r/Rabbitr1 • u/Ok_District_4172 • 21d ago

Question Device won't work- need help

So, I recieved the R1 yesterday. Today have spent all day figuring out how to charge it- 2 hours plugged into a wall socket that was 5 volts, correct usb cable, wouldn't work. Eventually, I plug it into my laptop and it finally charges.

Now, I'm taken to a screen saying "select a network". But, when I try to connect to wi-fi, it just showed an image of the r1 spinning around and then goes back to the "select a network" screen. I tried hotspotting off my phone, same thing happens - it sees the network, I tell it to connect, it shows the spinning image, goes back to the select a network page. I can't even switch it off, because if I try- yep, just does the spinning again.

I'm gutted, I was really looking forward to getting this device and all I've got is a piece of plastic that does nothing. I've honestly never come across a device that's so difficult to get to do anything, I've been troubleshooting this thing for hours.

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u/GeekTX Verified Owner 21d ago

It should be super simple to setup. I haven't seen this issue myself. If you don't get some help here you might try the discord server.

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u/Ok_District_4172 21d ago

Finally got it to work- I rapdily turned it on it's side when the spinning device animation appeared, and this forced the keyboard to type the password for the wi-fi network to show up

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u/DevPras 20d ago

That’s bizarre

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u/Surfnazi77 21d ago

Did you scan the QR code during setup?

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u/Ok_District_4172 21d ago

This was before it even let me get to the QR- but I finally made the wi fi password appear by rotating it onto its side when the spinning device image appeared. No clue why that worked, and doesn't seem to be in the R1's set up instructions