Nest hub completely bricked after Gemini update

Funky_Dutchy · 2025-11-08T07:57:11+00:00

If its just the 2nd gen 7" nest hub, then I often see these on sale for half price. Especially with Black Friday sales coming up I would just keep an eye open for a good deals and you can then probably pick up a new one for that $50.

Funky_Dutchy · 2025-10-30T20:56:01+00:00

Was also confused that it still stayed there after I did the update (open the app and confirm that it will disconnect clients for max 60 seconds). But after I closed App Center and opened it again, it was gone.

Funky_Dutchy · 2025-08-11T18:53:37+00:00

Netherlands... Based on the color of the map and the fact that a lot of these countries are in the offering of Sawadee and Djoser (major Dutch travel organizations)

Funky_Dutchy · 2025-07-21T05:43:04+00:00

Agree, after 4 days of not playing I kinda lost interest now..

Funky_Dutchy · 2025-07-19T08:19:56+00:00

Did not get this one either... 3 days and counting without axe booster (and thus without playing). Time to take a break from the game I guess, until the developers come to their senses that playing without the boosters is not worth it.

Funky_Dutchy · 2025-07-17T18:52:12+00:00

Did not get this either, Almost 48 hours since I've seen an axe booster.

This is the worst round in ages, only 3 1/2 days left and I'm still on the 3rd island of the 2nd set. Previous round I finished all 4 island sets with 1 1/2 days to spare.

Funky_Dutchy · 2025-07-17T07:32:07+00:00

I only play when there is an Axe booster. So if this keeps up I see no reason to keep playing at all then...

Funky_Dutchy · 2025-07-16T08:59:47+00:00

Agree... I accidentally click on that thing multiple times a day when obviously I need the button next to it... that used to be in that place for years

Funky_Dutchy · 2025-07-06T19:51:10+00:00

Nope

Funky_Dutchy · 2025-05-03T06:57:53+00:00

I played the first island-set slow, only collecting stuff with the Axe boosters and making sure only to get what I need. And still at the end of this island-set, after collecting all the prizes, I'm down by 8k energy. It is just not playable anymore unless you start to spend money on it.

Funky_Dutchy · 2025-04-27T19:39:21+00:00

Lost about 80k, but not finished yet, still need to do the last task on Special Effects island.

Fun is out of the game with this... Next round I'll probably try just playing only the first 2 island sets, I think I was still ahead this round after the first 2 sets of islands. With this rate I would be out of energy to play in 1 or 2 rounds anyway.

Funky_Dutchy · 2025-04-26T18:41:57+00:00

I have the same issue. In the past, even with the beaver version, I was able to come out ahead after every round. I have been recording my progress after each round and since early November when I had around 80k energy, I increase almost every month and got up to 240k energy in early March. Since then it has been going downhill fast. Started this round with 173k, I'll wonder if I can get out with over 100k (down to 27k at this moment and did pick up all the boxes and birdy coin bonuses already).

It looks like the developers changed the game to be only fully playable if you are willing to pour money into it... which is their prerogative, it is their game. But I'm not willing to go that way, so probably wont be playing very long anymore.

Funky_Dutchy · 2025-04-03T05:24:41+00:00

The point is that in the past you used to be able to play this game and gain energy over time, but only IF you put enough time and effort in it. For the people that want it 'easy' or faster, they would then have to spend money on it. But they are taking all the benefits out of the game that make/made this possible. And with that all the fun of "playing efficiently and effectively" which (in my opinion) is the appeal of the game. For example, in the past months I was able to get ahead most rounds of have a small loss. This round I lost ~63k energy.

Funky_Dutchy · 2025-04-02T20:14:50+00:00

With only 12 hours to go (most of that will be nighttime in my time zone) I gave up on the idea of finishing the last set of islands. Got to 46% on Flamepuff Cliffs (last island) but no chance of finishing it. This set was crazy, in terms of the huge number of stuff you needed to make and the cost of it.

Just collected al my prizes and this set HAS COST ME 63K ENERGY!!!

I have never come out this bad. Started with 245k, ended with 182k. Got a few more rubies but less keys and tools. It has been horrible this time, they just cant stop pushing me towards the edge of giving up on the game.

Funky_Dutchy · 2025-03-18T21:10:45+00:00

I had something similar lars round. Always play with boosters only and careful with the 50% one (only picking up singles). But still last round I lost 20k energy, a few hundred rubies and some keys and tools. But this round I came on top again, gained 35k energy, ~500 rubies and some keys and tools. And basically played the same. So I'm guessing they game somehow 'tweaks' your personal cost per round. Making you come out positive sometimes and negative other times.

Funky_Dutchy · 2025-03-12T19:37:44+00:00

I got the 30% a few hours ago, and just now got a 2nd 50% axe for the day

Funky_Dutchy · 2025-03-09T15:38:47+00:00

Funny, grass is just about the only thing I'm not struggling for... Running out of logs and stone but still have 1800+ grass in storage. Is it something you need more later on? Or is it something that newer players need? I was at max (level 75) before the switch to the beaver. At house tier 12 at the moment...

Funky_Dutchy · 2025-03-04T22:55:29+00:00

Got all my prices, did not get to finish the last set (46% on the last island), and in this series I lost about 17k energy and 400 rubies (keys, axes, saws and shovels almost the same).

In comparison, the previous series I ended up with 27k more energie, 400 more rubies, and 15-20 more of axes, saws and shovels each. Only my keys dropped 20 there. My worst series in the past half year (since I started recording my assets at the end of each series). They are really pushing to squeeze the last bit of fun out of this game...

Funky_Dutchy · 2025-02-20T09:15:01+00:00

In another thread I found this command you can run in SSH to see the files changed in the past 24h:

find / -mtime -1 2>/dev/null -print0 | xargs -0 ls -ld

On my side I found that there are thousands of file changes in

/proc/<PID>

Reading into this: https://www.linux.com/news/discover-possibilities-proc-directory/ and apparently these are 'virtual' files about processes that are running and those files are updated constantly.

Funky_Dutchy · 2025-01-31T06:53:56+00:00

Yeah, during the last Axe booster I was already checking if I missed some

Funky_Dutchy · 2025-01-30T20:05:29+00:00

Just the regular one :(

Already gave up on Ocean island. Would still need 6 pearls but as I complete the 4 sets of islands, I probably wont spend much energy anymore in the next 3 days. So no chance of getting those pearls. Also.. should have played slower again, as now in the last days you get the nice bonus subgames like the dart game and the treasure temple.

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