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Roku Issues Reports

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  Kyle Lambert (@kylelambertkc) reported 3 minutes ago

  @Roku Now, with this new thing, when I turn off the tv it comes back on. Also, many functions that used to work with Alexa are gone. This is not an upgrade, it's an inconvenience. I have three ultimate boxes all doing the same thing. I had better not have to start unplugging the TV.

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  Sanah (@sanahbequiet) reported 4 minutes ago

  Had to buy another Roku stick cause mines just randomly stop working like first it was my Roku tv now it’s the stick like Roku is the problem g I’m so irritated @Roku get y’all’s **** together

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  Autistic Addie 🍉😷🇵🇸💜 (@ghostonthstereo) reported 7 minutes ago

  @Roku Again, your messages are shut off, but I’ll just deal with the problem. It’s not worth all this back and forth hassle.

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  Maya Belle (@cblanknyc) reported 7 minutes ago

  @Roku I just lost my job & started poring over every dollar going out. That’s when I found I’d paid $269.78 in monthlies for ESPN. Which I didn’t order & never watched in my life. Cancelled but could only get a month refund. I should’ve noticed, but didn’t. Please help.

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  Jennifer Glazer (@JLGlazer) reported 7 minutes ago

  @Roku hello. I need help repairing a remote with my Roku. I have followed instructions online, but it’s not working.

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  Meredith Porterfield (@meredithep) reported 10 minutes ago

  @Roku @foxone I don't want to watch FIFA but I would like to watch other apps and would appreciate it if they actually worked on Roku. I have no problem with the apps on other devices. Just Roku

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  🎣 (@SpangleAngler) reported 10 minutes ago

  @Roku To @YouTube - can you tell us how to fix this glitch please

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  Brandon (@BATZMANZ) reported 13 minutes ago

  @Roku Give us Photo Streams back! Backdrop is terrible. Doesnt autostart when idle.

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  Brendanfly1998 (@Bren9889) reported 13 minutes ago

  @RokuSupport I need your help and please don’t give me an automated reply. The apps on my new @Roku TV keep crashing, mainly YouTube, Disney+ and Paramount+! What is causing this and what can I do to fox it?

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  Ryan Paredez (@RyanParedez) reported 17 minutes ago

  @foxone @Roku the foxone app runs bad on the roku. Constant errors. Error:PL--28

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  William Hurst (@William45811350) reported 18 minutes ago

  @TCL_Global I will never buy one of your products every again because of the garbage @Roku does. i should not need to connect to the Internet to make changes on my TV. Absolutely terrible. I paid $1000 for my TV, I should have comple control of it. Never again.

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  Eff-the-left (@norcal06warrior) reported 18 minutes ago

  @Roku All other steaming apps work fine, it's only happening with Netflix

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  Duchess of Phelps (@MrsRedRage) reported 19 minutes ago

  @Roku your AI generated commercials are awful.

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  Matthew Keys (@MatthewKeysLive) reported 20 minutes ago

  The biggest problem with our @Roku TV: It's not earning the company any money because it is stuck in an unfixable boot loop. I bought this TV at Best Buy three years ago. It was for an elderly family member. She loved it. Until she didn't. As I was packing for the StreamTV Show last month, she called me to say her TV kept rebooting itself. "It's stuck on the spaceship thing," she said. I had no idea what that meant. I gave her my Sony TV to use while I tried to fix the problem. And let me tell you something, I have tried literally everything. I searched online for a fix, and found a number of Roku TV users who have encountered the same thing: For no reason, their TVs just randomly started boot looping, and trying to download and reinstall the firmware through Recovery Mode was no help. Some people suggested holding down the reset and power buttons for a certain length of time. That didn't work. Others suggested draining "zombie power" by pressing the power button for a half-minute while the TV is unplugged. That didn't work. A few said connecting to a mobile hotspot while in recovery might work. It didn't. One person suggested hooking the TV into a router via Ethernet. Well, this TV doesn't have an Ethernet port. This is the second Roku-powered TV that has caused us an issue. The first was a Walmart Onn-branded TV that died after six months. I figured one of Roku's own TVs was a reliable replacement, because the company told us as much when it started making its own TVs a few years ago. Then, executives promised that shipping Roku TVs where the company controlled the entire supply chain would help it make better-informed decisions about how its users were interacting with their devices, which would lead to better hardware and software experiences. Ultimately, our issue likely boils down to this: Roku uses cheap hardware in its smart TVs and streaming boxes to keep costs low. Executives said as much earlier this year when they affirmed that the ongoing processor and RAM shortage was likely to be a boon for Roku's business, because the company's operating system doesn't require premium hardware to operate. But the decision to use cheap hardware also means that it is more prone to breaking, and that is a major problem for a company like Roku. The company's $1.1 billion platform business is inherently dependent on consumers having reliable hardware that allows them to interact with said platform. When streaming devices and smart TVs break, it not only prevents customers from using their platform, it leaves a sour taste in their mouths — and customers are prone to abandoning the platform for a competitor. Which, in my family member's home, is now what has happened. She's inherited my six-year-old Sony TV, and she loves it. She's not giving it back. It runs Android. There's a bit of a learning curve, but she's committed to figuring it out. "I'm done with Roku," she told me. "I hope Fox knows what they're buying." $ROKU

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  imaidiot19 (@imaidiotWill) reported 21 minutes ago

  Since the latest @Roku update is trash and ruined the simplicity I loved with the device, which alternative should I go with? Thinking Firestick, although it will have similar issues, at least it is the most widely supported. Thoughts?