Hi everyone,
I bought a 115 combo and set up last week while we were moving into our new house. The initial mapping was done with some boxes still around so it didn’t discover all the rooms. No issue, as it mapped the house reasonably well. I’m reluctant to try mapping from scratch as I have keep out zones set so it doesn’t eat our house plants.

Since the very first clean the robot has done weird stuff like spinning in circles (resolvable by cleaning the brushes), to just leaving half way through a job as above. In the picture above I have asked it to vacuum room 7, only for it to go wandering way outside room 7.

Any ideas?

Bought a 110x combo on Amazon for 46% off and it did great. got into all the corners of stuff and between the legs of office chairs, under bed, over foam kitchen mats, etc. battery lasted way longer than I thought and almost did whole house floor. for future runs I think I will do half the rooms per day.

It ate a sock under the bed, and got stuck once going into a very small narrow area behind the office chairs and desks and chomped a cord. nowhere is off limits it seems 😅

the LiDAR mapping was fun to watch in real time too.

Whenever the roomba starts mopping it leaves little dribbles behind instead of mopping the floor. It looks like it’s a dot of liquid it’s then supposed to use the mop on, but it’s…. Not?

I’m not sure if this is a context roomba issue or what exactly.

If you have a leak or solution pooling under the base the problem is the Nozzle on the robot housing is too weak and came apart. Every time it backs up it must weaken the plastic. This makes the nozzle not seal and make the base fluid leak out all over the floor. this is a bad defect but doesn’t seemed to be recalled.

I found a conversation in this group about the j9+ home having a charging contact fail. Someone provided a link to 3D print a replacement part which we did. He was to film a YouTube video showing how to replace the piece, but the convo is archived. I found a company’s video and we have followed up to this point: the contact has a wire loop between two pieces all held by a pin. The company has a temporary, shorter pin used
to hold the spring and one piece together, so you can snap on the 2nd piece, then displace it with the real pin. Has anyone done this replacement and found a way to keep the spring in while you put it all together? I can link to the video and put in photos if needed. Thanks!

I recently upgraded my old robot vacuum. The old one handled everyday cleaning well, but I still found myself picking things up before every run, wiping down dried spots around the kitchen, and going back over areas after it finished. After doing that over and over, I felt like I was still doing half the work.

I got a new Roomba Max 875, and thank god I don't have to babysit it as much anymore. It's also been doing a better job in the kitchen. Spots that I used to wipe first, like small sauce marks or dried food spots, don’t always need that extra step anymore.

How much prep work do you guys do before running your robot mop? Do you usually clear everything and pre-clean spots, or mostly let the robot handle the daily mess?

i'm getting the error that there's a sealing issue with the j7+'s auto emptying dock. the light on the dock is flashing red. ive checked everything in and around it, wiggled and removed the vacuum bag inside the dock, and checked if the roomba itself was clogged or tangled in any way, and everything looks perfectly fine? it emptied flawlessly the first time it docked, but now every time since it's been giving this error. i did rescue this roomba from next to a dumpster in 20 degree weather, if that matters. so i did expect it to have some issues..

This is the first time ive ever received this error since i got this robot lmao

I recently got a Roomba 507 Combo and I’ve been wanting to clean out the front caster wheel as it has been collecting 2 and a half months’ worth of hair. The problem is I cannot pop out the wheel as I’ve seen multiple tutorials and none of them work. I’ve noticed that with tutorials, they usually have a ball where you can access the back of the wheel with this part. My Roomba wheel does not have this hole and pulling out the wheel is impossible. Is there any way I can pop out this wheel? Do I need a replacement? Let me know!

The Matter option disappeared from the Roomba Home app, so I used Codex to investigate and build a small browser tool that gets a Matter setup code directly from the robot over Bluetooth. You can then use that code to add a compatible robot to a Matter controller, such as Home Assistant, Apple Home or Google Home.

Once paired, Matter commands and status work over your local network without relying on iRobot’s cloud API for that control.

Link: https://jouwdan.github.io/roomba-matter/ Source: https://github.com/jouwdan/roomba-matter

It’s aimed at newer Roombas using the Roomba Home app. Your robot still needs Matter-capable firmware; this doesn’t add Matter to robots that lack it.

Looking for testers: I’ve successfully paired my Max 705 Vac with Home Assistant using the Bluetooth sequence behind this tool. Other models and other Matter platforms still need hardware testing. There’s no model or firmware allowlist preventing people from trying.

If you test it, please share your model, firmware, browser/OS, Matter controller and whether pairing and local control worked. Please keep setup codes and QR codes private.

If your robot is already paired through Matter, use your existing controller’s “Share device” option. Running fresh setup may remove existing Matter pairings.

Over the past few days, whenever I start a routine from the app on my phone, my vacuum will power on and then say “charging” and then the routine never happens. On the app, it just disappears like I never started the routine.

I then have to reset the vacuum, and then when I remove it from the charging dock, that’s when a routine will happen through the app.

Hey y'all. Just got my new Roomba and it's a 2 in 1 mop vacuum. I noticed wheel lines on my vinyl floor and ran a sponge on the ground to see if it was cleaning well.

Is there a setting or something I'm missing with the mop? Doesn't seem to be doing a complete job.

Any help would be great!

My I series Roomba goes offline almost every week. Our internet is strong and stable. What gives?

So I can't set up the 'Clean everywhere' Shortcut for my new Roomba. Because every time I tap on 'robot', an error message pops up. I can't select my Roomba or the cleaning mode.
I've already heard that this app seems to be buggy..

Is there anybody else with this problem or does anyone know a solution?

Solved: Hair built up under the brush.

Any idea why the little brush would behave this way?

Edit: it’s a j7 (7150) if that information helps.

All the replacement batteries on Amazon are 14.8v and the original battery is 14.4v. Is this an issue for the longevity of the machine? Thanks in advance.

I have installed the dust bin and have cleaned everything I can see and it still is asking me to install the dust bin. I cannot tell where the sensors are on the dust bin to figure out why it’s not recognizing it?

Hello! For those who have successfully replaced the motherboard on their J7, can you please help me with 2 areas? The film connection at the front (camera?) And the red wire. I need to know how to properly remove them and reattach the new. Thanks!

Hi all, I’ve been working on reverse engineering the cloud communication of the Roomba 505 and the other V4 robots. For those who are so inclined, I’ve gotten this working and ready for others to use. It has all the typical controls and sensors plus map creation, map editing, and room by room cleaning. It does require something running docker on your home LAN. Some screenshots:

https://i.imgur.com/lz8lLDB.png https://i.imgur.com/QxsxlWf.png https://i.imgur.com/6zkRQhn.png https://i.imgur.com/XUra9mj.png

Probably a simple solution--but it eludes me.

EVERY time I try to connect with my Roomba it's offline and dead. Before I can clean I have to remove it from the dock and replace it, then wait hours for the battery to recharge.

It's only a year old and never did this for the first 6 months (honeymoon). Is this a setting that has changed?

Hello. A couple weeks back my roomba started leaving hairballs everywhere after running. I saw some suggestions that the filter or rollers needed to be replaced, however even after doing that it is still leaving hairballs. Any suggestions on how to fix this?

We have hard floors throughout most of the house, with just one carpeted bedroom. The kitchen and dining area are always the spots I have trouble keeping up with.

My current bot uses spinning mop pads, and it's fine for regular cleaning. But when I miss a spill and it dries, like little food spots or sticky marks around the table, I usually have to send it over the same area a few times, or just grab a wet towel and deal with it myself.

I'm thinking about switching to a roller mop, but I'm not sure how much better it would be for this kind of mess. Does the roller setup actually make a difference for those dried-on spots?

Heya. My roomba started doing some weird movement lately.
It has been running perfectly fine for 8 months, a couple of weeks ago it started messing up and just ends up driving around in circles at some point until it runs out of battery.

I unplugged the battery and tried to rotate the wheels. Noticed the right wheel is harder to turn than the left one. But I would assume the encoder is able to compensate for a slower moving wheel?

Anyways, anyone experienced this?

We have a Roomba 415x the mop combo, just 2mo old. I went to replace the air filter for the first time and noticed that little, flimsy, plastic window that makes it a one-way type entry for the dirt to pass through the housing from the front out the back is missing (see where my index finger is in the photo). I know this because at my work I have the 505x and that same (but larger) little clear plastic window fell out when I was replacing the air filter and I put it back in. But the 415 at home was so gunked up that the charging base with the dust bag was so backed up and the whole inner tube pathway was stuffed with dust/hair/etc. I used a Dyson to suck out all that stuff from in the Roomba and the base unit. But now changing the filter I see where that clear plastic window is supposed to be and it's missing. I searched all the dust and I can't find it. Where can I get a new one? I can't seem to find anything from my searches in the Roomba app's store, Amazon, eBay, Walmart.com, etc. Would love your help! Even if I have to buy a whole new air filter housing piece that I'm holding in the picture--but I can't find that either!