*UPDATE* - Twitter recently made changes in their API that caused a bug for some Twitter apps. As noted by @BlackBerry "A bug is affecting some Twitter clients, including Twitter for BlackBerry. We're working to fix ASAP. Thanks for your patience"
*UPDATE 2* - All should be well now. If you still can't login, try a battery pull and you should be ok.
If you're having trouble logging in to Twitter for BlackBerry you're not alone. I noticed the error last night when trying to login from my Bold 9700. The app hung on the login screen, so I did a battery pull and still nothing. I tried on another device and had the same issue. I escalated it to my tech support (Bla1ze) who was having the issue as well, and as it turns out, so was everyone else. If you're logged into the app already, you should be fine (don't log out or you'll be in the same boat) but those of us trying to get in are having no luck at all. No word of what exactly is causing the issue or when/if it will be fixed, but we'll keep you posted as we find out more details. Are you having issues with Twitter for BlackBerry? Leave a comment and let us know.
CGSCOT May 6, 2010 at 9:54 am
I wasnt getting any twitter feeds on SocialScope this morning so opened up T4BB & couldnt login either, thought all of twitter was down but 30mins later SocialScope feeds started again but still no T4BB
sstevenson May 6, 2010 at 9:54 am
Ya down as of last night for me to, BlackBerry & Twitter both log on fine every else.
sstevenson May 6, 2010 at 1:31 pm
Forgot to mention that last night even on Twitters page I received a "Too Many Users" error and couldn't log on for a while.
cgalloni May 6, 2010 at 9:57 am
I've been having problems since last night when I installed 5.0.0.656 on my phone. At first i thought it was the OS and rolled back to .593 and even .586 but it is actually the app that is not working. Hope RIM fix this soon!!
robarias May 6, 2010 at 9:57 am
It first happened to me when I upgraded to .656 on the 9700
So I rolled back to .593 and nothing either.
:'( I am guessing some APIs broke.
chefmorry May 6, 2010 at 9:57 am
I am still having the same problem here.
I upgraded to OS .656 yesterday, and at first thought that maybe T4BB was not compatible. Glad to know it isn't the OS and another glitch.....I was thinking of downgrading today just to have twitter back!
No word on when it will be back up and running?
peoriatech May 6, 2010 at 9:58 am
I was having the same issue...I then logged in via my computer and had them reset my password...they sent me the link to change it ... After I did I was able to login on the mobile apps.. Hope this helps
the brother May 6, 2010 at 10:01 am
i tried installing bb's twitter and there must be a conflict with socialscope of sum other app since i had to face the RELOAD 552 crap!!!!! oh well, social scope is the schnizat...just needs a refined search, y'alls BB twitter is short.
CheshireCat379 May 6, 2010 at 10:01 am
Bold 9000 - no issues with twitter on blackberry - been receiving steady tweets...
John Yester May 6, 2010 at 10:03 am
Yep same here.. Logging In.....................................................................................
blackstorm1911 May 6, 2010 at 10:06 am
Not with logging in but every time I go to view a profile or search a person it says "Encountered a Problem".
playa2009 May 6, 2010 at 10:07 am
I have also having trouble logging into Twitter for Blackberry on my Blackberry Tour 9630. Please keep me posted on this situation.
mile_kolev May 6, 2010 at 10:07 am
I have some problems but it is only when I try to upload a pic, and that is not constantly
stueyhayes May 6, 2010 at 10:09 am
First post on here so please go easy :). Upgraded to OS.656 last night and had problems when logging into UberTwitter this morning. Tried battery pulls but the same problem. I then tried re installing T4BB instead of my usual UberTwitter and logging in from scratch and it worked first time with no problems at all. I thought this was strange as people that logged out and then back in were the main ones having the problem.
bettyolivier@hotmail.com May 6, 2010 at 10:14 am
I have been having a problem with my Bold 9000. it doesnt reconize my lohin and password. any suggestions?
knowledge_6 May 6, 2010 at 10:15 am
thought it was just me! after upgrading to .656 on my 9700 i reinstalled twitter 5 times before i gave up..
hope to see a fix soon
Robyna_990 May 6, 2010 at 10:15 am
I got this problem too, but i'm using ubertwitter...I hope that they will fix it as soon as possible.
hyperscorpic May 6, 2010 at 10:17 am
Having the same problem here
qjedi7 May 6, 2010 at 10:19 am
...and have not been able to log back in since. Thought something might have gotten corrupted since I am having to log out and back in every time I get a new DM to clear the home screen indicator. So when I was still unable to log in this morning I reinstalled the app, reboot and still no go. But I was hoping that I was not the only one having this issue so have been keeping a close eye on CB and here it is. Reverted back to Uber for now until hopefully this issue is resolved or at least some update on what the problem is.
dble00dumb May 6, 2010 at 10:21 am
I also have this problem! Updated my Sprint 9630 OS overnight. This morning didn't work! Thought it might be something to do w/ the OS, but saw that other people were having the issue.
754boy May 6, 2010 at 10:21 am
UberTwitter is working just fine for me.
jetman1287 May 6, 2010 at 10:21 am
"twitter has encountered an error" is too common a problem on this app.
Mamarazzi May 6, 2010 at 1:35 pm
Was this rolled out too soon?
I've got a couple people over here that have encountered too many "errors" and have uninstalled the program all together and have gone back to using Uber... :(
SpaceMonster May 7, 2010 at 2:53 am
Yep error messages all the time!
pegb856 May 6, 2010 at 10:28 am
Just a little while ago I tried to do a people search and it just hung, wouldn't complete the search. I closed the app and fired Socialscope back up. I presumed it was a glitch in the search function of the app but maybe it's a server issue of some sort.
Gawain May 6, 2010 at 10:31 am
I've not had any issues. In fact, I didn't know people were having a problem until I saw Crackberry.com's tweet about it...on my BlackBerry... ;-)
This program has been one of the smoother performing apps on my Storm2...I've been really impressed with it.
migdier May 6, 2010 at 10:32 am
I thought it was an issue with OOAKPC's 9550 .676 hybrid I installed, but looks like its an issue with the app instead on RIM's side. Hopefully they fix it, I'm not a fan of UberTwitter, but its still working.
robr21 May 6, 2010 at 10:34 am
Ditched the official Twitter app a while ago already. Doesn't allow you to quote replies or add a comment to retweets. UberTwitter has it all.
DervMan May 6, 2010 at 10:53 am
It's been a little untoward the last few days, though - keep on getting error messages when refreshing. It's working more or less, it's a case of re-trying and it'll refresh.
I still can't enjoy UberTwitter enough to switch to it, though.
batrad May 6, 2010 at 11:04 am
Updated my Bold 9700 last night.. thought it was related
Just donwgraded for no reason :(
sagardavul May 6, 2010 at 11:11 am
OK... Good to see that I am not alone. started happening after I updated new software for my Bold 9700. I am able to use UberTwitter which I haven't deleted.
mightymikek83#IM May 6, 2010 at 11:21 am
I was having trouble as well when logging in so i tried a random user name and password and knew it was going to be wrong, then went back and tried my real user name and password and i logged in just fine.
let me know if that works. it did work for me so give it a shot.
gl
-mike
david-mullins May 6, 2010 at 11:24 am
I am having the same problem, but didn't notice it until after I had installed the latest 9700 leaked OS .656. A connection or a coincidence?
Wolfroid May 6, 2010 at 11:27 am
I tried last night to log in and I couldn't ...this mornin' also and nothin'
Just when I wanted to spread the word on twitter,over the PC ;)),to find out what's happening...
I stumble up on this post on crackberry...
Hoping for a quick fix!!
teeenerfed May 6, 2010 at 11:28 am
I thought it was due to the new leaked OS that came out yesterday. I'm glad I'm not alone- if it's a problem with Twitter then maybe I won't have to downgrade to the older leaked OS that I was using! There's hope yet! :)
luqman24 May 6, 2010 at 11:40 am
Ok ppl, u see that everyone having the same problem. There's ubertwitter so use that for now till the problems and quick wining already......
leilani_J May 6, 2010 at 10:56 pm
at the end of Adam's post he stated if anyone else is having a problem, let us know in a comment below.... that is exactly what everyone is doing. they're not whining. you are.
djjohnson May 6, 2010 at 11:55 am
I had upgraded my device OS from 5.0.0.545 to 5.0.0.593 (official version) and everything "looked" fine, till I tried logging into Twitter.
Thats when I realized something was wrong, and I tried battery pulls, re-installing the software, and finally downgrading my device (which was such a pain in the ass) to eliminate the possible reasons for this malfunction.
And finally I figured that there had to be a fault with the log-in process, and was just about to post a thread under the Bold 9700 forum, when my instinct told me to do a cross check on the crackberry forum, to see if there were others with the same problem that had already posted anything.
And so I found this just at the nick of time, and thanks a lot Adam for bringing this up.
Hopefully RIM should see to it that this matter gets resolved ASAP.
lcfut May 6, 2010 at 11:47 am
i use Ubertwitter - never been able to login to RIM's client - ever....
captainbdsc May 6, 2010 at 11:55 am
It is working for me i can do everything Twitter for BlaackBerry will do. I have not upgraded my OS. Running .330 right now... just got my 9700 a couple of days ago...
ADberry May 6, 2010 at 12:17 pm
Wow! thanks for this post...d'loaded twitter for BB for the first time yesterday and it wouldnt let me sign in. I thought it wasnt working on my leaked OS 5.0 so I was going to delete it soon..now I'll wait. :)
Dash May 6, 2010 at 12:19 pm
I was logged in, but I noticed I couldn't view my tweet history.
all seems to be ok now though.
DUFF MAN May 6, 2010 at 12:22 pm
im having trouble on my end as well dont know what has happened but last night i thought it was jst me having the problem but glad to theres others in the boat with me!! but please find a fix
javartacho May 6, 2010 at 12:33 pm
If you have problems authenticating twitter, uninstall the application and install the application twitter filtered (OTA link is: http://ota.bbtweeps.com), once installed funcona and then try to do the update to the current version.
sickflow May 6, 2010 at 12:51 pm
good thing i never logout :]
PROB1 May 6, 2010 at 1:11 pm
Maybe its RIM's way of getting even with all of us for trying a leaked O/S. :)
mi_canuck May 6, 2010 at 1:20 pm
Installed .656 yesterday around 1pm, and had to log back into Ubertwitter without any problem. Is this issue strictly with the official BB Twitter? I haven't logged back out to check, since I'm not sure the log in bug occured later in the day. But I'm not about to try...
emirhartato May 6, 2010 at 1:25 pm
From: @BlackBerryHelp
Sent: May 7, 2010 12:14a
RT @Support: A bug is affecting some Twitter clients, including Twitter for BlackBerry. We're working to fix ASAP. Thanks for your patience
sent via web
On Twitter: http://twitter.com/BlackBerryHelp/status/13498200180
emirhartato May 6, 2010 at 1:27 pm
It's pure Twitter bugs, not from devices. Cheers ~
Numero12 May 6, 2010 at 1:27 pm
Support
A bug is affecting some Twitter clients, including Twitter for BlackBerry. We're working to fix ASAP. Thanks for your patience.
ggap10 May 6, 2010 at 1:28 pm
me too not able to login to twitter. It hangs on the login dialog...
wickedmind May 6, 2010 at 1:30 pm
For the record..
Tnx Ubertwitter spammers for seeing this as an opportunity to spam UT we've been there and chose otherwise.
As for the logging in issue..
seems the solution by : javartacho | Date: Thu, 05/06/2010 - 11:33 |
* reply
If you have problems authenticating twitter, uninstall the application and install the application twitter filtered (OTA link is: http://ota.bbtweeps.com), once installed funcona and then try to do the update to the current version.
WORKS!
Greets.
cyrusrayne May 6, 2010 at 1:31 pm
Guess it's a good thing I didn't log out to test on mine... A friend had issues with trying to log into hers and asked if I had issues myself. Yikes!
Giox May 6, 2010 at 1:35 pm
The only issue I have with the official Twitter app is that most of the time I get the "Twitter has encountered a problem" message or whatever, like the server just stops functioning after a while even though tweets refresh.
Bold_until_Hybrid_Comes May 6, 2010 at 1:57 pm
AFTER DELETING THAT STUPID CARDSTAR APP I RESTARTED MY PHONE TO FIND TWITTER, ROGERS MY ACCOUNT, AND ZOOMPASS HAD ALL BEEN PUSHED TO PHONE.
JasW May 6, 2010 at 2:49 pm
I was upgrading the OS on a colleague's 9000 and was surprised to see it . . . .
rokko74 May 6, 2010 at 2:24 pm
The official twitter for blackberry don't pass the login screen ONLY when i put the correct username and password. If i create new account it work fine...
Please find a solution because i don't want to delete my account.
dquestic May 6, 2010 at 2:42 pm
Twitter login is now working for me... woohoo!
JasW May 6, 2010 at 2:46 pm
That's how I found out about this thread, in fact, I was finally able to log in and saw the tweet!
ggap10 May 6, 2010 at 3:05 pm
just now got me logged in...
oxeneers May 6, 2010 at 3:30 pm
Looks like it's fixed!
Pilot Prop May 6, 2010 at 3:47 pm
No problems here...my twitter for blackberry app stays logged in so I don't have tht problem...and I'm still getting all of my notifications
Darryn May 6, 2010 at 3:56 pm
Unable to proceed past the login screen.
I tried an incorrect password wh twitter recognized as incorrect
Uninstalled and reinstalled
Still can't login.
Installed openbeak(which works)
Now just have to wait for the resolution
millerke May 6, 2010 at 3:59 pm
I'm still having this problem. I have been since last night
Mistik May 6, 2010 at 4:15 pm
Its working again for me!!
rokko74 May 6, 2010 at 4:24 pm
If you have problems authenticating twitter, uninstall the application and install the application twitter filtered (OTA link is: http://ota.bbtweeps.com), once installed funcona and then try to do the update to the current version.
IT WORKS!!!! THANKS!!!!!
sstevenson May 6, 2010 at 5:01 pm
Its working again for me!!!
9of13 May 6, 2010 at 5:43 pm
logged out lastnight to test a new theme. havent been able to log in since. figured there was a problem when my sister couldnt log in either.
blackberry-pimp May 6, 2010 at 6:57 pm
I just tried logging in and Twitter for BlackBerry is now working! I live in the West Coast, just fyi.
Dixit May 6, 2010 at 7:37 pm
Dont seem fixed for me
frannypooh728 May 6, 2010 at 8:09 pm
I log out of my TWITTER applications each night & this morning when trying to log back in I got the same hanging LOGGING IN screen as well. Nothing has helped. Come on Twitter bugs, let's get this thing fixed ASAP..
matthew2109 May 6, 2010 at 8:59 pm
I noticed the issue on Wednesday. All I did was login in on a PC and check my feeds and then I logged back on my BB. And it works!!! Hoping it works for yall
netzone May 6, 2010 at 9:01 pm
Just try to install old version @ota.bbtweeps.com, and then try to login, after that.. upgrade to the new version.. it will work :)
bulls2213 May 6, 2010 at 9:20 pm
working again.
chaddeus May 6, 2010 at 10:16 pm
The person who suggested installing an older version of Twitter, login and then updating to a newer version works for me!! Thanks a lot!
mi_canuck May 6, 2010 at 10:17 pm
Installed the RIM Twitter app a couple hours ago... Was able to log in no problem...
spydr4569 May 6, 2010 at 10:21 pm
it's back up! finally, I've been lost without my twitter.
mrspock2002 May 6, 2010 at 11:42 pm
It's fixed.
kennyw39 May 7, 2010 at 1:51 am
Ubertwitter is working just fine on my BlackBerry Curve
SpaceMonster May 7, 2010 at 2:51 am
I don't get all of my mentions! I turned off notifications but not for mentions, I should be getting all of them but no.
SpaceMonster May 7, 2010 at 2:52 am
And I always get an error message while logged into Twitter
cybernal May 7, 2010 at 2:57 am
i had this issue yesterday and i tried many things to fix it luckily when i changed my password from the web then login to twitter in BB and it works fine. try it!
louwho30 May 7, 2010 at 3:14 am
I had just downloaded Twitter for blackberry and was becoming frustrated with the fact i couldn't get signed in.... for about 24 to 32 hours I kept getting the LOGGIN IN notification and it would just stay there. I really thought I was going to just have to keep Ubertwitter and get rid of this app altogether.... HOWEVER, About 15 mins ago I went back to it and it connected me immediately!! YAY!!! So, I shall say goodbye to Ubertwitter!!
StormJH1 May 7, 2010 at 4:17 pm
This is still busted for me. RIM Twitter updates Tweets for the most part but "encounters a problem" anytime I try to do much of anything. Plus, I installed UberTwitter and that isn't even loading tweets.
Maria Mitsialis May 11, 2010 at 1:24 pm
Just downloaded UberTwitter to my BlackBerry Storm. When I open application it just keeps saying loading more...been this way for over 2 hours. Have shut phone off and removed battery still not working. Has anyone else had this problem?
gp2002 Apr 28, 2011 at 12:10 am
How do you LOG OUT of Twitter on Blackberry??