WIDI App

i hate that I ever bought the cme widi uhost. has been a brick since i purchased and keep going back to app to see if there is a chance they have solved their problems bur no. an app that sends you to a link to an app to update firmware on the app to then go to link to get firmware to then go to app an on and on and on. on pc it is the same madness sending us to an appp to get firmwarw that is not there.

UPDATE: the firmware update failed initially with an iPhone, but succeeded with an iPad. There seems to be a problem with Bluetooth cache in iOS. The device and app work great together. INITIALLY: The firmware update is the only option you have when you start the app. I left mine “updating” for an hour. Then a message: “the firmware update was aborted”. The Wido device has been bricked. It no longer connects to the app. Both the device and the app work together in this moment to guarantee that nothing works.

The WIDI Jack devices so far seem to work pretty well but the updating software for the firmware could use some better error recovery and clearer instructions. If your firmware update fails (or just simply hangs) I have found that the best thing to do is to turn off the device powering the jack and then completely close the app… Then go to Bluetooth settings and make sure to FORGET the device (AND FORGET any other WIDI device that you may have paired or updated previously). Also, turn off Bluetooth and then turn it back on again. Next, launch the app again and this time it will say something like with the updater… When you go into that it will say you must complete the firmware update… So click firmware update but then you’ll have an extra choice of some ‘beta’ firmware…You want to choose it, but will require a password, so just click cancel...Then choose the latest firmware that is not a ‘beta’ version and you should find that it will update…(choosing the bata version and cancelling seems to hrlp for some reason). Anyway, It may ask you to recycle your Bluetooth so just do that as well…The thing is, For some reason selecting the beta seems to help get the device to do the firmware update without hanging… Note: You may have to try this several times but I am certain that this process will eventually work as I have tested it several times on a number of the WIDI jacks. I have also tried rebooting the device while holding down the button on the Widi jack which might also help getting it into the right state (does seemed yo hurt). note: I don’t work for the company and the above is just what worked for me (on several different devices) so proceed at your own risk.