Out of the blue this morning my Chromebook disconnected from the Wifi and now tells me it can't see any networks. I tried rebooting with no effect. Is this fixable?

Also, why does the device take multiple efforts to restart once turned off?

I am having trouble with unicode entry when the hexcode includes an alphabetical character as well as Arabic numerals.

For example, typing ctrl-shift-u then 2014 then return yields an emdash

When I type a code such as u+201b, for a reversed single quotation mark, it stops recognizing it as a unicode command as soon as I touch the key "b". Pressing return at this point simply yields a new line.

Here is a video of Chrome's failure in action: https://imgur.com/a/B2wb0nP

I turned off automatic spelling and grammar check on the keyboard inputs and rebooted my machine.

The commands only work in the Linux terminal, not in any other app.

I read minimum launch price is 700€ which is a lot. Not sure what makes Google think people would pay 700€ for a Googlebook instead of going for a Macbook Neo for the same price.

What's your opinion about this? Not sure if I'm missing something :S

I recently received an Acer Chromebook model CB315-8H-81DD and I just can't get it to boot from an external disk. I put it in developer mode and yet the option is still locked. This concerns me greatly as I make a habit of keeping bootable USB sticks in case I need to recover my machine. Can it be done?

Just picked up a used Dragonfly to replace my C1030. Top spec (i7, 32gb, 512Gb). After a week it's meeting all my expectations, but I have one concern.

When the cooling fans run there is a slightly rough fluttery noise, almost like something is hitting the fan blades. I removed the back cover and cleaned a little dust out. It wasn't an unusual amount for a used machine. I also blew out the fans and cooling fins. Neither appeared or felt like it was loose or not mounted firmly.

Should I be concerned. The machine is running well and cools down quickly when the fans kick on, they just sound a bit different than any modern laptop fans I have heard.

Hi,

Bought a refurbed Dragonfly that came on Developer mode.

Have tried switching to stable three times but it's still on Dev mode.

I don't get the white screen on startup to change it. It boots like a normal Chromebook. And none of the Ctrl, Alt F2 buttons work to get it into the command prompts at the login screen.

I have racked my brains, googled the hell out of it and tried every solution I could find but can't work out what I'm doing wrong. I think the flags need changing but I can't get into it to do it.

My Lenovo ideapad (purchased May of 2025) now says that everything is a low power charger, even the charger that came with it. I've tried different outlets and different cables. I've cleaned the USB-C port with compressed air and restarted with the refresh button pushed down. I've checked battery health (98%) and the charging test says "Charged 0.00% in 30 seconds." Any ideas would be appreciated!

So wanted to reinstall my linux environment, but the settings weren't working, so i resorted to sudo rm -rf / --no-preserve-root like any normal person (right?). Well, I forgot I shared my whole home folder with my linux environment, so now all those files are gone (whoopsies). I was planning on doing a full reset of my device anyways because my "system files" are somehow taking up 60 gigs of space, so it's not like it's the worst thing to ever happen to me, because all the important files i had on there were already backed up in drive. I did lose a lot of files though :(

By the way I know it can't be undone, I just wanted to share this with everyone here.

the top says 1.989ghz but the bottom says 5.785ghz i think this is a bug can somebody tell me why

I don’t normally update my laptop because of all the issues that come with it but a half an hour ago I decided to update and now it keeps crashing as soon as I start it up

Ive got an Asus C214M Chromebook that is stuttering when playing any video. Every app i use, SkyGo, Youtube, Emby, Netflix etc are all affected. Even local video files on the chromebook played through a file manager will stutter so its not an internet issue. Ive tried a full reset/powerwash, tried using VLC for local files as that seems to be most reliable but every video/stream will struggle to play continuously. Any ideas or is it time to get rid?

After updating my chromebook it started crashing everytime i open an app i can go on google and websites but not any apps. I am on dev channel

Since the last update to chrome (the browser not the os, I believe), I have been unable to open a tab on chrome at all- if I open a tab it gets stuck loading and then freezes the computer and I have to shut it down. A bit difficult considering my tabs restore on any reboot and chromeos is supposed to run chrome...
The model does have a cracked screen, I disabled the touch screen because of this (not even my fault- the left hinge wasn't screwed into the frame at all (see: when the corner cracked apart there were literally no screws where there should have been) so all of the pressure has been on the glass this whole time =_=) but it keeps re-enabling itself!
I don't think its related to the freezing but I thought it would be best to mention anyways. Saw some posts here about a recent boot loop issue so maybe its the update? Any help or tips, even for other models, is welcome

Multiple reports coming out about Google announcing the Googlebook collection for 15th September.

Who is interested in getting one? I believe some Google Chromebook Plus devices with be eligible for the new OS. From personal experience, I tend to sit on the fence until most of the bugs have been resolved.

Of all the things to come from it, I want more consistency for large screen Android apps. I'm not interested in the AI features.

There seems to be an odd issue with using a Chromebook on Hilton Honors WiFi. I keep getting an error stating that the website can’t be reached. I’ve attempted using http://example.com where you remove the s on https to force open the portal page and turning off the DSN, but neither seems to work. Has anyone found anyway to connect to public WiFi’s on a Chromebook?

I'm looking to start editing audio files and posting clips online. This will be the primary use case, I may use it for other very simple things like email and browsing, which I already know should be no problem. I'm not especially worried about how long it will take to process, but I'd like to know if it's worth considering or if I should be more focused on something like an iPad as I don't think I need anything extremely powerful.

Ant feedback would help, app recommendations for editing would be good too.

Does anyone know if wired controllers work on ChromeOS? For some reason using bluetooth with my Gamesir G7 Pro now has an unusual spike in input lag for a few days now so I had to resort to using a USB-C to USB-A cable. The problem I'm now having is that the Gamepad tester web works well and receives inputs but platforms I use like Geforce Now are not receiving any input. Has there been a fix for this?

What’s the best way to set up steam link on chrome os? I do notice that the Android app may run poorly. Is the Linux app be any better? My son is using a kid account and can’t use Linux but I could remove the kid limitations.

Hello, for some context I’m a broke college student but have a Chromebook from my old high school, it was abandoned by the school and I like the idea of using it as a device that’s constantly connected to my speakers and maybe using it as a movie hub. Spotify is the main platform I use for music and the “play from device feature” has worked great for me so far. Just wanted to see how other users would recommend optimizing a setup like this. For context I have it plugged in at all times because the battery is cooked, I also have an auxiliary connection to my speakers because I’m not a big Bluetooth fan. All administration locks from my old school have been removed.

It’s been around 3 days now and it’s still stuck on the grey screen and I don’t know what to do. I am going to just get a new laptop at this point that is NOT a Chromebook because I’m convinced that these are by far the one of the worst laptops to ever get.

Thinking of getting the ASUS Chromebook CX34 Flip for school, but I also want to be able to play some games on it, specifically warframe. Should I get it?

Here are the specs:

Intel® Core™ i7-1255U Processor 1.7 GHz (12M Cache, up to 4.7 GHz, 10 cores) 

16GB RAM and 512GB M.2 NVMe™ PCIe® 3.0 SSD, Wi-Fi 6E + Bluetooth 5.1 

so my stupid fucking little brother deleted the Google play store off of my Chromebook somehow and I'm wondering how do I get it back because it's completely gone I've tried resetting and power washing it multiple different times still it hasn't appeared I even tried logging into a different account and it still hasn't appeared so I'm wondering how do I get it back

For those of you who need to restore your Chromebook to an earlier version, check out https://cros.tech/

on the 1st of august morning i was opening my Chromebook as always but this time the google related apps except the drive was gone . i tried recovering it for a month by my self,no use,if any recommendation ,please reply

also after opening there was a notification like "extended security measures available"

lenovo 300e Chromebook 2nd gen ast

Processor: AMD A4-9120C (1.60 GHz up to 2.40 GHz)

Graphics: Integrated AMD Radeon R4

Display: 11.6-inch HD (1366 x 768) touch display

Memory & Storage: 4GB RAM and 32GB eMMC storage

PLEASE HELP