20-11-2023 09:49 AM - edited 20-11-2023 09:50 AM
Hi. I swapped from BT to EE for braodband and landline last week, this was motivated entirely by the ability to turn my children's wifi on and off. I also have two ee mobile contracts for myself and one daughter.
The smart hub came, (New black hub with EE logo on the front) when I scanned the QR code for set up it took my straight to my ee utilities app, no broadband account registered. So I followed the paper set up instructions. I had been dreading the switch over as have had constant problems with BT wifi and my Sky mini Q box, but no, both my Sky boxes and 3 smart tv's did not need wifi re-installed, bizarre but fine. The wifi works brilliantly and everyone is happy. However, trawling through ee to find out how to access wifi controls I see the QR code should have taken me to the EE Home app.
After downloading the app it could not link to the hub, I followed all the help steps, no joy. After trawling this community I reinstalled the app. Still no joy and yes the hub has been re-started several times, wiped off devices, reinstalled. So I called EE. After several attempts my account was found, my iphone 14 is up to date, no vpn installed, the app does not work on any of our apple devices, so they concluded it must be because they are apple devices and not android. I pointed out this couldn't be possible or they would have had thousands of calls by now. I am now waiting for a call back but have 8 days left of my cooling off period before I am stuck with this for 24 months.
Any ideas gratefully received.
11-12-2024 05:33 PM
UPDATE
Just in case this helps anyone have Wi-Fi controls working now ee sent me a new hub and it works
different model of smart hub plus I think don’t know if it’s a newer model or older one but the one that works the settings card comes out the top of the hub
wheres the one that doesn’t work the settings card comes out the side
hope this helps if anyone else has this problem
11-12-2024 06:16 PM
Thanks for this
i have the hub with the settings card on the top - mine will not pair with my app!!
12-12-2024 08:52 AM
Hi Jon
upon packaging up the router there was a difference in model numbers
not working one was SH30
working one was SH31B
12-12-2024 09:52 AM - edited 12-12-2024 09:54 AM
@Paul4110 : The SH30A is an early version of the SH+ with a 1 Gig WAN.
26-12-2024 01:47 PM
New customer. Received confirmation email letter that my BB account/connection confirmed. SH31 Smart Hub Plus.
Tried to scan QR code from SH+ but only had spinning app disc. Cannot access SH+ home page at 192.168.1.254 - and just get spinning app in Safari browser. Ironically, I can wirelessly use the SH+, but cannot access its home page to enable me to change its standard details.
Suggestions welcome.
26-12-2024 01:57 PM
26-12-2024 05:54 PM
@Unvitedguest wrote:
Tried to scan QR code from SH+ but only had spinning app disc.
Scan it into which app? The EE Home app (subject to this thread) was only for the white EE Smart Router, not the SH+. For that you need the EE app.
26-12-2024 07:33 PM
I am using the latest EE iOS app.
27-12-2024 12:26 PM
Today, I tried accessing 192.168.1.254 wirelessly via Safari on my MacMini - and it worked!
I fail to understand why the same procedure doesn’t equally work on an iPad nor iPhone - especially since one is expected to scan a QR code with our iOS devices.
30-12-2024 03:54 PM
@Unvitedguest - just a thought, but I don't suppose you have Apple's Private Relay feature enabled on the iOS devices?