Hi All,
I have a new Pocket V2 device purchased directly from RAK and took delivery just 7 days ago. After assembly and battery charge it has been working very well. I had read a little about this boot loop issue but really haven’t thought much about it.
Today, while my wife was shopping I was in my car playing with this device. I was making changes to the Position setting using the Mashtastic Android Web software. After the 2nd or 3rd reboot in 20 mins the device stopped responding. Tried turning it off and back on (30 second wait), then reset button, both no help. Just had the green led light on after turning on for a few seconds. No info on screen at all.
After returning home I looked up how to do a factory reset. I used the Web Mashtastic Flash app and installed the erase file then reinstalled the same version of Mashtastic software. All is good now. My concern is how reliable is the hardware/firmware? I invested in what I believed is the best hardware available. Besides the Pocket V2, I also have two 4631 boards with sensors. I see there are many who have experienced this issue.
I hope whatever is causing this is/can be corrected with a future firmware update.
To say I am disappointed is an understatement.
Mashtastic Web flasher current as of 1/23/24
Firmware 2.5.18.89ebafc beta (on device with issue and same reinstalled)
Samsung Tablet Galaxy Tab A9+ SM-X210
One UI Version 6.1
Android Version 14
Current Version: X210XXs5CXK6 / X210OXM5CXK6 /
Security Patch Lever Dec 1, 2024
On a side note. While doing the factory reset using the Flash file the instruction ask to use one of two version. You have to look at a file. Mine was 6.1.1 so I used the version 6 and not the version 7 file. Since I just took delivery I am wondering why I have the older version and not the newer version 7… Just one of those things that bug me… 
