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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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  • sapmi
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Ipad app freezes even when I delete it and download again

I'm a newbie to spotify ...signed up online and then downloaded the ipad app.....when I press the spotify tab it just freezes ....I have re installed numerous times but it keeps doing it....help

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  • I'm a newbie to spotify ...signed up online and then downloaded the ipad app.....when I press the spotify tab it just freezes ....I have re installed numerous times but it keeps doing it....help
  • Peter__
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[BUG] "All Tracks" and no playlists underneath..

I use Playlist folders and have multiple levels of playlists for different moods, etc. etc. Whenever I am deeply nested in these playlists and quit the app, when I re-open the app I see: Then I have to back out using the arrow a few time to get back ...

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  • I use Playlist folders and have multiple levels of playlists for different moods, etc. etc.   Whenever I am deeply nested in these playlists and quit the app, when I re-open the app I see: ...
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Tracks added to Your Music on desktop don't show in iOS app

I was given the Your Music feature today, so I enthusiastically selected all 7000+ tracks in my Starred playlist and saved them to the Your Music section. This worked great in the desktop app (which I think is still version 0.9.7 because I don't have...

  • Casual Listener
  • I was given the Your Music feature today, so I enthusiastically selected all 7000+ tracks in my Starred playlist and saved them to the Your Music section. This worked great in the desktop app (which ...
  • Christoffer
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Solved!! RFLKT (+)

Hi there, I'm a cyclist, and I use the Wahoo Fitness RFLKT+ device which controls my iPhone 5. It also controls the Apple music player from the iPhone. I would like it to use Spotify instead. Is this something Spotify can request Wahoo, or should it ...

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  • Hi there,   I'm a cyclist, and I use the Wahoo Fitness RFLKT+ device which controls my iPhone 5.  It also controls the Apple music player from the iPhone. I would like it to use Spoti...
  • ontwerp
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New App Opens In Portrait and does not default to Landscape

After the new update it loads in portrait and then quickly reverts to landscape (my preferred view). Prior to update it used to just load in landscape. Please fix so it defaults to the iPad view that is being used at the time and not portrait first, ...

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  • After the new update it loads in portrait and then quickly reverts to landscape (my preferred view). Prior to update it used to just load in landscape. Please fix so it defaults to the iPad view th...
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Solved!! not understanding "available offline" feature

Maybe I'm confusing myself with technicalities here...but I can't seem to find a definite answer to this seemingly easy question... Let's say I find an album that I like - I'm on my laptop and I save the album as a playlist. Now, I have to leave for ...

  • Music Fan
  • Maybe I'm confusing myself with technicalities here...but I can't seem to find a definite answer to this seemingly easy question...   Let's say I find an album that I like - I'm on my laptop...
  • Peter__
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Spotify constant crashes on iPhone 5S

Now I just thought before I start ranting I would point out that I do like the new style spotify has adapted and its new features. However, pretty much everytime I start the spotify app it immediatly crashes. I can no longer rely on my spotify, now I...

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  • Now I just thought before I start ranting I would point out that I do like the new style spotify has adapted and its new features.   However, pretty much everytime I start the spotify app it...
  • BluePanda
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No stream on iPad 2

Hi,I just started using spotify. Everything works great on my iPhone but nothing is streaming over my iPad 2 iOS 7.1If I click over a radio station sometimes I got the 3 point loading an sometimes the button just turn to the pause but nothing is play...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi, I just started using spotify. Everything works great on my iPhone but nothing is streaming over my iPad 2 iOS 7.1 If I click over a radio station sometimes I got the 3 point loading an some...
  • Sgobin
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Spotify premium

Is there any way instead of paying monthly can I just buy the app for one price?

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  • Is there any way instead of paying monthly can I just buy the app for one price?
  • Peter__
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Why does my spotify confine to pause after 10 - 15 secs

My spotify will pause all songs streams and Downloads after 10 - 15 seconds. I have restarted, full shutdown and reinstalled. It has happened over the past three days. Is this the new update. Unusable over the past three days!

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  • My spotify will pause all songs streams and Downloads after 10 - 15 seconds. I have restarted, full shutdown and reinstalled. It has happened over the past three days. Is this the new update. Unusabl...
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"Your music" section on iPhone and desktop not on iPad?

I don't have the "your music" section on my iPad , i am using it on my iPhone and desktop app for while now so my songs placed in there don't show up on my iPadWhat is wrong here?

  • Casual Listener
  • I don't have the "your music" section on my iPad , i am using it on my iPhone and desktop app for while now so my songs placed in there don't show up on my iPad What is wrong here?
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How to play music on Spotify using fifth generation iPod Touch

Hello. I have a fifth generation iPod Touch that I have Spotify installed on. I tap the name of a song to play it, but it won't play. I also have Spotify installed on my iPad Air. When I tap that same song, the song begins to play. Why will it not pl...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello.  I have a fifth generation iPod Touch that I have Spotify installed on.  I tap the name of a song to play it, but it won't play.  I also have Spotify installed on my iPad Air. &...
  • C4R3K85
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How to export playlist text from Spotify to itunes ?

hi can anyone help i have paid for the premium spotify i can get the title of the song into itunes but no song appears and of course it wont play any suggestions thanks phil

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  • hi can anyone help i have paid for the premium spotify i can get the title of the song into itunes but no song appears and of course it wont play any suggestions  thanks  phil
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iPad Air 128GB not all Playlists offline available

Hello. i have 5 playlists: Metall: 3700 songs Trance: 840 songs - offline available, all songs downloaded Trance 2: 340 songs - offline available, all songs downloaded Dance: 430 songs - offline available, all songs downloaded Blues: 380 songs - not ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello. i have 5 playlists:   Metall: 3700 songs Trance: 840 songs - offline available, all songs downloaded Trance 2: 340 songs - offline available, all songs downloaded Dance: 43...
  • X5_492_Neo
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Where are the stars?

I used to use stars to mark songs that I wanted to delete from a playlist when listening from my iPod. Now i can't find stars anymore. Basically i was starring albums and adding them to playlists, then while listening on my iPod if i didn't like a so...

  • Roadie
  • I used to use stars to mark songs that I wanted to delete from a playlist when listening from my iPod. Now i can't find stars anymore. Basically i was starring albums and adding them to playlists, ...
  • kbrooksc
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New Spotify Black Shuffle Playlist Button

Now when I go into my playlists the 'huge' shuffle play button I find is quite annoying. I've had spotify premium for over a year now and I've never used shuffle play and would rather go without it. I know that shuffle play is essential for free spot...

  • Newbie
  • Now when I go into my playlists the 'huge' shuffle play button I find is quite annoying. I've had spotify premium for over a year now and I've never used shuffle play and would rather go without it. ...
  • Peter__
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Spotify using excessive mobile data in online mode even if only playing synced songs?

Hejsan! My iPhone 4S, still with iOS 6.[the last update], seems to be using excessive amounts of data when I play synced songs but not in "offline mode". It actually seems like the app is streaming the synced songs just because the app is not in offl...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hejsan!   My iPhone 4S, still with iOS 6.[the last update], seems to be using excessive amounts of data when I play synced songs but not in "offline mode". It actually seems like the app is ...
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Solved!! cannot make playlists available offline

the last several days cannot sync to my ipod touch. iOS 7.1. 13 gigs space available. tried all solutions i could find here. When I choose a playlist and slide the button to ''available offline" I get an orange exclamation point next to each song. I ...

  • Roadie
  • the last several days cannot sync to my ipod touch. iOS 7.1. 13 gigs space available. tried all solutions i could find here. When I choose a playlist and slide the button to ''available offline" I ge...
  • Peter__
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Can't login using 3G after having bought Premium

Hi! Yesterday I bought a Premium account, but I'm not able to login using 3G. If I use a Wi-Fi connection it functions correctly. These are my main problems: When I try to login with facebook, I get this error message: "error: com.facebook.sdk, 5" Wh...

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  • Hi!   Yesterday I bought a Premium account, but I'm not able to login using 3G. If I use a Wi-Fi connection it functions correctly.   These are my main problems:   When I...
  • Peter__
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Solved!! Bluetooth functionality in Spotify App update missing?

I used to use bt in-app to stream music to jambox but, in the update, the icon to do this seems to have dissapeared. Am I missing something? Running latest iOS on iPhone4. Thanks in advance.

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  • I used to use bt in-app to stream music to jambox but, in the update, the icon to do this seems to have dissapeared.  Am I missing something?  Running latest iOS on iPhone4.  Thanks in...
  • kbrooksc
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