Hey everyone,
Today I ran into a strange issue with my Sonos setup. The Sonos app would open (iOS) and show my system, and I could control the volume on my soundbar for instance. However, it wouldn’t show any of my recently played items, music accounts, or let me add my new Era 100 to the system—it kept failing during the update process.
I tried everything I could think of:
- Restarting my Wi-Fi (I use an Orbi 770 mesh system - I know these sometimes appear to cause issues).
- Restarting my phone.
- Restarting my Sonos devices (a lot of them).
- Switching Wi-Fi on and off again.
Nothing worked! After almost an hour of frustration, I thought of plugging an Ethernet cable into my old Playbar which first didn't resolve the issue. Some time later everything magically started working again (app showing recently played stuff etc.), and I was finally able to add my Era 100.
I’ve read that mesh systems can sometimes cause issues with Sonos, but I’m wondering:
Could this have been a server issue on Sonos’ side? Or was it the fact that I made a wired connection to my soundbar? Before, the Sonos app always worked and I never had my soundbar plugged in...
Has anyone else experienced something similar where the app acts weird (and just partially works), and then it just fixes itself without you doing anything? Would love to hear your thoughts or experiences.
Thanks!