Hey , Drop this in case someone else hits the same wall I did. I’ve been slowly moving my smart home to Matter, piece by piece, and I gotta say… I hit a real brick wall last week with one of my Aqara door sensors.
It showed up in the Matter setup like it should, but pairing with the Aqara hub just failed every single time. I tried restarting, resetting, even sacrificing a WiFi signal strength offering (aka moving my router). Nothing worked.
Then I finally figured it out: I had to update both the Aqara Home app AND the hub firmware. I’d skipped the latest update thinking “eh, it’s just minor stuff.” Nope. The update actually improved the Matter support handling. After that, boom—sensor paired instantly. Like magic.
Moral of the story: double-check ALL your versions before spending hours resetting devices. Also, I learned the hard way that not all USB power bricks are created equal. My hub was plugged into a sketchy one, swapped for a better brick, connection got way more stable.
Anyone else run into quirky Matter issues like this? I’m curious what other pain points are popping up—and any secret tricks you’ve found to fix 'em.