Please go back to the last app, the update sucks SO bad!

Andrew, I repeat. Do not assume you can speak for me. Thanks!

I cannot bear change for change's sake.

Welcome to the club! 😉

really disappointed with the new sonos i have to press seviral things before i can do what i want to do.
not Impressed at all
i feel it’s ruined what was once such a simple system

Having scrolled through most of the comments, I was intrigued to hear that there's an alternative to using the Sonos Controller. Sonopad .... how many others have looked at this as a viable alternative I wonder?

I cannot bear change for change's sake.

Welcome to the club! ;)Perhaps you missed the deliberate irony.

It appears that Sonos updates are focused with a specific "persona" in mind, and if you fit that persona the app works well. Unfortunately, previous versions of the app were great for someone who fit a "persona" that Sonos is no longer focused upon (unfortunately including me), and appear to not be able to multiple skin/platform the app to more than one persona. With all that as a given, their actions (since v5.0) of continuing down the path while asking for patience for undefined future modifications that might ameliorate the newly created issues is consistent with what I think I see going on. So the focus becomes what to do (Sonopad, stay at current version, or other options, like my question below).

I missed the v5.0 upgrade, then after seeing the app in action decided to stick at v4.2. The good news is v4.2 works great for me, the bad news is that will last only as long as my phone/computer/ipad running 4.2 will last. So to get as much life out of the Sonos components I bought, I'm trying to sort my next step.

(My beg for help!) - My android phone died for calling purposes, but the old phone still works as a v4.2 controller (for now). So for my new phone (especially when the old phone dies), is there an option of a) copying a file from the old to the new phone (and if so, what file), b) downloading a 4.2 file from a site like APKMirror (unfortunately APKMirror only goes back to 5.2), or c) ???. I've done the offline-online dance to reattach components, assume the same approach would work for a new file.

Many thanks!

I’m a 4.2 lover here. Many people have dismissed me as them thinking now that the 5.0-7.0 interface was so terrific (they are in denial that no one liked the 5.0 interface when it came out.

I have to say though. I see potential..and I said potential... for the 8.0 interface to be the best ever. Yes it is bad right now. They tried to make it too much like Apple Music and Spotify and not focused on the browsing and multiroom. With tweaks to the tab bar and flow (yes probably a little less white too) this thing can be good. And yes from someone who really liked 4.2 better then that.

Ps. Best interface ever is still the desktop interface (if it had universal search) Tablets in landscape should mimic that view. Landscape view has been bad since 5.0 and I don’t think has ever gotten any better.

M_3. Give 8.x a try when it comes out in next few weeks or so. Sonos has hinted enough that I think it will be really good.

I cannot bear change for change's sake.
Welcome to the club! ;)Perhaps you missed the deliberate irony.
Well yeah, with loving change for the sake change being such a fringe position, it's easily misunderstood.

I've got great news for you though. There are a bunch of sonos alternatives out there for you to try out.

Wouldn't wait too long though, cause judging from the reactions on this forum, there might be quite some people on ebay trying to sell there sonos gear as well.

In your limited viewpoint.