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Add Troubleshooting section for `This is the wrong balena device` error
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flowzone-app[bot] authored Dec 30, 2023
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If you still can't get your device online, come on over and talk to us on our [support channel][usingSupport].

### This is the wrong balena device.

If you see this error, there are several potential causes, including:
- The config.json file is missing or corrupted
- The UUID in the config.json file does not match the device's UUID
- This could be caused by config.json corruption or storage corruption
- You are attempting to SSH into a device using the wrong IP address

Please contact [balena support][usingSupport] if you encounter this issue so that we can investigate the root cause.


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