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How To Wake Up an Unresponsive SenseCAP T1000-E Tracker Card

meshmentor January 24, 2026

🛠️ Troubleshooting an Unresponsive SenseCAP T1000-E Tracker If your SenseCAP T1000-E looks completely “dead”. If no matter what you do there's just no lights, no vibration, and your T1000-E Tracker doesn't seem to be charging, or even recognized by your computer, it might not actually be bricked. This is unfortunately…

How to put Meshtastic Radios into Boot Mode

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The Meshtastic Radio Boot Button Reference!

meshmentor December 14, 2025

Meshtastic boot mode, DFU mode, Flash mode made easy. Find boot button locations on popular boards radios in our quick reference guide.

Mesh Mentor's 2025 Black Friday Deals Round Up

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2025 Meshtastic Black Friday Deals Round Up!

meshmentor November 28, 2025

Mesh Mentor's borrowed Black Friday 2025 Deals guide! Get the radios, antennas, and gear you wanted for much less right now!

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Your first solar powered Meshtastic node project!

meshmentor September 21, 2025

Build your first solar-powered Meshtastic node with easy-to-follow steps, or consider kits like the SenseCAP P1 Solar Node for Meshtastic. Post includes tips for solar setup, battery sizing, troubleshooting & off-grid optimization.

DALL-E Generated Image: What is Helium Mining and How Is It Related To Meshtastic?

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Helium vs Meshtastic: What is Helium Mining and How Is It Related to Meshtastic?

meshmentor July 15, 2025

What is Helium Mining and How Is It Related to Meshtastic?

DALL-E Generated Image: How Often Should You Update Your Meshtastic Radio's Firmware?

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Let’s Get That Meshtastic Firmware Updated!

meshmentor July 13, 2025

How Often Should You Update Your Meshtastic Radio's Firmware?

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Channel Names: Don’t Hit That Spacebar!

meshmentor May 25, 2025

We recently discovered that if you create a channel name via the Meshtastic Web client or via an Android app (and others) and have a space in the channel name, you may have a difficult time if your friends on iOS try to join up (if and only if you've…

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Meshtastic Vs. SenseCraft (Formerly Named SenseCap)

meshmentor October 14, 2024

Meshtastic vs. SenseCap: A Comparative Look at Two Innovative IoT Solutions

DALL-E Generated Image: What is a Meshtastic Base Station?

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Understanding Meshtastic Base Stations

meshmentor August 28, 2024

Understand how a Meshtastic base station enables centralized data collection and enhanced power management.

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Quick Tip: New Fully Assembled T-Deck with GPS Installed!

meshmentor August 21, 2024

Calling all Meshtastic beginners in the USA! Rokland just announced that they're selling fully assembled T-Decks with GPS installed! These awesome little radios have an upgraded whip antenna too. Check it out and be sure that "Complete" is selected! Before now, you would have needed to buy the base only…