My dishwasher won’t start until I let it update its firmware over the WiFi

Post by nemo44x » Mon, Jan 31, 2022, 3:54 PM UTC

bentcorner wrote: post #263

nsxwolf wrote: post #192

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Every dishwasher I've ever used, your best bet is to put everything on full blast, least efficient settings. Otherwise the dishes get "almost" clean. I always imagine the engineers standing around patting themselves on the back after testing, and marveling how their ideas worked so well most of the dishes got clean. The dishes all need to be totally clean, every time, or it's useless to me.

Don't use detergent pods: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rBO8neWw04

Post by disgruntledphd2 » Mon, Jan 31, 2022, 3:55 PM UTC

ben-schaaf wrote: post #314

disgruntledphd2 wrote: post #259

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Nope, that's how you're "supposed" to use them. Seriously, you too can save a bunch of electricity and wasted time by pre-washing stuff before putting it in the dishwasher. I do agree that it sounds like satire, though.

Says who? This is from Miele's user manual: > There is no need to rinse items under running water! Dishwashers already pre-wash with an initial rinse cycle, the whole point is that they do the washing for you. It's also a whole lot more efficient in terms of water waste. The problem is when you don't give that first cycle any powder to work with, ie. if you're using pods.

Post by formerly_proven » Mon, Jan 31, 2022, 3:55 PM UTC

dylan604 wrote: post #277

formerly_proven wrote: post #250

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Miele (and BSH) is really good at industrial design in my experience so I'd be surprised if they'd do something like that. However, I also don't really see a particular reason why a dishwasher needs WiFi. Do people actually like... check on them and come running to unload it when it's done? I suppose for checking if it needs dishwasher salt or rinse aid it could make sense but ... eh

>I'd be surprised if they'd do something like that I don't think that post was necessarily directed at Miele, but at designers designing for design sake in general. > come running to unload it when it's done? You don't? You must be one of those people that never unloads the dishwasher until you need something that's in it? weirdo! /s

Post by strangattractor » Mon, Jan 31, 2022, 3:55 PM UTC

buro9 wrote: post #5

Looks like a Miele. That menu can be exited (the image where it says "Software Update", the tiny bit on the right... that's a scroll bar of multiple options including the ability to exit this menu), but it does imply that the dishwasher is already connected to Wi-Fi and that it has determined that there is an update available. There are few times that a dishwasher is interacted with, if not when you go into the menu…

Post by YEwSdObPQT » Mon, Jan 31, 2022, 3:56 PM UTC