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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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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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Jumpy Playback on HTC One X

Ok... I guess I'll just write all this out again then as pressing 'post' apparently means 'delete everything I've just written' Spotify sure are on a winning streak today ^^ So I'm having a problem with my offline playlists on HTC One X playing back ...

  • Regular
  • Ok... I guess I'll just write all this out again then as pressing 'post' apparently means 'delete everything I've just written' Spotify sure are on a winning streak today ^^   So I'm having ...
  • zeedok
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New to spotify!

How do I add others playlists/follow other subscribers? I am in my owner profile...Have no idea where to go from here.

  • Casual Listener
  • How do I add others playlists/follow other subscribers? I am in my owner profile...Have no idea where to go from here.
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Premium subscription, but wont allow on demand track playback

Hey y'all- I just ordered spottily premium so that I can stream on my android phone. Once I subscribed (with confirmation), I went o play a track (on demand) and it told me that I needed a premium subscription. I have check my account information at ...

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  • Hey y'all-   I just ordered spottily premium so that I can stream on my android phone.  Once I subscribed (with confirmation), I went o play a track (on demand) and it told me that I ne...
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cant access my own playlists

After the new update to the android application noone (including myself) can open any playlist created by my account. Other peoples playlist is no problem and everything works fine in Windows. I've tried on several different phones including Samsung ...

  • Casual Listener
  • After the new update to the android application noone (including myself) can open any playlist created by my account. Other peoples playlist is no problem and everything works fine in Windows. I've t...
  • bitofred
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Songs starred in Android have no date added in Windows app

Hello All, Whenever I star a song from the Spotify Android app, and I switch back to the same list on the Windows app, these songs have no 'Added' date, thus my list on my Android phone hasn't got the same sorting as on the Windows App. This is a min...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello All,   Whenever I star a song from the Spotify Android app, and I switch back to the same list on the Windows app, these songs have no 'Added' date, thus my list on my Android phone hasn...
  • danharding
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Some local files 'unavailable' to play on android.

I recently bought the Pump it Up workout album from Ministry of Sound via itunes and there are 34 tracks. I went into spotify (premium) on my laptop and went into local files and transferred the album into my 'running' playlist which at the moment on...

  • Casual Listener
  • I recently bought the Pump it Up workout album from Ministry of Sound via itunes and there are 34 tracks. I went into spotify (premium) on my laptop and went into local files and transferred the albu...
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Trouble getting certain songs to play on Android phone

Hello, I have just bought some of The Beatles from iTunes because Spotify doesn't have any and figured I could still listen to them from local files and star them so I could have them on my phone as I have Spotify premium. I can play those Beatles' s...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello,         I have just bought some of The Beatles from iTunes because Spotify doesn't have any and figured I could still listen to them   from local files an...
  • Peter__
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NOT ABLE TO USE SPOTIFY AT ALL!!

I have had Spotify for while now, and I have always used it on my cell phone whenever I have Premium. For the past 3 weeks or so, every time I try to log in (since I had to factory reset my phone and since I bought a new phone) I get an ad pop up and...

  • Casual Listener
  • I have had Spotify for while now, and I have always used it on my cell phone whenever I have Premium. For the past 3 weeks or so, every time I try to log in (since I had to factory reset my phone and...
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Random play doesn't work too well

Hi! well, after a few years being a user of Spotify i've decided to check if this was issue was documented here in the forums. (it isn't so i'm creating this new message) I have huge lists that i always like to play randomly (basicly on Android app) ...

  • Newbie
  • Hi!   well, after a few years being a user of Spotify i've decided to check if this was issue was documented here in the forums. (it isn't so i'm creating this new message) I have huge l...
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spotify wont open right on my phone

i get a Blank white screen when i open spotify on my phone. i tryed restarting my phone several times and it doesn't work. you know why this is happening? do i have to many playlist that could of triped it up or something?

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  • i get a Blank white screen when i open spotify on my phone. i tryed restarting my phone several times and it doesn't work. you know why this is happening? do i have to many playlist that could of tri...
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Radio Repeats the Same 20 Songs

My radio station repeats the same of about 20 or more tracks. It will update this list after while, but when I am skipping a lot of tracks, I find I eventually start replaying ever thing since I started that listening session.

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  • My radio station repeats the same of about 20 or more tracks. It will update this list after while, but when I am skipping a lot of tracks, I find I eventually start replaying ever thing since I star...
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[FIX] internet connection

Hi guys, i have read about many people having the internet connection issue, and it popped up on my DHD as well. I fixed it in a very simple way. Just log-out in the settings menu, and loggin again, and spotify will be connected to the internet again...

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  • Hi guys, i have read about many people having the internet connection issue, and it popped up on my DHD as well. I fixed it in a very simple way. Just log-out in the settings menu, and loggin aga...
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BLANK PLAYLISTS S2

Hello I get blank playlist on my Samsung S2. I try to reinstall spotify and that didnt work. I search around on google but no good answers. but my nickname is nicnac+ maybe it can be it + who causes the problem? If that is the case, how can i change ...

  • Newbie
  • Hello   I get blank playlist on my Samsung S2. I try to reinstall spotify and that didnt work. I search around on google but no good answers. but my nickname is nicnac+ maybe it can be it + ...
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Duplicate Albums in Android

I see that Maroon 5, for example, has four albums listed for Overexposed. As I understand it, they legitimately have four versions (explicit, clean, deluxe explicit, and deluxe clean). Amazon, for example, lists the four albums in a way to distinguis...

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  • I see that Maroon 5, for example, has four albums listed for Overexposed.  As I understand it, they legitimately have four versions (explicit, clean, deluxe explicit, and deluxe clean).  Am...
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Bad sound through aux input on car radio from Samsung Note 2

Hello, I have a cable running from the headphone jack on my Galaxy Note 2 into the Aux In of my car stereo. When I play any music from Spotify (on or offline) it sounds very garbled and different bands of the music sound different volumes. The bass w...

  • Newbie
  • Hello,   I have a cable running from the headphone jack on my Galaxy Note 2 into the Aux In of my car stereo.  When I play any music from Spotify (on or offline) it sounds very garbled ...
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Here comes yet another update without any fixes

So I have been patient and been waiting for a fix for all the issues (and missing features) in the Android app. Many - if not all - of these problems are all posted in here, but still we get crap like Facebook integration and radio instead of a worki...

  • Casual Listener
  • So I have been patient and been waiting for a fix for all the issues (and missing features) in the Android app. Many - if not all - of these problems are all posted in here, but still we get crap lik...
  • frankingeneral
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Apps within the Android App?

Hi All, I'm a fairly new user to the Android app for Spotify having only recently paid out for the Premium subscription. As others have found it seems, the App works well but does have several flaws for regular use... On to my question. I currently u...

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  • Hi All,   I'm a fairly new user to the Android app for Spotify having only recently paid out for the Premium subscription.  As others have found it seems, the App works well but does ha...
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Solved!! Spotify does not start up correctly on ZTE Blade III cellular

My newly bought ZTE Blade III does not work with Spotify. It downloads OK from the Play store, but when I try to start it it gives a display with the name Spotify on top and the three horizontal lines up in the left corner (symbol for the menu for Pl...

  • Regular
  • My newly bought ZTE Blade III does not work with Spotify. It downloads OK from the Play store, but when I try to start it it gives a display with the name Spotify on top and the three horizontal l...
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Radio not streaming

For some reason I can't seem to get the radio to stream. It says "loading" for the longest time.

  • Gig Goer
  • For some reason I can't seem to get the radio to stream. It says "loading" for the longest time.
  • Goodman
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