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Hello everyone,

This is my first time posting in the community—I hope I can explain my issue clearly. I've been using Sonos for a couple of years and I love it, but for the past week, I've been facing a problem I just can't solve.

My setup:

  • 1 Sonos Beam (Gen 2) connected to the TV

  • 2 Sonos One SL as rear speakers

  • Router: TP-Link Archer C7

  • My phone: Samsung Galaxy S22 with the latest version of Android

The problem:
The Sonos app on my Android phone suddenly can't find any of my speakers. It shows the message "Unable to connect to Sonos." The strange thing is that if a friend comes over, their iPhone connects without any problems and can control the entire system. The music continues playing if started from their phone, but I can't do anything from mine.

What I've already tried, with no success:

  • Restarting the router and waiting 5 minutes

  • Unplugging and replugging all Sonos speakers

  • Uninstalling and reinstalling the Sonos app on my Android phone

  • Clearing the app’s cache and data

  • Making sure the app has all necessary network and location permissions

  • Connecting my phone to both the 2.4GHz and 5GHz Wi-Fi networks

I'm starting to think it might be due to a recent Android update or something related to my phone's settings, but I'm not a network expert.

To keep this post from getting too long, I’ve collected all technical details (app version, Android version, network settings) along with a small diagnostic log I created using a network analysis app.

Has anyone experienced something similar? Are there any specific router or phone settings I should check?

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks so much in advance!

Did you try unplugging the Sonos devices while you rebooted the router, or did you do that sequentially?

Have you tried temporarily wiring your Beam to your router?

Have you called call Sonos Support directly to discuss it, and if so, what did they say?

Are you willing to share these network settings with us?


Anything running on the Android that isn’t on the Apple? VPN, spam filter

 


Did you have another network? Is it net unique router?

In Samsung we have a Wi-Fi protection free and that changes the DNS and all passes by a filter, have you have it disabled? Also which Android version do you have? Because for me in the latest patches and versions of Android 14 there was some problems until I updated to Android 15, could be.


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