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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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Simple question - How to close Spotify on Android?

Hello I'm using Premium Spotify on my LG L9 and I have around 1000 songs on my SD Card. After listening music I'm closing app by Android Task Manager (something like here http://puu.sh/fxkP5/3b219a8908.jpg (it's not my screenshot )). When I want list...

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  • Hello I'm using Premium Spotify on my LG L9 and I have around 1000 songs on my SD Card. After listening music I'm closing app by Android Task Manager  (something like here http://puu.sh/f...
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Is it possible to play local files offline on spotify free?

Hi everyone, I just created playlists of my Local Files on Windows Spotify client and synced to my Android smartphone. I set the offline flag on but when I'm offline (airplane mode) I can't play my local files playlist, is it normal? Do I have to upg...

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  • Hi everyone,   I just created playlists of my Local Files on Windows Spotify client and synced to my Android smartphone. I set the offline flag on but when I'm offline (airplane mode) I can'...
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Premium December deal

Hi, I purchased Spotify Premium in December with the deal that gives you 2 or 3 months free. (Can't remember exactly what One). I have gone on today and it isn't there. The payment went out on the 12th Dec and now it is free membership again. What's ...

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  • Hi, I purchased Spotify Premium in December with the deal that gives you 2 or 3 months free. (Can't remember exactly what One). I have gone on today and it isn't there. The payment went out on the 12...
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Keine Playbuttons im sperrbildschirm

Hallo erstmal:)Ich habe ein problem seit dem neuen android update mit spotify, ich weiß nicht ob es da dran liegt oder an spotify? Wenn ich musik höre und in den sperrbildschirm gehe kann ich die musik von dort aus nicht wechseln hoffe auf hilfe Dank...

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  • Hallo erstmal:) Ich habe ein problem seit dem neuen android update mit spotify, ich weiß nicht ob es da dran liegt oder an spotify? Wenn ich musik höre und in den sperrbildschirm gehe kann ich die m...
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No sound thru Bluetooth in Car.

I specifically reinstalled Spotify on my android phone so I could connect to the Bluetooth in my new car. I tried it today for the first time -- and the Spotify ad played just fine thru my car speakers, but then the music had no sound. I could see it...

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  • I specifically reinstalled Spotify on my android phone so I could connect to the Bluetooth in my new car. I tried it today for the first time -- and the Spotify ad played just fine thru my car speake...
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Solved!! playing First minute of songbthen moving on

Hello! I had to reienstall the app to my Samsung Galaxy S2 this weekend after reseting my phone. Since doing so, the app is playing 50sec.-1 min of a song before moving into another song. I have checked my settings and I do not have crossfade set.Any...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello! I had to reienstall the app to my Samsung Galaxy S2 this weekend after reseting my phone. Since doing so, the app is playing 50sec.-1 min of a song before moving into another song. I have chec...
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Unable to hide "Various Artists" from recent section

As you know we can hide an artist or an album from home screen's recent section but if we push menu shortcut (vertical ... thing) for "Various Artists" it can't show a menu for that it says that I need an internet connection but it's just a meaningle...

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  • As you know we can hide an artist or an album from home screen's recent section but if we push menu shortcut (vertical ... thing) for "Various Artists" it can't show a menu for that it says that I ne...
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bass died after phone crashed while using Spotify

Hi so I just got a new samsung tab 3 like a week ago after I downloaded Spotify and all my songs as a premium user I thought why not upgrade to extreme quality....and in the process my phone crashed while multitasking on the Spotify app. I had to for...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi so I just got a new samsung tab 3 like a week ago after I downloaded Spotify and all my songs as a premium user I thought why not upgrade to extreme quality....and in the process my phone crashed ...
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downloading music

I've done something to where spotify automatically downloads all of my saved music and that is taking up all of my storage on my phone. How do I get it to stop automatically downloading every new thing I save?

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  • I've done something to where spotify automatically downloads all of my saved music and that is taking up all of my storage on my phone. How do I get it to stop automatically downloading every new thi...
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Logging in to spotify on new device

Hi, Recently got a new phone and tried to log in to my Spotify account via Facebook, upon doing so, it says that my my email account is already in use. Please help.

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  • Hi,   Recently got a new phone and tried to log in to my Spotify account via Facebook, upon doing so, it says that my my email account is already in use.    Please help. 
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Spotify goes black when offline

Hi I updated to Premium so I could take my mobile out on my running trips and play music offline. I have a Samsung S4. When I got out of the car, ready to run, I found that Spotify started up with a black/gray screen only showing the word "Spotify" o...

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  • Hi  I updated to Premium so I could take my mobile out on my running trips and play music offline. I have a Samsung S4.  When I got out of the car, ready to run, I found that Spotify star...
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Spotify not opening on adroid L

Hey my spotify isnt opening anymore it wil crash and then when i go to reopen it stays there with the menu icon and thats it. HTC one M8 Anroid 5.0.1

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  • Hey my spotify isnt opening anymore it wil crash and then when i go to reopen it stays there with the menu icon and thats it.   HTC one M8 Anroid 5.0.1  
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tracks are not shown

Hi. in my old spotify account everytime I added a new song in a playlist the track was added automatically into albums, tracks, artist.. now I created a new account and I have to manually add the songs from the playlist to the track list (clicking "s...

  • Newbie
  • Hi. in my old spotify account everytime I added a new song in a playlist the track was added automatically into albums, tracks, artist..   now I created a new account and I have to manuall...
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Solved!! Can Spotify play a file directly from an Android hard drive?

Is it possible to play mp3 files (or any file type) of tracks that are unavailable in the Spotify database if you have the file on your android? If so, how? There are tracks I would like to listen to through Spotify that are not available to stream f...

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  • Is it possible to play mp3 files (or any file type) of tracks that are unavailable in the Spotify database if you have the file on your android?  If so, how?   There are tracks I w...
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Release Notes - Spotify for Android (2.1.0)

What's new in this version (2.1.0) New: You can now find a link to our support page in Settings. Fixed: A bunch of stability issues. Fictitious: Our TCP sockets are gold-plated for your listening pleasure.

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  •   What's new in this version (2.1.0)   New: You can now find a link to our support page in Settings. Fixed: A bunch of stability issues. Fictitious: Our TCP sockets are gold...
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Solved!! Log in with Facebook failed

Hi there, I am desperately trying to log in on Spotify on my Android mobile phone. The error I get is "You seem to try to log in from a different country". I was in Brazil for the last six months and therefore changed the language of facebook from ge...

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  • Hi there,   I am desperately trying to log in on Spotify on my Android mobile phone. The error I get is "You seem to try to log in from a different country".   I was in Brazil for t...
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Continuous Offline Problems

Whenever I attempt to go offline it states I must connect to 3G etc, to download. I'll then connect when possible and the entire file downloads again. I attempt to go offline and the process begins over again. I am a frustrated premium member....any ...

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  • Whenever I attempt to go offline it states I must connect to 3G etc, to download. I'll then connect when possible and the entire file downloads again. I attempt to go offline and the process begins o...
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Spotify Connect & offline mode?

HiI am on Android 444 and samsung galaxy note 4. I am at home in my network with my Spotify Connect enabled devices. If I switch to offline mode on my phone, and start playing the last track which yesterday was playing from Spotify Connect, is it sup...

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  • Hi I am on Android 444 and samsung galaxy note 4. I am at home in my network with my Spotify Connect enabled devices. If I switch to offline mode on my phone, and start playing the last track wh...
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Premium doesnt work

Yesterday i bought a card with Spotify premium for one month and i reedemed de code and it worked but then i did go to the Spotify app and offline mode didnt work and when i tried to change sound quality it didnt work because its a premium feature bu...

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  • Yesterday i bought a card with Spotify premium for one month and i reedemed de code and it worked but then i did go to the Spotify app and offline mode didnt work and when i tried to change sound qua...
  • MattSuda
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Solved!! Offline mode not working on Galaxy S5

Description Offline mode does not work: playback of songs from downloaded playlists does not work anymore. Looks like the song is playing but i have no audio. Only songs (part of songs) which i listened to in online-mode before have audio in the offl...

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  • Description Offline mode does not work: playback of songs from downloaded playlists does not work anymore. Looks like the song is playing but i have no audio. Only songs (part of songs) which ...
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