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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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  • Daniel
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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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  • shahn321
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Superuser Contribution Spotify recognize an SD card when there is none installed

PlanPremiumDeviceSamsung Galaxy A53 5G, Samsung Galaxy A71, and Samsung Galaxy A70Operating SystemAndroid 12 and Android 11 My Question or IssueFor a few years now, since I had an A70 my Spotify started showing me 2 extra SD cards that are part of th...

  • Newbie
  • Plan Premium Device Samsung Galaxy A53 5G, Samsung Galaxy A71, and Samsung Galaxy A70 Operating System Android 12 and Android 11   My Question or Issue For a few years now, sin...
  • Eni
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  • Andorid
    SD-card
    Storage on sd card
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Pre-installed Spotify refuses to store music on SD card

PlanPremium FamilyCountryUKDeviceSony Xperia XA1 UltraOperating SystemAndroid 8.0.0(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueDespite selecting SD card as storage from the settings, Spotify stubbornly insists on downloading music str...

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  • Plan Premium Family Country UK Device Sony Xperia XA1 Ultra Operating System Android 8.0.0 (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue Despite selecting SD car...
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Superuser Contribution Tapping "Storage" won't work and I can't save mey lists to the SD card

PlanPremiumDeviceSamsung Galaxy A7Operating SystemAndroid While ago I save all of my list to SD card from the "Storage" in the Options Menu. After the new update all of my downloaded musics/lists are gone.Now I can't tap the "Storage" button.I can sa...

  • Casual Listener
  •   Plan Premium Device Samsung Galaxy A7 Operating System Android   While ago I save all of my list to SD card from the "Storage" in the Options Menu. After the new update all of my ...
  • Natey9
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    SD-card
    Storage on sd card
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Superuser Contribution Spotify redownloads music on phone restart, ignores SD card

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceMoto G 5 PlusOperating SystemAndroid Oreo My Question or IssueI recently had to move my music over to my SD card as my internal storage is getting completely full, there is NO WAY TO DO THIS IN APP so I had to reinstall the ...

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  • Plan Premium Country UK Device Moto G 5 Plus Operating System Android Oreo   My Question or Issue I recently had to move my music over to my SD card as my internal storage is getting c...
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    motorola
    redownloading
    Redownloading songs
    SD-card
    storage problem
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SD card isn't being recognized by spotify

PlanPremium for FamiliesCountry New ZealandDeviceMeizu M3 NoteOperating SystemAndroid 5.1 My Question or Issue Hi, since the most recent update, my SD card is no longer being registered by the Spotify app on my phone. So far, I've tried multiple clea...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Premium for Families Country  New Zealand Device Meizu M3 Note Operating System Android 5.1   My Question or Issue  Hi, since the most recent update, my SD card is no lo...
  • Kassiaamily
  • Casual Listener
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    SD-card
    storage
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Favourite playlist incomplete & can't save to SD card

PlanpremiumCountryUKDeviceHuawei p9 lite My Question or IssueThe new layout is quite inconvenient without the songs library but according to other posts it's simply been renamed to "favourites" playlist this would be fine except my favourites playlis...

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  • Plan premium Country UK Device Huawei p9 lite   My Question or Issue The new layout is quite inconvenient without the songs library but according to other posts it's simply been rename...
  • Mjlark
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    Update
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution App doesn't recognize SD card to store offline music

PlanPremiumCountryUK DeviceHTC U11 EyesOperating SystemAndroid 7.1.2 Spotify version8.4.64.555 armV7My Question or Issue Hello guys, I can't make my app to recognize my SD card to store offline music. I have been doing some research but in the Storag...

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  • Plan Premium Country UK  Device HTC U11 Eyes Operating System Android 7.1.2  Spotify version 8.4.64.555 armV7 My Question or Issue   Hello guys, I can't make my app to...
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[Spotify or Android ?] Duplicate Offline storage - Internal & SD Card

Dear community ! I'm owning a fresh new Galaxy S7 phone with a microSD Evo+ 128gb. This SD card is configured as "portable" and not "internal". I've selected the option inside the Spotify app to store offline playlist and data into the SD card, what ...

  • Music Fan
  • Dear community !   I'm owning a fresh new Galaxy S7 phone with a microSD Evo+ 128gb. This SD card is configured as "portable" and not "internal".   I've selected the option inside the S...
  • Gabriel1612
  • Newbie
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    SD-card
    storage
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Offline Music appears to save to SD card, but doesn't

In the past, I've had lots of trouble getting offline tracks to move/stay on my SD card, but I finally figured it out and haven't been bothered with it for quite some time now. Yesterday, out of the blue, my App Manager started showing that all the O...

  • Newbie
  • In the past, I've had lots of trouble getting offline tracks to move/stay on my SD card, but I finally figured it out and haven't been bothered with it for quite some time now. Yesterday, out of the ...
  • Joe
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  • Android
    offline data
    sd card
    sd card troubleshooting
    SD-card
    storage
    Storage on sd card
    Troubleshooting
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Loss of Downloaded tracks when phone shuts down

I'm an android user on a Galaxy S5. I download my tracks to my SD card (roughly 2000 of them). Recently any time my phone shuts down or restarts, spotify undownloads every single one of my tracks. It gets really frustrating and stressful if I'm out/t...

  • Casual Listener
  • I'm an android user on a Galaxy S5. I download my tracks to my SD card (roughly 2000 of them). Recently any time my phone shuts down or restarts, spotify undownloads every single one of my tracks. &...
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  • Download bug
    SD-card
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Xperia Z3 issues

Could anybody help me in trying to solve my Xperia Z3 issue?Spotify keeps stopping after every track, this includes direct streaming and playback from saved files. It also does not let me save songs and will continue to redownload them after reopenin...

  • Newbie
  • Could anybody help me in trying to solve my Xperia Z3 issue? Spotify keeps stopping after every track, this includes direct streaming and playback from saved files. It also does not let me save so...
  • Bwear
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  • Android
    Download error
    Playback problem
    Playlist problem
    SD-card
    Stuttering Playback
    Xperia
    Z3 running
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SD music to main android path.

Hi, new one here, have a cuestion, I downloaded some of my playlist in my old phone (Xperia Z3), have an 128Gb SD card and the music offline goes there, rigth now, I have a Galaxy S6 Edge, this phone doesn't have an SD card tray. So theres a way to c...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi, new one here, have a cuestion, I downloaded some of my playlist in my old phone (Xperia Z3), have an 128Gb SD card and the music offline goes there, rigth now, I have a Galaxy S6 Edge, this phone...
  • IngMarioChen
  • Casual Listener
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  • Path
    SD-card
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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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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...

  • Casual Listener
  • 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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How to save data to SD card rather than internal storage? Honor 6

Hi, bought my first Android phone the other day and I guess I'm just getting to grips with the apparent "freedom". Got an SD card, relocated immediate storage of phone to SD card rather than Internal Storage...Spotify still seems to save all it's dat...

  • Music Fan
  • Hi, bought my first Android phone the other day and I guess I'm just getting to grips with the apparent "freedom".   Got an SD card, relocated immediate storage of phone to SD card rather than...
  • SloeGin
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    SD-card
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Solved!! storage space

All of my offline playlists and albums are on my external sd card. The app was giving me some problems so I uninstalled it and deleted all the saved files. When I reinstalled it and started to download all my music again my phone said it was running ...

  • Gig Goer
  • All of my offline playlists and albums are on my external sd card. The app was giving me some problems so I uninstalled it and deleted all the saved files. When I reinstalled it and started to downlo...
  • Daniel
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    storage space
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Where is my music being saved?

So I have this Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 with a 32 GB MicroSD card but my spotify is in the internal memory, and I am downloading my music but I have A LOT of music and i want to know if the music is going to be saved in the SD card because the memory of ...

  • Visitor
  • So I have this Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 with a 32 GB MicroSD card but my spotify is in the internal memory, and I am downloading my music but I have A LOT of music and i want to know if the music is goin...
  • Daniel
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  • Android
    SD-card
    Sdcard storage muddle
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SD Card Error

I have a Spotify Premium account and use an Android phone. Recently I have been receiving the following error message: 'No SD Card Found: We found no place to store our data, please check that you have a working SD card and free space." My SD card ha...

  • Casual Listener
  • I have a Spotify Premium account and use an Android phone. Recently I have been receiving the following error message: 'No SD Card Found: We found no place to store our data, please check t...
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Solved!! spotify has stopped.

Hello everyone ! I have an issue since à week. Spotify crashes randomly on my phone with no apparent reason. My phone : Rooted Galaxy note 3I used foldermount to sync on my sd cardIt worked fine until Last week and now spotify Just crashes randomly. ...

  • Roadie
  • Hello everyone ! I have an issue since à week. Spotify crashes randomly on my phone with no apparent reason. My phone : Rooted Galaxy note 3 I used foldermount to sync on my sd card It work...
  • Daniel
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  • Crash
    SD-card
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SD card cleared

The day before yesterday I started Spotify on my phone. Hadn't done that for a while. Had to login again en then Spotify told me that, since I was logged in on three devices (apparently), my phone couldn't be synced and all files would be removed. So...

  • Casual Listener
  • The day before yesterday I started Spotify on my phone. Hadn't done that for a while. Had to login again en then Spotify told me that, since I was logged in on three devices (apparently), my phone co...
  • Daniel
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