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Home Mini bricked - single green light

AlanRman — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 19:51:56 GMT

UK. It bricked whilst unused, an hour ago I cannot now get past the single green light which comes on if you depress the button and whilst inserting the power cord.

Rumour has it that a firmware update bricked it. People have filled in forms but no fixed confirmed.

Re: Home Mini bricked - single green light

MplsCustomer — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 20:31:37 GMT

@AlanRman

Did you try a factory reset? It doesn't seem like the factory reset instructions for any of the Nest Minis include depressing the factory reset button while plugging it in.

https://support.google.com/googlenest/answer/7073477?hl=en&sjid=2461668035141250664-NC#zippy=%2Cgoogle-home-mini-st-gen

(I have seen the posts about certain older minis being disabled by a recent firmware update, so maybe a factory reset won't work.)

Re: Home Mini bricked - single green light

AlanRman — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 22:02:52 GMT

Yes. Pressing just gives that single green light, that being the only lights I now get.

Re: Home Mini bricked - single green light

timmymallett — Fri, 16 Feb 2024 11:36:27 GMT

I get this too, do I just bin the device? Even if Google come up with a solution, its bricked so it wont get fixed?

Re: Home Mini bricked - single green light

AlanRman — Fri, 16 Feb 2024 11:51:31 GMT

Mine is the early grey coloured version. And I recently read that Google was abandoning them.

Am sure an OTG cable could allow a firmware update. This is my 5th media device bricked, the first one being a Roku derivative bricked on purpose. No recourse though I was offered an unwanted £10 voucher.

I am left wondering if that precedent inspired this. More likely it was accidental.

Re: Home Mini bricked - single green light

AlanRman — Sat, 17 Feb 2024 14:38:45 GMT

https://9to5google.com/2023/12/23/google-home-mini-update-bricked-devices/#:~:text=The%20Google%20Home%20Mini%20brought,as%20Google%20has%20now%20confirmed.

Reported late December. So looks as if it is by intent. If you read the comments it was done to discontinue features.

Speculation is that the rollout is to brick all gen 1 devices. Business is business I guess, customers being at the bottom of the chain.

Re: Home Mini bricked - single green light

timmymallett — Sat, 17 Feb 2024 15:33:31 GMT

What a pile of **bleep** that is.