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Directv single sign on not working, 205.4 error

Hey Apple users,

if you have been getting error 205.4 “that user ID doesn’t seem to work here”

I have a workaround, Directv was no help when asking them. They will just blame Apple or the app your using, but it’s an issue.

go to Apple TV settings.
go to users and accounts
go to TV provider
sign out of the TV provider account
go to each individual TV channel app, look for the settings within each app, there should be a provider login
if you get a pop up saying do you want to use single sign on, make sure you say no.
you want to get a pop up that shows a web address and a special code for each TV channel app where it takes you to login to directv for each app.
its a pain but it’s a work around.

please message me

if you have any questions, more then happy to help.

Apple TV 4K, tvOS 13

Posted on May 2, 2020 9:12 PM

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marfaguy

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Posted on May 6, 2020 11:46 AM

Ok so there’s 2 different ways to login. An App can use what is incorrectly referred to as single sign, or in most cases authenticate directly. If your getting the message 205.4 error code, then the app is trying to use the credentials found in

Settings > Users and Accounts > TV provider. If you log out from there and try to log back in you‘ll get the same 205.4 care code error message. Try this goo to Settings > Apps andselect the app you’re trying to login with.

If it says ALLOW <app name> TO ACCESS TV Provider always, change it to never, open the app again and try opening a show or login via settings if present.

You should now get and activation code with instructions to go to www.<name>.com/activate or whatever type url is.

You can then enter the activation code, and will be asked to authenticate via the web site. So far the only app this hasn’t worked for for me is ABC.

I talked with directv earlier and they weren’t blaming Apple but did say they’re working with Apple engineering to figure what’s busted.

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