This article contains information on how to download, set-up and use the new Foil Drive App, designed to be used with Gen II systems. Below is a step-by-step guide on how to get started and information about the different modes within the app and how

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App Connection Issues. This article is for anyone experiencing difficulty connecting their Gen2 system to the App. The app is intuitive, and most issues are prompted by an error or suggestion during the pairing or programming process. Note: The app i

<p id="isPasted" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; line-height: 1.5; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: rgb(8, 188, 193); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; display: inline !important;">App Connection Issues<p style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; color: rgb(31, 33, 36); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;San Francisco&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; text-align: center; line-height: 1.5;">This article is for anyone experiencing difficulty connecting their Gen2 system to the App.<p style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; color: rgb(31, 33, 36); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;San Francisco&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; text-align: center; line-height: 1.5;">The app is intuitive, and most issues are prompted by an error or suggestion during the pairing or programming process.&#xA0;<p style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; color: rgb(31, 33, 36); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;San Francisco&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; text-align: center; line-height: 1.5;"> <p style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; color: rgb(31, 33, 36); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;San Francisco&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; text-align: start; line-height: 1.5;">Note:&#xA0;The app is only currently available on Android versions from&#xA0;12+, and IOS versions from 11+.&#xA0;<p style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; color: rgb(31, 33, 36); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;San Francisco&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; text-align: start; line-height: 1.5;"> <p style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; color: rgb(31, 33, 36); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;San Francisco&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; text-align: start; line-height: 1.5;">Important:&#xA0;If your phone is an older version, you will still be able to use the Gen2 systems, but you will be limited to the default settings.&#xA0;This will be rectified in future App updates.&#xA0;<p style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; color: rgb(31, 33, 36); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;San Francisco&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; text-align: start; line-height: 1.5;"> <p style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; color: rgb(31, 33, 36); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;San Francisco&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; text-align: start; line-height: 1.5;">Below are the errors you may see (in order of occurrence in the pairing process)<p style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; color: rgb(31, 33, 36); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;San Francisco&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; text-align: start; line-height: 1.5;"> <p style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; color: rgb(31, 33, 36); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;San Francisco&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; text-align: start; line-height: 1.5;">1. Enable Location<p style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; color: rgb(31, 33, 36); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;San Francisco&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; text-align: start; line-height: 1.5;">Simply swipe down on the screen on your phone to bring down your phone&apos;s settings. Turn your location &apos;ON&apos;.<p style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; color: rgb(31, 33, 36); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;San Francisco&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; text-align: start; line-height: 1.5;"> <p style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; color: rgb(31, 33, 36); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;San Francisco&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; text-align: start; line-height: 1.5;"><img src="https://uploads.gorgias.io/z8QbV2Pk1e6ogePy/undefined-e16eaace-cf3f-4016-b822-79c0dc4a6a92" style="width: 131px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; color: rgb(31, 33, 36); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;San Francisco&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; text-align: start; line-height: 1.5;"> 2. Enable BluetoothSimply swipe down on the screen on your phone to bring down your phone&apos;s settings. Turn Bluetooth &apos;ON&apos;.&#xA0;<img src="https://uploads.gorgias.io/z8QbV2Pk1e6ogePy/undefined-a2e635a1-6590-4079-b200-8d76151123ab" style="width: 136px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib">3. No Connection ErrorThis error will appear if you have not correctly or completely connected your battery to your unit during the pairing process. Remove your battery from the unit and try reconnecting. Once you have done this, click &apos;Try Again&apos;.Note:&#xA0;Ensure your device is within 1m/3ft of your Foil Drive. Move your Foil Drive more than 10m/30ft away from other Foil Drives.&#xA0;<img src="https://uploads.gorgias.io/z8QbV2Pk1e6ogePy/undefined-ff6f9857-df03-4edb-b8fe-fd1191e68782" style="width: 138px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib"> 4. Connection LostConnection can be lost if you move your phone too far away from the unit whilst in the programming process. If this occurs and won&apos;t reconnect after clicking &apos;Reconnect&apos;, re-start the app and the pairing process.&#xA0;<img src="https://uploads.gorgias.io/z8QbV2Pk1e6ogePy/undefined-f48c65ff-00f1-490a-86e0-7585d1492f4f" style="width: 147px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib"> <p id="isPasted" style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(31, 33, 36); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;San Francisco&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; line-height: 1.5;">To learn more, check out the other articles on our&#xA0;<a href="https://help.foildrive.com/en-US" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Help Centre</a>&#xA0;which can be found under the &apos;Support&apos; tab on the website.<p style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(31, 33, 36); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;San Francisco&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; line-height: 1.5;"> <p style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(31, 33, 36); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;San Francisco&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; line-height: 1.5;">As always, if you have any questions, please reach out to us at <a data-fr-linked="true" href="mailto:support@foildrive.com">support@foildrive.com</a>.&#xA0;<p style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(31, 33, 36); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;San Francisco&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; line-height: 1.5;"> <p style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(31, 33, 36); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;San Francisco&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; line-height: 1.5;">Happy Foil Driving!

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