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- Re: "Something unexpected happened" when signing in

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07-14-2021 08:25 AM
When signing in to my Instant Ink account, I am greeted with a message which says "Something unexpected happened - We're sorry, but something went wrong. Sign out of this account now and try signing in again later."
This seems to have happened to other people recently, and I have had similar issues trying to log into my account many times previously - to the extent where I feel I would prefer to cancel my plan so I do not continue to be billed with no way of accessing my details. I also attempted to resolve this through the virtual agent, but had no luck getting anywhere near to it understanding my issue.
07-18-2021 09:27 AM
@5945323456
Welcome to the HP support community.
I understand that you are unable to sign in to your HP instant ink account.
This might require one on one interaction to fix the issue.
I request you to talk to HP support.
They might have multiple options to help you with this.
- Click on this link - https://support.hp.com/us-en/contact-hp?openCLC=true
- Select the country.
- Enter the serial of your device.
- Select the country from the drop-down.
- Click on "Show Options".
- Fill the web-form. A case number and phone number will now populate for you.
Let me know how it goes.
To thank me for my efforts to help you, please mark my post as an accepted solution so that it benefits several others.
Cheers.
Sandytechy20
I am an HP Employee
07-25-2021 05:24 AM
The signon will fail if the printer is offline, that is, the computer is not on the same network as the printer and therefore unable to communicate with it. I resolved this issue by connecting my laptop to the same WiFi network as the printer. The laptop normally has a wired connection to my network but the HP printer has a WiFi connection. After I added the WiFi access to the laptop, the signon to HP Instant Ink completed successfully.
07-27-2021 05:57 AM - edited 07-27-2021 05:57 AM
The only option I'm being given to speak to someone when following these steps appears to be the HP Phone Support which has a fee attached. I don't believe I should be required to pay to speak to someone just to be able to cancel my billing - is there another way to find the web form?
Unfortunately, ensuring the printer was connected to the same WiFi network didn't solve the problem either.