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Unable to login to new TELUS TV+ app on iOS and iPadOS

I've downloaded the new TELUS TV+ app but have been unable to successfully login. When I try to, I receive the following message: "Login failed. The app can't connect to the server. Check your Internet connection and try again."

 

Occasionally I notice that the login form briefly displays email and password fields but they are almost instantaneously hidden leaving only the Log in button. If I do manage to tap the email field before it disappears, I can fill it in but the login still fails.

 

We've called Customer Support several times over the past few weeks and are struggling to even get them to verify the issue (they seem to lack access to an iPhone or iPad for testing purposes).

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Just Moved In

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Which version of iOS / iPadOS are you using? Which iPhone model is it?

 

Have you tried:

  • going into Settings (main settings on iOS/iPadOS)
  • Scroll down and tap on TV Provider.
  • Does it give you the option to Sign Out? If yes, sign out and then go back to log in to TV+ again.

 

I have an iPhone 13 and I am able to log in to the TV+ app without experiencing the same issue.

Friendly Neighbour

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I can't log in to Telus TV+ on either my iphone 14 or my ipad for the past 2 days.  I have tried everything suggested and still no luck.  keeps telling me to log in then I log in and again tells me I am not logged in.  Groundhog day.  Who do I call?

Neighbour

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Same problem can’t sign in for last 2 days

Friendly Neighbour

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Yep, just spoke to 5th telus rep today - I've aged 3 dog years just waiting on the phone for a Telus rep. Finally someone admitted that the TelusTv+ app is being "worked on", since yesterday (Fri) morning and they had expected it to be fixed in 24 hours - and 24 hours has come and gone - so maybe another 24 hours will do the trick - or maybe 48 hours? lol And while waiting on the phone, Telus plays their statement about being involved in world wide delivery of state of the art something or other and I thought they can't brag about state of the art local TV apps, so there's a snowballs chance in h*ll of doing anything "world wide" or state of the art for that matter.  Tempted to just cancel Telus and return to my small aerial/antennae and over the air TV broadcasts - much simpler, and actually better picture quality.

Neighbour

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Similar story here. TelusTV+ app worked fine for a few weeks; then last week I got a sign-in dialog when I launched it, and entered my myTelus username (e-mail address) and password, but it was not accepted. Force-quit app, restarted, same thing. Restarted iPhone - still not working. Tried logging out of TELUS in iOS TV Provider settings on my iPhone as suggested above by NightHawk. Then when I tried to sign back in on the iPhone, I got "Your TV provider service is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later" (tried multiple times). Then tried Other TV Provider Regions .../Canada, and got a Telus Sign-In username and password dialog, but get "Sig In Error". Good grief. Meanwhile, I can log in to myTelus in Safari on all devices, and using the myTelus app with my myTelus username and password. Wasted over an hour trying to fix it on my own (including removing and reinstalling the app from the App Store multiple times), and then 90 minutes earlier today with Telus tech support. Can't log in using the iOS app on an iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, or via Safari or Chrome to TelusTV+. Support tech tried unlinking and then re-linking our Optik TV account to myTelus and that did not fix it. He had me go through the steps with launching TelusTV+ in Safari on the Mac, and same thing on the iPad, and send him screenshots at each step. Said he will bump it up the chain and get back to me in 24-48 hours. Meanwhile, OptikTV seems to be working fine on all our TVs. Ridiculous - why can't Telus debug their apps properly before rolling them out to customers, and why is there nothing about this bug in the online help for TelusTV+ to save people all this wasted time?  I'm thinking of switching back to Shaw. 

Neighbour

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UPDATE: I suspect there is an issue with handshaking between the iCloud Keychain and the TelusTV+ App. In my iCloud keychain (examined on a Mac laptop)  there are two "application password" items that appear to be updated when I first run the Telus TV+ app after installing it from the App Store, and also when updating the  iOS TV Provider settings on the iPhone. Both items belong to the com.apple.VideoSubscriberAccount access group. The first cannot be viewed or edited. However, the second ("TELUS") item is both displayed and editable after entering the keychain password. The contents of the password field, however, are an XML .plist that contains the quoted forms of the username and password in a long string list.  As an experiment, on the offchance that the app is writing to the password field of this keychain item incorrectly (after copying this text and saving it for restoration if needed later), I replaced the whole plist with the password in plain text, and saved it.

A minute or two later, the TelusTV+ app started working on the iPhone!  However, it still does not work in AppleTV or the iPad, even after signing out of Telus in the TV Provider + iOS settings and signing back in on these devices.

The password is written over by the XML plist on doing so, but the iPhone app continues to work.

I would have communicated this information directly to Telus technical support, but unlike most companies that provide a ticket that one can update with potentially useful information, there seems to be no way to do this with Telus (go figure!). I had also included the whole plist (with sensitive information replaced with placeholders) in this post, but got "Sorry, unable to complete the action you requested" when I hit "Reply". Perhaps somebody at Telus actually monitors this board, and will pass it along, in case it is helpful. 

Friendly Neighbour

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Yep, more Telus hornswoggle - boggles the mind. Spoke to Telus rep #1 this am - told TelusTv+ was up and running with update completed (I still cannot log on to the app). During phone connection with Telus the line went dead. Phoned Telus back and spoke to Telus rep #2 who said that the app was still being 'tweaked' (ie. not working). Does Telus just have too many customers and are trying to get rid of the 'overload'?

Neighbour

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I found the problem. Its a bug between the Telus TV + app and the Apple IOS TV provider app settings. 

 

To fix the problem, 

 

On your apple Phone or Tablet.

To to Settings (the grey sprockey wheel)

Scroll down to "TV Provider"

Select "TV Provider"

Log out

Turn off the button selecting Telus as a TV Provider

Exit the settings app

 

Go to the Telus TV + app

Go to the settings button located at the bottom right hand of the app

If you get a pop up asking to select Telus TV+ as a TV Provider, decline the request

You can accept notifications

Select Login

Enter user name (enter user name manually)

Enter password (enter password manually)

(avoid using the IOS keychain some have noticed issues with that function also)

 

And voilà! The app will log in.

 

The Telus app team needs better quality assurance and testing.

They also need to review integration functions with 3rd parties or steer away from all of these functions.

 

Hope this helps someone.

Friendly Neighbour

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Thank you Sugata - Telus owes you.  I adapted your steps and used on my Apple TV box and it worked. In Apple box, go to 'Settings' (toothed wheels), and under 'Apps' and a few other categories, remove any references to TelusTV+ that you can find - there's a few to either turn off, or completely remove, ie. 'User and Accounts' > Apple TV Accounts; 'Apps' > TV; 'Apps' > TelusTV+;  That way, once you re-install the TelusTV= app, it will recreate the app throughout the Apple system. It's a shame that Telus doesn't employ technical people who are as ingenious as many of their customers. 

Neighbour

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Worked for me also on the iPad and Apple TV, thanks Sugat, great sleuthing!

Neighbour

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Thank you for doing the work to figure this issue out, worked for me on my ipad after a couple frustrating days.

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