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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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[COMPLETE GUIDE] How to fix most Android issues

Please read below for troubleshooting Spotify on your Android device. This guide contains fixes for most common issues as well as detail on how to create a new topic if you still are having problems. First thing to do before trying anything else is r...

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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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force close when multitasking

Hi, I have been facing the force close issue whenever i am multitasking on my galaxy s3. Is there anyway to prevent the app from being killed by the system?

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi,   I have been facing the force close issue whenever i am multitasking on my galaxy s3. Is there anyway to prevent the app from being killed by the system? 
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Sorting playlists

When I sort a playlist in Spotify, yeah it sorts it but when I close the app and open it again the playlist is unsorted. I've had this issue since first started using Spotify. Help?

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  • When I sort a playlist in Spotify, yeah it sorts it but when I close the app and open it again the playlist is unsorted. I've had  this issue since first started using Spotify. Help?
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offline playlists

Since I downloaded the new updated app for Spotify, none of my playlists will remain synced offline. I have downloaded them all about 10 times each, but they don't play offline, and when I go back online again, there aren't downloaded, apparently. I ...

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  • Since I downloaded the new updated app for Spotify, none of my playlists will remain synced offline. I have downloaded them all about 10 times each, but they don't play offline, and when I go back on...
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"this track is not availeble"

Hi,I always had some songs thad I liked but spotify did not have them in their system. So I always import the track from my pc, I have a premeum account. And when I connected my phone to my pc the songs sync on my phone too. But now that doesn't work...

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  • Hi, I always had some songs thad I liked but spotify did not have them in their system. So I always import the track from my pc, I have a premeum account. And when I connected my phone to my pc th...
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Download Error

Hi, I have a Samsung Galaxy Ace with a 2.3.5 Android system running. A few days ago I had to completely wipe the phone and was in the process of reinstalling everything when Spotify failed. I have tried reinstalling the app several times, both from G...

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  • Hi,   I have a Samsung Galaxy Ace with a 2.3.5 Android system running. A few days ago I had to completely wipe the phone and was in the process of reinstalling everything when Spotify failed...
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Solved!! Redmi + SD Card offline playlist issue

Hi all, I've tried almost every solution in the book to get Spotify to save my offline playlists to my microsd card but it still saves to internal memory. I believe my problem is unique to Redmi (XiaoMi) phones. Here's the issue:Redmi has partitioned...

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  • Hi all, I've tried almost every solution in the book to get Spotify to save my offline playlists to my microsd card but it still saves to internal memory. I believe my problem is unique to Redmi (Xia...
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using to much data Help

This month I am already at 1.37 GB and only 10 days in .... The past months I was around 700 MB of data with spotify on my Android phone. What happend that caused it to use so much data already this month? I need my spotify, I hope this isn't permena...

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  • This month I am already at 1.37 GB and only 10 days in .... The past months I was around 700 MB of data with spotify on my Android phone. What happend that caused it to use so much data already this ...
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Dispositivo incompatible con esta version

Mi movil, Samsung Ace. Ayer me pidio instalar nueva version de spotify. La descargue de Google store. Al instalarla aparece: "Esta version es incompatible con este dispositivo." Hasta ayer funcionaba perfectamente. ¿ cual es la solución?

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  • Mi movil, Samsung Ace. Ayer me pidio instalar nueva version de spotify. La descargue de Google store. Al instalarla aparece: "Esta version es incompatible con este dispositivo."   Hast...
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Solved!! App always says "Title not available"

Hi, I wanted to try the app for Android (Galaxy S2) and maybe I am too stupid, but for every song I try to play it just says "This title is not available" (actually, in German: "Der Titel ist nicht verfügbar"). Why not? I clicked on "Download playlis...

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  • Hi,   I wanted to try the app for Android (Galaxy S2) and maybe I am too stupid, but for every song I try to play it just says "This title is not available" (actually, in German: "Der Titel ...
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Spotify logs me out.

I use Facebook to sign in to Spotify. I have premium. I mostly use Spotify on my phone. Several times throughout the day, often in the middle of listening to a song, it logs out. This makes it impossible to keep anything downloaded (my entire point o...

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  • I use Facebook to sign in to Spotify. I have premium. I mostly use Spotify on my phone. Several times throughout the day, often in the middle of listening to a song, it logs out. This makes it imposs...
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Keeps crashing on Samsung Galaxy S III

Just got the new Galaxy and am new to the Android scene - was wondering why music keeps stopping randomly and the app seems quite buggy. Has anyone else noticed this? Also the app seems to stop playing music after about 10 mins of leaving the phone a...

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  • Just got the new Galaxy and am new to the Android scene - was wondering why music keeps stopping randomly and the app seems quite buggy. Has anyone else noticed this?   Also the app seems to...
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Album is missing on android version

Mastodon album Once more around the sun is ok at web player, but when u open the album on android, it just show 2 of the 11 songs.

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  • Mastodon album Once more around the sun is ok at web player, but when u open the album on android, it just show 2 of the 11 songs.
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Cannot access to My Songs in the android app [Solved]

I have many songs saved to "My songs" in the web player and the Linux desktop player (both are synchronized well), but when I go to "My songs" in the Android app, there isn't any song.This is a bug? I'm not want to search and save the songs again in ...

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  • I have many songs saved to "My songs" in the web player and the Linux desktop player (both are synchronized well), but when I go to "My songs" in the Android app, there isn't any song. This is a bug...
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Playlists pretend to sync, then wont play songs, then go away

I've paid for Spotify for over a year now and in general have loved it. In my opinion, though, the only reason for really paying for it is Offline mode, yet since this last update I've been having serious issues with Spotify. Before the update, the a...

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  • I've paid for Spotify for over a year now and in general have loved it. In my opinion, though, the only reason for really paying for it is Offline mode, yet since this last update I've been having se...
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songs from an album refusing to play

When I first got my spotify account, I created different stations from different artists on my android phone including reggaeton artists Baby Rasta y Gringo. One of the albums that I liked so much from them was Los Duros. It used to work and always p...

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  • When I first got my spotify account, I created different stations from different artists on my android phone including reggaeton artists Baby Rasta y Gringo. One of the albums that I liked so mu...
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cannot download spotify for android

Hi, I am currently in the US for an extended period, although I live in a country where spotify is not available yet. I downloaded it fine on my PC, but I cannot do so on my Android phone. I get a message from the app store that spotify is not availa...

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  • Hi, I am currently in the US for an extended period, although I live in a country where spotify is not available yet. I downloaded it fine on my PC, but I cannot do so on my Android phone. I get a me...
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Local songs from my PC are not downloaded to my Samsung Galaxy S3

The songs Spotify is offering are being downloaded perfectly. When I want to play the songs from my PC on my phone it says the title is not available. Below the local song it say: Loading... - Loading... Please help!

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  • The songs Spotify is offering are being downloaded perfectly. When I want to play the songs from my PC on my phone it says the title is not available.   Below the local song it say: Loading....
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My premium has downgraded to free.

Hi,I added spotify premium on to my Vodafone tarriff and has been working perfectly for months. Last week my premium downgraded to the free spotify!? Vodafone say it is a technical issue with spotify that you are trying to fix.Can you please tell me ...

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  • Hi, I added spotify premium on to my Vodafone tarriff and has been working perfectly for months. Last week my premium downgraded to the free spotify!? Vodafone say it is a technical issue with spo...
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I know the SD card offline storage has many fixes but none are working...

I believe this is because of the weirdness of my Motorla phone's setup. Here's what they did. The phone's internal storage was split. The original 8gb was partitioned into 3gb for the phone's system and everything else (app data etc) and 5gb for ever...

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  • I believe this is because of the weirdness of my Motorla phone's setup. Here's what they did. The phone's internal storage was split. The original 8gb was partitioned into 3gb for the phone's system ...
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