iPhone 3.0 Compatibility Note
A free update is available now that fixes compatibility issues with iPhone 3.0. (The bug was some channels were not being displayed in the listings, while others were listed twice.
Common Questions/Issues:
The SomaFM app stops playing when I go to the main iPhone menu.
This is an unfortunate limitation of iPhone Apps, which aren't allowed to run in the background. So if you go to the main menu to get to another application, our player has to stop. Apple announced some new background features in 3.0 that we'll support as soon as it's available.
Not all stations are showing up in my list.
This is a bug caused by the iPhone 3.0 software. Some channels are not being displayed in the listings, while others are being listed twice. You can get to missing channel by clicking on one of the duplicate entries. This bug is being addressed and will be fixed in our next update.
For other SomaFM iPhone support questions: post a message here and we'll respond. You can also email dj@somafm.com and we'll get back to you. Please include as many details of the problem you're having, your carrier, iPhone/iPod Touch model, and what you were doing when the problem happened.
I have no volume for 2 days through paid app. Was able to listen on free site. My iPhone is working fine with other apps. -- Chris, November 20, at 5:21a
I purchased the app but it will not open, it just flashes open for a second then goes away. -- Steve, November 12, at 11:47a
somafm player should grow in-app purchase for making donations, rather than taking the user to Paypal in Safari. -- Jason Thorpe, November 11, at 10:00a
Hi, does the SomaFM Player for the iPhone make (full) use of the 48k aac plus streams that are available on somafm.com if the bandwidth is limited to 64 kbit/sek? The german radio station RMN Radio already offers an app that lets you listen to their 48k aacPlus streams btw. Best Regards Marcel -- Marcel Bott, October 30, at 5:52p
ghggh -- rakesh, October 30, at 2:43a
ghggh -- rakesh, October 30, at 2:43a
I have listened to Groove Salam via itunes for a while. Figured I would buy the iphone app to give you guys some money. I am having the same problem, wont let me buy says no longer available. -- JT, October 19, at 3:33p
When I try to purchase the application in iTunes it tells me it is no longer available. Just like the other posts bellow me. Will this be resolved so we can give you guys some money? =) Thanks -- Larry, October 19, at 7:07a
When I try to buy the app I tells me app no longer available. What can I do? -- John, October 19, at 5:28a
Hi! Everytime I try to buy the somafm app for my iPhone, it says "No Longer Available"... is it anywhere else, or under a different name? Would love it on my iPhone! Peace - R. -- Rufino, October 18, at 1:31a
OLA,,ME GUSTARIA TENER ESA MUSICA -- CLAUDIO, October 9, at 1:08p
Nevermind. I figured it out. Keep up the good work Soma! -- Ryan, October 5, at 10:36a
I just purchased the SomaFM iPhone app, and I can't get any of the stations to play. I have 4 bars on the 3G network, and I get no music. I tested some other apps on py phone, like NPR and Pandora, and they sound fine, so I know it's not an internal setting. Can't seem to find a place to get support for this app. Little help please?!? -- Ryan, October 5, at 10:35a
im using the ipod touch via wi-fi and it wont connect to stream the music, it does how ever update the song listings as it appears on each stations but it errors when i press play "unable to connect to the station try again later" with all the stations. pls help -- Carlos, September 21, at 5:47p
Does the iPhone application use the same "i.somafm.com" stream addresses as the web app does? It appears my phone company is blocking some of the ports used to run stations on the i.somafm.com site. From the web app I can access all the listed stations in both EDGE and 3G/WiFi lists while I'm connected to WiFi but when I drop back to 3G only some of the stations work. The broken links flash up a warning saying Safari can't connect to the server. I can access the blocked stations through the "somafm.com/play" links on the main home page instead so it's not a big problem, just an inconvenient one. I'll go through the whole station list on the web app today and find which ones are working and which ones aren't. I'll pass this list on to my phone company. The blocked ports seem to be the whole number ones like 6060 or 6050 so they may be caught up in some peer to peer port blocking. -- Tim Duggan, September 13, at 6:33p
After a few minutes of streaming music through my itouch on a wireless network the music stops playing. I have diabled the automatic lock to the device. What am I doing wrong? -- John, September 7, at 10:04a
I'm using the iphone/ipod touch app on my wifi at home, and a lot of the stations will update playlists but not play music (only Groove Salad, Drone Zone, Indie Pop, and Secret Agent work). Do these communicate through a different port? The firewall in my modem/router is set with low security, but are there any particular ports your app uses that I can specifically open? -- Ciro, September 4, at 4:12p
Thank's -- Djino, August 29, at 2:57p
Your Iphone APP was working GREAT until the update of firmware 3.0.1.Now the APP wont even load.Is there any fix 4 this ? Dave -- Dave Gregory, August 29, at 7:28a
Hi there, I downloaded the SomaFM app and it worked wonderfully for a few days. But now it never gets past the main screen before it quits back to the app listing in my iPod Touch. Anything I can do to make it work? -- Brian, August 25, at 3:04p
Best app and channel ever! Is it possible to buy a t-shirt with drone zone logo on the front and soma fm on the back?? Soma fm rulezzzzz!!! Cheers -- Max from france, August 20, at 3:51a
Hi, Got a new iphone 3G here in France. Download the somafm applet, but i can't hear your stations. It seems the phone can't reach your server. No other info. Just that little flower in the middle on the phone that is turning and turning. What can i do ? Thanks, Jean-Etienne -- jean-Etienne, August 11, at 9:37a
is the lush station available on the iphone app i heard it wasnt if it isnt when it going to be added -- juan, August 9, at 6:48a
Hi Rusty - really nice to see this available for my iphone!! I am having a problem with the music stopping after 30 minutes - all the time - I've been using the app for only a week but it happens every time. The error message I get is: "Error: unable to load this station. Try again later." Any ideas? Thanks again for the great music! Pierce -- Pierce, August 4, at 7:43p
Feature suggestion and question: what about a link from each station to the stream in Safari? Even just as a temporary fix until apple releases background. Should be easy to add? Would really help those of us that sometimes have to switch to a few different apps and don't want to interrupt our music. Next question is, is there any way to pause the stream when you unplug headphones? Having it play continue playing through the external speaker isn't really practical. Don't know if apple supports this. -- Miles, June 21, at 6:35p
... well I guess they are updating, but there are other old (time) entries interspersed... weird. -- Daniel, June 18, at 11:47p
Rusty, it seems that on the 3.0 software the songs aren't updating anymore either... -- Daniel Sofer, June 18, at 11:09p
People seem to want backgrounding. A quick and dirty way could be to add a link in the channel menu (by "bookmark this song" and "switch to low bandwidth") that would forward to the same stream as the iphone site uses. That stream can be backgrounded really easily. -- Paul, June 18, at 3:43p
I had this app on another phone and regularly listened to beat blender. I just got a new phone, and repurchased the app, and there is no beat blender station in the new app.? Is this right? -- Jay, June 9, at 1:24p
I love the app, but please, please, please allow it to work with Backgrounder or Insomnia. I bicycle long distances, and have my iPhone mounted on the handlebars to use TrackThing and other Navigation software, and often leave FStream running in the background (via Backgrounder app) streaming Lush or GrooveSalad from SomaFM. The fact SomaFM Player doesn't at least work with Backgrounder, is very disappointing. -- Crypto den Drum, June 6, at 4:27a
I bought this app for my iPod touch and it doesn't work even though I'm on wi-fi. I figured it would work like Pandora. Can it work, or did I just waste my money? -- Susan Beezley, May 29, at 6:36p
With the web-based app I could close the browser window and music would keep playing while I used any non-Safari app. With this new app it appears that as soon as I close the app the music stops, so I can't listen to music while I'm doing other stuff. Is there something I'm doing wrong? Is there a way around this? -- Andrew MacLean, May 24, at 1:34a