topic Re: Offline sync to SD CARD in Android

Offline sync to SD CARD

sionkosionko — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 10:51:39 GMT

Could SPOTIFY make it possible to offline sync music to SD CARD its so freaking frustrating that all the offline music takes all the memory on the phone!

When will the offline sync to SD CARD feature be a possible. FIX IT FAST SPOTIFY!

Re: Offline sync to SD CARD

Joe — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 14:02:48 GMT

It is freaking possible and has been since several versions back. Do a clean reinstall and make sure your external SD card has loads more free space than the internal one.

Re: Offline sync to SD CARD

sionkosionko — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 15:45:46 GMT

And how can i choose the Sd card lokation??

Have tried many times -.-'

Re: Offline sync to SD CARD

Joe — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 15:48:14 GMT

It happens automatically as long as it is the optimum storage location - in other words there needs to be significantly more free space than on the internal storage. Did you follow the instructions for doing a clean reinstall? If that doesn't work please ask again.

Re: Offline sync to SD CARD

sionkosionko — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 15:50:51 GMT

Can u please tell me in steps what to do. I have clean og deleted all savings, and cache. What to do now?

There are more space on my SD card than the internal

Have 8 GB free space internal after deleting offline playlists, and i have 14 GB free on SD card.

Re: Offline sync to SD CARD

Joe — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 15:53:29 GMT

Once you cleared out all traces of spotify by following the instructions in the link I posted, just download the latest version from Google PLay and install.

Re: Offline sync to SD CARD

sionkosionko — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 15:59:42 GMT

Will the songs automatically been sync offline to SD card instead of internal space, after following those steps?

Re: Offline sync to SD CARD

Joe — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 16:35:14 GMT

Yes they should.

Re: Offline sync to SD CARD

collivier — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 14:37:38 GMT

as you, I'm trying to change storage location to sd card

the sd card has almost the same space but a bit less ont the internal.

did you manage to sync to our external sd card?

thanks for your reply

Re: Offline sync to SD CARD

Joe — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 16:46:34 GMT

Spotify will install automatically to the "best" location. Fill up your internal memory temporarliy, free up as much space as you can on the external SD card, remove all traces ot the current spotify install and give it a try.

Re: Offline sync to SD CARD

samh1988 — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 12:19:22 GMT

Is it possible that spotify does not choose the best location?

I have tried multiple times doing a clean reinstall and saving without success.

Spotify still continues to save on the phone storage (5GB free on phone VS 26GB free on SD card)...

Re: Offline sync to SD CARD

Joe — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 13:33:58 GMT

Hi @samh1988 I guess it is possible but pretty unlikely. Did you check that there was no sign of spotifyfolders in internal storage:

Using a file explorer app on your device, or your computer with your device connected over USB:
Look for a folder called com.spotify.mobile.android.ui
It's usually located in \Phone\Android\data\ (or in the folder you chose on your SD card when you started Spotify the first time)
Delete the com.spotify.mobile.android.ui folder(s)

What mobile device and android version?

Re: Offline sync to SD CARD

vinz3nt — Sat, 28 Dec 2013 22:29:14 GMT

I can confirm this works as long as you follow the mentioned steps.

Tried it on both my Asus Memopad 7 hd and my s3

Re: Offline sync to SD CARD

Nigelboot — Sat, 10 May 2014 09:21:35 GMT

Tried everything suggested re clean install. Nothng works. Using latest version of Spotify - v1.0.0.82

Using HTC One M8, 8 Gb free on internal, 59Gb free on Class 10 SD card so if Spotify is using the optimal area its not working very well.

Any help MOST welcome please!!!!!!

Re: Offline sync to SD CARD

Juliano — Mon, 12 May 2014 14:55:40 GMT

Hello. I have the same problem since the update 1.0.0.82.

I have 13.45 GO free space in my SD Card but Spotify prefers to download my offline songs in the phone memory which has only 485 Mo available.

I tried to sync songs with all qualities, to delete data, to reinstall, but it doesn't work.

My phone is a Wiko Cink Five with Android 4.1.2.

Help please. Thanks.

Re: Offline sync to SD CARD

brookwarner — Thu, 29 May 2014 06:37:03 GMT

Same issue. HTC one m8. Have tried all steps

Re: Offline sync to SD CARD

leike — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 10:24:31 GMT

No, it's not possible to download to the sd card. Not with my samsung galaxy. Tried several helpdesks, the samsung one, my provider that also provids spotify for free, all fora et cetera. By the way, it's also still not possible to store lists in alfabatic order on my smartphone. Shame on spotify.

All the best,

Leon

Re: Offline sync to SD CARD

Daniel — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 11:23:56 GMT

I have an HTC One M8 and cache is running fine off my 64GB Sandisk SD.

Follow these steps and you should have no issues;

Uninstall Spotify
Format the SD card in your phone (remember to backup first) - This step can be omitted, but if after running through all these steps and still not working, then recommend a format as exFAT
Make sure the SD card has more storage available than the phone
Install Spotify from the Play Store
Login
Change settings and set the download quality to 'Extreme'
Make a track available offline and check it's stored on the SD

Re: Offline sync to SD CARD

leike — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 12:04:10 GMT

Like i said, I tried all options, including this one. I don't know what you mean by 'a format as exFAT'. By the wai, the SD card is new, never been used so why format? When i set to 'extreme' even less songs can be downloaded wich of course, is logic.

Best,

Leon

Re: Offline sync to SD CARD

Joe — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 13:23:41 GMT

You can sort playlists on android. Drag down to reveal the filter and sort options, tap on the three bars and select "Name".

As to your problems with getting spotify to use the external SD card for the cache, did you follow the steps in this post @leike ?