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Saturday, August 20th, 2022 3:52 PM

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Android Apps won't work

I have Xfinity internet at home and Xfinity mobile and there are apps that will not work on wifi and I have to shut it off on the phone and use cellular to load. It's only certain apps including Xfinity! My Schlage won't load or wemo unless I shut off wifi. This is getting very frustrating. I've checked everything  Rebooted the router and restarted the phone. No luck.

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3 years ago

Hi there, @jimk151, thank you for posting on our Xfinity Forums. I can see how frustrating it would become for your apps not to work while connected to your in-home WiFi. Please rest assure you have reached the right team for assistance. Do you just experience an issue with your apps? Are you to go onto Google and search online while connected to WiFi?

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@XfinityValerie​ I can search fine, it's just frustrating that your own app wont load. I can't get wemo or schalage apps to.work either. 

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3 years ago

I've done all of troubleshooting steps, restarted rehab router, the phone etc. It's just frustrating that it's a handful of important apps and even the xfinity app.

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@jimk151 If you're having trouble connecting to apps but they seem to work fine while you're using your mobile data and not your home network that sounds like your IP address needs to be renewed. The easiest way to do that is by unplugging the power cable from your modem/router for about 2-minutes and then plug it back in and try again.

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@XfinityBenjaminM​ DO you have to do it all the time?  It may work a little better for a day and then go back to problems.  Today I couldn't send emails from my work email server, they all hung up in the outbox, and then when I shut off wifi, they all sent immediately.  PLEASE HELP 

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Oh no, this is certainly not the experience we want you to have. I can't imagine the headache this has caused you. Our team would be happy to dig a little deeper and send some account refresh signals from our end. To do this, I will need to collect your account info. 

 

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I have now picked up a new modem at the xfinity store and it's doing the exact same thing, I can't even get to the xfinity purple app to work on wifi. Everything else in the house works great and I do the modem test and it's says the connection is fine but xfinity, wemo, schlage will not work on wifi. 

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3 years ago

There is an issue with your phone.  Xfinity does not filter or block android apps. This should have been apparent when you got a new modem and still can't use the wifi.  Is your phone on xfinity mobile?  What make and model is your phone? 

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@NoNoBadPuppy​ Yes its on Xfinity mobile and its a newer Samsung, A425G. And its only certain apps, which makes less sense.  I've forgot and reset the wifi, restarted the phone, and ran out of ideas.

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3 years ago

Did you ever find a solution to this? I'm having the exact same issues. 

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@Luceropaul127​ I ended up replacing the modem to the new white one.  I had first tried a replacement of the one I had and brought it right back the next day.  Thank goodness there is an Xfinity storefront close to home.  They are terrific, unlike the customer service on the phone.

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I can't get a hold a hold of anyone via telephone. Everythi gis automated, so thank you for your response. Was there an extra charge for this?

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Hey, @Luceropaul127! Thanks for your comment. If you're looking to replace the modem, there is no charge for it. You can look up the nearest service center HERE

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