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Freestyle Libre 1 sensors

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geoffrey5269

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I need to buy my own Freestyle Libre 1 sensors and found that Chinese versions of these are available at much reduced price. These come with a Chinese version of the Libre cellphone app. The sellers of these sensors claim that they can be activated using the cellphone app but this seems odd because elsewhere in the world the Libre reader needs to be used. Has anyone bought these Chinese Libre 1 sensors and successfully activated them using just the Chinese cellphone app?
 
I bought it. No problem at all. Both Chinese and European sensors can be activated by the phone.
 
Many thanks for that. Did something change with the Libre 1 sensors? When I first used them a few years ago they could only be activated using the reader. Did the sensors change or were changes made to the cellphone app? And Chat GPT5 is still insisting that the Libre 1 sensors can only be activated using the reader !
 
I have a reader, but I probably activated only sensor 3 with them. To be honest, I don't know what the reason is why some sensors don't see the phone (often from the same batch). I like Libre2 better because they can sync via Bluetooth and wake me up in the middle of the night with hypo and spikes. But libre1 can be hacked and extended for a second term.
 
geoffrey5269 said:
Many thanks for that. Did something change with the Libre 1 sensors? When I first used them a few years ago they could only be activated using the reader. Did the sensors change or were changes made to the cellphone app? And Chat GPT5 is still insisting that the Libre 1 sensors can only be activated using the reader !
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I've been using Libre for over 8 years, starting with the Libre 1.
It could be activated with the phone in 2017.

The only thing is that if you start it with the phone, you can't use the reader as well, but if you start it with the reader you can use your phone too.

Your chat gpt results show you that it's not to be trusted without verifying whatever it tells you.
 
Maybe its a regional thing. The instructions with the Libra 1 sensors I bought in Israel in 2019 made no mention of activation being possible with the cellphone app. The instruction book just said that the cellphone software could be used to view reports and change reader settings.
 
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