Why Pandora app is not working and how to fix it

Having trouble with the Pandora mobile app or seeing the dreaded Pandora not working error messages? Here are some tricks to fix everything in a few minutes.

For those of you hearing about Pandora for the first time: It is a popular music/radio app for iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows Phone, and Kindle Fire. Pandora mobile app is arguably the best music streaming app any music and entertainment lover smartphone would have installed on their phone. It comes with an automated music recommendation feature and an internet radio service, which works with the Music Genome Project.

Let's save more explanations and start with the real thing that we have at hand: "7 ways to correct the Pandora error that does not work".

7 Ways To Easily Fix Pandora Errors Not Working

In this section, you will learn the 7 different ways to easily fix Pandora not working errors and/or similar Pandora mobile app problems on iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows Mobile, and Amazon Kindle Fire devices.

1. Turn off your device and restart it (works for iPhone and Android devices)

This is one of the easiest ways to fix this problem. In fact, this method works for various smartphone problems and not just the Pandora mobile app. Turning off your device stops all the apps on the device, and also stops most of the background processes that are probably the reason why the Pandora app displays an error message.

Rebooting or soft resetting your smartphone is one of the easiest Pandora troubleshooting methods to try when you encounter such problems.

Once your phone is off, wait 30-60 seconds before turning it back on - this is to make sure all applications and processes have been properly stopped. After a few seconds, turn on (restart) your device and reopen the Pandora application. It would start working properly if the problem was due to conflicting background processes or similar errors.

2. A little experiment can help (works more effectively on iPhone than Android)

If you don't want to restart your device for personal reasons, you can try this second method. Just minimize the application, depending on the type of smartphone you use -> open your recent active applications and swipe the Pandora application ==> this exercise will force the application to stop immediately. You can even delete all active apps if you want.

Now, restart/reopen the Pandora mobile app. Most of the time, when other applications crash in the background, they affect the Pandora application, so you have to close it and reopen it.

 

3. Is your Pandora application up to date? (Works for Android and iOS devices)

Whenever a developer creates a newer version of their application, software, or whatever - it means that the older version is out of date and may cause problems as a result of incompatibility with the operating system and/or other application/library. Therefore, you should check if your Pandora application is still up to date and always try to update it to the latest version whenever there is a new version.

Most of the people who complain about Pandora not working are the ones who still use an older version of the app. Updating the Pandora mobile app wouldn't take up to 5 minutes of your time.

4. Uninstall the app and reinstall it from your app store.

Have you ever thought about this simple Pandora troubleshooting method becoming a solution to your Pandora problem? Well, as crazy as it may sound, uninstalling and reinstalling the Pandora application can fix the always annoying "Pandora not working" problems.

The only downside is that you would have to uninstall the Pandora app that is currently installed on your device and reinstall a new one from your app store (Google Play, Amazon app store, iTunes, etc.).