# Tips on resetting transmittor on g6 via android phone **URL:** \ **Category:** Tips, Tech & Gear\ **Created:** [August 22, 2019, 8:01am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/tips-on-resetting-transmittor-on-g6-via-android-phone/8160 "2019-08-22T08:01:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![MM2](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/mm2/32/3032_2.png) [@MM2](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/MM2)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 6:34pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/tips-on-resetting-transmittor-on-g6-via-android-phone/8160/2 "2019-08-22T18:34:35Z")
Many use xDrip on android phone. See details here. > [@New to xdrip, how do I install it?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/new-to-xdrip-how-do-i-install-it/5242): > > I recently read about the xdrip app for the dexcom 6 cgm. Everything I read is for using ann apple or android watch with it to view results. Can I somehow use it just on my Samsung galaxy 8+? Can someone please help me and tell me steps to download it and get it working on my phone? Also how I can use the sensors more than 10 days? Thanks to anyone who responds This essentially replaces your Dexcom app, and provides more features. With xDrip, you can reset trans, but don’t need to because xDrip does not stop reading based on number of days, like the dexcom does. Another post on reset with xDrip. > [@G6 with xDrip+ on Android](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/g6-with-xdrip-on-android/5402): > > I’m running a G6 straight to a Pixel and then to a Garmin Forerunner (no receiver or Dexcom app). This has been running great for months, but then today when I tried to start a new sensor I’m having connection issues; after the 2-hour warm-up I get this error: “G6 State isn’t currently known. Next connection will update this” I’ve tried going into System Status and doing the Restart Collector and restarting the phone, but that hasn’t worked. I thought I should try doing Stop Sensor, but the … --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/tips-on-resetting-transmittor-on-g6-via-android-phone/8160)._