How to Update Smartthings Hub (2018) Wifi Settings?

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Hello everybody. I just signed up in order to share an easy way to change the WiFi identifiers that I found by intuition.

The fact that it is impossible without such tricks is worrying. Does Samsung abandon the development of the Hub?

So, here is the procedure :

  1. The hub is powered, don’t unplug it. Press the reset button until the light turns yellow. Release the button immediately.
  2. In the application, add a new device. You want to add a Samsung SmartThings 2018 hub.
  3. It will let you choose a WiFi network (and the associated password). It also asks you for the QR code under the hub, so you give it.
  4. The app does its thing for a minute and then tells you “the hub could not be reset” blablabla. You don’t mind, and that’s good news because it means that no setting has been lost.
  5. Exit the procedure. Close the app.
  6. Unplug the hub. Plug the hub.

That’s it.

Besides the fact that we need a non-documented trick to achieve a basic change of parameters, I’m worried also by the fact that the hub does not run any automation without Internet although all my devices are Zigbee.
What is the point of having invested in devices on an Internet-independent protocol if the hub needs Internet? and why would it need Internet to switch lights on anyway?
That’s very disappointing.

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