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Restart both your Roku device and your router. If you are using the same password for both your hotspot and your router's network, try changing your hotspot password. (keep it simple for testing, no special characters).
Some users have reported needing to change their wireless password at their router, then connecting the Roku device. Once it connects, you should be able to able to change it again back to your desired password and should be able to connect again.
Also, try connecting to your 2.4ghz band (both at hotspot and router) as suggested by renojim and verify your router's wireless mode is set to b/g/n as suggested.
Feel free to post your router model number and ISP if still having issues.
That doesn’t work. It’s roku itself 🙄 I’ve done everything, reset everything, this happened after I changed my password on my router.
reset everything!
Checked router. It’s fine. So basically **bleep** roku!
I actually bought a 4k box for better performance and it’s the biggest bunch of **bleep** I wasted my money on.
big bloody CON
- AvsGunnar4 years agoCommunity Streaming Expert
Saw a couple of your postings in the community. These Roku devices can have trouble connecting for a variety of reasons. You need to provide some details as to the issue you are having. Unfortunately, "checked everything" and "settings are fine" just don't cut it with troubleshooting.
Provide as much detail as you can, starting with Roku model number, router model number, ISP (internet service provider), any error codes you are seeing, what things you have tried, does the Roku see your network or any network, and if able, to provide the settings your router is currently using under both the 2.4ghz and 5ghz bands of your wifi settings.
Additionally, have you tried the mobile hotspot suggestion or tried connecting to an alternate network (friend, family, etc.).
Provide some info and we can see if we can get you back up and running.
- ruko_mad4 years agoNewbie
About this new device Less Than 3 months ago and since the beginning he gave me a hard time connecting to the Wi-Fi and now it's completely shut down I'm not able to connect it to the Wi-Fi only to hotspot my phone. I don't know what to do there's no telephone number or chat room that I can call. I thought I was upgrading my Roku and what I did was get a piece of **bleep**
- RokuKariza-D4 years agoRetired Moderator
Hi ruko_mad
We do apologize for the inconvenience this has caused you.
Could you please provide us with the details asked by AvsGunnar above? We'll be able to further assist you from there.
All the best,
Kariza- Deepcolor4 years agoNewbie
My roku tvs have been hacked as well, and it prevents manual reinstallation of the normal firmware. For all intents and purposes, the TVs has become a brick with only the use of an antenna or hdmi from devices. TCL and hisense are Chinese. But, due to dns cache poisoning, it doesn't matter the brand as the downloads can be sniffed out anywhere for roku tvs.
- radlady4 years agoNewbie
I just experienced the same problem. My problem started when I reset my router and changed my password. Every device reconnected except my roku devices. After hours of discussions between Tmobile (my ISP) and roku to no avail I figured it out. Apparent roku does NOT like special characters, so once I changed the password again without any special characters my devices connected. Hope this helps.