Summary
Once you get the hang of them, Roomba vacuum are very helpful in keeping your floors neat and clean. However, with time, just like any other technology, they may encounter certain problems. Rebooting or resetting a Roomba may resolve several difficulties that may arise from time to time. We’ll walk you through each of these tricks below to maintain your Roomba operating like new.
There are two kinds of Roomba vacuum resets
Your Roomba will shut off and then turn back on when you reboot it. Rebooting your Roomba is a smart idea if you discover that it isn’t connected to Wi-Fi or if there is another kind of issue. After your robot vacuum restarts, all of the data from the companion app (user preferences, stored maps, and logins) will still be accessible.
You may need to do a complete factory reset on your robot if you want to get rid of your Roomba or if there are any more serious problems that a simple reboot won’t fix. By doing this, you’ll effectively put your Roomba back to its factory settings and erase all user data from the companion app and the bot.
The steps involved in doing factory resets and reboots will differ depending on the type of Roomba you own. This is a tutorial explaining how to reset every kind of Roomba machine.
Restarting the Roomba
The process for restarting your Roomba varies according on the model you own. You may reset your Roomba from this page if it is a Wi-Fi linked model that you operate with an app. You will need to reset by working directly on the robot if your model is different.
Roombas with Wi-Fi connectivity
Launch the app, choose Product Settings, Reboot Roomba, and then select Reboot Roomba again to confirm.
As an alternative, you may restart the robot directly. Press and hold the Roomba’s Clean button for about 20 seconds to do this. The precise duration varies depending on the model. The bin lid’s light ring will start to glow white as soon as you release the button, and a melody will play to let you know the reset was completed. It might take up to a minute and a half for the light ring to cease shining, at which point the reboot procedure is officially over.
Roombas (500, 600, and 700 series as well as the Roomba® e Series) that aren’t WiFi-connected
For ten seconds, press and hold the Home and Spot buttons. A chime will sound when you release both presses, indicating that the reset is finished.
You must take out the robot’s bin in order to find the green dot on the bottom of the 600 Series. To restart the Roomba, you’ll need to take out the battery if it has a green dot. If there’s no green dot on yours, proceed as per the standard instructions above.
Resetting your Roomba to the factory
It’s time to attempt a different strategy if restarting your Roomba, commonly known as a soft reset, hasn’t resolved the issue. A factory reset, also referred to as a hard reset, is another option. A hard reset will revert your Roomba back to its factory settings, whereas a soft reset will restart it while preserving all of your settings, such as turning it off and back on.
It will be more of a bother if you have to re-add all of your logins, maps, and settings. Nevertheless, if your vacuum is giving you ongoing, bothersome problems, a hard reset is a dependable solution. Certain information, such as your personalized smart maps, may be saved to your cloud-based account and quickly re-added after the reset.
How to reset a factory factory
Using the Roomba app to make a factory reset is the simplest method. Launch the application, choose Remove Device from Account under Product settings, then About (the name of your robot). We advise you to take advantage of the opportunity to store your own smart maps in order to save time. To achieve this, press the Save maps during factory reset option. To carry out the reset, choose Factory Reset (your robot name).
If the robot is not controlled by an app, press and hold the Home and Spot Clean buttons together until the white ring around the Clean button starts to spin. The reset is initiated by this.
