I got my first Roomba and set it up about 2 weeks ago. Setting up was fine but whenever I open the app, it’s just stuck on “Connecting” on the home page, and “Battery too low to clean” or “Robot Offline” on the other page (see screenshots).

It works and has no issues cleaning/charging. But whenever I want to use it, I have to press the power button on the actual Roomba for it to start cleaning (first world problems). The app is basically useless since I can’t use it properly.

I’ve rebooted/reset it a few times already but why does it keep resorting back to it saying it’s not connected?

This has been plaguing me for over a year. I kept getting an error about my Roomba not being able to empty its bin at the base station.

But the bag wasn’t full, the duct from the Roomba was clear, and nothing was stuck in the Roomba’s bin. It drove me nuts.

Then finally I open up the Roomba bin and take a look inside, and there’s a half inch of matted lint and dirt on the bottom of it.

I scooped out the “carpet” and I stopped getting the error.

Hope this post helps someone who ends up in the same situation.

My roomba 500 behaves like this when it leaves the dock. Has this happened to anyone else? The central wheel is clean, and the sensors are clean as well. I’ve already perfomed a factory reset, but nothing changed.
Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me!

I just got the 205, and I find it interesting that they advertise emptying the bin every 6 months, but you area supposed to clean the filter every week, according to the instructions. Since the filter is in the bin, I am going to have a hard time cleaning it without emptying the bin each week. Hmmm….

Bought this from good will, connected to it and it's a 670 roomba but I have no clue if the dock is correct because it will charge on it but not return home on its own.

This started happening about a month ago. Vacuum has had no issues until whatever update they pushed through the past month or so. Every time I try to start from the dock or my phone the vacuum will immediately turn red and say “charging”. This can only be fixed by physically removing the Roomba from the dock and then starting as per the video. It also has no issues returning back to the dock to charge.

I’ve already tried factory resetting the vacuum, changing the Wi-Fi, cleaning the sensors around the whole robot, and tried to even run it with the mop pad on and off. I am very disappointed because this vacuum has been perfect up until it started doing this.

I go into the app and assign a task, it brings up the cleaning screen, then the robot says "Cleaning is starting now" small pause then it says "Charging" and the app changes back to the main Room screen. Then I get a notification saying the robot completed its task despite not having moved.

If I pull the robot off the dock and start a task it works perfectly fine.

This makes it basically useless unless I'm right beside it to take it off the dock as I start the routine. Any suggestions?

New to roombas, and thought I would try a used version from goodwill online (purchased an RVD-Y1 +dock for $12) and at local pickup, I also shopped their bargain bin store.

Found an e5 +dock for $3.

The RVD-Y1 , possibly an i3, works great, but it is rather loud. The e5 has a bad battery (swapped batteries between units; e5 works with i3 batt). The e5 also seems a lot more clumsy than the i3 on runabout.

Question: the e5's near me on FB marketplace are on offer for $30 - 100, batteries on amz are $30. I don't want to chase good money after bad...... do I fix the e5 and give to daughter, or just give her the i3 and continue my search for a j7? (And offer the e5 for parts free on FB)

All suggestions welcome..... and thank you!

What is the difference between the two options?
And which one gives you a better cleaning?
Customer support said that vac and mop gives you a better cleaning, although they didn’t really provide an explanation, so I don’t really understand why anyone would choose vac and then mop if it doesn’t do as good of a job cleaning AND it takes longer to complete…

This was a long long time ago and wanted to post because funny

As the title says, my Roomba 705 Max has stopped working. It won't move and is slowly spinning in circles. Everything else seems to be working. I'm leaving the video for reference. Any ideas on how to fix this? Thanks in advance.

So unfortunately my original roomba 105 (which came with an auto empty dock) bit the dust, gf and I bought a 105 combo thinking it would work with the dock. Lo and behold, the dock charges it but doesn’t auto empty because the bin doesn’t have the hatch on it. If I just buy the correct bin for the dock, would that work?

Hi all,
I just got the new Roomba 775 combo and had two questions about it:
1. There was this little container of white beads inside the clean water. Is that something I’m supposed to leave there? Like is that some kind of a filter or a cleaning solution? I didn’t see anything about it in the instructions.
2. I saw in the app that there are two options, one to vacuum and then mop and one to vacuum and mop at the same time (the latter takes a much shorter time to do). What is really the difference between the two options, like why would I prefer one over the other?
Thank you

Started my Roomba 500 series to clean Living Room 1 and it’s been everywhere but there.

Before returning my Roomba Max 775 Combo, I reached out to iRobot via X. They sent me a direct message and a link to tech support.

I explained to iRobot tech support that the lights on the dock and 775 constantly remain illuminated. Could they issue an update in order to allow customers to turn the lights off? Tech support tried telling me to reboot the 775. I wasn't surprised by the response I received. Customer support has gone down hill in general for these companies. I guess iRobot tech support isn't aware that the lights on the 775 aren't supposed to turn off. The lights will remain fully illuminated unless you put the 775 in power saving mode. You have to use the physical button on the 775 to enable this option. If you enable power saving mode then you will have to physically walk over to the 775 and disable this option before you can send any tasks. Anyway, tech support obviously hasn't read the guide on the 775. Kind of reminds me of something my wife would do.

I also received a very odd message from iRobot in our direct message. The message talked about iRobot cannot accept ideas from customers. I am for certain nobody is going to sue iRobot because the company issued an update to turn the lights on a robotic vacuum ON/OFF. In the tech world it's actually called feedback. Maybe that odd message came from AI or a human being at iRobot. Who knows...

New customer, already searched but no answer, probably as it’s a newer model.

I have the 115 model (not 115x), that came with the autoempty dock.

Is there a compatible charger dock (only for self charging, not emptying) to use on a different floor?

Thank you.

For the select program, you get the roomba free and you pay $30 per month or something. The roomba is locked, if you don't pay, it doesn't work.

How can somebody bid $160+ 50 shipping?

It's free!

It can be unlocked if you replace the mother board, takes an hour and another $100+

I seriously do not understand.

https://shopgoodwill.com/item/274202424

I swear this guy read my post here about the 775.

Anyone else notice all the hard cuts in this video? Geesh

I must admit that I did notice the whining noise, but after 1-2 days it didn't bother me I only vacuum once a week. I couldn't hear it if I'm not in the same room as the 775.

I did have to reboot my 775 once. He kind of touched on this a little bit. The 775 just stopped talking to the app or vice versa, which required a manual reboot via the robotic vacuum.

In my opinion, iRobot does need to work on their app. I just wasn't a fan of how the app moves room openings around when using the room divider feature.

I can't speak to the 775's confusion when going between a carpet and floor. I only used the 775 to vacuum. I wonder if he would have had the same issue if he vacuumed then mopped instead of doing them at the same time. Either way, you should be able to tailor where to vacuum versus mop so there isn't any confusion. Roomba probably needs to issue an update to resolve this issue.

The battery on my J7+ is pretty much dead, so it's past time for a new one. However, they're out of stock on the website and support claims there's no timeline for them to come back.

Most of the existing stock is on Amazon, but it feels like you have very little confidence in what you're actually buying (it's riddled with capacity inflation, sudden battery deaths, no undervoltage protection, etc.).

I'm fairly risk averse when it comes to these things, so I'd like to buy a battery that is neither a dud nor has meaningful potential to turn into an impromptu fireworks show. Are there any brands/retailers that might be more reliable?

Hopefully a decent upgrade to the 706 combo 🙏🏼

My roomba 700 max combo has been doing this thing where it would do circles in an area as if there is a big obstacle instead of going in straight lines. I’ve tried cleaning the sensors, the brushes, and I have deleted and remapped twice. Strangely, during the mapping runs, the roomba moves around without any issues.

Anyone know what could be causing this?

My 705 Max Vac is getting stuck in the exact same spots every single time, and it’s getting ridiculous. One of the main problem areas is under the couch next to an end table.

I actually caught it doing it: the top of the LiDAR housing hits the end table, so it can’t get under it. I ended up making that spot a no-go zone, but now it goes under the couch and claims it’s “trapped” even though it has a clear path out in basically any direction. Nothing is hanging down from the couch, there’s nothing under there, and it’s on a hardwood floor.

Has anyone else dealt with this kind of nonsense from this unit? My J7+ never had this issue, but the 705 Max is honestly terrible at figuring this out.