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This message was authored by Richard70 This message was authored by: Richard70

Sky Q red button not working

Had Sky Q a few weeks now. I cannot access the US Open tennis on the red button. just keeps saying This app is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Tried switching box off at mains, did an update on box and checked my broadband connection, nothing seems to work. I can however access this via Sky go on my phone


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This message was authored by FleetFred This message was authored by: FleetFred Answer

Re: Sky Q red button not working

OK Guys, I've sorted this for me by following the steps here: https://www.sky.com/help/articles/apps-on-sky-q-and-glass-basic-checks

  ... in particular, the "Refresh your apps" step:

 

On Sky Q:

  1. Press Home on your Sky Q remote, then highlight Settings
  2. Press 0,0,1 and Select to access the Installer menu
  3. Select Apps then highlight Refresh all Apps on this box. You'll see a message that says, 'Your apps are being refreshed'.
  4. Press Dismiss to return to normal viewing.

The refresh can take 24 hours to complete.

 

.... I got to the 'Your apps are being refreshed' message and left it doing its thing for a while

    .... when I got fed-up with that I tried returning to normal viewing and found that the screen had frozen

       ... so I had to power down again

            ... but when it all came back up, my red button was working !!!!!!!!!

 

  Hope this is of some use to others 😀

 

 

 

 

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This message was authored by FleetFred This message was authored by: FleetFred

Re: Sky Q red button not working

I too have this problem, the red button works on other channels but not when I'm watching the US Open tennis on any of the Sky channels offering it 😞

 

Richard70
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This message was authored by Richard70 This message was authored by: Richard70

Re: Sky Q red button not working

Still no joy, seen a few posts like this now. clearly this is a Sky software issue problem and not specifically my box. Quick to brag about there great service, slow to fix. do they even bother looking at these posts. Poor service again

This message was authored by Steve011 This message was authored by: Steve011

Re: Sky Q red button not working

I also have the same issue red button not working on US open tennis. Please sort out asap.

This message was authored by FleetFred This message was authored by: FleetFred Answer

Re: Sky Q red button not working

OK Guys, I've sorted this for me by following the steps here: https://www.sky.com/help/articles/apps-on-sky-q-and-glass-basic-checks

  ... in particular, the "Refresh your apps" step:

 

On Sky Q:

  1. Press Home on your Sky Q remote, then highlight Settings
  2. Press 0,0,1 and Select to access the Installer menu
  3. Select Apps then highlight Refresh all Apps on this box. You'll see a message that says, 'Your apps are being refreshed'.
  4. Press Dismiss to return to normal viewing.

The refresh can take 24 hours to complete.

 

.... I got to the 'Your apps are being refreshed' message and left it doing its thing for a while

    .... when I got fed-up with that I tried returning to normal viewing and found that the screen had frozen

       ... so I had to power down again

            ... but when it all came back up, my red button was working !!!!!!!!!

 

  Hope this is of some use to others 😀

 

 

 

 

Richard70
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This message was authored by Richard70 This message was authored by: Richard70

Re: Sky Q red button not working

@FleetFred  Yes that did the trick, had to update the software on the box first but now all is good thanks for your help.  : )

This message was authored by best+of+the+best This message was authored by: best+of+the+best

Re: Sky Q red button not working

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@FleetFred wrote:

OK Guys, I've sorted this for me by following the steps here: https://www.sky.com/help/articles/apps-on-sky-q-and-glass-basic-checks

  ... in particular, the "Refresh your apps" step:

 

On Sky Q:

  1. Press Home on your Sky Q remote, then highlight Settings
  2. Press 0,0,1 and Select to access the Installer menu
  3. Select Apps then highlight Refresh all Apps on this box. You'll see a message that says, 'Your apps are being refreshed'.
  4. Press Dismiss to return to normal viewing.

The refresh can take 24 hours to complete.

 

.... I got to the 'Your apps are being refreshed' message and left it doing its thing for a while

    .... when I got fed-up with that I tried returning to normal viewing and found that the screen had frozen

       ... so I had to power down again

            ... but when it all came back up, my red button was working !!!!!!!!!

 

  Hope this is of some use to others 😀

 

 

 

 


Good solution @FleetFred I didn't have to refresh all the apps as mine is working correctly now.

Would have used your solution if it hadn't corrected itself 👍

This message was authored by y+draig+goch This message was authored by: y+draig+goch

Re: Sky Q red button not working

I have the same problem. Keep getting this error message.IMG_9143.jpg

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