When I (or my family) gets a new phone the best option (from the forums) to make sure the name stays the same you have to: Write down/remember the current device name Remove the current device Restart Home Assistant (I’ve ran into problems if I forget this) Login to Home Assistant app on the new d…

This is really beyond just replacing a phone and speaks to replacing devices in general There is no way to say replace sensor.xxOld with sensor.xxNew

Exactly. Shelly 2.5 (Gen1) after 2 years are useless (they often lose wifi connection or even don’t respond to physical input) so you must replace them. Ideally, when we discover/add a new device we should be asked if we are adding a new device or replacing an old one. This would help a lot, espe…

+1 on topic Off topic but I can tell you it’s not always the case with the shellies. I’ve had 2.5PM (Gen1) open and close my roller shutters for 4 years every single day, still work like a charm.

Agreed! Can you post a WTH for this if there isn’t one already? I searched my post history and I did vote for this device replacement feature in WTH 2022 WTH there is no easy and automated way to replace devices Is that similar to what you’re describing? I am also annoyed with replacing devices b…

Lucky You :slight_smile: I replaced around 20 Shelly 2.5 devices in my amd my parents house. Luckily I was able to replace them with Gen3 devices with 50% discount

[image] Noblewolf: Agreed! Can you post a WTH for this if there isn’t one already? If not already posted I will do

[image] WTH can’t we easily replace devices Month of "What the heck?!" Would be nice to have a way to easily add a device and say device.new replaces device.old Kinda like find and replace in text editors EXAMPLE 1 - Phones I go buy a new phone. I log in and setup new …

Agreed. And not just with “advanced” devices like phones. While I’ve had good success with dozens of a particular zwave switch, which has about 20 associated entities, I did have one die about two weeks after installing. Replaced under warranty, but by that time, it had been integrated with many …

Make sure to go vote on @tmjpugh WTH can’t we easily replace devices

If I change my device name it shouldn’t affect all my notification calls too… Especially on iOS there’s no way to specify an SSID so sometimes I play around with device name to change my hotpsot SSID.

WTH is it difficult to replace a phone (or user's device)?

Month of "What the heck?!"

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