Apple TV Won't Login to HomeShare

Good to know. I hope Apple apply a fix it soon. Was worried my Apple TV box was heading for the obsolete device drawer.

Must admit I thought it was something I'd done, perhaps not set permissions up correctly or perhaps something router related. I've checked, rechecked, reset, restored, read up, etc, etc, etc and can't find anything wrong my side.

Thanks for the update chaps. Now we wait I guess....

I’ve already Set up a new Apple ID still doesn’t work... with home sharing

with regards to my iCloud not working for last week..

now it suddenly works on my Apple TV, but! My photo stream is empty, I have loads on both IPad/IPhone, but my shared albums are showing!!

very strangle

My Apple TV 3rd Generation has the same problem. It disappeared off the Remote App on my iPhone and when I checked by trying to login to HomeSharing, it would take my Apple ID and password but wouldn't take the 2 factor auth code and the error "Unable to Login" is shown on screen. Please fix this Apple. Thanks

Still having the problem.

Also still having the problem on 2nd gen apple tv as well.

Starting to really h a t e Apple. Why wouldn't they just allow for disabling of the two factor authentication even for 5 mins.

T e r r i b l e customer service.

I have the exact same problem. I have apple tv model a1469. I reset and restored multiple times. I tested the verification code after the password 10 times and no luck. The password and verification code method did work for my iCloud login but NOT HomeShare. This is clearly a system error.

I'm having the same issue. I've got iTunes Store and iCloud signed in on my AppleTV 3rd gen (latest OS and so on, with tagging password with 6-digit code etc) but fail exactly like you describe on Home Sharing.

I recently had an issue where apps on my iPhone and iPad would not update, so I assumed there was an issue with Apple servers. They are now updating, so I held my breath and tried the ATV that would not connect to Home-Share......

Disappointment yet again. (Sad trombone sound) So I still have one ATV that does everything it should and one that lets me into iCloud and the store, but refuses to let me into Home-Share.

Apple - please tell me why I should hand you my hard-earned for a new ATV that might just do the same?

My 10-year old Western Digital streaming unit might be dusted off shortly.

I’ve been having the exact same issue on my 2nd generation. Works fine, logs into the store fine. Won’t connect to home share.

had to move a plug and reboot it, and suddenly no sharing. The 2 factor authentication code at the end of the password trick doesn’t work either. Got it connected to a keyboard and everything, no matter how quickly I type it in it doesn’t take.

PLEASE FIX THIS. Also, please make your support experience better than this.

Yep, me too. I logged out of home sharing as my Computer wasn't coming up (Apple TV 3rd Gen), and since then, attempts to login have resulted in clearly a successful password entry, code sent to phone, code going in? The error message everyone's been talking about, every time. Appending codes to passwords just results in password failure for me.

I'm glad so many people are experiencing the same thing- hopefully it means something will get done, assuming they don't think 2nd/3rd gen Apple TVs are too old to bother with.

I had a glimmer of hope yesterday- iCloud logins had been failing in the same way, and that did start working again yesterday, but it sounds like Home Sharing is still an issue.

I contacted Apple Support a few days ago and raised a case. The chap was really helpful and talked me through the set up for an hour or so. We tried various things (all of which I'd tried before) but alas, Homeshare still didn't work. He said he'd look into it and came back to me today to confirm he'd not forgotten about me and was still on it. In recent correspondence I've made him aware of this discussion on Communities so hopefully he'll get the email and the link to this thread. If I get anything back I'll post.

Hey, @mufc76. There's another thread that has settled into more of a focus on the iCloud Photo Sharing piece of things and if you're having trouble with that (it's not clear since you just said iCloud) then check out https://discussions.apple.com/thread/250420575. In short, I'm finding that as long as you keep the code visible through the time you submit it and Apple validates it that I can get iCloud Photo Sharing to work. Again, I'm not sure if that helps you or not, but I wanted to mention it in case it does.

Awesome! I bumbled into that approach just from being persistent and lucky (on the "waited several minutes" piece) and I definitely wanted to share it because it's definitely wonky. I'm glad it helped you.

Looks like I’m down to 1 of 3 working Apple TVs. No doubt because the password was changed. The third one will go soon. All having the same issue as the first. I hope an update for this comes soon. There has to be way more people having the issue but just haven’t realized it yet.

Same issue for me today after changing Apple ID. I’ve got one 2nd gen + two 3rd gen and one 4th gen ATV. 4th gen all working fine and still loving it. 2nd and 3rd gen can log into iCloud and iTunes using the two factor after password advice BUT NO HOME SHARING which is really frustrating. Come on Apple please restore my faith in you :(

Same problem here. iTunes an iCloud are fine. Home Sharing is the only issue. It happened on two devices, one is slightly newer so I was able to fix the issue on that one. Exact same password error as above.