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Avid Contributor III
Jun 9, 2020 6:27 PM UTC
Question

S1 app won't work anymore

As of today I can't get the S1 Controlder app to work even though Android 6 should still work? All was working OK yesterday ? I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling?

 

 

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    Avid Contributor III
    Jun 21, 2020 4:58 AM UTC

    Phoned Sonos and the answer was to buy a new phone!

     

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    Contributor I
    Jun 22, 2020 8:06 PM UTC

    Sonos want to offer an app controller for legacy Sonos kit; which is brilliant!  


    But, if you have to buy £400 iPhone 11 to use it then that is beyond idiocy!

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    Ken_Griffiths
    Jun 22, 2020 8:12 PM UTC

    You can always go HERE to find the Sonos System Requirements including the mobile controller operating system requirements.

    HTH

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    Lyricist III
    Jun 23, 2020 12:04 AM UTC

    That’s coming when the ip-adresses of you devices get mangled by your router, which can happen if they all start at once after updating. Not completely Sonos’ fault.

    Updating to S1 went fine on my system (that I updated to S2 shortly after).

    They could allow fixed IP’s.

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    Airgetlam
    Jun 23, 2020 1:09 AM UTC

    Huh? The IP address is given to the Sonos by the router, it’s not something set by the Sonos. I think I’m not understanding what you mean by ‘They could allow fixed IP’s’, unless the ‘they’ in that statement was the router companies, and as far as I’m aware, most do allow you to set up IP reservations (fixed IP’s) in their DHCP table. But that’s a function owned by the router, and not the client device, in this case Sonos speakers. 

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    Bruce
    Lyricist III
    Jun 23, 2020 1:46 AM UTC

    The specific IP is set on the client, but Sonos does not provide for this.  You have to use DHCP with Sonos devices.

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    Contributor I
    Jul 18, 2020 10:24 PM UTC

    When I open the S1 app, I get a black screen saying: " 

    SONOS

     

    THE OS ON THIS MOBILE DEVICE IS NO LONGER SUPPORTED.

    USE THE SONOS APP ON A DEVICE WITH A NEWER OD TO CONTINUE RECEIVING UPDATES AND GET THE BEST EXPERIENCE ".

     

    I'm running Android10.6.2; which Sonos says is adequate. The S1 app is there ( black logo not the later S2 brown logo, does anyone know how to get around this message coming up and use the app on my phone please?

     

    I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling,  and resetting the hardware.

     

     

    Sorry , I meant Android 6.2 on my phone. 

    Me too

     

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    Contributor I
    Jul 18, 2020 10:26 PM UTC

    As of today I can't get the S1 Controlder app to work even though Android 6 should still work? All was working OK yesterday ? I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling?

     

     

    Me too

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    Lyricist I
    Aug 8, 2020 8:49 PM UTC

    Are there any solutions?? We have tried every single thing possible and have older SONOS equipment that worked great until a couple of weeks ago. 

    Any solutions for those of us that have to use S1?

    This is unbelievably shady….without a solution, we will be certain to share how poorly SONOS has treated long time customers

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    controlav
    Lead Maestro
    Aug 9, 2020 1:54 PM UTC

    Are there any solutions?? We have tried every single thing possible and have older SONOS equipment that worked great until a couple of weeks ago. 

    Any solutions for those of us that have to use S1?

    This is unbelievably shady….without a solution, we will be certain to share how poorly SONOS has treated long time customers

    Android 7.0 is the minimum requirement for the S1 controller.

    Anrdoid 6.0 was released five years ago, you should ask your phone vendor why they never updated beyond that and why they treat their long time customers poorly.

    Sonos treats long term customers pretty well IMHO - I have Sonos hardware that is over ten years old and still works great with the S1 controller. I don’t own any other advanced electronics that still works and is supported from that long ago.

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