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Tuesday, October 18th, 2022 7:52 PM

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Device says paused on device, but it is not paused in Xfinity app

My son's iphone will not connect to my home wifi. When I try and connect it to the wifi, it opens a webpage that says device is paused by Xfinity. When I open Xfinity app, though, it says it is not paused.  

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2 years ago

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@XfinityMikeB​ 

No it was not. My son's phone is paused on our home xfinity internet and I cannot access where to go to unpause it. Can you tell me what to do?

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Hello @user_8cecc7! Thanks so much for taking a moment out of your day to leave a post on our community forum.

 

To pause a device:

  1. Select the device from Connect.
  2. Select Pause Device.
    • You can pause the device(s) for a specific amount of time (for example, 30 minutes, one hour or two hours) or indefinitely until you choose to unpause.

Note: The pause function only pauses WiFi access on your home network and doesn't impact access to cellular data, a public Xfinity WiFi hotspot or other available WiFi networks. When attempting to access the internet on a paused device, you'll see the device's default message that the site cannot be reached or that it isn't connected to the internet.

To unpause a device:

  1. Select the device from Connect.
  2. Select Unpause Device.
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2 years ago

Such a joke. The new app is an excuse not to actually help people. The app barely loads have the time. 

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