"Thread border router required" with Eve and Matter

Well, this is irritating…

My Eve Energy plugs were working fine ever since I bought an Aqara M3 and used it as a Thread Border Router. Now, they have all lost connection and won’t work. Strangely, the Aqara door/windows Sensor that worked before, even without the additional border router, is also Offline. Somehow it seems Thread is even more “experimental” than Matter…

Im using Sky Connect flashed to dual Zigbee/Thread. I was able to add EVE smart plug (Matter with Thread) through HA app in iOS. Settings>Devices & Services>Devices>+ Add Device. Then scan the qr code, wait a bit… choose to add to HA, and done.

I struggled a little to find the right way to add the smart plug but managed at last. Thought I would share how I did it in 31 of July 2024.