I own 4 Lifx white minis, and have the same sort of bugs with each of them (only use 3 currently) Connecting to the wifi is a hit and miss affair, which can take 3-4 attempts to sync with the globe, but gets there eventually, I dont know if this is a network/hardware/app issue, but its happened for all three, so I thought Id mention it. I use Google Home, which sometimes 'loses' one of my globes, but its intermittent, so I am not too bothered. However, once up and running, its all good. Does what I want, controlling three lamps in my living room depending on what Im doing.