As far as I know, SoundCloud is a preferred application that provides fantastic free music and podcast streaming services to its fans. Today, I noticed a few issues with the SoundCloud iOS app. I also observed that people are facing the same complications: frequent SoundCloud crashes, SoundCloud skipping tracks, it keeps pausing and crashing when saving offline music, etc.
Finally, I tried some fruitful techniques to permanently remove this headache from my iPhone. Please have a look at them.
Troubleshooting SoundCloud App Crashing on iPhone/iPad
Solution 1. Force Close the Soundcloud App
When you feel that SoundCloud keeps buffering the audio and is not playing songs, then probably the best thing is to force close the app and then relaunch it. Get How to Force Quit an App in iOS
Solution 2. Hard Reboot the Device
If the above solution does not work for you and it still keeps pausing on your iPhone or crashing during background play, then shut off the machine for a while and try again.
You can force reboot all iPhone models that have Face ID by following these steps.
- Press and quickly release the volume up key.
- Press and quickly release the volume down key.
- Finally, press and hold the sleep/wake button until you see a black screen.
Solution 3. Check updates for the app
If the issue is common and lots of people have registered their concerns regarding SoundCloud crashing issue, then it might be possible that they have released an update with all the bugs fixed. So go to the App Store and update the application.
For example, here are 3 different tricks to update an app on iOS. I have taken the Snapchat app as an example, but you will have to find SoundCloud on the App Store instead of Snapchat.
Solution 4. Uninstall and Reinstall the app
If nothing has worked for you so far, try deleting and installing the app again. If you are facing difficulty signing in and it keeps signing you out all the time, it might be solved.
Solution 5. Perform a reset of All Settings on your iPhone
- Go to the “Settings” app
- Tap “General.”
- Find and open the tap “Transfer or Reset iPhone”
- Tap “Reset.”
- Lastly, tap on “Reset All Settings”
- You will be asked to enter the iPhone Passcode for security reasons.
- Tap Confirm Reset All Settings.
- After that, the iPhone will reboot.
Did none of the solutions work? Let’s submit a bug report to the SoundCloud app developer. See below for instructions.
Solution 6. Contact An App Developer
Here’s a Complete Guide to Contact an App developer using your iPhone.
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