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sirius xm on Nexus 7

The Sirius App is not working on the N7. I uninstalled it and reinstalled and it fails to load. The issue is that it's not compatible with JB at this point.

And no...Phones are not affect.

I'll Blame Sal and Richard from Howard Stern for this fail. LOL

It isn't Jelly Bean. I have Jelly Bean on my phone and it works fine.

This makes me wonder it the lack of cellular radios in the N7 is the issue.

I believe it is this. Probably a combination of Jelly Bean and the lack of cellular radios makes it think that it is missing something and crashes.
 
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It isn't Jelly Bean. I have Jelly Bean on my phone and it works fine.



I believe it is this. Probably a combination of Jelly Bean and the lack of cellular radios makes it think that it is missing something and crashes.

Sirus XM works on my Xoom WiFi only with JB 4.1.1 so I don't think it is the lack of cell radio causing it to crash. I suspect it is the screen resolution that is non-standard. When I get back to my laptop I'll connect it up the laptop and see what the exact exception that is being thrown.
 
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Just installed the updated version on my Nexus 7 and it is working great!





To those suggesting alternatives, I would point out that anyone running the Sirius streaming app has already decided to pay for it, so they probably already know what they want. ;)

It is simply not the same as Pandora. Much larger library, human DJs, no commercials and no voting up or down.
A Sirius streaming account is cheaper yearly, and IMO adds more value to an existing scrip by giving any-time access even without a receiver available.
 
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