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 021f80325..dc633a4d3 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/service/MeshService.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/service/MeshService.kt
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ class MeshService : Service(), Logging {
     /**
      * Send a mesh packet to the radio, if the radio is not currently connected this function will throw NotConnectedException
      */
-    private fun sendMeshPacket(packet: MeshPacket) {
+    private fun sendToRadio(packet: MeshPacket) {
         sendToRadio(ToRadio.newBuilder().apply {
             this.packet = packet
         })
@@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ class MeshService : Service(), Logging {
         earlyReceivedPackets.forEach { processReceivedMeshPacket(it) }
         earlyReceivedPackets.clear()
 
-        offlineSentPackets.forEach { sendMeshPacket(it) }
+        offlineSentPackets.forEach { sendToRadio(it) }
         offlineSentPackets.clear()
     }
 
@@ -1188,7 +1188,9 @@ class MeshService : Service(), Logging {
         newNodes.clear()
         newMyNodeInfo = null
 
-        TODO("send cmd")
+        sendToRadio(ToRadio.newBuilder().apply {
+            this.wantConfigId = configNonce
+        })
     }
 
     /// Send a position (typically from our built in GPS) into the mesh
@@ -1220,7 +1222,7 @@ class MeshService : Service(), Logging {
         handleReceivedPosition(myNodeInfo!!.myNodeNum, position)
 
         // send the packet into the mesh
-        sendMeshPacket(packet.build())
+        sendToRadio(packet.build())
     }
 
     private val binder = object : IMeshService.Stub() {
@@ -1285,7 +1287,7 @@ class MeshService : Service(), Logging {
                     ConnectionState.DEVICE_SLEEP ->
                         offlineSentPackets.add(packet)
                     else ->
-                        sendMeshPacket(packet)
+                        sendToRadio(packet)
                 }
 
                 GeeksvilleApplication.analytics.track(
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 ac95b6788..c0b77ee78 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/service/RadioInterfaceService.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/service/RadioInterfaceService.kt
@@ -237,17 +237,30 @@ class RadioInterfaceService : Service(), Logging {
         sendBroadcast(intent)
     }
 
+    /**
+     * With the new rev2 api, our first send is to start the configure readbacks.  In that case,
+     * rather than waiting for FromNum notifies - we try to just aggressively read all of the responses.
+     */
+    private var isFirstSend = true
+
     /// Send a packet/command out the radio link
     private fun handleSendToRadio(p: ByteArray) {
+        // Do this in the IO thread because it might take a while
+        serviceScope.handledLaunch {
+            debug("sending to radio")
+            doWrite(
+                BTM_TORADIO_CHARACTER,
+                p
+            ) // Do a synchronous write, so that we can then do our reads if needed
+            if (logSends) {
+                sentPacketsLog.write(p)
+                sentPacketsLog.flush()
+            }
 
-        // For debugging/logging purposes ONLY we convert back into a protobuf for readability
-        // al proto = MeshProtos.ToRadio.parseFrom(p)
-
-        debug("sending to radio")
-        doAsyncWrite(BTM_TORADIO_CHARACTER, p)
-        if (logSends) {
-            sentPacketsLog.write(p)
-            sentPacketsLog.flush()
+            if (isFirstSend) {
+                isFirstSend = false
+                doReadFromRadio(false)
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -391,6 +404,9 @@ class RadioInterfaceService : Service(), Logging {
                     // We must set this to true before broadcasting connectionChanged
                     isConnected = true
 
+                    // We treat the first send by a client as special
+                    isFirstSend = true
+
                     // Now tell clients they can (finally use the api)
                     broadcastConnectionChanged(true, isPermanent = false)