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roridad's avatar
roridad
Reel Rookie
2 years ago

Existing Roku Express+ Not Recognized

I have 3 streaming devices in my home. This morning when I opened up the existing Roku Express+ on my living room TV there were none of my chosen channels displayed. Instead, I had to go through the registration process again. Now my account shows two streaming devices in my living room with *different* serial numbers. The existing device, which worked fine yesterday, was initially linked to my account in 2019, The new device linked this morning, as I said, has a different serial number than the original. 

I presume I need to remove this new device from my account, as it is forcing me to reestablish log-ins to my streaming services. However, does anyone know why I could not open up the existing linked device that has worked fine for 4 years until this morning? Also, how did this process identify a different serial no. than existed previously? Will unplugging the device and waiting 10 seconds or so reestablish the connection to it? Any help appreciated.

Thanks!

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4 Replies

  • RokuERey's avatar
    RokuERey
    Retired Moderator
    2 years ago

    Hi roridad,

    A warm welcome to the Roku Community!

    Thanks for bringing this to our attention, and we'd like to take a closer look into this and see how we can get you up and running.

    To better understand the issue you're running into. Could you please tell us more about this? How are you powering your device? Is it directly to a wall outlet or to a TV USB port?

    We would also suggest performing a system restart on your device, as it could be possible that your device receives an update. Try restarting it from Settings>System>System restart.

    Tell us more about this so that we can further look into it.

    Regards,

    Rey

    • roridad's avatar
      roridad
      Reel Rookie
      2 years ago

      Connected to the wall.  I did a system restart, which did not help.  I see the problem as being the serial number attached to the device.  It is not the one that has been associated with this device since I linked it to my account over four years ago (YG00FW517151).  Thus, last night it worked fine; this morning it had this new serial number (YT008F055682), so was not yet "activated."

      I went ahead with the activation process for this device's serial number.  I was able to get my channel line up to appear, but now I have to log into each streaming channel as if it were the first time.

      This doesn't make sense!

      • Vriot's avatar
        Vriot
        Reel Rookie
        2 years ago

        Same thing here. My Roku Express also has a new number. I am unable to use it at all.