HomePod Mini Stuck in Setting Up

I recently purchased an Apple HomePod Mini off of eBay to add to the ever expanding setup at our home. We already have 6 or so scattered around so adding another should not have been an issue. But, as with all things tech, sometimes it doesn’t go as planned. I plugged in the Mini and it powered up fine and my phone discovered it. I began the setup process and then things went sideways. I got to the “setting up"screen and it just stayed there for as long as I would leave it, even overnight! I checked everything. I made sure I had network connectivity, made sure it was getting a DHCP address, made sure no filtering was catching anything…on and on with the typical troubleshooting for network issues. Still, nothing seemed to solve the issue. I performed multiple resets of the HomePod to no positive result. ...

December 5, 2021 · 3 min · Dan C Williams