Re: Roku PBS app is not working and keeps crashing
Help, when i click on pbs, goes to service but then clicks back to home page. Have deleted, re installed, up dated and nothing changes. Help?
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After removing the channel, but BEFORE reinstalling it, did you RESTART** your Roku to clear its memory cache? Without the restart you may not get a clean reinstall. This is not a cure-all but at least it will assure you of having an uncorrupted copy of the current channel app.
Depending on your Roku model number you'll find the "System restart" option under either "Settings > System > Power" or under "Settings > System". If you don't have sufficient control to use the menus, or if it is just more convenient, you can also restart by pulling the power plug for a short while, then plugging it back in.
**On a Roku TV with "Fast TV Start" enabled, turning the TV off/on only puts you in/out of a low power standby state, it does NOT give you a complete restart. Use the methods above.Hi Mike1234568911,
Welcome to the Roku Community!
Thanks for letting us know about the trouble you've experienced streaming the PBS channel on your Roku device. We appreciate all the steps you've taken to resolve the issue.
In this case, please provide us with the details requested by our Roku engineers for investigation purposes.
- Roku device or TV model, serial number, device ID, and software OS/version (these can all be found in Settings > System > About).
- Tracker ID when this issue occurs (when you see this issue occur, press the Home button five times, followed by the Back button five times, and provide us with this ID).
- Channel Build Version (You can find this by selecting the channel on the Home screen and pressing the * button.)
Once we have this information, we can pass it along to the appropriate Roku team for further investigation.
All the best,
ChelI watched pbs last night so this problem just happened today.
None of those steps work. I have tried everything that has been suggested. I wrote about this on another thread. Seems like many people are having this problem.
Thanks for the response, DotB456!
We are currently aware of this, and our engineering team has been investigating this issue closely.
In the meantime, please provide us with the required details posted above so we can send them to our engineering team for additional information for the investigation.
Feel free to keep us posted with the details.
All the best,
Chel
This problem seems to have been going on for quite a while. As far as I know, it only seems to affect PBS. All other channels operate as usual. Why am I beginning to feel that there's more to this problem than we're being told.
Just fix it already. It was fine until at least October, so something changed ONLY for PBS. You know what it is. FIX IT.
Spectrum is now offering a set similar to Roku to replace it's box setup. I tried it but returned it because I told them I thought Roku was better and easier to use. If this problem is not corrected by December, I may change to back and get the Spectrum box. If Roku can't correct this, then it will be the last Roku I buy.
This is not a user problem. It's a Roku problem. Please stop telling people to jump through hoops to get it going again. Jumped through all the hoops. Still not working. As I said before, just fix it.
Try pressing OK button a few times before it reverts back. You should get a screen saying to activate the PBS app with an activation code. Log into pbs.org/activate and enter the code.
It worked for me. Seems the issue related to reactivating the PBS app rather than a ROKU issue.
