post Re: Android: Pandora Starts Playing After Being Closed in Android

(RESOLVED) Android: Pandora Starts Playing After Being Closed

Srzvb — Wed, 04 Oct 2023 15:35:49 GMT

I finally gave up tonight and deleted App. Going to be a pain to switch but I’m tired of it turning on by itself, waking me up, and/or draining my battery. Done with it. Junk app.

Running in the background

Badtaz99 — Sat, 02 Sep 2023 19:23:49 GMT

How do I stop Pandora from keep coming on and running in the background?

Re: Running in the background

AdamPandora — Sun, 03 Sep 2023 11:18:51 GMT

@Badtaz99 We've had some other users mention a similar experience on this thread: Android: Pandora App Won't Fully Close

Can you please confirm if you are running into the same issue?

Thanks for working with me on this.

Re: Android: Pandora Starts Playing After Being Closed

Ggermanjr — Sat, 09 Sep 2023 11:20:06 GMT

I have two separate devices that, as long as Pandora is open in the background and paused, it will start playing at random.

You haven't seen the issue on Android with the Facebook app opening a new instance for every notification, which also hasn't been fixed for years, huh?

Device 1

Model: Samsung Galaxy Tab S6
Carrier: n/a
Android version: 12
Build number :SP2A.220305.013.T860XXS5DWH1
Android Security Patch Level, if noted on your device: August 1, 2030
Pandora version: 2307.1
Occurs while connected to wifi.

Device 2

Model: Samsung Galaxy S20
Carrier: T-mobile
Android version : 13
Build number: TP1A.220624.014.G981U1UES6HWG6
Android Security Patch Level, if noted on your device: August 1, 2023
Pandora version: 2307.1
Occurs on cellular AND wifi.

Oddly, this had never happened to me before either June or July on either device, ever. After an update, it started happening on both. I have to close out the app fully every time if I don't want Pandora to start playing music with the apps minimized and paused and phone/tablet case closed.

Re: Android: Pandora Starts Playing After Being Closed

AdamPandora — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 17:54:06 GMT

@Ggermanjr Thanks for providing us with that information. I've sent this over to our engineers. This information is really valuable, and helps us determine what might be happening.

We really appreciate your patience in the meantime!

Re: Android: Pandora Starts Playing After Being Closed

KC-Chic76 — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 13:18:58 GMT

Came here looking for an answer. My Pandora app has opened on its own & starting playing a few times during the day over the last week. I thought maybe I hadn't closed out the app? Well I was woken up at 12:56 am to Busta Rhymes playing this morning. Talk about almost having a heart attack! Is there a fix for this yet?

Re: Android: Pandora Starts Playing After Being Closed

JamminSquirrel — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 13:13:02 GMT

I had this happen to me the other night... startled the hell out of my wife & I when Imagine Dragons started blasting out of my phone in the middle of the night. Last night I made sure to turn the media volume off & left phone out of our bedroom. This morning I noticed there was an android update available so I let that install & after my phone restarted Pandora started to play. I looked at the open apps & Pandora wasn't one of them. My bluetooth wasn't connected to any devices, either. If this continues I'll have to get rid of Pandora & cancel my subscription. This is on a Galaxy S20 SM-G981V Pandora version 2308.1

Pandora possessed

PJG — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 14:13:07 GMT

My pandora keeps coming on all by itself. I close it out and later, it comes back on without me turning it on.

Re: Android: Pandora Starts Playing After Being Closed

AlyssaPandora — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 18:08:34 GMT

Hi, @KC-Chic76 @PJG @JamminSquirrel 👋

Appreciate you taking the time to provide the particulars around your experience. I know how frustrating this can be.

Troubleshooting:

The standard troubleshooting steps can be found here: Android Troubleshooting

Device Details:

In the meantime, I've shared your feedback with our tech team on your behalf.

If you haven't provided these already, it's helpful to know the following details so that we can pass them along:

Your device model:
Carrier:
Android version (Settings > About Phone):
Pandora version (Go to Profile, then select Settings. Scroll to the bottom of the screen for the version number):
The approximate date / time this occurred

Thanks for reporting this issue and for your help with this. 🎧

Re: Android: Pandora Starts Playing After Being Closed

JamminSquirrel — Thu, 14 Sep 2023 00:54:47 GMT

Just launched on its own again. Didn't start playing, but in my notifications dropdown I saw it there ready to play... Haven't played Pandora on my phone all day. I even turned Auto-Play off in the settings. Is it syncing with my tablet or something? Maybe I'll try uninstalling & re-installing it.

Re: Android: Pandora Starts Playing After Being Closed

davebytes — Thu, 14 Sep 2023 06:28:57 GMT

Try dua lipa on volume 8, at like 430a. Ugh.

Re: Android: Pandora Starts Playing After Being Closed

Fabulousfemale — Thu, 14 Sep 2023 10:16:59 GMT

Mine is doing this also. Just started this week. I see it's been over a week since this was reported and no resolution. This is too disruptive. I'm going to remove it and just stick with Amazon 😞

Re: iOS: Pandora Randomly Starts Playing

Neojord — Thu, 14 Sep 2023 10:56:53 GMT

At around 3:30 am, Pandora opens and blares at full volume System or a Down. The song is called "X". Great song, but holy **ahem**.

I did not keep the app open. I always swipe it closed if it is not in use. Bluetooth was not enabled.

Google Pixel something or other. Everything is updated.

I'm not going to troubleshoot. If this happens again, I will uninstall.

Android: Pandora Starts Playing After Smartphone is Restarted

sjzemka0 — Thu, 14 Sep 2023 12:33:08 GMT

Android: Pandora Starts Playing After Smartphone is Restarted

Very similar to the post about Pandora just randomly turning on by itself, my post is in regards to it happening ONLY when I restart my Samsung Galaxy S32 smartphone. It seems that after the phone is up and running for a few minutes, Pandora starts playing my playlist. This start within the last week here in 09/2023. Model : SM-A326U One UI - 5.1 Andriod - 13

Re: Android: Pandora Starts Playing After Being Closed

AdamPandora — Thu, 14 Sep 2023 12:40:26 GMT

@davebytes @Fabulousfemale I've passed your feedback along to the engineers who are currently looking into this issue.

In the meantime, please check out @AlyssaPandora's message above for troubleshooting suggestions and a request for additional information about your device that we'll need.

Please follow up with that information when time permits.

Thanks for the help!

Re: Android: Pandora Starts Playing After Smartphone is Restarted

AdamPandora — Thu, 14 Sep 2023 12:41:54 GMT

@Neojord @sjzemka0 I moved your posts over to this existing thread: Android: Pandora Starts Playing After Being Closed

Your feedback has now been passed along to the engineers who are currently looking into this issue.

In the meantime, please check out @AlyssaPandora's message above for troubleshooting suggestions and a request for additional information about your device that we'll need.

We appreciate you working with us on this.

Re: Android: Pandora Starts Playing After Smartphone is Restarted

sjzemka0 — Thu, 14 Sep 2023 13:23:55 GMT

I don't see the SOLVED : SOLUTION that you flagged my post with.

Re: Android: Pandora Starts Playing After Being Closed

JamminSquirrel — Fri, 15 Sep 2023 02:50:55 GMT

I haven't had an issue since yesterday afternoon. I went into Apps & clicked on Pandora & used the force stop option to fully close the app. Since then I haven't had it randomly self-launch. Just listened to music for the past hour. Swiped the app out to stop it & made sure it wasn't still open in the notifications swipe down screen. I'll report back tomorrow.

App Randomly Launching and Playing!

Irked — Fri, 15 Sep 2023 07:42:51 GMT

I had to uninstall the app, it kept randomly launching itself at all hours of the day! I had to shut it down at least 4 times today and it just launched itself again as it sat on the table next to me! Worse I figured I would give the phone a reboot, and guess what? It launched itself again as soon as the phone rebooted, so uninstalled until it's fixed!

Samsung Galaxy Ultra S23

Re: Android: Pandora Starts Playing After Being Closed

babytraytray — Fri, 15 Sep 2023 08:55:10 GMT

Hi, I am having the same issue. The pandora app is open ad soon as I turn my phone on. I don't know if this is due to having a system update recently or the Pandora app as I see alot of other people are having the same issue recently. I have an Android, Samsung note 20 5g which has a T-Mobile carrier.