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"My left shoe won't even reboot": Faulty app bricks Nike smart sneakers
Nike users are experiencing some technical difficulties in the wild world of connected footwear. Nike's $350 "Adapt BB" sneakers are the latest in the company's line of self-lacing shoes, and they come with the "Nike Adapt" app for Android and iOS. The app pairs with the shoes and lets you adjust the tightness of the laces, customize the lights (yeah, there are lights), and see, uh, how much battery life your shoes have left. The only problem: Nike's Android app doesn't work.
Android users report that their new kicks aren't paring with the app properly, and some customers report failed firmware updates for the shoes, which render them unable to pair with the app at all. Nike's app on Google Play has been flooded with 1-star reviews in response to the faulty update.
One user writes, "The first software update for the shoe threw an error while updating, bricking the right shoe." Another says, "App will only sync with left shoe and then fails every time. Also, app says left shoe is already connected to another device whenever I try to reinstall and start over."
"My left shoe won't even reboot." writes another. One user offers a possible solution, saying, "You need to do a manual reset of both shoes per the instructions."
(Score: 5, Funny) by urza9814 on Friday February 22 2019, @07:25PM (2 children)
If you want to reboot them, you clearly need to buy the smart boots, not the smart sneakers. How can you expect to REboot them when they were never boots to begin with??
(Score: 2) by acid andy on Friday February 22 2019, @09:02PM
No, silly, you just have to boot them first. Once you've booted the sneakers, wait for them to become un-booted (maybe this "bricking" they keep going on about will achieve that). At that point, re-booting should be trivial, in comparison, err, theoretically. ; )
If a cat has kittens, does a rat have rittens, a bat bittens and a mat mittens?
(Score: 2) by acid andy on Friday February 22 2019, @09:27PM
So, just to recap, re-booting sneakers is easy provided you have first booted and then un-booted them. Re-booting boots is not easy because it also requires un-booting them and when you un-boot a boot, there is no boot to re-boot.
If a cat has kittens, does a rat have rittens, a bat bittens and a mat mittens?