diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/MainActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/MainActivity.kt
index b79a2615..8e5a7230 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/MainActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/MainActivity.kt
@@ -20,10 +20,14 @@ import android.os.Build
 import android.os.Bundle
 import android.os.Handler
 import android.os.RemoteException
+import android.text.SpannableString
+import android.text.method.LinkMovementMethod
+import android.text.util.Linkify
 import android.view.Menu
 import android.view.MenuItem
 import android.view.MotionEvent
 import android.view.View
+import android.widget.TextView
 import android.widget.Toast
 import androidx.activity.viewModels
 import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity
@@ -64,6 +68,7 @@ import java.nio.charset.Charset
 import java.text.DateFormat
 import java.util.*
 
+
 /*
 UI design
 
@@ -619,26 +624,38 @@ class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity(), Logging,
 
                 debug("Getting latest radioconfig from service")
                 try {
-                    model.radioConfig.value =
-                        MeshProtos.RadioConfig.parseFrom(service.radioConfig)
-
                     val info = service.myNodeInfo
                     model.myNodeInfo.value = info
 
                     val isOld = info.minAppVersion > BuildConfig.VERSION_CODE
-                    if (isOld)
-                        MaterialAlertDialogBuilder(this)
+                    if (isOld) {
+                        // make links clickable per https://stackoverflow.com/a/62642807
+                        val messageStr = getText(R.string.must_update)
+
+                        val builder = MaterialAlertDialogBuilder(this)
                             .setTitle(getString(R.string.app_too_old))
-                            .setMessage(getString(R.string.must_update))
+                            .setMessage(messageStr)
                             .setPositiveButton("Okay") { _, _ ->
                                 info("User acknowledged app is old")
                             }
-                            .show()
 
-                    updateNodesFromDevice()
+                        val dialog = builder.show()
 
-                    // we have a connection to our device now, do the channel change
-                    perhapsChangeChannel()
+                        // Make the textview clickable. Must be called after show()
+                        val view = (dialog.findViewById(android.R.id.message) as TextView?)!!
+                        // Linkify.addLinks(view, Linkify.ALL) // not needed with this method
+                        view.movementMethod = LinkMovementMethod.getInstance()
+                    } else {
+                        // If our app is too old, we probably don't understand the new radioconfig messages
+
+                        model.radioConfig.value =
+                            MeshProtos.RadioConfig.parseFrom(service.radioConfig)
+
+                        updateNodesFromDevice()
+
+                        // we have a connection to our device now, do the channel change
+                        perhapsChangeChannel()
+                    }
                 } catch (ex: RemoteException) {
                     warn("Abandoning connect $ex, because we probably just lost device connection")
                     model.isConnected.value = oldConnection
@@ -931,7 +948,8 @@ class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity(), Logging,
     }
 
     override fun onPrepareOptionsMenu(menu: Menu): Boolean {
-        menu.findItem(R.id.stress_test).isVisible = BuildConfig.DEBUG // only show stress test for debug builds (for now)
+        menu.findItem(R.id.stress_test).isVisible =
+            BuildConfig.DEBUG // only show stress test for debug builds (for now)
         return super.onPrepareOptionsMenu(menu)
     }
 
@@ -972,7 +990,7 @@ class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity(), Logging,
                     )
                 }
                 item.isChecked = !item.isChecked // toggle ping test
-                if(item.isChecked)
+                if (item.isChecked)
                     postPing()
                 else
                     handler.removeCallbacksAndMessages(null)
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/service/MeshService.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/service/MeshService.kt
index 6d62a08b..72907284 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/service/MeshService.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/service/MeshService.kt
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ class MeshService : Service(), Logging {
         class NodeNumNotFoundException(id: Int) : NodeNotFoundException("NodeNum not found $id")
         class IdNotFoundException(id: String) : NodeNotFoundException("ID not found $id")
 
+        class NoRadioConfigException(message: String = "No radio settings received (is our app too old?)") :
+            RadioNotConnectedException(message)
+
         /** We treat software update as similar to loss of comms to the regular bluetooth service (so things like sendPosition for background GPS ignores the problem */
         class IsUpdatingException() :
             RadioNotConnectedException("Operation prohibited during firmware update")
@@ -1589,7 +1592,7 @@ class MeshService : Service(), Logging {
 
         override fun getRadioConfig(): ByteArray = toRemoteExceptions {
             this@MeshService.radioConfig?.toByteArray()
-                ?: throw RadioNotConnectedException()
+                ?: throw NoRadioConfigException()
         }
 
         override fun setRadioConfig(payload: ByteArray) = toRemoteExceptions {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/service/RadioInterfaceService.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/service/RadioInterfaceService.kt
index 78890c33..112f7010 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/service/RadioInterfaceService.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/service/RadioInterfaceService.kt
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ open class RadioNotConnectedException(message: String = "Not connected to radio"
     BLEException(message)
 
 
+
 /**
  * Handles the bluetooth link with a mesh radio device.  Does not cache any device state,
  * just does bluetooth comms etc...
diff --git a/app/src/main/proto b/app/src/main/proto
index b1aed064..512d1aca 160000
--- a/app/src/main/proto
+++ b/app/src/main/proto
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit b1aed06442025624841b2288fac273d9bc41c438
+Subproject commit 512d1aca0a066107de749c0c47397c7f9bf9cb99
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index 0f56c52e..33c6f745 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@
     <string name="not_connected">Not connected, select radio below</string>
     <string name="connected_sleeping">Connected to radio, but it is sleeping</string>
     <string name="update_to">Update to %s</string>
-    <string name="app_too_old">Application too old</string>
-    <string name="must_update">You must update this application on the Google Play store (or Github). It is too old to talk to this radio.</string>
+    <string name="app_too_old">Application update required</string>
+    <string name="must_update">You must update this application on the Google Play store (or Github). It is too old to talk to this radio firmware.  Please read our <a href="https://www.meshtastic.org/software/android-too-old.html">wiki</a> on this topic.</string>
     <string name="none">None (disable)</string>
     <string name="modem_config_short">Short range (but fast)</string>
     <string name="modem_config_medium">Medium range (but fast)</string>