How do I get Pandora Music on my Android Phone ?

You have two issues:

1. getting the app on your phone
2. using the app

In pure Android terms, if you can obtain the 'something.apk' file for the app in question, you could use USB or Bluetooth or maybe even wifi to move that APK to you phone and install it. This is a process called "side loading."

CAVEAT: Some mobile vendors have locked their phones against apps that do not arrive through their marketplace services.

So where might you get this APK file? You could download it, or someone else could download it and send it to you somehow.

CAVEAT: Some jurisdictions have sanctions and penalties for accessing or possessing or helping someone access or possess "forbidden" things.

Now that you have the app installed to your phone, you launch it, enter required settings, and ... {time passes} ... enjoy. During the passing time, the app must use the available network connections and services to reach from your phone to the servers. In return, the servers must use the network connections and services to return your content.

CAVEAT: Some jurisdictions scan their networks for connections to servers and types of content they consider "forbidden." When they encounter "improper use" they interrupt what is happening. These interruptions may be a simple denial of service or the authorities may visit you with dire consequences.

In Western civilization, we take the liberty to access what we want whenever we want for granted. There are parts of the world where that is simply not the case. Some of those places have severe penalties for the exchange of any ideas that those in power deem unacceptable.

Good luck,
~~~ 0;-Dan

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Typically the phone makers (Samsung, HTC, &c) and the mobile phone carrier (telecom company like AT&T, British Tel, &c) cooperate -- some say "conspire" -- over phone features. One obvious side effect is the load of built-in apps pre-installed when you get a new phone. Native Android has a config options to "allow install of non-Market apps." AT&T used to disable this option and then hide its existence from end-users. This effectively prevented side loading for all but the most intrepid phone hackers.

Does you Brother listen to Pandora(tm) on his iPhone or does he listen to music using some Apple-specific service? This might be a case where one vendor paid government fees while the other did not. It might also be a case where one vendor agreed to government policies about content censorship or intellectual property while the other did not. I cannot comment on specifics on speculate on possible motives and behavior.

The Pandora(tm) web site says:

When I tried to "download" to my laptop, I got a dialog announcing "try a different device" -- probably because my laptop is not a 'droid anything.

You might find this Download APK directly interesting.

 

Try Jango, much better than Pandora anyway.

 

Found this on xda. I hope it helps.

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