# Problem with the Mi Flora app - not connecting **URL:** \ **Category:** Apps\ **Created:** [March 7, 2020, 3:35pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/problem-with-the-mi-flora-app-not-connecting/26845 "2020-03-07T15:35:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BliXem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47774/32.png) [@BliXem](https://community.homey.app/u/BliXem)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2020, 3:35pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/problem-with-the-mi-flora-app-not-connecting/26845/1 "2020-03-07T15:35:06Z")
I bought this “VegTrug Flora Care” via Aliexpress. I download this app: [Xiaomi Mi Flora App voor Homey | Homey](https://homey.app/nl-be/app/com.mi.flora/Xiaomi-Mi-Flora/). First what I did was download the Vegtrug app and connected it with + updated the latest firmware. Then I removed the connecting via BT, so no info was found. Then I pull out the battery and reinserted it again for a new BT connection. On the Vegtrug app it will found it, but I didn’t continu with it. On the homey it won’t find it whatsoever. Tried it many times but still no luck. Is this the right chip or device for that? ---
**Author:** ![Martijn\_Hoogenbosch](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/martijn_hoogenbosch/32/10647_2.png) [@Martijn\_Hoogenbosch](https://community.homey.app/u/Martijn_Hoogenbosch)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2020, 2:42pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/problem-with-the-mi-flora-app-not-connecting/26845/2 "2020-03-08T14:42:08Z")
I got a Mi Flora stick also BT, pairing works only if it is literal next to the homey. After pairing it can be moved around a bit , but the range is terrible. ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2020, 2:50pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/problem-with-the-mi-flora-app-not-connecting/26845/3 "2020-03-08T14:50:40Z")
You could possibly work around the range issues with Homey by using an ESP32 using the [BLE tracker component](https://esphome.io/components/esp32_ble_tracker.html) and let it publish to MQTT (so you can pick it up with the MQTT Client app). ESP32’s should be able to handle the normal BLE range of about 10 meters. ---
**Author:** ![BliXem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47774/32.png) [@BliXem](https://community.homey.app/u/BliXem)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2020, 9:43pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/problem-with-the-mi-flora-app-not-connecting/26845/4 "2020-03-08T21:43:15Z")
Everything seems to be working now! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mario\_Me](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/mario_me/32/12703_2.png) [@Mario\_Me](https://community.homey.app/u/Mario_Me)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 10:17am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/problem-with-the-mi-flora-app-not-connecting/26845/5 "2020-04-24T10:17:03Z")
That sounds great but pretty complex. Isn’t it hard to get it done? 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 10:52am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/problem-with-the-mi-flora-app-not-connecting/26845/6 "2020-04-24T10:52:04Z")
ESPHome is reasonably easy to understand 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mario\_Me](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/mario_me/32/12703_2.png) [@Mario\_Me](https://community.homey.app/u/Mario_Me)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 11:14am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/problem-with-the-mi-flora-app-not-connecting/26845/7 "2020-04-24T11:14:36Z")
Yeah, well… after taking a look at the homepage I need to confess: It’s way to complex for an average Joe as I am. 😁🤷‍♂️ Isn’t there a possibility to easily build kind of a Bluetooth mesh that covers a house? 🤔 I just read the loooong antenna mod thread but this is very difficult and lots of things to be done as well 🤷‍♂️ ---
**Author:** ![Tony\_Drognes](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/tony_drognes/32/17192_2.png) [@Tony\_Drognes](https://community.homey.app/u/Tony_Drognes)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 12:31pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/problem-with-the-mi-flora-app-not-connecting/26845/8 "2020-05-08T12:31:47Z")
I have the same problem that you had. How did you solve it? ---
**Author:** ![BliXem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47774/32.png) [@BliXem](https://community.homey.app/u/BliXem)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2020, 8:01am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/problem-with-the-mi-flora-app-not-connecting/26845/9 "2020-08-09T08:01:24Z")
Few times re-connect it, and then I had luck that it appear in homey.