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Something's not working

Pick whatever is closest to what you're seeing and we'll tell you the likely cause and what to do about it. Most of these are fixable in under a minute without messaging anyone.

What's happening?
FIRST
BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE

The sixty-second check

Whatever the symptom, these three take a minute between them and resolve a surprising proportion of problems. Worth doing before working through anything more involved.

CHECK 01

Power cycle the device

Unplug the Firestick, box or television at the wall for thirty seconds, then plug it back in. Not standby — the plug. Streaming devices degrade when left running for weeks, and this clears most of it.

CHECK 02

Try a different channel

This tells you immediately whether the problem is one channel or everything. If others play fine, it is that channel rather than your line or subscription — and that is our side to fix.

CHECK 03

Try a second device

Load your line on a phone. If it plays there, your subscription is fine and the problem is the first device or its network. That narrows things down more than any other single test.

Got a laptop to hand? There's a faster way to prove where the fault is — paste your M3U link into VLC and see whether it plays. It answers "is it me or is it them" in about two minutes. How to run the VLC test →
FAQ
TROUBLESHOOTING QUESTIONS

Working out whose fault it is

Try the same channel on a second device on the same network, then on mobile data. If it fails everywhere on your Wi-Fi but works on mobile data, it is your connection. If it fails on both, tell us and we will check from our side.

The usual causes are a device or app update overnight, a router restart that changed network settings, or a subscription that reached its end date. Check the expiry first, then power cycle everything, then message us if neither explains it.

Almost always because the new credentials were entered incorrectly, or the old trial details are still saved in the app. Delete the trial playlist entirely rather than editing it, then add the paid one fresh.

Anything on our servers, yes — reissuing credentials, registering a device, correcting a line. We cannot access your device or change settings on it, so device-side fixes need you to follow the steps. We will talk you through them.

The sixty-second check above — power cycle, try another channel, try another device. Those three narrow the problem down enormously, and telling us the results in your first message usually saves a whole round of questions.

Rarely, and it can make things worse. Reinstalling clears your saved credentials, and on IBO Player it changes the device key and invalidates your registration entirely. Clear the app cache first — that achieves most of the benefit without the cost.

STILL STUCK?

Tell us what you tried

Message us with the symptom, your device, and which of the checks above you've already done. That usually gets you an answer in one exchange rather than three.