Samsung forum: Samsung Smart Hub doesnt work on my new Blueray player

I am in the UK and also have same issue. Done the resets and even threats with hammer. However joke aside its really very annoying. Mine is a BD-D5300. At first it downloaded 13 apps automatically. BBC IPLAYER Facebook to name a few. But when I tried to search the screen made no response even though I can navigate around the interface. Its a nice Blu ray , plays the films well and great quality but I really bought if teh SMART Hub feature so I can enjoy all content movies etc from one central hub instead of having all sorts plugged in. I tried their help line and they say " we have problems"... Hurry up Samsung!!!

i got a new blue ray player, no smart hub.

Ive see this issue posted in other places so, it must be a server issue @ samsung, maybe they are all in Vegas !

I have the same issue, but im state side !

After a week of frustration the Samsung NOC was repaired and came up and I looked all around the SmartHub. In the end, I found the interface kludgy, lethargic, and less open (net searches) than advertised. My Samsung Blu-Ray was likely a very nice blu-ray player, but my focus was on the "Smart" side of things. Adios SmartHub.

I have the same issue. Nothing happening and I know that I have a good solid network connection. The Samsung Apps just aren't available. The interface was very difficult to work through either. Not a happy customer experience thus far.

I just bought a blu-ray player and hooked it up. Tried both a wired and wireless connection. No luck. I never receive the terms and conditions screen. No apps installed. Nothing responds. I changed the hub region like one of the techs told me to do. I made sure it was on USA. Nothing. I tried Canada and it gave me the terms and conditions and downloaded the apps for Canada. I changed back to USA and it did give me the USA apps surprisingly but they weren't there later on when I left the hub to watch a DVD and came back. That was yesterday. Today nothing works. Not even Canada.

Where did you find the change region option. I looked and could not find. I thought that might be an option.

Yep, my dad just phoned me and theres isnt working - so I switched on my SMART HUB (On the TV not a blue ray) and YEP.... Mine isn't working either... so SAMSUNG there is a problem!!!!

Goto smart hub screen and on the remote press the fast forward key then the numbers 829 then the rewind key. A list of countries will come up to choose from.

Yep same issue here. I just bought my BD-E5700 from Fry's. Contacted Samsung twice today. Their server is still being worked on after two days. Wow! Can't imagine why it's taking that long to fix. I'm planning to return this product tomorrow if their smart hub server is still down. I have a Sony blu ray on my other TV and it works well with the internet. I should have bought another Sony at less the cost than this Samsung.

My thoughts exactly. And also when I read other places about this problem dated in May 2011 and October of same year as well. So does it happen often or has it ever worked properly.

I too just received a BD-E57 on Saturday and have the same issues with Smart Hub. Can access the screen but there is no responsiveness to any of the icons: apps, search, etc. I did a full reset of the Blu-ray player, and a reset of Smart Hub to no avail. I have no issue with connectivity. The Smart Hub reset was done yesterday while online with support. At that point he had to go on break and I opened another chat with a different tech. He told me that it was an issue with Smart Hub that they're working on right now. I wondered why the first guy wasn't aware of this? Anyways, it's almost a relief to know that I don't have a faulty unit. It would be nice if Samsung would have a way to alert users of the fact that Smart Hub is not available. Something like "Smart Hub is currently undergoing....Sorry" when you try to open it.

hi there i have spent all of saturday connecting the BD-E5500/XU 3d blu-ray player
which i bought 30/12/2012 to new samsung led 3d tv model
UE32EH6030K full hd and having trouble connecting to smart hub...signed
with samsung and registered as manual asks but screen stays the
same.The one thing i need i think is the agreement i
havent found yet and its grey unable to activate..also the management
setting is same..unable to activate..i have restarted twice and gone
through the whole process but still no smart hub to use please help its
doing my head in....
i am connected as all IP,GATEWAY ECT NUMBERS show its connected online
.i even did manually but still couldnt get smart hub
working...this player is playing dvds ok so the problem is smart hub NO
Active features

hi i have tried all night to connect with smart hub to this product
without any success...i have tried to contact service support team on
phone but again no success as your system is having technical
problems...i wonder if this is due to the number of unsatified customers
needy of your help with same issues..i googled and found there is a
number of people complaining the smart hub is down...so what are you
doing to resolve the problems.?..im very disappointed a leading brand is
treating customers in this rejected way...i have also checked my s/n
to products and found there is a letter missing at end and added
it...although from the label on products boxes there is no letter on
end of s/n..only found it on the products itself...strange, is this
another fault samsung? i will try calling you again tomorrow
if not i would like a full refund for all products and take my
business to a proper leading brand sony...a very unhappy chris

shock horror the smart hub is working all running and going well..long may it continue.. much happier chris

This evening I was very surprised it worked. It started to update the software in the device. In a couple of minutes I was up and running. I watched Captain America on Netflix, which went perfectly well without a hitch. However after it ended I decided to turn the device off and back on to watch another movie. SAME FREAKING PROBLEM! I will be returning this Samsung product back tomorrow to get me a Sony brand or a brand that does not require its own proprietary software or server site to get access to the internet. I guess Samsung likes to continue to mimic Apple's way of doing business.

Hi there

have you had any decent success??

Kel

Well after downloading content I was hopeful but the speed was extremely slow. Long delays loading app and browsing through app store. Also due to slow speeds had no success streaming on Netflix or vudu. Will try further today.

My Samsung ht E6730 is finally working. I'm watching Netflix with no problems at all. I will try Hulu + in a few. Right now I'm happy and the picture and sound is awesome. IBut I did reset Smart Hub though

Mine is working here in CT. A little slow but I'm not sure if that's how it's supposed to be since I just bought it.

How long for the "update" after the service agreement? How did you know your were "half-way?" Mine (after service agreement) has been "updating" for 45 minutes [rectangle grey placard that I fear is burning my plasma screen]. What is your connection speed? Mine is 1MB down.
Thanks.

By halfway it had 6 of 12 apps downloaded

Mam got an email response off SAMSUNG but by time they responded, (within 24 hours) the SMART hub was coming back to life...

Phew!

All is back and my life is complete again hahah!