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Enthusiast I
May 14, 2014
Question

re-install previous version of controller

  • May 14, 2014
  • 33 replies
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I HATE the new iPad and iPhone controllers, and I am mad as hell that you would force this piece of crap on a long-time and frequent user like myself. Is there any way to revert to the previous controller version? Where is the Queue on the iPhone version??? I use the queue all the time.
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    Lyricist III
    May 16, 2014
    Am I being stupid or can you no longer make a sonos playlist, not very tech savvy so maybe sounds rubbish but the last app was ace and helped me do it, this one I can't work it out.
    Ok. So I make the playlist and then save as a playlist ?
    Ryan S
    Retired Sonos Staff
    May 16, 2014
    Am I being stupid or can you no longer make a sonos playlist, not very tech savvy so maybe sounds rubbish but the last app was ace and helped me do it, this one I can't work it out.
    Sonos playlists are saved Sonos Queues. You can add tracks, albums, existing playlists to your Queue, and then save it as a Sonos Playlist to be used again. These saved playlists are stored on your players and can be accessed under the header Sonos Playlists.
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    Lyricist III
    May 17, 2014
    Am I being stupid or can you no longer make a sonos playlist, not very tech savvy so maybe sounds rubbish but the last app was ace and helped me do it, this one I can't work it out.
    Thanks. Is there any way ican reinstall the old ipad app? I have it saved on my computer and tried synching the ipad to it, during which I uninstalled the new one and reinstalled the old one but then when I came to setting it up, the old app would not perform the set up procedure in recognising the sonos components and prompted me back to the newer version.
    nicka99
    Local Superstar
    May 17, 2014
    Am I being stupid or can you no longer make a sonos playlist, not very tech savvy so maybe sounds rubbish but the last app was ace and helped me do it, this one I can't work it out.
    From what I have read elsewhere, if you don't delete the old ipad app it will continue to work ok. However if you delete then re-install the app again and try to connect it to components that are already updated to 5.0 then it will no longer connect. In other words I think it's too late for you - sorry
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    Prodigy I
    May 17, 2014
    Am I being stupid or can you no longer make a sonos playlist, not very tech savvy so maybe sounds rubbish but the last app was ace and helped me do it, this one I can't work it out.
    They need to figure out how I can connect with the he old app because the new one is CRAP.
    I am just a worthless liar. I am just an imbecil.
    Lyricist I
    June 15, 2014
    Am I being stupid or can you no longer make a sonos playlist, not very tech savvy so maybe sounds rubbish but the last app was ace and helped me do it, this one I can't work it out.
    My wife and I updated to the latest software on our iPhone 4's, and we hate the new interface. Also connecting to the system is slower. We Love our Sonos, but this software update is a disappointment. We are not going to update the iPad Sonos.
    Avid Contributor I
    June 15, 2014
    Am I being stupid or can you no longer make a sonos playlist, not very tech savvy so maybe sounds rubbish but the last app was ace and helped me do it, this one I can't work it out.
    Ugly, ugly, ugly
    For ipad users, look at sonopad, really nice design
    Best regards ullum
    nicka99
    Local Superstar
    June 15, 2014
    Am I being stupid or can you no longer make a sonos playlist, not very tech savvy so maybe sounds rubbish but the last app was ace and helped me do it, this one I can't work it out.
    Please 'me too' this link and we can just hope sonos come to their senses soon https://ask.sonos.com/sonos/topics/give_us_the_old_app_back_please
    Trending Lyricist I
    June 19, 2014
    Am I being stupid or can you no longer make a sonos playlist, not very tech savvy so maybe sounds rubbish but the last app was ace and helped me do it, this one I can't work it out.
    This update broke my home automation system!  I play Sonos through an integrated HA system, and Sonos have just yanked the Group Coordinator stuff!  So I too want to go back to the previous version, but of course, as is the fashion these days, you are just pushed unwillingly along, no matter how much money you have spent setting this system up.  I am NOT a happy customer.  I had another 2 rooms to kit out with Play 3's, but that won't be happening now that I can no longer integrate with my HA system. See http://forums.sonos.com/showthread.php?t=40054
    Contributor I
    June 21, 2014
    What happened to various controls: room settings for EQ, bass, treble, balance? for Naming rooms? Managing music library/forcing a re-index? etc etc