r/Chromecast

I have had Chromecast w/ GTV for 3 or something years now. I have loved it. No issues whatsoever. I used it at my nans for over a year with no remote issues at all.

Unfortunately my android TV projector I used at home stopped working so I got a TV out and brought my Cast home to use with my TV.

At first it worked fine. Then it stopped so I changed the batteries and still nothing. I put it in pairing mode and it said couldn't pair. I then reset the remote and it paired okay.

3 times since then (every time I use my TV) I have to re-pair my remote to the cast to use it. It's driving me insane because it was fine literally the night before. EDIT: Forgot to mention that the whole time IR worked okay. It's just Bluetooth.

Any ideas? TIA

I was having some issues with the chromecast so I hit factory reset. Now Google Home fails to detect it at all. I've got an old phone with an old google home and it will see it, but after the chromecast connects to me wifi (Which it does because I can see it getting allocated an IP) I get a message on my phone saying "Could not communicate with your Chromecast" while the tv screen still shows "Connecting..."

I did set my date back to 12 Feb 2025 on the off chance that would help, but it doesn't change anything.

Any ideas? Is my chromecast a brick now?