JerryR
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| Created | Tier | Playlists | Stations | Thumbs | Music hours | Podcast hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/24/2015 | PREMIUM | 5 | 7 | 56 | 305 | 0 |
Last September I purchased a 2023 Ford expedition and pandora works just fine with whatever Sync version I have. No issues, so happy with it.
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I already tried that and it did not work. I have sorted the problem as I traded my 2017 Expedition in for a 2023 Expedition as few weeks ago, so not a problem for me any longer. Thanks for the idea, might help others.
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Obviously no one at Ford or Pandora gives a rip as this issue has been on here for a long time.
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I believe it is a Ford sync issue because the Pandora app does not work the same way every time on my Ford Sync. I always start the Pandora app first before getting into my Expedition and turning on the ignition. About 50% of the time after turning the audio on at the dashboard sync control I get the correct Pandora icon as an audio source and then when choosing Pandora it displays properly, i.e. my presets, song and artist and a pic of the album cover. The other half the time, instead of the Pandora app icon, I get an icon that shows my phone Galaxy S10 as the source. Then when choosing that source it does not show my presets, and just shows big button type icons for rewind, pause and forward. With this scenario it may or may not show the song name and the artist or the album cover. So I believe the Ford Sync software is unstable, but has some default work arounds that still allow you to listen to your music on your phone. In the second scenario Ford Sync just thinks your playing music on your phone and does not know that the source is Pandora. The tunes are just transmitted through bluetooth and Sync only sees the source as Galaxy S10, if that makes sense. The bottom line is even though it does not work as intended, i.e., Pandora launching from Sync, I can still listen to the Pandora music 100% of the time. Since you CAN get it to work nobody at Pandora or Ford are going to spend anytime troubleshooting the fine details.
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So I got this same response many months ago and nothing ever came of it. I do not think anyone can figure this one out and since you can get Pandora to work nobody really cares.
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Here you go: 2017 Ford Expedition Galaxy S10, Model SM-G973U, Android version 12 Build no. SP1A.210812.016.G973USQU6HULD Android security patch January 1, 2022 Pandora version 2112.1 (Android tuner 21121009) Yes Launch from car is ON and under my notifications it also says "Pandora is ready to be launched automatically" Regards, Jerry
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Ford sync 3 version 3.3 build 19052 will not launch Pandora from my Android phone, the Pandora app version I have on my phone is version 2112.1 What happens is the Pandora app is showing on my Sync screen and then when you choose it it just says "buffering", but never launches. However, if I start the Pandora app on my phone first before starting my truck everything works fine. I see a lot of other Pandora users that are also Ford owners have this problem according to internet searches I have done on this topic. Has anyone come up with a fix yet? My wife has a 2019 Mustang and on that car Pandora is launched automatically from Sync.
PS I have chatted with Ford support about this and they are pretty useless, they tell you to do a system reset, which does nothing for the problem.
Moderator Edit: Changing title for clarity & format
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My presets on my 2019 Ford Expedition show my stations list, but not my playlists. Is there a way to show playlists as well?
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