A smart vacuum cleaner is a device that can be found in any home today. A device that helps us keep the house clean effortlessly and allows us to enjoy our free time while the floor at home is being cleaned. There are many models on the market and many features of these devices, but what they all have in common is that they are intelligent and work with an Internet connection.
You may have a smart vacuum cleaner, but at some point it doesn’t work as it should or even the app doesn’t allow you to perform some functions. Before calling technical service, you may want to try restarting or resetting your vacuum cleaner to see if doing so solves the problem and thus avoids the hassle of having to take it in for repair.
Difference between reboot and reset
On many occasions we tend to confuse these two terms thinking that they mean the same thing, but that is not the case. If we have defective electronic equipment and we want to try these alternatives, we must know the difference between one and the other before doing so.
First of all, rebooting may be the easiest step. It is the most similar to turn the computer off and on, only you can do it from the application or even from the buttons on the device itself. A restart is the first test you should perform to fix errors on your computer. By doing this, you will make the device turn off for a few seconds, cool down, and start working again when it is turned on again.
On the other hand there is the reset. This method is more aggressive with the equipment and causes it to return to factory settings. This is why you should think carefully before resetting your device. Returning the device to factory settings means that, after the reset, you will have your device in the same software conditions as when you took it out of the box new. Of course, you will have to keep in mind that when doing a reset, you will have to reconfigure your preferences on the device from scratch.
How to reset my vacuum cleaner
Now that you know the difference between restart and reset, we are going to explain how to reset your smart vacuum cleaner if it is failing. Although there are many models, we will teach you how to do it with the most popular models from the most used brands.
- Reset the Roomba
It will depend on the model but most of them have an option through the mobile phone application from which we can factory reset the robot. The first thing you should keep in mind is that the mobile device is connected to the same WiFi network as the Roomba vacuum cleaner, but if so, let’s go to the product configuration. In configuration you must look for the “About” section accompanied by the name of the robot, if you have several models added. Once you’ve found it, search for “Remove device from account”
Once we have removed the device from the account, factory resetting will depend on the model you have since not all of them have the same buttons. If you have any model of the 500 and 600 series, you will only have to press the “ buttons at the same timedock” and “spot” until the light of “clean” Turn off. This will indicate that the vacuum cleaner has been reset correctly. On the other hand, if you have a model of the 700 and 800 series, the process will be similar and we have to press the Clean button until the robot emits a noise that will warn that the process has been completed.
- Reset Xiaomi vacuum cleaner
With practically the same functions, Xiaomi vacuum cleaners allow you to clean your house by controlling the vacuum cleaner from the robot’s own buttons or, if you prefer, from an app on your mobile.
To reset a vacuum cleaner of this brand, as mentioned on their frequently asked questions page, you will only have to hold down the charging button and press the “button” once. Reset” until you hear it start to restore to its original version.
- Reset Conga vacuum cleaner
There are many models of Conga vacuum cleaners from Cecotec but most of them are reset to the factory by holding the Home button, shaped like a house, for a few seconds. Must press and hold the Home button and how long and how will depend on the model. In most cases we must press this button for five seconds until the robot beeps. When it does, we let go. And when we release, we press again until it speaks.
On the other hand, there are models that are reset with a hole that we find on the side of the device. We will see that, as is usually the case with routers, there is a small hole in which you must insert a thin object for five seconds.
- Factory reset Roborock vacuum cleaners
If you have a Roborock vacuum cleaner at home, we can also factory reset it. It will depend on the model, but generally the steps are the same in practically all of them. We have to simultaneously press and hold the power button, the spot cleaning button and the recharge button. We must do it with the device on and the lights of the three buttons will turn off. Once we have done it, we must hold down for 10 or 15 seconds until the power button starts flashing. When it does, we remove our fingers and we will have to wait for a few minutes until the reset is complete.
Keep in mind, as in the case of all the previous ones, that it will be disconnected from the WiFi network and that the firmware will be the original so we will have to configure it again.
