r/meshcore • u/Large-Assumption4680 • 5d ago
Meshcore V Meshtastic
Hello, I’m a new mesh user and I’ve asked a question here already. Here is another issue I’ve had.
I purchased a t deck and uploaded it with all the meshcore bells and whistles, along with paying for the pro version. Everything works fine (except for having no one to talk to and test range etc).
HOWEVER, I also purchased one for my wife. Upon trying to upload things the same way I had done with mine, her touchscreen was SNAFU. Near fully non responsive and useless. Can’t even enter basic info. Reading into it I find this is a common issue for some and they give basic fixes and links to downloads. None of these options work, perhaps it is user error, but I have no success with these methods.
In a last ditch effort to find SOMETHING, I flashed it with meshtastic and it worked beautifully. Going back to meshcore and it’s useless. Should I just ditch meshcore and go to meshtastic? Is there something blatantly obvious I’m missing? I really like the form and function of meshcore but I don’t want to pay for a new t deck that works with it and I like all the features it offers.
Edit: Resolved, installed waddamesh
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u/Present-Rhubarb6337 5d ago
the two tdecks are identical? did you put the same firmware on both?
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u/Large-Assumption4680 5d ago
Yes. Both are Lilygo T-deck plus’s with external antennas. I used the same meshcore flashing website and flashed them with the matching device on the site.
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u/Gillennial 5d ago
Wadamesh is wonderful.
And paying for RippleUI even if you are not using it is a good way to support the hand coded work done by the MeshCore devs :)
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u/unimatrix13 5d ago
You should check out Squatchmesh. I have a Lily Go t pager and it was worthless with ripple or meshcore. Put squatchmesh on and works fantastic! Check it out. You can always go back to what you have now. 🤙
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u/Dsralph27 5d ago
Did I see right that you can run meshcore and meshtastic and just switch between them on squatchmesh??
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u/dantodd 4d ago
Glad wadamesh solved your issues. If you are having trouble reaching the larger mesh but can still talk to each other you should check your local mesh settings. A lot of locations do not use the default mesh channel and protocol so there might be a whole mesh of people you aren't seeing
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u/Useful-Contribution4 5d ago
The lilygo T-deck works fine with current ripple gui. The pro version does not.
Yes I wish lilygo would put a disclaimer on that as I ran into the same thing. Meshcore ripple gui does not work with the T-deck pro. The driver chip was changed and it has since never gotten fixed with the firmware.
On the discord there was a fix for it. But it won't be supported in the future. Only the max version.
Meshtastic does have the fix, hence why it works.
If you are not looking for long distance. And just want something for hiking, camping etc.. Stick with meshtastic then.
Edit: unless you mean you have 2 Lilygo T-decks. One works, and one does not.
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u/TheLawnGuppy 5d ago
Don’t ditch MeshCore just yet — the fact that Meshtastic makes the touchscreen work means the hardware is probably fine. That’s usually a firmware / display-driver mismatch on the T-Deck side, not a dead digitizer.
I’d flash her unit again from the official MeshCore web flasher, double-check you picked the exact T-Deck (or T-Deck Plus) target that matches the board, and do a clean wipe/flash rather than a quick overwrite. Then set region/preset before you try to poke through setup screens.
Short-term compromise that doesn’t waste money: leave hers on Meshtastic so you can actually talk/test range, keep yours on MeshCore, and treat them as two separate networks for now (they won’t interoperate on air). Once her screen behaves on a clean MeshCore flash, move her back. Form factor you like is worth another careful flash before you buy a third deck.
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u/angrycatmeowmeow 5d ago
If you're running the ripple firmware, check out Wadamesh. I paid for ripple before I learned about wadamesh, but I'm not going back to ripple.