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Monday, October 24th, 2022 8:00 AM

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Error Code: Apps 04036. Paramount Plus Access

It appears that Comcast has had an issue with all its Streaming Services to varying degrees, Paramount Plus being the most predominate. Why have you not fixed this and why do you continue to tell your agents to deny the issue! Time to own up to the problem and fix the issue!

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2 years ago

In my case, my giant HDEF screen can not download Paramount + so Comcast provide me with a box to replace my DVR that allows me to run most streaming apps but NOT Paramount+. I get the same partial load and error "Apps 04036". Unplugging the box, waiting, and plugging back in doesn't help. Nor does "try again later." I've been trying again later for months. I need a box that does what I'm paying for. If it is because of insufficient memory, I am PISSED! 

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@user_84d67d​ 

Get a FireStick. Only way we could watch. On now. Tired of trying! 

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2 years ago

Same problem, but I'm running the app on an Xfinity DVR acquired explicitly for this purpose because I can't install apps on my less than brilliant TV. Just got off the phone with tech support after 10 minutes of EXTREMELY frustrating auto voice response run-around and the Xfinity [Edited: "Language/Inflammatory"] informed me that I have to delete recordings on my DVR to make room for the app to load. [Edited: "Language"] I asked him to repeat what he was telling me to be sure I heard him right so I deleted all my recordings, unplugged and rebooted my Comcast DVR and of course, I still get error APPS 04036 when I try to run Paramount+!

XFINITY, TAKE RESPONSIBILITY!

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637 Messages

Hello there, @user_84d67d we'd love help out with the Paramount+ app and it sounds like you're off to a great start with some troubleshooting steps that have already been taken! Please feel free to send a direct message our way and we'll dive right in! 

Here's the detailed steps to Direct Message us:
• Click "Sign In" if necessary
• Click the "Direct Message" icon (upper right corner of this page)
• Click the "New message" (pencil and paper) icon
• Type "Xfinity Support" in the to line and select "Xfinity Support" from the drop-down list
• Type your message in the text area near the bottom of the window
• Press Enter to send your message

 

I no longer work for Comcast.

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2 years ago

I am shocked everyone is having this problem! My main X1 box gives me the blue screen then hangs up and then gives this error message. I have tried everything mentioned here (as all of us have) and it only worked one time then was so choppy you couldn’t enjoy it. 
Both my wireless boxes receive it with no problem. I pay for it directly to Paramount + so it’s not because we didn’t buy it from Comcast or the wireless boxes wouldn’t be able to play it either. 
why won’t they own up to it and fix it then credit us all for the inconvenience. Fat chance unless you call and scream. Then they will cut your bill on half for 6 months.  But you still won’t have Paramount + to enjoy. 

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Hello @user_a9172f, and thank you for sharing your experience. I can understand how frustrating this must be and would like to take a deeper look into this for you. To get started, can you please send a direct message with your name and service address to "Xfinity Support"? You can do this by clicking on the "Direct Messaging" chat icon in the top right corner of the page, then click on the pen and pad icon and enter "Xfinity Support" in the "To" section of the chat. 

I no longer work for Comcast.

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2 years ago

People are "cutting the cord" at unprecedented rates, and this isn't helping. Why should I keep paying Xfinity's exorbitant prices AND have to buy an Apple TV (my spouse's threat) to solve this one problem? If Xfinity has a solution that has no cost to me and doesn't involve [Edited: "Language"] like unplugging and resetting, I'd like to hear it. Soon.

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@user_51202a​ good luck.. it seems as automated as their phone's... same responses every single time... yet we all still have the problem! So sick of it

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@user_7e0496​  If you are still experiencing this issue, Could you please send our team a direct message with your full name and full address? Our team can most definitely take a further look at this issue.

To send a "Direct Message" to Xfinity Support:

Click "Sign In" if necessary

Click the "Direct Messaging" icon or https://comca.st/3EqVMu7

Click the "New message" (pencil and paper) icon

The "To:" line prompts you to "Type the name of a person". Instead, type "Xfinity Support" there

 - As you are typing a drop-down list appears. Select "Xfinity Support" from that list

 - An "Xfinity Support" graphic replaces the "To:" line

Type your message in the text area near the bottom of the window

Press Enter to send it

 

See https://comca.st/3KQF8q9 for an example.

I no longer work for Comcast. 

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3 Messages

2 years ago

So this happened to me last week as well, started with an unrelated problem. I was told by the support person to take my boxs in to exchange because I had them since 2018. 
Up till then I never had a problem with paramount plus,  After I got the new boxs the nightmare starts. 

I took in a 4K DVR and a regular box, they didn’t have a 4K to exchange with me so I got a standard DVR box with the clock and a wireless box. 
Got home set everything up and  it starts can’t get paramount to launch, tried several resets and even exchanged the box three more times…..still the same problem,  this is all on my living room setup.  Went to tbe bedroom where the wireless box is and paramount works great!!! 

I learned that the wireless box is 4K, so my assessment is that you need the 4K box to use paramount plus.  So  I switched boxs around and all is fine now.

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2 years ago

I am Xfinity tech but also a I work in technology  out side of Xfinity like running server and Making APPS So to answer question of who to blame with this becoming a problem no real blame the app has to update and that comes from the creator to us. The fix is to go in to the cable box in the setting and go privacy and then clear local storage data and the app will load for you to sign in or sign up just like when you have a files on your phone and you can't load app data cause you need to clean your phone out.

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The fix is to go in to the cable box in the setting and go privacy and then clear local storage data and the app will load for you to sign in or sign up just like when you have a files on your phone and you can't load app data cause you need to clean your phone out.

This solution doesn't work.  Still errors and won't load.  All this really does is make me re-log into all the other streaming apps on the box.

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2 years ago

In reading this post hard to believe that 4 months later the issue still exist.  terrible that we are paying for (2) services Xfinity + Paramount +.  I have called over and over again and YET to get an agent on the phone.  First we heard the reason in delay was due to COVID-19 and no one could work. Then everyone moved to remote and NO ONE answered the phones. Now we get chat robot that wants to send you a text message to try and troubleshoot.  The perhaps you might get a real person. In the end the APP is not working and both service should refund to the customers that take time and that is LONG time out of our very busy day, sitting on the phone WAITING for someone to answer, then go through the painful process of speaking to someone on a small island and listening to their families in the background... while we try to explain that we have unplugged, refreshed, shut-off, turned back on and repeated the process 3x and it still is not working... and again get no where. BUT you best pay your $400.00 Xfinity bill and yes by the way they will pester you to go mobile with them.  WHY would we want to.  So I agree they need to own up and pay up for the bad service.   

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1 Message

2 years ago

I installed the app the other day and just saw the loading  circle sign then the app error message. I called yesterday. The lady said that my TV wasn't a smart TV. That's why I'm unable to use the app. Why have it listed on the search bar if your not able to connect? 

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