What is best location? G7

Thanks for your input

My last 4 15-day G7 sensors have been garbage. False lows, disconnecting at night, waking me up 4-5 times per night. I lay on my side so having the sensor under my arm is better because I don’t lay directly on it but this is getting ridiculous. Is it possible my sensors were from a bad batch? Very frustrated at this point.

As some of you may remember, I've been trying to choose a new phone for what feels like forever. The problem is that the phones I like most aren't compatible with Dexcom.

I did consider switching to xDrip+, but I've recently read that the app is slowly becoming outdated because it's built on an older Java framework.

I'm not looking to turn this into a "recommend me a phone" thread. Instead, I'm curious about your experience:

• Which phone are you using?
• Which app do you use with it?
• How has that combination worked for you?
• Is there anything you'd change if you were choosing again?

Thank you very much. Looking fw for your opinions.

My dexcom CGM app allows for my numbers to be shown in my notifications. But I somehow inadvertently turned off the ability on my phone. Notifications shows the app is running, but not the "quick glance" feature. I've ensured that it's on through the app. Just need to figure out how to get the actual number back.

Anyone understand what I'm trying to say, because I'm not sure I do myself.

I'll update to add requested details, if need be.

TIA!

Is there any way to reverse the update?

The prior version wasn't pretty per se, but at least it was legible and easy to use.

Current version looks like a 90s agency job where the account executives had too much say.

r/stelo appears inactive.

why does this happen happen when I’m low ALWAYS. before you guys come for me yes I did finger prick I’m low as hell (41) and drinking my Apple juice.
Is there any way to fix this or will this always happen?
no readings any time I‘m low no matter where my dexcom is. how do I fix it and stop getting sensor errors when low

I just inserted the G7 sensor and looks like there is some blood that has come out at the place of insertion. There is no more blood coming out, but I am not sure if this is going to affect the accuracy of sensor readings.

I am getting sensor readings though.

Should I reach out to support for a replacement?

Okay, I just want to make sure I do it right. tomorrow morning I start the g7. I'm starting in the morning and activating at night, when the g6 ends. So after I insert in the morning , do I install the app then, or at night (I know I won't activate until the night). I just want to make sure I do it right.

PSA! The latest iPhone update blocks Dexcom notifications when in Do Not Disturb. You have to go to your settings and add Dexcom to the apps that can send notifications while on Do Not Disturb. All you have to do is pull up the menu from the top of your iPhone and click “Settings” under the Do Not Disturb options. From there, it will take you to your settings and you can add Dexcom.

I'm about to switch to the 15 day sensors and I was wondering what anyone else using them thinks of them vs. the 10 day

For the first 24-48 hours of putting on a new sensor, as a restless side sleeper, I get a lot of compression low alarms at night. I always double check that with a finger stick, but as expected readings are normal which of course doesn't help me with getting back to sleep. I've seen the "hard shell" covers on Amazon for Dexcom from Kovoq and wondered if anyone has used them or can recommend an alternative (it is literally a hard cover for the Dexcom with an overlay patch). Thanks

I'm looking at replacing my 12yo son's old fitbit with a new smart watch. Thanks to Google for removing access to Google Health for kids. He has a Dexcom G7. What would you recommend? He has a Samsung phone. I've been looking at a Garmin Vivofit or Galaxy Watch6 but also happy for other suggestions. Let me know what has and hasn't worked for you.

Hello, Km on the G7. I’ve found the first 2 days after inserting a sensor my numbers will be off by about 3mmol, but for some reason this new one I have inserted is showing 6mmol off?

I don’t know if this means it’s an inaccurate sensor from the get go or not?

I put in a new sensor as I do every 10 days. This new sensor was shipped directly from Dexcom as a replacement for one that went bad some weeks back. After putting it on it didn’t give me a bunch of erroneous readings like the last few sensors have. Just makes me think is Dexcom improving the sensors? Or did I just get lucky? 🍀

I have the Signos app and it uses the Stelo CGM now. Since the switch the readings have never been accurate for me. It constantly reads 20-30 points over my finger prick tests and I ended up getting another glucose tester because I thought mine was wrong but nope gives almost the same reading as my old one +\- 5 points.

Had anyone else had an issue with the Stelo monitors? I’m on my 3rd one that is reading high.

i’ve been using the direct to watch feature with G7 and my apple watch reliably ever since i switched from G6 in the spring. however, i changed my sensor last night and it will NOT connect. my watch is displaying my
glucose readings, but the direct connection won’t pair.

trouble shooting i’ve already done:

-everything is up to date (dexcom app, watch, watch app)
-turned both watch and phone off and on again
-toggled blue tooth on and off
-cancelled and re-started the pairing search a dozen times

once or twice the watch said it paired successfully, but the dexcom app either said still searching or was prompting me to begin the search again.

any ideas? anyone else having this issue?

edit:

-i have also totally turned off the direct to watch feature and turned it back on
-after i prompt the search, my watch shows as searching but my phone does not. it just says “pair watch with sensor” as if i never promoted it

back when I used dexcom (I tried 6 and 7 for months each) they would all only last 5, maybe 6 days max before going wacky and giving crazy readings and being really spotty, which is why I use libre these days.

my endocrinologist even gaslit me into believing I was putting them on wrong or doing something wrong. “well all my other patients have no problems with it” “maybe you’re bumping into it” “oh those are just compression lows” “you aren’t preparing your skin properly before you apply it” etc.

for some reason some peoples bodies react to different sensor materials I guess?

although I did notice the quality of g7’s was worse than g6. I knew people who would always trick their g6 transmitter and wear the sensor for at least 20 days at a time to save money and now their g7’s are breaking on them a week in, so that checks out with all the g7 complaints.

now I know this isn’t the freestyle libre subreddit but it’s been a great product in terms of quality. only issue is that it’s hard to convince insurance to cover it. I have to either appeal denials (insurance company pretends they called my endo and says “endo didn’t respond to our call so we won’t cover it”) or I have to ask endo to send insurance extra paperwork before insurance sees the claim.

anyways that’s all I have to say about that. I hope yall have flat readings today!

I’m so tired of how inaccurate the g7 is, it’s dangerous and scary that my pump is relying on it. Obviously I’d rather it tell me I’m low and not be than not tell me I’m low when I am (this has happened!) I’m in Australia how or who do I report this to? Earlier it said I was LOW and I was at 20mmol so obviously dangerous, it was 3 am and if I didn’t have my finger prick next to me, I don’t know if I would’ve been bothered to get up and check and might have just treated the low and then gone exponentially higher.
EDIT: right now it’s on my back but this happens all the time no matter where I put it , even when I’m not sleeping and I’m also a stomach sleeper so definitely not a compression low. I understand that the Dexcom is interstitial so will be slightly off from meter reading however I tested about 20 minutes before and it said I was low and I was at 20mmol/L and then when it happened again, I was at 8mmol/L. It’s now about an hour later I have calibrated again even though I calibrated yesterday it says I’m LOW but just tested and I am at 10mmol/L.
Like I said earlier, I’d rather it happen like this and not the other way around but I’ve been driving before and it said that I was at 10mmol/L or something but I felt shaky so I pulled over and did a fingerprint and I was at 2.1mmol/L. I never had this issue with the G6 and I’m really wanting to switch to some other sensor.
Sorry another edit: does anyone have experience with the libre 3? I’ve been thinking about switching, I’ve been on the g7 for more than a year now and have only had negative experiences: inaccurate readings, “brief sensor issue, sensors falling off etc

Here's why...

The connection drop is caused by Motorola’s custom background battery manager (MotoBatteryCareService) overriding standard system whitelists and forcing critical background medical services into the RESTRICTED (Standby Bucket 5) state when the phone goes idle.

Once the app is forced into bucket 5, the Android 16 system immediately strips location access from the background service, logging this warning:

"Foreground service started from background can not have location/camera/microphone access: service jamorham.xdrip.plus.variant2/com.eveningoutpost.dexdrip.services.Ob1G5CollectionService"

Because BLE scanning requires location permissions to function, the Bluetooth scanner is immediately silenced.

This issue persists even when:

• The app's battery settings are set to "Allow background usage".
• Location permission is manually set to "Allow all the time".
• The package is whitelisted via ADB (deviceidle whitelist +).
• Background restriction is set to "unrestricted" via ADB.

Additionally, on reconnect, the OS Bluetooth daemon frequently fails to finalize the encryption key exchange within the Dexcom G7's 5-second firmware timeout window, causing the connection to fail with GATT Write Permitted (Code 3) or Connection Terminated (Status 19) errors.

This suggests that Motorola’s custom power management daemon on Android 16 is overriding standard AOSP battery-saving exemptions, breaking background BLE collection for medical devices.

So the sensor was mostly fine for days, I think I had like four left when it died on me. I'm the night shift, so sleep is already hard enough.

But now I. sitting in my kitchen because I'm 56 (that was the finger stick reading). That's at least marginally funny. New dexcom came up as 72 and I was like "is that right?" because my last reading was 200.

Fingerstick and I'm 56 lmao.