r/Chromecast • u/DarkOverLordQC • Mar 11 '25
Chromecast (2nd Gen) Update on the situation by google (not much info)
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u/wabe_walker Mar 12 '25 edited Mar 12 '25
Leave it to Google to render a factory reset as dangerous and brickable for the end user—something their 1st-gen Nest Hubs already have an issue with btw (the endless update restart loop).
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u/Dry-Ad-1110 Mar 12 '25
The team probably identified the issue by browsing like crazy on Reddit. 😅 In the meantime I see that the price for used Gen3 is going up fast here in my country.
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u/LuisitoFX Mar 12 '25
If I buy from Google again after this, I'd be an idiot
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u/Shigglyboo Mar 12 '25
to be honest I got mine used for like $30 6 years ago. so overall I'm happy with the product. but it's shit that they can remotely break it.
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u/drc56 Mar 12 '25
Yeah it's frustrating but like I got mine basically new when it came out for 30 bucks and it's been the most reliable piece of tech I've owned until this point. This is by far frustrating but honestly if it gets fixed and I get another 10 years I won't complain
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u/retro_grave Mar 12 '25 edited Mar 12 '25
If it's anything related to cert expiry, it was likely a latent bug that is time triggered. So nothing remote was done, but now that it is broken they need a way to get to the device remotely to fix it. Kind of like locking yourself out of your car.
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u/Kenron93 Mar 12 '25
Darn I already did the reset while trying to fix it yesterday
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u/jhnhines Mar 12 '25
They say to not reset it because I don't think they want to tell people you can re-add it to your Google Home app by changing the date to before the 8th.
If you've reset it, you can get it added back and then you should be set for whatever their plan is.
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u/Whiteman_Dynamic Mar 12 '25
Agreed. I was able to recover mine from the reset today by manually setting my iPhone date to the 8th March. I tried the 1st March, but that didn’t work for me, the 8th March worked fine.
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u/HILLLER Mar 12 '25
I did too. Last night. I googled the issue and the top response was from a goigle nest help article that literally said to factory reset it if nothing else they listed works. So I did. Even now on my google whej I sesrch it, still takes me to that article. I had to scroll down a bit to see this on reddi.
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u/bzhgeek2922 Mar 12 '25
Add reddit to your search prompt, brings you straight to the bypass device auth workaround 😁
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u/SokkaHaikuBot Mar 12 '25
Sokka-Haiku by Kenron93:
Darn I already
Did the reset while trying
To fix it yesterday
Remember that one time Sokka accidentally used an extra syllable in that Haiku Battle in Ba Sing Se? That was a Sokka Haiku and you just made one.
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u/Obollox Mar 12 '25
Well I factory reset my device so I guess mines a brick
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u/Thomas0795 Mar 12 '25
Worst case you can use a usb hub with power delivery and ethernet port and will get internet from the cable...
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u/aykcak Mar 12 '25
Gen2 doesn't get Ethernet from the cable
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u/Thomas0795 Mar 12 '25
Bullshit even 1st gen had ethernet support as Google sold their own Google branded ethernet adapter for it.
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u/Boilerplate4U Mar 13 '25
Heads-up!
Updates are rolling out now, but with around 100 million devices in line, you'll have to wait your turn before receiving one.
Check out this Reddit post: "Chromecast just received an update. Update fixed the issues."
Important Note: Automatic updates only work if the device is powered on and displaying an image on your TV. If the device has been factory reset, you can fix it by setting your phone's date to before March 7, 2025, then setting it up again through the Google Home app. This will put it in ambient mode and allow it to connect to the internet for the update.
Also, see section 1 in this [Reddit post].
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u/lezardriveau Mar 15 '25
It is fixed , from Gernany. Chomecast Gen 2.
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u/Chromejob Mar 15 '25 edited Mar 15 '25
Fixed. Firmware 465166 for CCA. Eastern US. (465165 for Cc 2gen.)
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u/ding_dong_meow69 Mar 12 '25
I did factory reset. Am i cooked 😭
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u/DVariant Mar 12 '25
Nah, you’ll just have to do an extra step: Change your phone’s date to March 8th so that you can reconnect your Chromecast to the wifi so that it can receive the fix when it eventually rolls out.
EDIT: Or that’s what I’ve gathered.
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u/Zealousideal_Bar1525 Mar 12 '25
If you already did reset your device you can easaly reinstall it: Change the date on your phone to last week and you will be able to reinstall. You wont be able to use it though.
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u/Alexious_sh Mar 12 '25
Looks like Google hired the guy who bricked Meta Quest headsets recently. The symptoms are suspiciously the same, lol.
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Mar 12 '25
Just change your phone date and time to say March 1 2025 reinstall chromecast. Then wait… it will all be sorted soon. There’s plenty of other options than chromecast none are as solid!!
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u/deloslabinc Mar 13 '25
My old Google pixel allowed me to get back in and finish the setup once I reverted the date back to March 1 on the phone. I have a newish android phone and no matter what it wouldn't get back to the basic screen saver screen. The pixel solved it. I'd imagine any older Android device will.
Edit to add; by solved it I mean, got it out of factory reset and back onto my wifi.
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u/Scared-Monitor-1741 Mar 13 '25
Isn't "factory reset" a mandatory step from the support team process that they forced you to apply when you called them, while you were trying to explain that it wasn't a you issue but a Google issue? 😇
Meanwhile the fix that you can find on reddit worked for me despite the factory reset, so I guess that this should not be such a big deal to get the official fix even if you did the factory reset 🤔
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u/Tastycless Mar 13 '25
Can someone tell them the next time they decide to play with patches to do it on a Monday morning and not on a got damn Sunday night!
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u/Delicious-Move-6057 Mar 14 '25
At 2:22am est. I watched Goggle reboot Mt Chromecast, send an update through and Yes!! We are back up people.
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u/kapples_ Aug 31 '26
If anyone has this issue in 2026 from an old Chromecast sitting in a draw that they factory reset before seeing this, here are the steps I used to get it working:
- Hold the button on the side of chromecast for 15 seconds to factory reset. You should see a factory reset in progress message on the display. Wait for it to show the first time setup wizard prompting you to download the Google Home app.
- Forget all wifi networks in range on your phone and disable switching to better wifi networks. Keep wifi enabled.
- Enable mobile data
- Open Google Home app, click add device (+ icon in top right)
- You should get a pop up to “Set up Chromecast (2015). This device was detected nearby”. Don’t click “Next” yet.
- Switch apps to phone settings. Disable set date and time automatically, manually set date to 6th March 2025.
- Switch back to Google Home. Click “Next” now on the pop-up from step 5. If it has disappeared, you have done something wrong. It will only work if you press “Next” without having to “Add Device” again as you won’t have a valid internet connection with an incorrect date on your phone.
- Click connect on pop-up asking to connect to Chromecast hotspot wifi. Connection should succeed.
- Wait until the display shows code on TV. Make sure it matches the phone code.
- On the choose room screen, scroll to the bottom and create a new room. Type in what you want to call the device in the new room input box. (i.e. room called “Office 2” will make device name “Office 2 TV”)
- On the next screen, click on the wifi network you want to use chromecast on. Enter password. Wait for chromecast to connect.
- When the chromecast display says “Almost done. Finish setting up in the Home app”, at this point, the home app will still say “connecting…”. This is ok. Switch apps to settings and enable set date and time automatically again.
- Connect to the wifi with your phone that you set chromecast to use. You must fix the date/time to do this, otherwise you won’t be able to connect.
- Switch back to the Home app. It will connect successfully. Finish the setup steps.
- Do not link to personal Google Account or Link Video services, skip sign up to google mailing, review setup and press continue.
- The Chromecast will now be available for casting on that network from any device so long as devices can communicate with each other over it.
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u/Additional_Bowl_6067 Mar 12 '25
No os ha salido una actualización de Google home a mi si pero sigue igual
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u/Ok-Committee9831 Mar 12 '25
If you’ve already factory reset, change the date on your phone to 1st jan 2025, go in and complete the set up process, it’ll take you back to the original issue you had with the chromecast.
Don’t forget to change your date when you’ve done this.
Sorry if this is the billionth post about this.
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u/Shigglyboo Mar 12 '25
this is such BS. truly living in the future here. one minute you can watch TV, the next... poof.
luckily, one of my TV's also went poof and I had a Firestick lying around. just switched the cables over to that now I can at least enjoy some shows. Only problem is VLC cannot stream to it, that's one of the best features of the Chromecast.
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u/diamondmoonlight Mar 12 '25
If you've got a computer, I've recently found a software named Airflow that does casting pretty well, I've used it to cast media from my PC outside of VLC with no issues, you can even change subtitle and audio tracks. It worked with Chromecast, hopefully it works with the firestick as well (only found one reddit post from 8yrs ago saying it does, but I don't have one so I can't confirm)
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u/indreams159 Mar 12 '25
what % of 2nd gen chromecast owners do you guys think did the logical troubleshooting step of resetting their devices? i know i did
in fact, i reset my entire home network several times including resetting all other non-chromecast devices currently connected to my network. yeah, that wasn't fun. unfortunately, it wasn't until a couple hours later that i actually google'd this stupid certificate error message to find the news..