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Contributor I
May 18, 2023

Sonos S1 hangs when attempting to add any music service

  • May 18, 2023
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Hi. I’ve had an S1 system for over a decade (3x S5 gen1, Amp and Connect) and it generally worked fine. Over the years I’ve subscribed to (legit) Napster, Spotify, Tidal, Qobuz, Apple Music and Deezer. Plus BBC Sounds and a few other services without issue. 

Last night, we purchased our first S2 product, a Move. I removed all existing devices, reset them and, after setting up the S2 with Move, created a new clean S1 system.

All of the devices are there, but the only thing I can connect to is Sonos Radio. If I click to add a music service I just get a spinning ball type icon (happy to share a screen grab if needed) and the app hangs. It responds fine if I select to add a voice system.

I’ve obviously rebooted everything multiple times. I’ve reset the S1 app. I’ve deleted and reinstalled it. On two iOS phones. Nothing works. There are no issues using the Move on the S2 app. All services are visible and available to add.

I spent over an hour on Sonos chat and was ultimately told to call the UK freephone number quoting a case reference. When calling the number a voice recording informs that lines are closed. At 10am when they’re supposedly open?

I’m at a dead end and we’ve gone from ‘let’s trade all of the S1 kit up to a new S2 setup and add a sound bar and sub for the lounge’ to ‘the S2 is going straight back to the shop and the S1s in a skip because we can’t listen to anything.’

Before I literally take the S1 stuff to the recycling centre, does anybody have any tips or ideas that might save the day? To say we’re fed up is an understatement.

Thanks.

 

 

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Pinned Reply By Corry P

Hi @popguru et al

To confirm what @doctorbee just reported, we now consider this issue resolved. If you continue to experience this issue, please get in touch with our technical support team for assistance.

59 replies

controlav
Lead Maestro
May 18, 2023

MS Defender on those iPhones?

Author of the leading independent Sonos apps for Android, MacOS, iOS, Windows and Xbox.
popguruAuthor
Contributor I
May 18, 2023

Hi there. Sorry, I did check a bunch of similar threads but forgot to mention that no, Defender isn’t installed. 

I really am at a loss with this. The fact that the S1 app is just hanging whereas the S2 immediately displays the list of music services, plus the fact that it’s been working fine for literally years until I reset the S1 devices and created the new networks is telling me, what, exactly? I don’t know how the S1 and S2 apps differ when connecting to music services. I’m using the same Sonos account on both systems, by the way. Presumably that should be fine?

buzz
Grand Maestro
May 18, 2023

Submit a diagnostic from both the S1 and S2 systems and note the confirmation numbers. I don’t know what is the issue with UK support. You can post the confirmation numbers here and Staff will occasionally comment, but they are in the UK time zone.

popguruAuthor
Contributor I
May 18, 2023

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Sonos S1 in just the lounge connected via ethernet directly to the Virgin Media router (app hangs at Settings - Services & Voice - Music & Content - add a Service)

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Sonos S1 in all four rooms connected via wifi (app hangs at Settings - Services & Voice - Music & Content - add a Service)

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Sonos S2 Move in bedroom connected via wifi (working fine)
 

popguruAuthor
Contributor I
May 18, 2023

 

popguruAuthor
Contributor I
May 18, 2023

And still ‘all lines are closed’, as they have been all day. Times in the grab below are UK summer times.
 

I’m edging closer to giving up and returning the Move to John Lewis, skipping the S1 kit and investing in something else.

 

 

Virtuoso
May 18, 2023

Move is S1 compatible, I run mine on our whole house S1 System.

popguruAuthor
Contributor I
May 18, 2023

Ugh. This is not answered, I accidentally whacked it when picking my phone up and can’t see a way to un-answer it. 
 

Thanks Keith. I was tempted to attempt this earlier but the risk is that I end up with a whole house system that will only play Sonos Radio, and that’s just too much of a risk.

Given Sonos ‘couldn’t care less attitude’, we’ve concluded that we’re going to crack on and return the Move and take the others - plus the Connect that I’d forgotten about - to the local tip. 
 

Thanks for your suggestion, I appreciate it.

buzz
Grand Maestro
May 19, 2023

One relatively easy trial is to power down the MOVE (the only S2 component), shut down the S2 controller(s), restart the S1 controller, then attempt the music service setup.

You can install MOVE on S1. I think that this is your best plan, but I also think that you should be guided through this by SONOS support. 

As I type this, the sun is barely rising in the UK. It should open for business in a few hours.

popguruAuthor
Contributor I
May 19, 2023

Well, Sonos’s phone lines are still not working (for me at least) here in the UK. 
 

I tried one final thing last night before bed. I reset everything (again). I installed the S2 app and connected and downgraded the Move. Then, I created a new Sonos account in my partner’s name and ‘built’ a new system using S1. Notably, I was immediately able to add new music services and everything worked, including the Move. Of course, I couldn’t use my Apple Music account - which is our primary source because we also have a couple of Sony Atmos setups and an Apple 4k floating around - on her Sonos/iPhone so I had to upgrade to a family Apple Music account to fully test. But that worked.
 

I deliberately excluded one of the S5g1 units. I then reset the app on my phone and turned everything off, then created a new system using just the (reset) S5g1 via *my* iPhone and my Sonos account. And once again, the system hangs as soon as I try to add a music service.

In conclusion, then… it looks to me like something corrupted my Sonos account when we added the Move and S2 app and then attempted to set up a new system of ‘old’ components via the S1. It has been impossible to get any help from Sonos so this is likely to be signing out/off, binning the system and buying something else.

Many thanks to those of you who offered your suggestions and assistance.