# Workaround for downtime on G6 sensor swap? **URL:** \ **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")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![glitzabetes](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/glitzabetes/32/4287_2.png) [@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/)** > > “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): > > 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): > > 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… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/workaround-for-downtime-on-g6-sensor-swap/5743)._