Updated Newsmax App Will Not Open
Let me preface to say I know this isn't a Roku issue but a Newsmax one. This is happening on the Roku platform tho so this is the only place I know to post of it... Yesterday I got the new app & wa...
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Like many others, I wasn't able to view the new Newsmax+ for the last 2 days after subscribing/paying, searching for a new "plus" app, updating the existing app, looking for a login/subscriber code entry, deleting and re-installing the app, power cycling the Roku, etc. NOTHING worked and it was extremely frustrating and disappointing that Newsmax didn't do a better job of rolling this out and, most importantly - communicating.
Just a little while ago I hit the "*" button and selected "Check for updates" for the *existing* Newsmax Roku app - lo and behold it began updating and when I invoked the app again I got a Login prompt, entered the credentials I used to subscribe and voila! - it worked exactly as I expected 2 days ago.
I must say the new Roku app does seem improved and the look and feel is better - I hope the issue is now resolved for everyone and we can now just get back to enjoying what is probably still the best news source available (now that it is actually "available"). Next on my wish list: a commercial-free paid version (I for one would pay $20+ a month for this).
Confirming that the update is available. Select the NewsMax logo button
and then the asterisk button for options and then select the check for updates
and install the update and bingo you should get Version 5 Build 1 if same
as mine. When you are updated and then open the NewsMax app you
will be prompted for your credentials used when you subscribed and
after entering them your NewsMax app button will open to NewsMax Plus.
Customer service called me to say the update had been activated today.
It works fine so far.
I had deleted and then reinstalled the app. This did not help. Somewhere I read that an option was available to automatically have all apps updated. I did not find this. Updating the Roku system app might also update all apps... I found that this newmax app needed to be manually updated and I suppose that they fixed this the other day as you say. So now I have Newsmax Plus. What a terrible rollout.
