Yeah, that used to drive me up the wall at my girlfriend’s place. Her TV would randomly stop recognizing the phone, especially after the Wi-Fi router got rebooted. What made it easier for me was using Stream iPhone media to TV — it tends to reconnect faster and doesn’t force me to redo the setup each time. Whenever the TV “forgets,” I usually just toggle Wi-Fi off and on on the phone, and it picks up the connection again without resetting everything.

I’ve watched friends troubleshoot this in all sorts of ways depending on how temperamental their setup is. Some of them rely on small routine habits like resetting the network every few days, while others keep their devices updated so nothing falls out of sync. Oddly enough, the environment matters too — certain rooms or corners of the house have weaker signals, and that alone can affect whether the devices remember each other the next time they try to pair.

Awesome, the repo is a valuable reference — if you get stressed reading long, open block blast online right away to relax and then come back to continue reading!

I ran into something really similar when I was building a compact camera slider last year. The full-size actuator technically worked, but it made the whole rig bulky and a bit noisy. Switching to a micro unit solved both problems, and the control wiring was a lot cleaner too. If you’re trying to judge whether to downsize, I'd check stroke length, load requirements, and how smooth you want the motion to be. Some of the micro models here — https://www.progressiveautomations.com/pages/micro-linear-actuators — give you a decent range of torque and speed without taking over the entire design. In my case, the smaller footprint made way more sense than forcing in a larger actuator “just because.”

When you encounter the issue of your TV forgetting your phone, it usually relates to connectivity settings, outdated software, or disabled pairing permissions. A quick fix is to re-enable Bluetooth or Wi-Fi on both devices, remove the old pairing record, and reconnect from scratch. You may also want to update your TV’s firmware, as older versions sometimes fail to retain device memory. If you frequently stream content, using stable alternatives such as https://freecine.app/ can help reduce reliance on unstable casting connections and provide a smoother viewing experience.