post Re: Question Marks in Song Title in My Collection

RESOLVED (05/09/22): Question Marks in Song Title

MTTech — Mon, 09 May 2022 12:30:01 GMT

Song titles that are normally in different languages ex. Korean, Russian, etc. are displayed as question marks. Titles used to display perfectly until recently. Pandora App version: 2201.1 (Android) and 2203.1 (iPad iOS)

Russian Song (Android Auto)

Korean K-Pop (Android App)

Korean K-Pop (iPad iOS App)

Android: Missing Accented Characters Issue

Mth908 — Fri, 15 Apr 2022 12:25:31 GMT

Found a minor bug with the Android app (2201.1, Android 12). I started a Måneskin station and found the å was replaced with a question mark, but only in the artist name on the track that was playing (not the station name). Screenshot:

mod edit: changed title for clarity

Re: Bug report - missing accented characters

AlyssaPandora — Fri, 15 Apr 2022 12:24:40 GMT

Hey there, @Mth908. 👋

Thanks so much for reporting this and for providing that helpful screenshot. I have shared this with our engineering and curation teams on your behalf. If you notice any others like this, please don't hesitate to let us know.

In the meantime, we appreciate your patience during this process. 🎧

Re: Question Marks in Song Title

AdamPandora — Mon, 18 Apr 2022 18:38:34 GMT

@MTTech I was unable to reproduce this issue on my end - I'm showing track titles for those tracks above are displaying correctly.

I've enabled a trace on your account to help us better understand what's happening.

For this trace to be useful, we'll need you to run through our troubleshooting steps:

Let me know how it goes.

Re: Question Marks in Song Title

MTTech — Mon, 18 Apr 2022 20:10:39 GMT

Hi, I've tried the troubleshooting steps. Issues still persist.

Re: Question Marks in Song Title

yurial — Tue, 19 Apr 2022 02:35:55 GMT

@AdamPandora

I'm having exactly the same issue. Pandora 2203.1 on iPhone SE running iOS 13.4.1. The problem appeared about a week ago, reinstalling the app didn't help.

Re: Question Marks in Song Title

AdamPandora — Tue, 19 Apr 2022 12:27:59 GMT

@MTTech @yurial Thank you for the update.

I created a ticket with our engineering team and passed along your feedback so they can further investigate.

Thanks for your patience in the meantime!

Re: Question Marks in Song Title

MTTech — Tue, 19 Apr 2022 13:42:33 GMT

@AdamPandora I also had my girlfriend download Pandora on her phone, and the same issue happens with her as well. So far, I've noticed the issue happening on my phone (Android), girlfriend's phone (Android), and my iPad (iOS). Looks like @yurial is using an iPhone SE so also iOS. This seems to be happening across all device types except desktop website of Pandora.

Re: Question Marks in Song Title

AdamPandora — Tue, 19 Apr 2022 13:55:45 GMT

Thanks for the additional information, @MTTech.

We appreciate you bringing this to our attention.

Re: Question Marks in Song Title

bastion72 — Wed, 20 Apr 2022 01:24:39 GMT

I have the same issue but with Spanish words with letters that have accents over them, or the upside down questions mark and the ñ as well. So, the group Maná appears like Man? the word mañana appears like ma?ana. Any letter that doesn't fit in the english alphabet has the questions mark in its place.

Re: Question Marks in Song Title

AdamPandora — Wed, 20 Apr 2022 13:15:32 GMT

@bastion72 Can you please send me a screenshot of what you are seeing?

Additionally, if this is happening on your phone, can you send over a bit more info about your device?

Model:
Carrier:
Android version (Settings > About Phone):
Build number (Settings > About Phone):
Android Security Patch Level, if noted on your device (Settings > About Phone):
Pandora version:
- If you can open Pandora, go to Profile, then select Settings. Scroll to the bottom of the screen for the version number.
- If you can't open Pandora: from Android Home screen > Android Settings > Applications > Manage Applications > Find Pandora

Are you connected to Wi-Fi or cellular data when this is happening?

Have you identified any other patterns or notable information?

Thanks for working with me on this. 🤝

Re: Question Marks in Song Title

bastion72 — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 01:24:55 GMT

Here's the info you need from me. Good luck with the hunt.

Model: Samsung Galaxy S9+
Carrier: T-Mobile
Android version (Settings > About Phone): 10
Build number (Settings > About Phone):QP1A. 190711.020.G965USQU9FUL1
Android Security Patch Level, if noted on your device (Settings > About Phone): DECEMBER 1, 2021
Pandora version: 2201.1

Are you connected to Wi-Fi or cellular data when this is happening? Both WiFi and cellular.

Have you identified any other patterns or notable information? I have my phone connected to my car, 2013 Audi A4 with MMI, via Bluetooth and it is passing along the same issue to the car display. The song on the display is called ¿Dónde Jugarán Los Niños? by the group Maná. On the second pic is a screenshot of the issue. The group is the same, but the song is called Eres Mi Religión.

Re: Question Marks in Song Title

AdamPandora — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 11:16:07 GMT

@bastion72 Your feedback has now been added to the ticket we have open with the engineers who are looking into this.

Thanks for your patience in the meantime!

Re: Question Marks in Song Title

rickemmanuel1 — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 23:17:14 GMT

Same issue here with a Samsung A32 with latest firmware. Pandora version is 2201.1. Accents, cedilles, tildes, etc. in song titles appear as question marks. This started happening about a week ago. Others in household with different devices are experiencing the same issue.

Re: Question Marks in Song Title

AdamPandora — Fri, 22 Apr 2022 12:35:39 GMT

@rickemmanuel1 Your feedback has now been added to the ticket we have open with the engineers who are looking into this.

Thanks for your patience in the meantime!

Re: Question Marks in Song Title

LeScooterBug — Fri, 22 Apr 2022 20:28:27 GMT

I can also confirm this is an issue for me. I'm using a Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3 with the latest firmware (on Verizon). Pandora is version 2201.1 for me, as well.

Re: Question Marks in Song Title

AdamPandora — Sat, 23 Apr 2022 12:16:22 GMT

@LeScooterBug Your feedback has now been added to the ticket we have open with the engineers who are looking into this.

Thanks for your patience in the meantime!

Song titles with ? Instead of accented letter

DarkWing — Sat, 23 Apr 2022 16:58:32 GMT

With recent upgrade of pandora on iOS the song titles now have ? Marks where there should be an accented letter. This was not like this before, very annoying. This is with Spanish song titles, albums, etc.

Re: Song titles with ? Instead of accented letter

AdamPandora — Sat, 23 Apr 2022 17:28:26 GMT

@DarkWing I moved your post over to this existing thread: Question Marks in Song Title

Your feedback has now been added to the ticket we have open with the engineers who are looking into this.

Thanks for your patience in the meantime!

Re: Question Marks in Song Title

yurial — Sat, 23 Apr 2022 17:59:57 GMT

@AdamPandora - new information about this bug. I've just discovered that the title/name appear correctly when a song is *reloaded* (by pressing the circular reload button). Since this has been happening across multiple client platforms and not triggered by app upgrades, this is a server-side Unicode conversion issue. This new information isolates the problem really well - to see the bug your dev team just needs to compare API calls that show/load song metadata in regular vs reload code paths. Please add this to the ticket.