Set up your gadget with your phone
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Your gadget came with a printed label. With the label and a phone you can join the gadget to your home Wi-Fi. You need no computer, no app and no account. After setup the gadget shows Online, and Grok Bot can use it.
Status: Phase 10 (ADR 010). On 14 October 2026 the owner set up one kit this way with an iPhone and with an Android phone (record). Nobody else has repeated it yet.
What you need
- The gadget and its label. Keep the label private: it works like a key.
- An iPhone or an Android phone with its normal camera.
- Your home Wi-Fi name and password. The gadget uses 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi only.
- A USB charger for the gadget.
Set it up
- Plug the gadget into the charger. The screen shows
Setup 10 minand a name such asGrokGadget-89AB. You have 10 minutes. - Open the phone's camera and point it at the QR code on the label. Tap Join when the phone offers the gadget's Wi-Fi.
- The phone opens the Set up your gadget page. If it does not, open the browser and go to
192.168.4.1. - Type the setup code from the label and tap Continue.
- Pick your home Wi-Fi from the list, type its password and tap Join.
- Wait about 20 seconds. The page and the gadget's screen show the result. When the screen shows Online, setup is done.
Then ask Grok Bot, for example: "Show hello on my gadget."
If something goes wrong
| The screen or page shows | Do this |
|---|---|
Wrong password |
Type the password again and tap Join. Check upper and lower case. |
No network |
Use a 2.4 GHz network. Check the network name. |
Join timeout |
Check that the router is on and near the gadget. Try again. |
| "That setup code is not right" | Check the code on the label. 0 and O, 1 and I are never used. |
| "Too many wrong codes" | Wait for the time on the page, then try again. |
Setup closed and Power cycle |
Unplug the gadget, plug it in again, and start from step 2. |
Setup locked |
Too many wrong codes. Unplug the gadget and plug it in again. |
| The page drops while joining | Normal for a few seconds. Watch the gadget's screen for the result. |
Move to a new network
Hold the gadget's BOOT button for 10 seconds. The screen counts down and the gadget forgets your Wi-Fi. It keeps everything else. It opens its setup Wi-Fi again: start from step 1.
Privacy
- The gadget sends your Wi-Fi password to nobody. It stores the password on the gadget only.
- The setup page never shows a stored value.
- Anyone who holds the gadget can read what it stores. If you give the gadget away, reset it with BOOT first.