diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/MainActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/MainActivity.kt
index 1d82ab494..f49994221 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/MainActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/MainActivity.kt
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import android.view.Menu
 import android.view.MenuItem
 import android.view.MotionEvent
 import android.widget.Toast
+import androidx.activity.viewModels
 import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity
 import androidx.core.app.ActivityCompat
 import androidx.core.content.ContextCompat
@@ -24,10 +25,7 @@ import androidx.viewpager2.adapter.FragmentStateAdapter
 import androidx.viewpager2.widget.ViewPager2
 import com.geeksville.android.Logging
 import com.geeksville.android.ServiceClient
-import com.geeksville.mesh.model.MessagesState
-import com.geeksville.mesh.model.NodeDB
-import com.geeksville.mesh.model.TextMessage
-import com.geeksville.mesh.model.UIState
+import com.geeksville.mesh.model.*
 import com.geeksville.mesh.service.*
 import com.geeksville.mesh.ui.*
 import com.geeksville.util.Exceptions
@@ -106,26 +104,8 @@ class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity(), Logging,
         bluetoothManager.adapter
     }
 
-    /*
-            <!--             Screen.messages -> MessagesContent()
-            Screen.settings -> SettingsContent()
-            Screen.users -> UsersContent()
-            Screen.channel -> ChannelContent(UIState.getChannel())
-            Screen.map -> MapContent() -->
+    private val model: UIViewModel by viewModels()
 
-        /--
-        <com.google.android.material.tabs.TabItem
-            android:icon="@drawable/ic_twotone_message_24"
-            android:text="Messages"
-            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-            android:layout_width="wrap_content" />
-
-        <com.google.android.material.tabs.TabItem
-            android:icon="@drawable/ic_twotone_settings_applications_24"
-            android:text="Settings"
-            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-            android:layout_width="wrap_content" />  -->
- */
     data class TabInfo(val text: String, val icon: Int, val content: Fragment)
 
     // private val tabIndexes = generateSequence(0) { it + 1 } FIXME, instead do withIndex or zip? to get the ids below, also stop duplicating strings
@@ -503,6 +483,7 @@ class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity(), Logging,
         }) {
         override fun onConnected(service: com.geeksville.mesh.IMeshService) {
             UIState.meshService = service
+            model.meshService = service
 
             // We don't start listening for packets until after we are connected to the service
             registerMeshReceiver()
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/model/UIState.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/model/UIState.kt
index 5b613921b..61797d539 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/model/UIState.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/model/UIState.kt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import android.os.Bundle
 import android.os.RemoteException
 import androidx.compose.mutableStateOf
 import androidx.core.content.edit
+import androidx.lifecycle.LiveData
 import androidx.lifecycle.MutableLiveData
 import androidx.lifecycle.ViewModel
 import com.geeksville.android.BuildUtils.isEmulator
@@ -48,10 +49,45 @@ class UIViewModel : ViewModel(), Logging {
     var meshService: IMeshService? = null
 
     /// Are we connected to our radio device
-    val isConnected = MutableLiveData(MeshService.ConnectionState.DISCONNECTED)
+    val isConnected =
+        object : LiveData<MeshService.ConnectionState>(MeshService.ConnectionState.DISCONNECTED) {
+            /**
+             * Called when the number of active observers change to 1 from 0.
+             *
+             *
+             * This callback can be used to know that this LiveData is being used thus should be kept
+             * up to date.
+             */
+            override fun onActive() {
+                super.onActive()
+
+                // Get the current radio config from the service
+                meshService?.let {
+                    debug("Getting connection state from service")
+                    value = MeshService.ConnectionState.valueOf(it.connectionState())
+                }
+            }
+        }
 
     /// various radio settings (including the channel)
-    val radioConfig = MutableLiveData<MeshProtos.RadioConfig?>(null)
+    val radioConfig = object : MutableLiveData<MeshProtos.RadioConfig?>(null) {
+        /**
+         * Called when the number of active observers change to 1 from 0.
+         *
+         *
+         * This callback can be used to know that this LiveData is being used thus should be kept
+         * up to date.
+         */
+        override fun onActive() {
+            super.onActive()
+
+            // Get the current radio config from the service
+            meshService?.let {
+                debug("Getting latest radioconfig from service")
+                value = MeshProtos.RadioConfig.parseFrom(it.radioConfig)
+            }
+        }
+    }
 
     /// Set the radio config (also updates our saved copy in preferences)
     fun setRadioConfig(context: Context, c: MeshProtos.RadioConfig) {
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/layout/channel_fragment.xml b/app/src/main/res/layout/channel_fragment.xml
index 18fd4768b..ab14f82dd 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/layout/channel_fragment.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/layout/channel_fragment.xml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
         android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
         android:layout_marginEnd="64dp"
         android:hint="Channel options"
-        style="@style/Widget.MaterialComponents.TextInputLayout.FilledBox.ExposedDropdownMenu"
+        style="@style/Widget.MaterialComponents.TextInputLayout.OutlinedBox.ExposedDropdownMenu"
         app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
         app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
         app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/qrView">
diff --git a/geeksville-androidlib b/geeksville-androidlib
index 65f39f90c..953a65718 160000
--- a/geeksville-androidlib
+++ b/geeksville-androidlib
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 65f39f90ce365263620d5f9cbddca0c8abebcf9a
+Subproject commit 953a657184b2d4cde8a0867d1b520e1f7190cfd6