post "Add Variety" almost never works in Android

Android: Rrror message when adding artist as variety

stolenname42069 — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 18:58:15 GMT

Custom seed station isn't allowing for add/edit variety.

Moderator Edit: Edited title for clarity

Re: Cant add variety to custom station

TannerPandora — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 22:27:08 GMT

Hi @stolenname42069

Welcome to community!

Could you tell me the name of the station you're having trouble?

In the meantime, please tell me more about your experience:

Does the option to add variety not appear?
Does it appear, but you're unable to add variety?
You're able to add variety, but the selections doesn't save?

Also, can you let me know your Pandora and Android version? Let me know if you need help finding those.

Thanks for the help!

Re: Cant add variety to custom station

stolenname42069 — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 06:51:39 GMT

Please refer to case 05339748.

The option appears and even works for some artists but an alarming number of artists when you click add variety simply return a generic error message. This station is the result of 10 years of carefully curated seeds and Thumbs and not a pre-made genre station.

Re: Cant add variety to custom station

AdamPandora — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 14:22:17 GMT

@stolenname42069 It looks like you are having trouble adding artists to your Electronica station.

If you are unable to add an artist to your station as variety and receive an error message, can you please let me know the names of the artists?

Thanks for working with me on this.

Re: Cant add variety to custom station

stolenname42069 — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:52:42 GMT

The name of the artist is Sewerslvt.

Re: Cant add variety to custom station

TannerPandora — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 17:06:12 GMT

Hi @stolenname42069

Just following up with you.

I see from your email case that you're having trouble adding artist to your station(s) on your Android. I can confirm that your experience has been passed along to our engineering team for further review and investigation.

In the meantime, I've gone ahead and added the artist Sewerslvt, to your "Electronica" radio station for you. You should see this artist in your variety now.

"Add Variety" almost never works

Mouse5 — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 14:46:13 GMT

So for months now, at least 9 times out of 10 whenever I try to add either a song or an artist to any of my stations it returns the "unexpected error" message. It's not limited to a particular artist, song, or genre and it's getting extremely aggravating. Help?

Re: "Add Variety" almost never works

AdamPandora — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 16:03:07 GMT

@Mouse5 I'm happy to pass this feedback along to our curation team for you.

Can you please let me know:

the name(s) of the artist(s)/song(s) you are unable to add as variety to your station
the name of the station(s) you are unable to add this content to

Thanks for working with me on this.

Re: "Add Variety" almost never works

Mouse5 — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 18:42:53 GMT

The most recent time it was EMC Charon and Across the Void by David Guillaume (to a station started from him), and the only one I can remember the specifics of right now before that is I was trying to add the Liverpool Choir's holiday recording of People Look East and one or two other songs the Advent Radio station

Re: "Add Variety" almost never works

AdamPandora — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 13:05:35 GMT

@Mouse5 Can you please send me links to each artist/track on Pandora that you are unable to add as variety?

I want to make sure I report the correct content to our curation team for you.

Thanks again for working with me on this.