It's been sad to see that Pandora was such a great app that I enjoyed for so many years get broken back in the fall of 2023.  The notifications are relentless and cause rapid battery drain.  Pandora won't or can't fix it so there's no option but to delete the app and save battery life. Pandora broke their app late summer of 2023.  They either can't or won't fix it, so there's one option - Delete Pandora.  Due to relentless running in the background, deleted and immediately fixed my battery drain. mod edit: merged comments ... View more

I'm wishing you luck with the swiping technique.   Since fall of 2023, Pandora seems to be unable to fix, or they just don't care.  Either way, I was forced to delete the Pandora app as my only answer.  Sadly, I had 14+ years of shaping several stations, that are now gone.  Spotify is the only answer until they break their app like Pandora did. I hate that you're facing the same issues I've faced.  Pandora broke their app, and either won't fix their app or they don't care about fixing the problem.  Deleting Pandora resolved my battery problem instantly.  I had 14+ years of effort on stations I'd honed in Pandora, and ended up starting over and switching to Spotify.  I didn't get the force stop issue to resolve my battery drain.  The only way I found was to delete Pandora and move on. I wasn't able to get the issue resolved until I went with the nuclear option: delete Pandora.   mod edit: merged comments ... View more

I'm wishing you luck with the swiping technique.   Since fall of 2023, Pandora seems to be unable to fix, or they just don't care.  Either way, I was forced to delete the Pandora app as my only answer.  Sadly, I had 14+ years of shaping several stations, that are now gone.  Spotify is the only answer until they break their app like Pandora did. ... View more

Too funny AND sad but true. I have no more battery drain because I have no Pandora. Sent from Mark's Samsung Note 10+ ... View more

You're exactly right. The only fix is to delete Pandora and switch to another app that doesn't drain your battery. I deleted Pandora a month ago and my battery issue had been resolved every since. Pandora was a great app for over 15 years of my personal usage. Since early fall they broke something big with the battery issue, and haven't been able to figure out how to fix it. Sadly, the only solution I had was to delete the app. Someday, if they ever get it fixed I'll reinstall. Sent from Mark's Samsung Note 10+   mod edit: merged comments ... View more

AdamPandora, I deleted Pandora earlier, so I don't have a screenshot to offer now. My solution will be to re-install the app when I decide to use it again, then when I finish, I'll simply have to delete it again, etc. The app starts to play on its own when I get into my vehicle and it connects via bluetooth. Once it's in memory, it simply continues to eat through battery life for the rest of the day, even though the app isn't being used. I can look through the list of apps in memory, but Pandora isn't listed as being in memory, so that confuses me. When I enter settings/battery and scroll down to see what percentage applications have used the battery, Pandora is always at the top of the list and has been responsible for consuming 60-80% of my battery. I tried to put the app into deep sleep mode two weeks ago, but that didn't help reduce the staggering battery consumption. Looking for solutions online today I could see that it hasn't been fixed since October, so I decided I'll simply delete the app to prevent excessive battery drain even though I'm not using the app. I'll re-install Pandora when I need to use it later. I'll continue this cycle until I get tired and find a better solution. Mark ... View more

There's one solution: Delete the app as soon as you're done listening, then re-install when you want to use Pandora. Then delete after usage, etc. ... ... View more

I'm running a Samsung Note10+ and have been suffering with the same Pandora battery drain.  You can't make Pandora shut down, and it continues to drain battery relentlessly. I've been running Pandora since I ran a Blackberry in the 2005-2007 time frame.  This issue developed a few months ago and has continued to plague me.   I'm now realizing that I'm not crazy and am not the only one facing this issue.  Pandora and Samsung need to team up to resolve this. ... View more