V1 Hub Usb came apart, advice on upgrading system - currently headless

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I had the same thing happen a few months ago, the USB snaps off the solder points. Unfortunately since it’s a SMD it can’t be refitted. And to make it worse it’s mounted on a custom built PCB which is soldered into the main board. I tried resoldering it and even “gluing” it back. It worked for a few days and then just popped out after that. Eventually had to migrate to v2, it was PAINFULLLL but I think it’s better as I think things are much more reliable. See this note I wrote up on the migration process tips to make it smoother.

Status of Hub Replacement Tool?

My 2 cents on migrating from the v1 to v2 (essentially hub replacement), it was painfully long. A few things I did to make it smooth: Added the new hub to the same account Have 2 phones running the ST app, on one open the old/dead hub and on the other open the newly added hub Open the IDE and click on the old/dead hub, for each device click an open in a new window and see list of connected smart apps Using the ST phone, one by one delete the device from the old hub and then add/pair it to the new hub Once that’s complete use the pages in step 3 to go an add all the SmartApps back for each device For “phone” presence device I went the old hub page in the IDE, copied the device DNI and created a new mobile phone presence device in the new hub and added the copied DNI to it and then deleted…