diff --git a/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/service/devices/huami/HuamiSupport.java b/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/service/devices/huami/HuamiSupport.java
index e26a1b536..1b3040fd9 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/service/devices/huami/HuamiSupport.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/service/devices/huami/HuamiSupport.java
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ public class HuamiSupport extends AbstractBTLEDeviceSupport {
             needsAuth = false;
             characteristicChunked2021Write = getCharacteristic(HuamiService.UUID_CHARACTERISTIC_CHUNKEDTRANSFER_2021_WRITE);
             characteristicChunked2021Read = getCharacteristic(HuamiService.UUID_CHARACTERISTIC_CHUNKEDTRANSFER_2021_READ);
-            if (characteristicChunked2021Write != null) {
+            if (characteristicChunked2021Write != null && GBApplication.getDeviceSpecificSharedPrefs(gbDevice.getAddress()).getBoolean("force_new_protocol", false)) {
                 new InitOperation2021(authenticate, authFlags, cryptFlags, this, builder).perform();
             } else {
                 new InitOperation(authenticate, authFlags, cryptFlags, this, builder).perform();
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/service/devices/huami/operations/InitOperation2021.java b/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/service/devices/huami/operations/InitOperation2021.java
index 18205bbd6..04d5ce1aa 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/service/devices/huami/operations/InitOperation2021.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/service/devices/huami/operations/InitOperation2021.java
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ public class InitOperation2021 extends InitOperation {
                         huamiSupport.setInitialized(builder);
                         huamiSupport.performImmediately(builder);
                     } catch (Exception e) {
-                        LOG.error("faild initializing device", e);
+                        LOG.error("failed initializing device", e);
                     }
                     return true;
                 } else {
@@ -161,17 +161,13 @@ public class InitOperation2021 extends InitOperation {
                 lastSequenceNumber = sequenceNumber;
                 if (reassembleBuffer_pointer == reassembleBuffer_expectedBytes) {
                     System.arraycopy(reassembleBuffer, 0, remoteRandom, 0, 16);
-                    LOG.info("remoteRandom: " + GB.hexdump(remoteRandom));
                     System.arraycopy(reassembleBuffer, 16, remotePublicEC, 0, 48);
-                    LOG.info("remotePublicEC: " + GB.hexdump(remotePublicEC));
                     sharedEC = ecdh_generate_shared(privateEC, remotePublicEC);
-                    LOG.info("sharedEC: " + GB.hexdump(sharedEC));
 
                     byte[] secretKey = getSecretKey();
                     for (int i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
                         finalSharedSessionAES[i] = (byte) (sharedEC[i + 8] ^ secretKey[i]);
                     }
-                    LOG.info("sharedSessionAES: " + GB.hexdump(finalSharedSessionAES));
                     try {
                         byte[] encryptedRandom1 = encryptAES(remoteRandom, secretKey);
                         byte[] encryptedRandom2 = encryptAES(remoteRandom, finalSharedSessionAES);
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index 761611996..1985e3460 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -219,6 +219,8 @@
     <string name="pref_display_add_device_fab">Connect new device button</string>
     <string name="pref_display_add_device_fab_on">Always visible</string>
     <string name="pref_display_add_device_fab_off">Visible only if no device is added</string>
+    <string name="pref_title_huami_force_new_protocol">New Auth Protocol</string>
+    <string name="pref_summary_huami_force_new_protocol">Enable if your device no longer connects after a firmware upgrade</string>
     <!-- HPlus Preferences -->
     <string name="pref_title_unit_system">Units</string>
     <string name="pref_title_timeformat">Time format</string>
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/xml/devicesettings_miband6.xml b/app/src/main/res/xml/devicesettings_miband6.xml
index c63722450..d793dd747 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/xml/devicesettings_miband6.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/xml/devicesettings_miband6.xml
@@ -28,4 +28,9 @@
         android:key="language"
         android:summary="%s"
         android:title="@string/pref_title_language" />
+    <SwitchPreference
+        android:defaultValue="false"
+        android:key="force_new_protocol"
+        android:summary="@string/pref_summary_huami_force_new_protocol"
+        android:title="@string/pref_title_huami_force_new_protocol" />
 </androidx.preference.PreferenceScreen>