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Solved!! New and Improved Android Widget

Spotify is bringing a new update to the home screen widget on Android devices. This update will help you get more out of it than before. The new widget will make it simpler and faster to access your favourite content on Spotify. So what is changing?H...

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Solved!! The version of Spotify I have has completely different features than another free user.

PlanFreeCountryUSADeviceAndroid PhonesMy Question or IssueMy dad and I both have spotify. I cannot pick songs to play and have to rely on shuffle. My dad can pick songs without issue, and probably doesn't even know that shuffle's an option. We both h...

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Where did my premium a count go?

Help! Woke up this morning and had to sign in. Submitted email address but it sent me details for my old account with ads. Can't remember my Premium account login details. I want my Premium account back! What can I do???Rae

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  • Help! Woke up this morning and had to sign in. Submitted email address but it sent me details for my old account with ads. Can't remember my Premium account login details. I want my Premium account b...
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Data storage limit?

Dear all,My app runs on a Android. My cell phone has over 5gb of free space and my Spotify app is not even 1gb heavy. I'm not even close to the 3k songs limit, I doubt if I have 100.But anyways my app says it cannot perform a download because there i...

  • Newbie
  • Dear all, My app runs on a Android. My cell phone has over 5gb of free space and my Spotify app is not even 1gb heavy. I'm not even close to the 3k songs limit, I doubt if I have 100. But anywa...
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Recover offline playlists from SD card

Yesterday I tried to get onto my spotify account offline, but for some reason it had logged me out. Later in the day when I finally had WiFi I logged in, but the app told me that I had used spotify on too many devices so removed all my offline playli...

  • Newbie
  • Yesterday I tried to get onto my spotify account offline, but for some reason it had logged me out. Later in the day when I finally had WiFi I logged in, but the app told me that I had used spotify o...
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Slow Download

Hello guys.I have noticed something funny with my spotify. I had to change my old microsd to a new one and all of sudden when I downloaded the spotify app and tried to sync my playlist and stuff, It's soooooooooooooooooooooo slow, it took 10 mins to ...

  • Newbie
  • Hello guys. I have noticed something funny with my spotify. I had to change my old microsd to a new one and all of sudden when I downloaded the spotify app and tried to sync my playlist and stuff, I...
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Running feature doesn't show up when signed in as particular user

Spotify Running does not show up when I sign in to Spotify. If I sign in as another user, on the same device, the feature is available. If I then sign back out and sign in again as my normal user, it is again missing. This has been true on a Moto X d...

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  • Spotify Running does not show up when I sign in to Spotify. If I sign in as another user, on the same device, the feature is available. If I then sign back out and sign in again as my normal use...
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Spotify randomly stops playing.

Nexus 5. Android 4.4 Here's exactly what happens:- a song ends - the next song starts playing (progress bar and everything) but you don't hear anything - just now I was away from my desk for a few minutes and when I came back I heard nothing (left it...

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  • Nexus 5. Android 4.4   Here's exactly what happens: - a song ends - the next song starts playing (progress bar and everything) but you don't hear anything - just now I was away from m...
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All "My Songs" Deleted

Hi All Songs I saved under "My Songs", online and offline, have vanished from my Samsung Galaxy Alpha in the night from Nov 6th to 7th. They are still there if I login on my laptop. Anyone having the same problem or a solution? Cheers!

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  • Hi   All Songs I saved under "My Songs", online and offline, have vanished from my Samsung Galaxy Alpha in the night from Nov 6th to 7th. They are still there if I login on my laptop. Anyone h...
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Using Spotify premium in a country that spotify is not available in?

Hello all, I'm making a month-long trip to Sri Lanka and was wondering whether I'd be able to access my downloaded songs while I'm there. The last time I went to Sri Lanka I was not able to play any of my songs (but I was on a free account then) and ...

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  • Hello all,   I'm making a month-long trip to Sri Lanka and was wondering whether I'd be able to access my downloaded songs while I'm there. The last time I went to Sri Lanka I was not able to ...
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Frequent crashing

I've a problem with the app on my Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 with Android 5.0.2. Suddenly when I'm browsing for artists or songs within the app it will crash. And every time the crash it also crash my launcher (in my case it's Nova launcher). I think it's ...

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  • I've a problem with the app on my Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 with Android 5.0.2. Suddenly when I'm browsing for artists or songs within the app it will crash. And every time the crash it also crash my laun...
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Spotify does not sync to external SD Card

Hi All, I have bought a new SD-card so I can store all my Spotify music on it. I deleted tthe cache and data of my account and logged in again. Nevertheless, Sportif starts syncing directly and stores all data on my phone instead of the external SD-c...

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  • Hi All,   I have bought a new SD-card so I can store all my Spotify music on it.   I deleted tthe cache and data of my account and logged in again. Nevertheless, Sportif starts syncing ...
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Solved!! Offline sync to SD CARD

Could SPOTIFY make it possible to offline sync music to SD CARD its so freaking frustrating that all the offline music takes all the memory on the phone! When will the offline sync to SD CARD feature be a possible. FIX IT FAST SPOTIFY!

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  • Could SPOTIFY make it possible to offline sync music to SD CARD its so freaking frustrating that all the offline music takes all the memory on the phone!    When will the offline sync t...
  • danielryrvik
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Android offline content goes away on its own

In the past month, I have had my online content dissappear twice all by itself. I only have the the data offline on this one device so I had no music until I could get home at the end of the day to re-download all of the tracks. I am not using my mob...

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  • In the past month, I have had my online content dissappear twice all by itself.   I only have the the data offline on this one device so I had no music until I could get home at the end of the...
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[Android] Playlist keeps switching back to the top.

When I play a song from my playlist and my phone goes in lock mode, it returns to the top of the playlist when I unlock my phone. It will even do this when I switch to another app and return to Spotify after that. This is very annoying when I'm in a ...

  • Casual Listener
  • When I play a song from my playlist and my phone goes in lock mode, it returns to the top of the playlist when I unlock my phone. It will even do this when I switch to another app and return to Spoti...
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Specific aong stops and skips to the next song on the playlist.

I have the song Roses by The Chainsmokers in one of my playlists. So, when I first played it the song skipped to the next song on the playlist automatically. So I thought maybe I just accidentally pressed the "next" button. So I played it again with ...

  • Newbie
  • I have the song Roses by The Chainsmokers in one of my playlists. So, when I first played it the song skipped to the next song on the playlist automatically. So I thought maybe I just accidentally pr...
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Android failure

Spotify fails to load, starting today. Removed and reinstalled, cold booted my phone. Worked fine yesterday. Computers work fine.

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  • Spotify fails to load, starting today. Removed and reinstalled, cold booted my phone. Worked fine yesterday. Computers work fine.
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Galaxy S6 edge. Clear view cover

Could Spotify deploy widget with the use of clear view cover for Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge with controls for music selection and sound equalizer. Thanks

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  • Could Spotify deploy widget with the use of clear view cover for Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge with controls for music selection and sound equalizer. Thanks
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Solved!! Can't download app on my phone

Hey folks, I recently movd to the USA and I've been trying to get spotify to download on my android phone but with no luck so far. I have the windows app installed on my lapotop an I'm using the free premium trial currently but no matter what I do I ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hey folks,   I recently movd to the USA and I've been trying to get spotify to download on my android phone but with no luck so far. I have the windows app installed on my lapotop an I'm using...
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You know what Spotify should add? PODCASTS!!!

I just think it would be really neat if Spotify did music AND podcasts.I wonder if they've ever considered the idea.

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  • I just think it would be really neat if Spotify did music AND podcasts. I wonder if they've ever considered the idea.
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Spotify Playlist Problem

As of a week ago my spotify playlist library shows playlists that refuse to load. It is like they are corrupted but even after erasing all data, they are still there. I cannot open them and when i scroll over them the app lags terribly. Id rather not...

  • Newbie
  • As of a week ago my spotify playlist library shows playlists that refuse to load. It is like they are corrupted but even after erasing all data, they are still there. I cannot open them and when i sc...
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Shuffling a huge playlist: Android client only plays from within first 100 songs

I have a 4000+ track Starred playlist, which I tend to play on shuffle when I've got no particular listening preference. When listening on desktop, this seems to be working as I'd expect. However, on the Android client, when I shuffle this playlist i...

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  • I have a 4000+ track Starred playlist, which I tend to play on shuffle when I've got no particular listening preference. When listening on desktop, this seems to be working as I'd expect.   Ho...
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