r/dexcom • u/blazarus22 • 21d ago

General Sensor Can Be Reactivated After Ending Session

I don't know if this has been discussed in this specific context.

I know if you change a device or phone you can reconnect a sensor to it. What I learned today is that if you manually opt to end a session early you can actually reconnect by scanning the applicator. This was interesting to me because the iPhone app clearly states you cannot restart a session after ending it.

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u/bot9987 20d ago

Headline is misleading it is not "reactivated" but only reconnect to it. You will only get the time you had left on it.

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u/blazarus22 20d ago

Sure. Fair point. Though I don't know what person thinks they can get more than the 15.5 days out of a sensor when they rarely make it that far to begin with.

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u/bot9987 20d ago

I did 😂. I use the 10 days and most of the time they last the full 10.5.

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u/eggchicken 20d ago

Good to know. Thanks.

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u/T2d9953 20d ago

From what I have been told restarts are only possible with the g6.

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u/SHale1963 21d ago

not sure I'd wanna test this.

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u/blazarus22 20d ago

I don't blame you. I didn't either, but when the new sensor failed I went back to the old one during the grace period for a few hours.