Pandora and calls, any help?

[dbmorris]

I enjoy listening to Pandora on the motorcycle but when I receive a call it shuts down the music. The only way to get it back is to hit play again, hugely annoying, inconvenient and unsafe on the bike. I tried turning off the ringer (silent mode) but no help. Even tried telling those that might call me that I would be riding but they still call or send text as if I can answer.

Any help would be much appreciated,
Danny

 

[krpiper]

This happened to me when I was driving last week, I would like to know the answer as well

 

[jimnutt]

It's a "feature" of the Verizon CDMA network. One of the few things Droid "doesn't" is allow voice calls and data simultaneously (unless you're using WiFi, which seems unlikely if you're on a motorcycle ). So when a call comes in it has to drop the data connection during the call, then restart it afterwards. Pandora, unfortunately, seems to handle this by pausing and requiring a manual restart instead of automatically restarting when it can pick up the data stream again.

 

[jsh1120]

Can't try it at the moment because I'm on wifi on my droid, but can you set the phone to "airplane mode" to shut off calls but maintain a 3G connection? Pandora works fine in airplane mode through Wifi, of course.

 

[NullifiedKnight]

Can't try it at the moment because I'm on wifi on my droid, but can you set the phone to "airplane mode" to shut off calls but maintain a 3G connection? Pandora works fine in airplane mode through Wifi, of course.

I just gave it a try, airplane mode disables all connections, including 3G. Without Wifi you get nothing.

 

[jsh1120]

Can't try it at the moment because I'm on wifi on my droid, but can you set the phone to "airplane mode" to shut off calls but maintain a 3G connection? Pandora works fine in airplane mode through Wifi, of course.

I just gave it a try, airplane mode disables all connections, including 3G. Without Wifi you get nothing.

Thanks. Figured that was too easy an answer. How about auto-forwarding calls to another number or to voicemail while you're riding?

 

[NullifiedKnight]

Can't find any specific apps, but it seems if you have Google Voice, you can set it to "Do not disturb". All calls should be forwarded to voicemail without interruption. If I had Google Voice I'd test it myself, but....well, yeah.

 

[Bigaliensexmachine3000]

Try contacting the dev for Pandora and reqest a fix.

 

[krpiper]

Can you use the power widget and if you turn off (iirc I may be wrong) second from the right, doesnt that turn off incoming calls?

 

[vatothe0]

Activate immediate call forwarding before you start. Turn it off when you're done.

 

[rcfx]

I enjoy listening to Pandora on the motorcycle but when I receive a call it shuts down the music. The only way to get it back is to hit play again, hugely annoying, inconvenient and unsafe on the bike. I tried turning off the ringer (silent mode) but no help. Even tried telling those that might call me that I would be riding but they still call or send text as if I can answer.

Any help would be much appreciated,
Danny

Well I use pandora all the time and when I get a call I let them hang up and pandora starts right where it left off, I don't do a thing. I'm rooted but I don't think that has anything to do with it. I don't know how I'd hear it on my motorcycle, earbuds maybe.

 

[etx_droid]

I listen to Pandora quite a bit as well and whenever I receive a phone call Pandora obviously stops. As soon as I get off the phone it starts playing again...I have no issues except for Pandora's extremely long start up.

 

[jsh1120]

I listen to Pandora quite a bit as well and whenever I receive a phone call Pandora obviously stops. As soon as I get off the phone it starts playing again...I have no issues except for Pandora's extremely long start up.

Interesting. I just took the OP's word that Pandora had to be manually restarted after a phone call. I wonder if the different behavior has to do with whether one has a paid subscription to Pandora.

 

[rcfx]

I listen to Pandora quite a bit as well and whenever I receive a phone call Pandora obviously stops. As soon as I get off the phone it starts playing again...I have no issues except for Pandora's extremely long start up.

Interesting. I just took the OP's word that Pandora had to be manually restarted after a phone call. I wonder if the different behavior has to do with whether one has a paid subscription to Pandora.

Mine is the free account. Says you only get 40 hours a month, every time I check I have 40 hours left!