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What does the toothbrush do a normal one can't? I mean, it's stupid to require an account for a toothbrush but it's not like they can take away the function of brushing teeth if you're not logged in.
Like the old mitch hedburg joke: an escalator can never break, it can only temporarily become stairs.
It stops connecting to Bluetooth and then won't turn on anymore.
Not even joking. I fucking hate it.
Umm, you sure? I guess I don't have the absolute, top-of-the-line, fancy shmancy oral b toothbrush, but mine isn't exactly the lowest tier either and I bought it just last year. It has Bluetooth and racks your brushing habits through the app, but after a few uses I thought "this is really dumb" and stopped connecting it.
It still functions just fine without the connection. Turns on, gives pulses to mark 30 second increments, and tells you when you're brushing too hard.
I don't want to call you a dirty fucking liar who's just making shit up on the internet because it sounds right, but my toothbrush doesn't have any kind of restriction like that and a quick Google search doesn't show a single version that stops working without Bluetooth sooooo....
No, it literally stopped connecting to Bluetooth unless it's plugged in, seems it stopped holding a charge or something after just 1 year of use, and rarely turns on, and when it does it turns off completely after the 30 seconds timer. For a while it'd work if I put it back on the charger, reset the connection through the app, then took it back off, and I'd get 30 second increments of brushing. Then even that stopped working and it won't even turn on.
Fucking shit device. I even tried a firmware reset, didn't help. tried to upgrade the firmware, didn't help. Mine is absolute shit.
Yeah OP definitely has another problem, probably a battery issue. I've had the same experience as you; tested it, found it pretty useless, never used the app again but never had any problems with it.
Have you tried painting your teeth blue?
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