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billgrove · ‎04-25-2023

Thank you for reaching out and I apologize for the late reply. I have used this on 4 different cars now, all with the exact same issue. If there is ANY cell signal at all, even if it's not enough to start a song, Pandora keeps trying and trying to start the song before deciding to switch to offline mode. It seems to be that in the algorithm says "If any contact is made with the server and any data is received, keep trying" where, in my opinion, it should be based more on time like "If the song is unable to start in 10 seconds, no matter what the reason, switch to offline mode and continue to try the download. When a full song download is complete, switch back over" or something to that effect. I have also used 3 different phones on the 4 different cars, all with the same result.

billgrove · ‎04-21-2023

Is there a way to update the algorithm so that if the app is unable to start a song (for whatever reason) after 10 seconds, it auto-switches to offline mode? My daily drive has VERY weak cell signal along an area for about 10 miles, but there is still cell signal, so I guess the app THINKS it will be able to stream when I know it can't. So it tries and tries for about a minute before it finally gives up and switches to offline mode. I would think that would be a pretty simple programming change, but would make my life easier! 🙂

billgrove · ‎07-15-2021

Drove home last night, same problem, many gaps, longest was about 4 minutes. This morning not as many gaps, more like 30 seconds, but it may have been in offline mode longer. Not sure.

billgrove · ‎07-14-2021

Thank you so much for your prompt reply! I had both high quality audio on and off when I was diagnosing it myself. I don't have any battery savers turned on and it's actually on a wireless charging cradle in my car, so that wouldn't normally apply. Happy to clear the cache for the app as well. But thank you for putting on the trace. Hopefully that will get you the info you need. Seems to be an issue in your algorithm deciding when to switch. Seems to be based on "If there is no data connection, switch to offline mode" and not "If there isn't enough data to stream, switch to offline mode". I would suggest that if the app is unable to cache the first 30 seconds or so of the song, then switch to offline mode (and cache the next song before completion of the previous song).

billgrove · ‎07-14-2021

I am on the 30 day trial of Pandora. I have a daily drive of 30 minutes each way to work. Approximately 15 minutes of that drive has very little or no cellular reception. I have found that Pandora is VERY slow to switch to offline mode (5-10 minutes). I'll sit in silence waiting for it to switch and don't know what to do to make it faster. If it can't play a song from my cellular data, I would assume it would switch to offline immediately, but that doesn't seem to be the case. As long as it sees there is a data connection (no matter how weak) it seems to want to keep trying and trying to play live instead of switch to offline. Anyone else have this issue and/or have a solution? Thank you. mod edit: changed title for clarity

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