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Your Fidget

A Cyber Fidget held between finger and thumb, its screen glowing red with the Cyber Fidget logo

Play it, charge it, add apps and keep it up to date.

After this page you will know where to find each part of using and looking after your Cyber Fidget, and where to look when something goes wrong.

Turn it on Built-in apps

Start here

  • The face of Cyber Fidget: the screen at the top, the slider on the left and six buttons below it

    Turn it on and find your way around

    Which button moves through the menu, opens an app and goes back.

    Turn it on

  • The emulator playing a catch game: a paddle on the right edge catches dots flying across from the left

    Play the built-in apps

    Games, screensavers and tools that come on every Fidget, with their controls.

    Built-in apps

  • The emulator running an app with a small face on the screen that the slider and buttons move

    Get more apps

    Browse The Archives, try an app in your browser, then send it to your Fidget.

    Get apps from The Archives

  • The Cyber Fidget mainboard with its USB-C charging port, and the battery that plugs into it

    Charge it

    Plug in a USB-C cable to charge. When it runs on battery, it sleeps after about a minute without use; press the bottom-right button to wake it.

    Battery and Power

Battery and storage

  • When the battery runs low

    It shuts down to protect the battery. Charge it, then switch it off and on again.

    When the battery runs very low

  • Memory card

    What the microSD card holds, which cards work, and how to swap one safely.

    Storage & SD

Built-in features

  • Voice Notes

    Record voice memos to the memory card and play them back on the device.

    Voice Notes

  • Web Portal

    Join your Fidget's own WiFi from your phone to manage music and save your home WiFi.

    Web Portal

  • Phone Companion

    Hear what the Fidget hears on your phone, with live captions on its screen.

    Phone Companion

  • Awake & dev mode

    Keep the Fidget from sleeping while you work, or let it receive apps over WiFi.

    Awake & dev mode

Keep it updated

  • Updates

    When your Fidget checks for app changes and firmware updates (its built-in software), and how to check manually.

    Updates

  • Update or reset

    Update from the website, go back to an earlier version, or start over with a clean Fidget.

    Update or reset your Fidget

Your account

  • Link your Fidget

    Put your Fidget on your account so apps you send reach it over WiFi, with no cable.

    Link your Fidget

  • Your Fidgets

    See every Fidget on your account, rename one, and arrange its menu.

    Your Fidgets

  • Battery data

    Choose whether to share your Fidget's battery record. It is off until you turn it on.

    Battery data

  • Beta Access

    Ask for the features that are in closed beta, and see where your request stands.

    Beta Access

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If something goes wrong

What happens Where to look
It won't wake up after the battery ran low How to start again
It doesn't start properly Erase everything and reinstall
It can't join WiFi or the Web Portal won't open Web Portal common issues
An update check fails If a check does not work
Linking to your account doesn't finish If linking does not finish
Sending an app over the cable fails If a send does not work
The Phone Companion misbehaves Phone Companion troubleshooting
An app from The Archives doesn't work Report a problem