For those of you who may still be experiencing this problem because Roku refuses to provide you with the 12.5 software update needed to fix it, I have found what seems to be a work around. I find that if while listening to Pandora on my Roku, I hit the Home button on the Roku remote and then click into Pandora again after some period of time then the problem doesn't seem to occur. What exactly that "period of time" should be is unclear, but about every 1/2 hour seems to be working for me. Not an ideal workaround, one has to remember to do this while listening, but the alternative is you get locked out of your channels for days while Pandora's servers decide to let you listen to them again. Nothing you can do on your end corrects the problem. It's possible that the magic time period could be longer, but that's a matter of experimentation. ... View more

My Roku stubbornly refuses to upgrade past Roku software version 12.0.0, despite the fact that my Roku hardware is apparently still supported. From what I've read since yesterday, this is a Roku policy. They roll out software updates slowly and there's no telling when you are going to get the latest. According to this Roku software release link: https://support.roku.com/article/228844467#section-3 my model 4230X is among those getting the upgrade. But I guess being on that list doesn't mean your going to get the upgrade on your Roku. At least not today. So if current Pandora is for some reason dependent on some Roku software feature added since 12.0.0, then I'm just out of luck until Roku decides to upgrade my Roku. Too bad, I've liked Pandora. I guess I won't be buying another Roku when this one drops out of support. Seems odd though. Pandora used to work fine on older Roku code than what I've got now. Netflix still works fine. Amazon video still works fine. Perhaps Pandora engineering would want to look into what they added to Pandora that doesn't work with Roku version 12.0.0 but does work with 12.5. Is utilization of that feature really necessary to deliver streaming audio? jharan ... View more

It might not be as diabolical as I am making it out to be. It could be just flaky ad sources. I've see that with other sites. They make you watch some ad before you get to see the content you want but then the ad itself is coming from some other site and that site won't serve the ad up, so the whole thing just hangs. They really should cache their ads locally so that can't happen or at the least make their site handle the error better, if that's what's going on. ... View more

The word "obscure" in your response would seem to answer my question in the affirmative. 8^) Seems my theory might be on track. Hard to say with just two data points. I hope I'm wrong, that it's just some technical glitch that they haven't worked out yet, but this wouldn't be out of character for internet companies in general. They are giving the service away after all. I suppose they can manage it the way they want at least for non-paying users like me. Paying customers would be a different story. They would have to decide if the resultant bad press is worth any bump in ad revenues.   ... View more

Correction "your musical tastes". ... View more

Profilergirl, I listen to mostly old boomer, progressive rock from the 70s and 80s. Not exactly "top of the charts" in 2023. I am guessing my favorite stations don't get much play and thus may not have many advertisers. In the past that seems to have meant that my stations didn't get that many commercial breaks, which was fine with me. But I am wondering if Pandora has had a change in policy. Maybe now if there's no commercial lined up on the station, instead of playing the station anyway they give you the blank blue screen of death in the hope that you switch to a different station that does have commercials lined up. They don't make any money off of no pays if those listeners never hear any commercials. This would explain the behavior, some stations work, some don't, and which one's do or don't keeps changing with the behavior of advertisers. Just wondering if you musical tastes are similarly unpopular. Thanks, jharan   ... View more

Profilergirl, I was wondering if you are a Pandora paying customer or a listen-for-freeloader like me? Just wondering if the problem is related to whether one is paying for the service or not. Thanks, jharan ... View more

I am having the same problem. I've been listening to Pandora via Roku for a few years now and now for the last couple of weeks I'll be playing one of my favorite stations and it will stop and bump be back to the Roku menu. Then I click on Pandora again but now when I go to My Stations and select one of my favorites it shows a blue screen with the name of the station but where the album cover is supposed to be its just blank blue. No music. I've deleted the Pandora app and reinstalled. Problem still occurs. I've tried updating the Pandora app. It says its up to date at version 6.5 and 'Pandora' is up to date. I've tried upgrading the Roku software. It's at software version 12.0.0 build 4184. I click Check Now and it says "All software is up to date". The About button says I have a Roku Player 4230X. I've restarted the Roku from the system menu several time. Funny thing is, this has been happening off and on for a few weeks and sometimes when I come back to it, my stations will work fine again, until I listen to them for a while. ... View more