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sky_2_kno · ‎09-03-2024

I've stopped using Pandora. They don't respond here (or anywhere else) to our problems. I followed all the recommendations from helpful users, but nothing worked. Just checked it the other day, wanting to see if it works for a big Labor Day trip, but endless spinning circle, no connect. Pandora is either cheap, running on fumes, or there's no one at the wheel. IOW they don't care so I stopped subbing. Too bad, they were a good alternative to Spankify.

sky_2_kno · ‎03-30-2023

Hi! Did this issue ever get resolved? I also have iPhone 13 Pro Max, using iOS 16.4, on 2017 Subaru Forester (not CarPlay, just the regular Subaru package). Pandora version on my iPhone is 2303.1. (Note, I did already remove app from my iPhone and reinstall it.) I can't play Pandora using my car's audio menu, it just shows a spinning wheel like it used to when it couldn't find a Pandora channel occasionally. Of course the USB cable is connected. Pandora plays on my iPhone perfectly of course - but I want to use my car's audio system to play it. I used Pandora in my car for about 5 years fine until this past month.

sky_2_kno · ‎03-24-2023

Hadn't considered that, since (a) nothing else is not working in the stereo, and (b) taking the car to the dealer costs an arm and a leg. Regarding point "a", I look for convergence and the recent update to Pandora app seems to have happened about the same time as its not working in the car for me. I realize I did not consider resetting Bluetooth... I should try that next.

sky_2_kno · ‎03-22-2023

One problem with your method is that "Pandora" does not even show as being accessible, on Subaru's dash screen, *until* the car is USB connected to iPhone. I did try the first step in your suggestion but it's not helping. The car stereo cannot tune to the Pandora app without being USB plugged in. It never connects, just that spinning wheel, searching... So no way to even have it "on" when turning key off.

sky_2_kno · ‎03-22-2023

I used Pandora on my 2017 Subaru Forester for a 5 years until just a month ago, or so, when it stopped working and dash screen just shows spinning ball, trying to connect. Same problem as above, apparently (I use iPhone 13 Pro Max and USB cord). And coincidentally this was about the same time as the iPhone app shows it was updated... I'll try doing as you say and see if it works. Otherwise I'm dropping Pandora.

sky_2_kno · ‎05-24-2020

Perhaps similar problem with my Subaru but using iPhone, not android. Keep getting "Pandora Error," or app not available (it's installed on Subaru dashboard?!), whether I choose the Pandora button on car dashboard or even if I choose the "direct" USB connection button. (Naturally I am using new-ish USB cable to USB port every time.) Subaru 2017 Forester Premium. iPhone has current OS. Then, f I try to play app on my iPhone, there is no reaction: Pandora seems to try to activate but then disappears and screen reverts to Home screen. After a few days, this problem seems to go away on its own. This has happened frequently over the past several months. Just now home from a trip and have had it. I am not subscriber; recurrent "Pandora Errors" like this is reason why. I tried restarting iPhone, no difference. I will trash app and maybe reinstall. I don't need aggravation on long trips anymore, forcing me to consider Sirius unfortunately on reliability alone. mod edit: changing title for clarity

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