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So I was required to create a Spotify account using Facebook, which is irritiating but manageable. How do I change my Spotify username? Right now it seems I must log int to Spotify as my Facebook name (not comfortable with that) and elsewhere it lists my username as a series of numbers. I am not a number! (as quoted by "The Prisoner"). Please let me know how to take care of this.
Thanks for your help. In advance. As they say in the corporate world.
Elizabeth
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Hi Elizabeth,
At this time it's not possible to change the username for a Spotify account.
As you've joined through Spotify your display name the same as your display name on Facebook. When you log in just enter the email address and password that you use for Facebook--there's no need to use those digits as they are for our use only.
If you're still seeing these numbers rather than your display name in the app, please try a clean reinstallation.
My account is not connected to Facebook, but I'm getting this problem on the playlist part of search results all the time.
Here, I search for Wolfgang Gartner and look at the playlist, all the users show up as their username or the Facebook numbers:
Now I click on the playlist I'm pointing at to see detailed info for the playlist. I see the person's real name as it normally should be because he is connected to Facebook:
And then I click on the Back button to go back to my search results screen and the playlist search no longer shows the username for FB connected users, it's the Facebook real name:
The problem seems to be that Spotify is not fetching the Facebook real name under certain conditions. The people who have problems seeing the Facebook name on their friends list is probably having a similar problem as pictured here. Notice how everyone's real name showed up after I pressed the back button to return to the page I was in, even the ones whose playlist I did not look at. The People list never "reloads" like this, so there is no way to actually fix it in there.
Guys, I figured out the problem for me on Arch linux after a little strace-ing. Essentially, when authenticating with facebook spotify is looking for a certificate named ed524cf5.0 which is not present on Arch. The easy (hack of a) fix for me was:
cd /etc/ssl/certs sudo ln -s Entrust.net_Secure_Server_CA.pem ed524cf5.0
I'm not familiar with the setup of certificates on different systems, but I guess spotify could start using Entrust.net_Secure_Server_CA.pem directly rather than the symlink (it has the same name on Ubuntu). Or if that isn't guaranteed either perhaps bundling the certificate in the app could work.
@user-removed
You cannot have a spaces or capitals in your username.
You may have seen users with spaces or capitals in their username because their account is linked to their Facebook account.
When you connect your Spotify account to your Facebook account, it changes your display name to the name you have on your Facebook account. These users still sign in with their username, but the name displayed on their profile is the one on their Facebook account.
Hi Elizabeth,
At this time it's not possible to change the username for a Spotify account.
As you've joined through Spotify your display name the same as your display name on Facebook. When you log in just enter the email address and password that you use for Facebook--there's no need to use those digits as they are for our use only.
If you're still seeing these numbers rather than your display name in the app, please try a clean reinstallation.
Never mind. Got an answer.
Okay thanks. It is showing my FB name and the username of numbers is just greyed out. I'll suffer through - heh.
I have the same Problem as InkyHeels.
I registred through my Facebookaccount, but in the app i don't see neither my facebookname/email, nor i see the name of my friends- only numbers. Also Profile Images does not get displayed.
Any solution for this?
Hi there,
now you mentioned it- yes I'm at work behind a proxy. This might also explain why I can't see any updates of music i have listen to on facebook.
I guess there is no solution for it?
Just FYI: Our Workplace is not blocking Facebook. 😉
Also I can log in with my Facebook-Login to Spotify (well, at least, this is the most important function :P)
I just restarted and now i see my own name and photo, but not the photos of my friends. Also only the friends are displayed that have spotify. Shouldn t there be the other friends without spotify too?
I m not behind any kind of proxy. Via Lan connected to a router with DSL modem.
I ve checked the Proxy settings. It was on auto-detect. Tried "no proxy" too, but that did not change anything.
Strange thing is. I have 3 computers. On the first PC (Win7) it works as intended. That was the one i first installed spotify. On my Laptop (Win7) it does not work. And on my workcomputer (OS X 10.7) it does not work as well.
Three Computers, 1 works, 2 do not work. Same settings. The first 2 are even in the same network.
I tried messing with the Facebook settings. Deleted the spotify access and set it up again. No change.
I access spotify from germany, if that is any help.
same problem here.
just numbers, and just one friend in "all friends" -list.
direct lan-connection to router and cable modem.
proxy on auto-detect.
that´s quiet annoying on this otherwise awesome software.
i want to get premium, so please help us fixing this problem.
A Question to Flakes: Bist Du zufällig bei kabel Deutschland?
Nein ich bin bei Unitymedia. Aber ist ja auch Kabel.
Aber wie gesagt, an einem PC gehts auch über Unitymedia und auf der Arbeit haben wir DSL da geht es nicht. Daran kann es also nicht liegen.
Same problem here. Only one Facebook friend in the list (who uses Spotify, too). I'm also from Germany and signed up two days ago.
Tried to use another internet access with my mac, but the issue remains. I don t think it has something to do with firewalls or proxies.
Also, the list doesn t update at all. I asked my friend if he listened to music in the meantime. He did, but it does not show up on my sidebar.
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