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iOS Local Files: Easier import with the Files app

It is now easier to import Local Files into the Spotify iOS app through the Files app on your iOS device. A computer and WiFi network are not required to use this new import method. This means that you can now import Local Files into the Spotify iOS ...

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  • Rastereyes
  • Casual Listener
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Offline downloading- doesn't work?

Hey, so I have Sotify premium. Works perfect with 3G or wifi. Problem is when I'm abroad in off line mode. I have flicked the Off line switch on a number of albums but they are not actually available off line. How do I make them available off line. U...

  • Newbie
  • Hey, so I have Sotify premium. Works perfect with 3G or wifi. Problem is when I'm abroad in off line mode. I have flicked the Off line switch on a number of albums but they are not actually available...
  • rbergma29
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offline available button missing

Hello i´m using a iphone 4s and upgraded spotify today. i removed and installed the app, but i have no offline available button! how to i get the music offline available? many thanks

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello   i´m using a iphone 4s and upgraded spotify today.   i removed and installed the app, but i have no offline available button!   how to i get the music offline availa...
  • Josh
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Premium Not Activating

Hey everyone,This morning, 10 hours ago, I renewed my spotify premium accountSince then it still appears as a "free account" on my phoneI've restarted the app as well as re downloaded it and logged outCan anyone help??Thank you!

  • Newbie
  • Hey everyone, This morning, 10 hours ago, I renewed my spotify premium account Since then it still appears as a "free account" on my phone I've restarted the app as well as re downloaded it and lo...
  • MichaelW
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Songs Not Syncing

I've tried restarting Spotify, rebooting my phone, removing and resaving the album in question as well as toggling it between being available offline and not but I still can't get it to sync. It'd be great if this service I pay for worked consistentl...

  • Regular
  • I've tried restarting Spotify, rebooting my phone, removing and resaving the album in question as well as toggling it between being available offline and not but I still can't get it to sync. &nbsp...
  • JLBeaumont
  • Regular
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Full Integration of Spotify on iOS devices for use with Car Stereos

Does anyone know if there are any plans for Spotify premium to be able to fully integrate, via USB, with car stereos? I have a 2014 Lexus and my ipod/iphone both connect via usb and i have full acccess to all playlists/artists/albums, etc. Will I eve...

  • Casual Listener
  • Does anyone know if there are any plans for Spotify premium to be able to fully integrate, via USB, with car stereos?   I have a 2014 Lexus and my ipod/iphone both connect via usb and i...
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student discount troubles

I am having a problem with applying the student discount to my account. Last month I bought a 1 month subscription for 12.99 through iTunes. I left that expire completely but now when I try to purchase the student discount, through the website, it ta...

  • Casual Listener
  • I am having a problem with applying the student discount to my account. Last month I bought a 1 month subscription for 12.99 through iTunes. I left that expire completely but now when I try to purcha...
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all local files suddenly won't play on iphone

today all of my local files started showing up as gray on my iphone. i've turned the playlist offline then online from both the computer and the phone. still nothing. i'm loathe to reinstall because it took about two hours to reinstall my playlist la...

  • Newbie
  • today all of my local files started showing up as gray on my iphone. i've turned the playlist offline then online from both the computer and the phone. still nothing. i'm loathe to reinstall because ...
  • jheeze
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Solved!! Local files still hijack the lockscreen

This has been a bug for an insanely long time, and I can't believe that it's still a problem: Play a local file on your iOS client. Pause the track. Lock the screen. Marvel at how song information is still displayed on the lockscreen, with the playba...

  • Roadie
  • This has been a bug for an insanely long time, and I can't believe that it's still a problem:   Play a local file on your iOS client. Pause the track. Lock the screen. Marvel at how ...
  • MattSuda
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Local file disabled

Hello I don't speak english very well so I will be short ! I've upload some local files on my iphone with my computer but one of these are be disabled and I can't re-uploadThank you this is a screen : http://hpics.li/d62bc15The music is "la main sur ...

  • Newbie
  • Hello I don't speak english very well so I will be short ! 🙂 I've upload some local files on my iphone with my computer but one of these are be disabled and I can't re-upload Thank you this is a...
  • maximusmmiv
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Problem on iPhone 5

Hi, I updated my spotify to version 2.1.0 on the 8th Dec on my iphone 5 (I am on version iOS 8.1.2). Since i updated when I try to open the app it pops up in a black screen and then shuts off. It does this no matter how many times i try to open the a...

  • Newbie
  • Hi,   I updated my spotify to version 2.1.0 on the 8th Dec on my iphone 5 (I am on version iOS 8.1.2). Since i updated when I try to open the app it pops up in a black screen and then...
  • Flixx
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con Premium solo SHuffle????

Ciao, io ho attivato da mesi spotify premium sul mio iphone. Purtroppo ora riesco ad ascoltare la musica solo in modalità shuffle. è capitato anche voi? Come posso risolvere il problema? Grazie

  • Newbie
  • Ciao,   io ho attivato da mesi spotify premium sul mio iphone. Purtroppo ora riesco ad ascoltare la musica solo in modalità shuffle. è capitato anche voi? Come posso risolvere il problema? G...
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login failed

I'm a spotify user since 2011, I downloaded in the US, but now I live in Brazil. After the iPhone latest update, I cannot log in to my account anymore, it says the login failed because I can only use Spotify abriad for 14 days. I try changing the cou...

  • Newbie
  • I'm a spotify user since 2011, I downloaded in the US, but now I live in Brazil. After the iPhone latest update, I cannot log in to my account anymore, it says the login failed because I can only use...
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Premium features on iOS

If you've got a question about syncing your music offline, we have a couple FAQs here: Listen offline With an active Internet connection, select a playlist. Tap Available Offline to ON at the top of the playlist. A green arrow will appear next to the...

  • Spotify
  • Spotify
  • If you've got a question about syncing your music offline, we have a couple FAQs here:    Listen offline With an active Internet connection, select a playlist. Tap Available Offli...
  • user-removed
  • Not applicable
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Album Artwork

Does this happen to anyone else or just me, but when every I save an album from the app onto my iPhone and make it so it can be played for offline mode the album artwork never shows up? Please help, thank you

  • Newbie
  • Does this happen to anyone else or just me, but when every I save an album from the app onto my iPhone and make it so it can be played for offline mode the album artwork never shows up? Please help, ...
  • MattSuda
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Albums missing...

Hi, Why is it that if I Look on the page which you can see on this you URL : https://open.spotify.com/artist/6MxlVTY6PmY8Nyn16fvxtbI can see all the albums and tracks of this artist but if I try to open them they don't showup at all or only a few tra...

  • Newbie
  • Hi, Why is it that if I Look on the page which you can see on this you URL : https://open.spotify.com/artist/6MxlVTY6PmY8Nyn16fvxtb I can see all the albums and tracks of this artist but if I try...
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Link to Facebook - Old Spoti account

Hi all, I got quite an old Spotify account , with nickname "aresito" ; thing is , when trying to link it with my current FaceBook account, this seems not to be working as expected. When I go to Social - Facebook, I get just a blank page on my browser...

  • Newbie
  • Hi all, I got quite an old Spotify account , with nickname "aresito" ; thing is , when trying to link it with my current FaceBook account, this seems not to be working as expected. When I go to Soc...
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Out of sync between my iphone and my mac

Hello, My spotify lists that appear on my computer (Mac) are out of sync with my iphone lists. The songs are the same but the appear in different order. Can anyone tell me how to syncronize this? I have already tried and follow the instructions to ma...

  • Newbie
  • Hello,    My spotify lists that appear on my computer (Mac) are out of sync with my iphone lists.  The songs are the same but the appear in different order. Can anyone tell me ...
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Search facility fails after veiwing a track in full screen mode - I Pad 4

Ok, I have a playlist of come 650 songs, when I select a full screen image of the song I’m playing and then select 'Hide' and then perform a search it will not perform this action from the playlist I'm playing. If I perform a search whilst not in thi...

  • Casual Listener
  • Ok, I have a playlist of come 650 songs, when I select a full screen image of the song I’m playing and then select 'Hide' and then perform a search it will not perform this action from the playl...
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