S1 App frustrations


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Hi Sonos,

i have spent a fruitless few hours trying to get my system not work.

Despite little hiccups with previous app updates I have generally been able to get it working. Now however, I am just sooooo annoyed and frustrated by trying to connect my well placed existing system. 
All the trouble shooting suggestions require massive disruptions to the WiFi in my house or unplugging each device and starting them individually, only to find they connect for a millisecond and then disappear and say the product was not found. I have sent diagnostic reports, but all it will say is nothing is found.

i had a great system and well connected to my WiFi, only to have an obsolete system working perfectly for a number of years.
Now I am just deflated and disappointed as I contemplate buying a new system I can afford!

Thanks for not showing any loyalty to your customers or systems.

 


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Hi Sonos,

i have spent a fruitless few hours trying to get my system not work.

Despite little hiccups with previous app updates I have generally been able to get it working. Now however, I am just sooooo annoyed and frustrated by trying to connect my well placed existing system. 
All the trouble shooting suggestions require massive disruptions to the WiFi in my house or unplugging each device and starting them individually, only to find they connect for a millisecond and then disappear and say the product was not found. I have sent diagnostic reports, but all it will say is nothing is found.

i had a great system and well connected to my WiFi, only to have an obsolete system working perfectly for a number of years.
Now I am just deflated and disappointed as I contemplate buying a new system I can afford!

Thanks for not showing any loyalty to your customers or systems.

 

I have been a happy Sonos user and advocate for many years. But with the launch of S2 my perfectly running system setup of play 5’s and sound bars are rendered completely useless. No I didn’t want to trade up my systems as I spent $3k on a sound system that worked smooth as silk before.
 

And now, since months; Infinite loops from S1 to S2 Apps, no possibility to access ‘legacy’ units. Playlist unable to play. It’s costing me WAY too much time, and generating quite some frustration. and I have several speakers which are idle now for months. 
Gone is the simplicity and quality that I and many other users are used to. Really really disappointed in Sonos: from hero to zero! Take the feedback seriously and fix the dodgy apps to assist your customers.

 

I’m done with you Sonos. My frustration has reached peak levels. I’m not doing this anymore. I’m done connecting, re-connecting, resetting and restarting. It’s not the WiFi, it’s you and your stupid app. What’s next, Sonos S2 to replace Sonos S1 and make all my other products obsolete? No thanks, not doing it. I’m buying Klipsh or Bose from now on and you can take your garbage app and obsolete products and shove em up your a$$. That’s all, I’m done.

I am OBVIOUSLY late to this party.

I have 3 sonos 1, a playbar and a subwoofer that now dont work- the S1 app says they cant find any of them- I have followed the instructions. Unplug them, replug them and unplug router with no help. Can anyone help?

 

SONOS requires more robust network support than simple email, web browsing, or streaming audio and video. Most of the Community regulars have had similar issues. After we straightened out our networks it has been smooth sailing. In my case there were network setup issues and and a neighbor’s 2.4GHz cordless phone system that wrecked WiFi. After dealing with these issues in 2005, the system has been stable. Many years later there was an issue with a new ISP’s router. This router was known to be a train wreck, and it effected everything on the network, not just SONOS. The only solution was to replace the router with another product. At that point the network was stable.

If you describe your system and your network, we can offer some suggestions. In the meantime, I suggest that you refrain from Factory Reset of any SONOS units without further consult. This causes a lot of extra work and will not cure any fundamental network issues.

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Hi Kyle,

Thank you, but our router is very new up to date. Why should your update make our system obsolete?

It is ridiculous!!!

I will send through diagnostics tomorrow when I can afford to spend another 30 minutes of my time trying to fix a problem your system created.

 

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Hi @Osullivan, thank you for the update.

The diagnostic is showing that the Sonos Bridge, Playbar with the 2 Play:1 and the Play:3 are separated on 3 different Household ID.

This is an issue for the Sonos app; it will have trouble connecting all speakers for a group playback and control them since the app can only connect to one household at a time.

On group 1Sonos Bridge, group 2Playbar, and the 2 Play:1s and group 3:  Play:3.

To correct this; we would need to Factory Reset 2 of the groups to join them all in 1 group.

To Reset the Sonos Products you can follow this guide. Reset your Sonos product

Then add product or add boost or bridge. Here’s the guide for this step. Add a new Sonos product to an existing system.

Tell us how it goes with the given suggestion.

 

Hi,

I’m another person with a long history of Sonos use, relegated to an ever more glitchy S1 system. Problem after problem, spent ages unplugging everything, tried a network refresh, no good. Now it won’t even let me send diagnostic information. 

Really bored / annoyed by this.

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You may have some wifi interference or network issues. May be worth reading the linked FAQ, and remembering that all interference doesn’t have to come from within your network or even home, networks are influenced by outside factors, too.

I’m glad it’s working now, but if it failed before, and nothing has been ‘fixed’, there’s a good chance it will fail again. 

SOLVED

Airgetlam - thank you for your advice. It solved the issue for me. I kept getting caught in the “You need to update to S2 but your system won’t work with S2”-bullsh*t. The app wouldn’t connect to Spotify or TuneIn Radio. But after your reset network idea we are back up and running. So thank you :)

Since you’ve submitted a diagnostic, it’s time to call Sonos Support directly to discuss it. As noted in Diagnostics - How do they work? thread, they aren’t automatically looked at, and this community doesn’t have access to them, nor does Sonos support frequent these community forums. 

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Here is the most recent diagnostic. I have tried again a number of times either by connection or find my product to each of the playbar, Sonos 1 and the Sonos 3.

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Any assistance appreciated, but still a very unhappy product user after being a loud and proud supporter.

Our router is 18months old and I amunprepared to change this as it is top of the range and suits my families needs. It is not the problem, your app and renewal has resulted in these changes.

 

 

I have similar issue. Sometime since summer (june-july) my system started acting erratically. When in september 2020 I received prompt to choose s1 or s2 app I selected s1. Since then situation has deteriorated. Following 3 network restarts and sonos new system setups over past weekend system typically works for a day and then becomes unresponsive to app. I have 1st gen sonos boost. App restarts, speaker unplug/reply these are things I can not continue to do on a daily basis. If I can not combine s1 and s2 compatible hardware I want to know rather than stay in this frustration. I have submitted system diagnostics today. Tx in advance for return to situation where it just works or I ll just get the much cheaper amazon Alexa speakers everywhere.

 

Hello, I have the same issue, and as well am very disappointed with Sonos, I used to brag about my Sonos and made lots of my friend a fan, but not any longer, ever since S1 and S2 Started, my system is not working properly and I have spent countless hours trying to fix it with no luck.

I’m having many problems with my Sonos system pretty much since S1/S2. It all works and then just stops working (sometimes mid song) and will only recognize my Sonos Move, but none of my Sonos Ones, Sonos 1s, or Sonos 5 (gen 2)…. Then after a few hours it all spontaneously works again. It’s not a wifi or internet issue as those continue working just fine. Quite disappointing from a system that used to work flawlessly...

Well Ken, 

Because I’ve been working w/a level 3 Sonos tech support specialist and he can’t seem to figure out the problem. Most recently, he attributed it to a “bug” that he said the Sonos team is trying to fix. He told me “bug could take months to fix”!  What a joke. I’ve spent over $40k for this system & its installation plus repeated visits from install technicians only to be told, the problem is w/the system/S2 app. I wouldn’t recommend Sonos system to my worst enemy. Your team really screwed this one up w/your S2 app. Far too many of the same complaints for you to justify your shoddy excuses of “it must be your WiFi”. THIS IS 100% a SONOS ISSUE!  

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Only real difference between S1 and S2 as I understand it is you need to disconnect the (S1 only) Bridge and either connect your system to wifi or use a Boost. Where you using a Bridge before?

Well Ken, 

Because I’ve been working w/a level 3 Sonos tech support specialist and he can’t seem to figure out the problem. Most recently, he attributed it to a “bug” that he said the Sonos team is trying to fix. He told me “bug could take months to fix”!  What a joke. I’ve spent over $40k for this system & its installation plus repeated visits from install technicians only to be told, the problem is w/the system/S2 app. I wouldn’t recommend Sonos system to my worst enemy. Your team really screwed this one up w/your S2 app. Far too many of the same complaints for you to justify your shoddy excuses of “it must be your WiFi”. THIS IS 100% a SONOS ISSUE!  

Really .. just to say I’m not affiliated to Sonos and like @buzz above, I’m just a user that was trying to help you, but obviously you haven’t yet provided any detail and in truth are talking about an S2 problem in a thread that relates to S1 App issues.

That said, if you do want to go onto describe your network setup in detail and outline your Sonos setup and describe precisely what the problems are, then there maybe (many) experienced users here in the Sonos user community that are willing to listen and to try to help.. I’m certainly happy to help, but obviously can’t see your setup, so we do need the detail to perhaps make some suggestions, like changing wireless channels, channel-width - using wired SonosNet and adjusting any managed switches to use STP, or to perhaps try to solve SSDP multicast discovery issues, or try to solve ’whatever’ your problems are with your system.

99% of the time, Sonos issues are more-often caused by misconfigured networks and so without the detail, there is very little anyone here can do - it would of course help if you have some basic understanding of home wired/wireless networks of course, but if not, then perhaps find a friend, family member, or a colleague that might assist you.

Even if means things, such as ‘bridging’ your router and changing it for another, or going to a WiFi mesh setup, or switching between wired and wireless mode and so on and so forth, or whatever!! - these things are usually solvable. 

It’s really entirely up-to you, but "nothing ventured …etc."

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Since all products you seem to own are S2 capable: have you tried S2? Tried other tips (fixed ip's)?

Was stuck with S1 compatibility issues.  Support helped me hard reset old speakers so S2 can see them.  Thanks.

I can’t believe you guys haven’t fixed the S1 and S2 compatibility issues.  I thought if I waited for a year or more I could come back and find a fix.  No such luck.  I regret buying my new sub and arc.  I can’t integrate or even use my old Sonos devices now.

 

I’ve wasted so much time going around in circles because of your lousy software compatibility.  Whenever I start my S1 system it immediately starts the S2 system and I lose access to my entire S1.  S2 is NOT compatible with S2!

I’ve tried reset and most other things.

how about a refund for these bricks you sold me?

S1 will only ever link through to S2 if you are running both systems with the same Household ID - change the S1 setup as described in other threads here on the forum. 

Plug one of the speakers in to your router with an Ethernet cable. If you’re currently using a BRIDGE, please let us know, and disconnect it while you have the speaker wired. If any of your speakers are set up as surround speakers, do not use them to directly wire to your router. Similarly, do not wire your subwoofer, either. Technically, the PLAYBAR might be best, but it may not be the closest to the router.

Can we assume when you say Sonos 1, you mean PLAY:1? How are they set up, are two of them surround speakers for the PLAYBAR, or are the in their own ‘rooms’?

the playbar and sub and 2 Play 1s are set up as a surround- it randomly started working-- will reach back out if it disappears again- I spent hours on this today- any bad have no idea why it all of a sudden started.. thank you for your quick response. Next time (hoping there is not one) I can plug the spare play 1 from another room in.

 

Playback continually interrupted on S1 Connects. Error says it's Wi-Fi system but it isn't. Have a 1G Verizon connection and ASUS high end mesh. Everything in the household system works perfectly except the sonos system since the S2 app was forced. I've unplugged and replugged, rebooted my wifi nearly daily for weeks. It's Sonos not my system.  Sent diagnostics 65893811

 

 

Amazing to see SO MANY identical customer complaints in this forum. And yet Sonos main response is always “it’s your Wi-Fi or networking issues”. I’ve been dealing with similar problems for the last five months now. I’ve spent close to10hr over the last five months dealing w/Sonos customer support. With no solution in sight. They keep blaming it on “network connectivity issues “. However, these problems only occurred after the introduction of the Sonos2 app. Prior to that my system worked flawlessly. I have been a loyal Sonos customer since their inception in 2011. So disgusted with this horribly run company. Hey Sonos, how about actually paying attention to these forums. If your customers all seem to be having the same problems, maybe the problem is your product/updates. Just a guess. I have never seen so much passing-the-buck from one company in my life!.

Amazing to see SO MANY identical customer complaints in this forum. And yet Sonos main response is always “it’s your Wi-Fi or networking issues”. I’ve been dealing with similar problems for the last five months now. I’ve spent close to10hr over the last five months dealing w/Sonos customer support. With no solution in sight. They keep blaming it on “network connectivity issues “. However, these problems only occurred after the introduction of the Sonos2 app. Prior to that my system worked flawlessly. I have been a loyal Sonos customer since their inception in 2011. So disgusted with this horribly run company. Hey Sonos, how about actually paying attention to these forums. If your customers all seem to be having the same problems, maybe the problem is your product/updates. Just a guess. I have never seen so much passing-the-buck from one company in my life!.

You’ve only just joined the forum here today, why haven’t you posted about the issues before to discuss them? You just need to outline your network/sonos setup and the issues encountered etc.

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