My speaker worked when first connected, but I didnt know what the mode button did and slid it just as it was midway through speaking for the first time. From that point it only worked through the echo dot.
I tried all the troubleshooting I found (sliding the mode switch 10x , reconnecting everything, etc) no luck with any of it.
I thought the 10x switching meant there must be other combinations of switching aswell so I tried switching the mode 5x , and this seemed to turn the speaker into a bit of a light show for a few minutes, and I could see it disconnecting and reconnecting to my wifi alot. It eventually settled with the all lights off with just the red light on (ready to connect to dot state) and to my suprise, it worked after this.
My guess is sliding the mode switch 5x downloads/updates the speaker (without a factory reset).
Hope it helps.
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My hero! I was gonna start researching different mode switch combos. But you found it for me. Thank you! I will be spreading the info.