# Workaround for downtime on G6 sensor swap?
**URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/workaround-for-downtime-on-g6-sensor-swap/5743
**Category:** Type 1 & LADA
**Created:** [December 6, 2018, 9:14pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/workaround-for-downtime-on-g6-sensor-swap/5743 "2018-12-06T21:14:42Z")
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### Author:  [@eugmocoo](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/eugmocoo)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2018, 9:14pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/workaround-for-downtime-on-g6-sensor-swap/5743/1 "2018-12-06T21:14:42Z")
Has anyone got a methodology for doing a Dexcom G6 sensor swap to eliminate the downtime? Possibly utilizing the G6 receiver and the phone simultaneously?
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### Author:  [@glitzabetes](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/glitzabetes)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2018, 9:35pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/workaround-for-downtime-on-g6-sensor-swap/5743/2 "2018-12-06T21:35:47Z")
Here’s a link about ways to restart the G6, the first of which allows you to skip the 2-hour warm-up
> **[Restarting G6 sensors and transmitter](http://seemycgm.com/2018/06/11/restarting-g6-sensors-and-transmitter/)**
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> “10-day hard stop on G6 sensors.” – love, Dexcom Did that one thing alone stop you from considering the G6? Well, good news…you can actually restart the sensors (and the tr…
And here’s a thread where we’ve talked about it 😉
> [@Restarting G6 sensors and transmitter](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/restarting-g6-sensors-and-transmitter/4207):
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> Just posted from Katie DiSimone
I’m not sure if it would work well with a fresh sensor if that’s what you’re trying to do, but we’ve got a thread about that as well, although I don’t think it was with the G6
> [@Changing Dexcom sensor without a restart: an experiment](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/changing-dexcom-sensor-without-a-restart-an-experiment/3349):
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> We have been wanting for a long time to see what happens when you swap a sensor without stopping/starting it—tonight gave us the perfect opportunity. Today’s sensor was 4 days old and had been flaking all day, starting in the middle of a huge (369) hormonal peak this morning. It was off (hourglass or three question marks) for more than five hours today. We finally decided to swap it out around 11:40pm tonight. My son removed the old sensor from his skin, installed his new sensor, and snapped hi…
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### Author:  [@eugmocoo](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/eugmocoo)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2018, 9:52pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/workaround-for-downtime-on-g6-sensor-swap/5743/3 "2018-12-06T21:52:39Z")
Thanks. I was intending to do a fresh sensor swap on the G6. I am guessing I could start a fresh sensor on the G6 Receiver and put it out of range during the warm up period while continuing to get readings on the old sensor from my phone. Of course then once my wait time is up and I activate my Receiver with the fresh sensor then I may need to jump a hoop or two to sync my phone to the fresh sensor.
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### Author:  [@docslotnick](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/docslotnick)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2018, 10:10pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/workaround-for-downtime-on-g6-sensor-swap/5743/4 "2018-12-06T22:10:00Z")
I never have to miss more than two or three readings. With my watch as the receiver and xDrip+ on my phone it is a most seamless. The watch gives me 1-3 wildly weird readings when I change sensors but then kicks right in.