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New 23 Smart hub can not connect to ee home app

Kjo73
Investigator
Investigator

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.

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It’s all ok now. I don’t know how to delete the original post lol
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Chris

@Spirituk1 : You can't! Nor should you.

If you think I helped please feel free to hit the "Thumbs Up" button below.

To phone EE CS: Dial Freephone +44 800 079 8586 - Option 1 for Home Broadband & Home Phone or Option 2 for Mobile Phone & Mobile Broadband

ISPs: 1999: Freeserve 48K Dial-Up > 2005: Wanadoo 1 Meg BB > 2007: Orange 2 Meg BB > 2008: Orange 8 Meg LLU > 2010: Orange 16 Meg LLU > 2011: Orange 20 Meg WBC > 2014: EE 20 Meg WBC > 2020: EE 40 Meg FTTC > 2022:EE 80 Meg FTTC SoGEA > 2025 EE 150 Meg FTTP

How did it get fixed as I still have same problem

Black EE Smart Hub is what I was supplied

Hi, I have the Black Smart Hub SH31B. Which app for Iphone15 works with this Smart Hub. 
thanks for responding as I’m getting rather fed up with trying to sort this after 6 months backwards and forwards with EE Complaints. Look forward to hearing back from you. 👍👌

@Johnpostill : The EE app.

If you think I helped please feel free to hit the "Thumbs Up" button below.

To phone EE CS: Dial Freephone +44 800 079 8586 - Option 1 for Home Broadband & Home Phone or Option 2 for Mobile Phone & Mobile Broadband

ISPs: 1999: Freeserve 48K Dial-Up > 2005: Wanadoo 1 Meg BB > 2007: Orange 2 Meg BB > 2008: Orange 8 Meg LLU > 2010: Orange 16 Meg LLU > 2011: Orange 20 Meg WBC > 2014: EE 20 Meg WBC > 2020: EE 40 Meg FTTC > 2022:EE 80 Meg FTTC SoGEA > 2025 EE 150 Meg FTTP
JonProudfoot
Contributor
Contributor

I have same issue. App will not pair with SH+

this has been chased and escalated by EE since June 2024 - nearly 4 months!!! I get weekly call from a guy at BT/EE who assures me it is with the "correct team" but from the end user perspective I say that nothing is being done.

The issue is something to do with the EE identity on the account. EE mobile and EE broadband have different id's and that is where the problem is.

I am demanding a return to BT but getting nowhere!!

@JonProudfoot And you are trying to use the EEapp for android or ios, with your version of EE router, and you transferred from BT - EE also?

@JimM11 
 ios

ex BT

EE Smarthub Plus

EE/BT have been trying to ‘fix’ for 4 months

@JonProudfoot Your probably caught in that everything must match account wise from the BT to EE transfer then!