- Messages
- 61
- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Insulin
So the health authority have switched from supplying Libre Freestyle 2 to 3. Been happily using the Libre freestyle 2 on a much maligned (by senior daughter) Hauwei , now 5 years old, but takes very nice photos! Decided it would be good to get new phone, before old one died. OH agreed to stump up, as my Christmas present.
On a trip to the city, we live on a rural Norwegian island, went into the electrical store and asked for a phone. Want a good camera(s) and must be able to run my CGM app……bought a Samsung Galaxy s24. Nearly swayed by the S24 Ultra, but decided it was too big and heavy for me…little old lady who likes to go for walks, phone monitoring Glucose level in one jacket pocket, box of jelly babies in the other!
PaI’d for all the data and apps to be switched from old to new phone. Went home and fitted new Libre 3 and tried to scan it to start it up… Tried all of the next day…so where is the reader on this phone?… eventually found my way into the user manual for Libre Freestyle 3 and the list of compatible phones… in the list in English the S24 was not there. Looked at the list in Norwegian, Sami, Italian, French, German…no still not there! Was convinced it was a typo and someone had just left it out…by mistake.
Found out that Samsung fitted a different NFC reader to that model and it won’t work with the Libre 3…atm!
Made a return visit to the city and returned the phone and consider ourselves very fortunate to have got a refund. Staff in the store got some lessons in CGM apps, we got a lesson in doing our phone homework before going into the store.
Going to try again after Christmas, armed with print out of compatibility list this time!
My day without a CGM was ‘difficult’ can’t believe I managed for a whole 2 months after diagnosis doing finger sticks, and just found the little booklet I had, noting down my insulin shots and food intake and exercise. Made me appreciate how lucky I am to have the tech provided for me.
On a trip to the city, we live on a rural Norwegian island, went into the electrical store and asked for a phone. Want a good camera(s) and must be able to run my CGM app……bought a Samsung Galaxy s24. Nearly swayed by the S24 Ultra, but decided it was too big and heavy for me…little old lady who likes to go for walks, phone monitoring Glucose level in one jacket pocket, box of jelly babies in the other!
PaI’d for all the data and apps to be switched from old to new phone. Went home and fitted new Libre 3 and tried to scan it to start it up… Tried all of the next day…so where is the reader on this phone?… eventually found my way into the user manual for Libre Freestyle 3 and the list of compatible phones… in the list in English the S24 was not there. Looked at the list in Norwegian, Sami, Italian, French, German…no still not there! Was convinced it was a typo and someone had just left it out…by mistake.
Found out that Samsung fitted a different NFC reader to that model and it won’t work with the Libre 3…atm!
Made a return visit to the city and returned the phone and consider ourselves very fortunate to have got a refund. Staff in the store got some lessons in CGM apps, we got a lesson in doing our phone homework before going into the store.
Going to try again after Christmas, armed with print out of compatibility list this time!
My day without a CGM was ‘difficult’ can’t believe I managed for a whole 2 months after diagnosis doing finger sticks, and just found the little booklet I had, noting down my insulin shots and food intake and exercise. Made me appreciate how lucky I am to have the tech provided for me.