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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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Solved!! Failure moving data to SD card

Plan: Family Device, Samsung Galaxy 9Operating SystemAndroid Oreo My Question or Issue My phone ran out of juice and shut itself down. Every **bleep** time this occurs all spotify data have been moved to internal storage, making it packed. As usual I...

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  • Plan: Family   Device , Samsung Galaxy 9 Operating System Android Oreo   My Question or Issue   My phone ran out of juice and shut itself down. Every **bleep** time this ...
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Spotify don't save music to external sdcard in android 6

After upgrade to android 6 Spotify was unable to access music stored in external sdcard. It download again the files to internal memory.App version: 4.4.0.1008Android version: 6.0.1 (CyanogenMod)Device: Motorola XT1040

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  • After upgrade to android 6 Spotify was unable to access music stored in external sdcard. It download again the files to internal memory. App version: 4.4.0.1008 Android version: 6.0.1 (C...
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Solved!! Offline song in SD card

Hi, i was seeing the space in my phone and i realized that "something" was taken like 5gb of space. when i started to see the memory of my phone i discovered that those 5gb were all the offline songs from spotify, but i have the app installed in my s...

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  • Hi, i was seeing the space in my phone and i realized that "something" was taken like 5gb of space.   when i started to see the memory of my phone i discovered that those 5gb were all the offl...
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    Offline download
    offline storage
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Saved to sdcard, won't play offline. Says it has to be internal memory?

I have Spotify downloaded to my SD card(17+ GB). I moved it from my internal memory. After doing so, all my offline content (the max 3,333) was not available. Tried everything. Ultimately had to re-download all of it to my device, again. It takes up ...

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  • ...ther option. Q1. Why will my Spotify not work offline when saved to my sdcard? I have 128gb sdcard. Q2. What does having it saved to the sdcard do? And why can't I play it from there. Q3. D...
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    device
    download queue
    memory
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    storage
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Tablet: external SDCard not used

Hi! I've a Galaxy Note 8. On my device I've 7 GB (!) free space. On my SD card 47 GB (!!). And Spotify is telling me, there is not enough free space. Also I'm not able to tell Spotify to use my external SD card. A previous version supported this. I a...

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  • Hi!   I've a Galaxy Note 8.   On my device I've 7 GB (!) free space. On my SD card 47 GB (!!).   And Spotify is telling me, there is not enough free space.   Also ...
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    external
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Can't save playlists in SD card

Hi,I'm currently using Android 4.4.2 , my phone is a BQ Aquaris E4.5 and i have a 32GB Kingstom HC SD card installed.I've tried almost all of the solutions i've found but when i start spotify the app always displays the same message "No SD Card Found...

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  • Hi, I'm currently using Android 4.4.2 , my phone is a BQ Aquaris E4.5 and i have a 32GB Kingstom HC SD card installed. I've tried almost all of the solutions i've found but when i start spotif...
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Syncing problem to SD card (Android)

I've been trying to sync spotify library to a 32GB SD card in order to be able to listen to music while I'm offline. Problem is it starts syncing but always stops and throws an error. Then my SD card always gets corrupted and I need to format.Ok so I...

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  • I've been trying to sync spotify library to a 32GB SD card in order to be able to listen to music while I'm offline. Problem is it starts syncing but always stops and throws an error. Then my SD card...
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    Android App
    SD-card
    sdcard
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SD card error messages -Android Tablet

I was hoping someone could,d help me I recently had an irulu tablet for my birthday I downloaded spotify and registered for premium, its been working fine for ages until tonight I had a error message pop up saying that its unable to find an sdcard so...

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  • ...essage pop up saying that its unable to find an sdcard so can't save any information anywhere. I googled it and tried clearing the cache, uninstalling and reinstalling, deleting spotify files on the time m...
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