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Trick for getting Slacker unstuck

Discussion in 'Model S: User Interface' started by ORB, Mar 17, 2014.

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  1. ORB

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    #1 ORB, Mar 17, 2014
    Hello all,

    I discovered a while back that when Slacker shows the "spinning icon" that I can get it unstuck by going back to the Slacker browser screen and selecting a song from another artist within my customized playlists (I'm a Slacker Premium subscriber). After that new song starts I can go back and select the original song that was stuck and it will start playing. I've done this many times even with a strong 3G signal. My S/W rev. is 5.8.8 (1.49.90).

    This is a cumbersome and annoying solution, but interesting in that it suggests (to me) that the problem is not the 3G connectivity but rather with either Slacker's OEM app for Tesla or with Slacker's servers themselves. I wonder whether the same problem (and workaround) occurs when using Slacker on other platforms ( I've not run into this latter situation yet)?

    Comments or feedback is welcome.

    Oliver in Sunnyvale, CA
     
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    #2 Mnlevin, Mar 18, 2014
    I have tried that and other things, it just stays STUCK. Thankfully, that has somewhat subsided but about a month ago it was happening all the time.
     
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    #3 huntjo, Mar 19, 2014
    Interesting. I always thought it was 3G connectivity, since there is a certain region of town this seems to (non-scientifically) happen way more often. But if it's the Tesla browser maybe an update could fix it
     
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    #4 TexasEV, Mar 19, 2014
    Whatever the problem with Slacker is, it's not the 3G connectivity, as when I get the spinning Slacker wheel and switch to Tune-in that works fine, switch back to Slacker and the wheel is still spinning.
     
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    #5 jcadman22, Mar 21, 2014
    I experienced this today and tried the switching Slacker "stations" trick to no avail. In my case this was almost certainly related to some 3G connectivity issue because I noticed that the navigation data (street names and traffic) were not updating and the album art from my USB music collection was not being displayed. The data issue is likely due to parking three levels underground and a lazy reconnect scheme. This eventually resolved itself after I got home and the car connected to my wi-fi before heading back out to pick up dinner. I'm also on 5.8.8.
     
  6. PhilBa

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    #6 PhilBa, Mar 22, 2014
    I see a lot of slacker problems but this one hits me infrequently. It does seem to be related to poor connectivity, though. Switch to a different station or previous search fixes it.

    I've seen this problem with most versions of the firmware.
     
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