Connecting to WiFi on an Android device

Updated for Alice Models 3 and 4

Click here for Alice Models 1 and 2 instructions

 

Step B1

Enter Setup Mode:

If you have a silicon cap, please remove it during this process and replace after your gauge is connected to WiFi.

  1. Press and hold down the button on top of your Alice gauge. After about 6 seconds the light will turn yellow or aqua. Keep holding.

  2. After 10-15 seconds the light will turn bright green. Release the button after approximately 15 seconds even if you do not see a change in color.

  3. The light will flash red, and then blink blue, which means your gauge is now in setup mode. If you did NOT see the red flash before the blue blinks, you are NOT in setup mode.

    Note: If you run out of time during this process, the light will stop blinking and Alice will go to sleep. Simply hold the button down again for 10-15 seconds and start again.

    Note: If you hold the button down so long that the light turns RED while you have the button held down, you have gone beyond the setup mode. Please start over, and release the button when it turns BRIGHT GREEN (2nd light). THEN you will see a red flash, and then the blue blinks.

Step B2

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On your mobile device, go to Settings > Connections > WiFi . Select the network named "Alice__".

Note: you may get a message that says “Internet may not be available.” Choose “Keep WiFi connection”.

 
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Step B3

Depending on the age of your device and what version of the Android operating system you have:
Alice will now be shown as the current network. Click on the GEAR COG symbol to the right of the network name OR click on Alice_XXXXXX if there is no gear cog icon next to Alice.

When the advanced options screen pops up, click “Manage Router,” or the link just below it.

Note: sometimes that link is tricky to click! Just keep trying if it doesn’t immediately work.

On Android version 14, when you click on Alice_XXXXXX, it should go directly to CONFIGURE WIFI. This is ultimately your goal, to get to that screen (see below).

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Step B4

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A new screen will pop up with a “Configure WiFi” blue button; click that button.

Step B5

A list of nearby WiFi networks will appear. Select your home WiFi network and enter your WiFi password, then save.

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Step B6

The light on your Alice gauge will continue to flash blue, the pattern will vary, it will make one brief flash of green, then stop blinking altogether. The screen should change to “Credentials Saved!”. You can close the WiFi connection screen on your phone.

Note: if the light continues to blink blue, then your gauge did not connect to your WiFi. Reopen settings on your mobile device and repeat steps B2-B5.

Step B7

Once you have completed Step B6, go to your Alice App on your mobile device. Open the Alice app. Click on the Edit Icon in the top right corner. Scroll all the way to the bottom where it says “Gauge Setup” and click on “Connection Status”. If your gauge is connected, it will say “Gauge is Connected.” If it is NOT connected, it will say “No Connection Detected”.

If no connection is detected, most likely you had a typo in your WiFi password (or an incorrect WiFi password) and you will need to start again. Look at the gauge to be sure that the blue light is still blinking and that the gauge is still in setup mode. If it is not, you will need to put the gauge back into setup mode.

Step B8

Once your gauge is connected, we recommend that you wait 6 hours for the gauge to take the first reading automatically. You can take a manual reading but be careful, if you hold the button down too long (past that first pale green/amber light at about 6 seconds) you will put it back into setup mode and you will need to reconnect your gauge to your WiFi. Once it starts reading automatically, the gauge will take a reading at ~6 hour intervals.

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