Is there anyone else out there having trouble with Pandora staying connected? After I tune in to a station that I like and leave my phone, i will notice that my music has stopped playing. But, (sometimes) when I come back to my phone, the music will start back up. Then again, more times than none, when i come back to the phone, the program has stopped responding and I will have to restart the entire program. Any ideas that can help me with this issue?
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NYCHitman1
Gun for Hire
I've yet to have the issue with my Hero but I'll pay close attention to it now since you've brought it to my attention.
I have the same problem and I contacted Pandora and here is the response they gave me:
This can happen sometimes if the stream is interrupted or has too many lost packets. This can occur on a congested internet connection, for example an office LAN where many people share a single Internet connection.
Also, Pandora uses an audio encoding technique that can confuse certain network security devices if they have out-of-date firmware.
If everyone in your office is experiencing the problem one of these two things could be the cause.
Another scenario is a wifi connection with a weak signal, or even a strong one if there is interference. Interference can come from wireless phones, neighbor's wifi transmitters, baby monitors, microwave ovens etc.
Pandora uses a buffer to prevent most network problems from causing an interruption of the music. Pandora will try to reconnect and continue where it left off. If that fails it will make a new connection and start a new song.
Sorry this has been happening to you. If you are on a wifi connection you might want to check if there are other wifi transmitters nearby with strong signals. If so, you can change yours to a different channel far away from the channel of the other transmitters. Usually channels 1, 6 and 11 are best.
This can happen sometimes if the stream is interrupted or has too many lost packets. This can occur on a congested internet connection, for example an office LAN where many people share a single Internet connection.
Also, Pandora uses an audio encoding technique that can confuse certain network security devices if they have out-of-date firmware.
If everyone in your office is experiencing the problem one of these two things could be the cause.
Another scenario is a wifi connection with a weak signal, or even a strong one if there is interference. Interference can come from wireless phones, neighbor's wifi transmitters, baby monitors, microwave ovens etc.
Pandora uses a buffer to prevent most network problems from causing an interruption of the music. Pandora will try to reconnect and continue where it left off. If that fails it will make a new connection and start a new song.
Sorry this has been happening to you. If you are on a wifi connection you might want to check if there are other wifi transmitters nearby with strong signals. If so, you can change yours to a different channel far away from the channel of the other transmitters. Usually channels 1, 6 and 11 are best.
toomuchgame441
Android Expert
Thanks for the info as well, I always wondered why my Pandora app did that.