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There were many reasons for the change of the site software, the biggest was security. The age of the old software also meant no server updates for certain programs. There are many benefits to the new software, one of the biggest is the mobile functionality. Ill fix up some stuff in the coming days, we'll also try to get some of the old addons back or the data imported back into the site like the garage. To create a thread or to reply with a post is basically the same as it was in the prior software. The default style of the site is light colored, but i temporarily added a darker colored style, to change you can find a link at the bottom of the site.
Anyone else been having trouble with the FOBO Bike 2 website not working?
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joecala
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It is working fine today. Must have been a glitch yesterday. Thanks.
joecala
New member
Spoke too soon, mine is not updating the tire pressures when I open the app.
Mandorallen
Member
FYI at least for Android they recently (in the last week or two?) released a new version of their app and renamed it FOBO TPMS. The old app has been obsoleted...
joecala
New member
Yes I saw that. I updated mine to the Fobo TPMS about 5 weeks ago.
What happened to the FOBO monitoring system? I have a 2023 RT limited. For 2 years I was able to display the tire pressure on each wheel on my Spyder's display. Now the app doesn't even show up as an option in the BRP Go app. Also, I have used Sygic GPS maps on my display for over 2 years. It appears that the app is still an option on the display. But if I got a new phone, the app is not one of the choices to choose from in the BRP Go app. What is going on with BRP? This is a horrible way to a treat customers.
I don't think I understand this FOBO system. It uses a website to monitor your tire pressure? You have to be connected to the web in order for it to work? What's wrong with a tire pressure gauge or a traditional TPMS system if you wish to monitor it. If that's your choice, so be it but I can't see it personally.
Having to depend on someone else's system doesn't sound like a good idea IMHO.
Having to depend on someone else's system doesn't sound like a good idea IMHO.
racoon
Well-known member
@Bannerboy, I can't directly answer the question, but the first comment is about your new phone.
Is the FOBO app supported on the version of software on the new phone?
Have you tried updating the phone's software, and then deleting and reinstalling the FOBO app?
Is the FOBO app supported on the version of software on the new phone?
Have you tried updating the phone's software, and then deleting and reinstalling the FOBO app?
Nope, FOBO is just an 'app' @Mrmikey, an 'application program' that you download and install on your smartphone just like any other app; and as with many other apps, once it's installed, you don't actually need to be connected to the web any longer in order for it to work.
Basically, it IS, as you say above, "...a traditional TPMS system..." (but we don't really need that extra 'system' in there, it's not a Tire Pressure Monitoring System system - it's just the one 'system' with sensors for each tire.
) with a smallish sensor that goes on each tire instead of a valve cap, and instead of those sensors reporting to a device mounted somewhere on your dash (or maybe integrated into your dash...) with a display showing your tire pressure on the 4 corners of the screen, or possibly on a picture of a car or truck, they report to the app on your phone which, when selected, shows the pressure of each tire in the appropriate place on a stylised Spyder displayed on your phone screen. You can have your phone out on a holder somewhere, mounted on the handlebars &/or somewhere you can see it, maybe with the app screen showing all the time instead of your phone's GPS app or a music app or whatever; or you can have the TPMS app running in the background, possibly even with your phone in your pocket or in the frunk. 
So, just like any other TPMS, it's simply a handy way of seeing your tire pressure at a glance; only instead of being an integrated system on your dash (BRP is too cheap for that, and given their track record of getting things like that to work properly, maybe that's a good thing!
) or a stand alone device that's intended and configured for a car or truck, it's an app that runs on your smartphone, an app which is intended and configured for a Spyder. 
Does that help? Make sense now?
. The way I interpreted the questions, (obviously wrongly so) I was thinking that it had to send the tire info to a server then to your phone which didn't make sense to me, now it does......Similar threads
