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@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ config /home/you/.config/meshbay/node.toml
operator yourname key AAAC3NzaC1lZDI1… paired 2026-09-18T14:02:11Z
```
-If a line is missing, `status` names the command that fixes it. The four that
+If a line is missing, `status` names the command that fixes it. The ones that
catch most people:
| Symptom | Cause |
@@ -385,6 +385,7 @@ catch most people:
| `operator NONE PAIRED` | Step 8 — invites and file deletion are refused until this is done |
| an `action needed:` block naming a group key | Step 7's `gek init` was skipped — `meshbay-node group list` shows it as `NO KEY` |
| Group shows files to you, nothing to a member | The member never redeemed a code, or the firewall in Step 9 |
+| An Android phone opens the group on mobile data, not on your Wi-Fi | Android 17 lets a browser reach your local network only once allowed: **Settings → Apps → Chrome → Permissions → Nearby devices → Allow** ([`USERGUIDE.md` §9](USERGUIDE.md#9-when-something-breaks)) |
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@@ -397,7 +398,12 @@ catch most people:
Files and Settings always stay.
- **Add your other devices.** Your phone's browser, the desktop application:
each one asks to be recognised, and you approve it from a device already
- linked. Nobody else is involved.
+ linked. Nobody else is involved. On an Android phone at home, allow the
+ browser to reach your local network the first time (**Settings → Apps →
+ Chrome → Permissions → Nearby devices**): Android 17 requires it and
+ Chrome does not ask, and without it the phone reaches your node only on
+ mobile data. The MeshBay Android application asks for it when you first
+ open a group: answer **Allow**.
- **Read [`USERGUIDE.md`](USERGUIDE.md)** — what each application does, how
members are managed, what happens when someone leaves, what is private and
what is not, and what to do when something breaks.