come out of pocket and do not exist here I might cry endlessly at some point lol.
I might cry endlessly at some point lol.