Stops playing on Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge

[Kensel]

Hello,

Since a few days I've got the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge to replace my  Galaxy S6.

But when I'm listening to my playlists and the phone gets locked (screen turns to black and I need to enter my fingerprint to 'wake up' the phone) Spotify stops playing after the current song has ended.

I tried to change the 'wake up security' to password, pattern, just swipe but with all these the problem remains.

I also tried to delete the cache and data and even re-installed Spotify completely - but without effect.

Does anybody knows what setting I need to change or how I can fix this so I can listen to my music either if my phone locks.

To totally give up the security is not an option.

Hope that anyone can help.

Device: Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (SM-G935F)

Android 6.0.1 - Marshmallow

Spotify version: 4.9.0.992

[Mikemike14]

Same here I'll get about 2 songs the it stops.

[Jdawg253]

Same here...thought I was the only one.

[Analbatross · Accepted solution]

If your phone has a battery saving option, you might want to turn that off if its on and then try using spotify again while locked to see if it worked. That was the issue with mine and when i turned it off it started working fine while locked. Im using a Galaxy S7.

[Kensel]

This worked for me also.
Thanks for the information!

[Gtap84]

Changing the battery saving option fixed the problem. I had a feeling it was the phone from the start, but could quite figure out how. The music would stop playing after every song. It would even stop if I skipped a song. Until I came across this post, I didn't think the issue would be resolved, unless it was on Spotify's end. Definitely. Thank you for the info.

[Aviate27]

This needs to be fixed, this is not an acceptable solution. Spotify needs to address this immediately.

[ConfuzledB]

I had this problem too. Thanks for this solution. I was also wondering, as this occurs due to power saving mode being activated, is there a way to change how much data is restricted by the power saving feature? Or even change the restrictions for specific apps?

[mcjunkinj]

Mine was an issue with the background data being restricted. I had the same symptoms, but didn't have power saving turned on. I had turned off background data, which would stop my music after 2 songs (presumably the next song had already buffered). I thought it was worth mentioning here as I didn't find a lot of posts reporting this problem.

[Cerda45 · Accepted solution]

If you go into power saving mode settings, at least on the s7 edge, you can turn off the "restrict background data" and it will fix the problem even with ppwer saving mode on.

[Analbatross]

You're a genius! I hadn't been using power saving mode because of this issue, but now I can start using it again! Just tried it and it works! Thank you for the tip

[Cerda45]

Hey, glad i could help out, it flustered me for a bit until i figured it out as well haha

[Nessiemupfeki]

My power saving mode has always been off but i still get the same problem . Anyone with anotjer solution?

[Joe]

Double-check the following android settings.

• Wifi/More/keep wifi on during sleep - set to always
• Battery - Power saving modes off
• Battery/App power saving/details - make sure Spotify is not listed. If it is, select and disable

[Multiply]

This is by far the best solution. Thanks.

[nevendogovic]

http://ee.co.uk/help/phones-and-device/samsung/samsung-galaxy-s7/samsung-galaxy-S7-internet-and-apps...

[Emmuh]

Thank you! This helped for my phone too!!

[TNspotUser]

That did the trick, THANKS!!!

[nickyw71]

I've tried all of this and nothing stops the lock screen activating on my S7 - Spotify seem unable to help.  Never had this problem on my S4, seems like the technology has gone backwards.

[sultansaaty]

Wow. We didnt notice this man. U a genius. U spotted the fakin obvious since we dum fuks dont already know it has to do w the power saving mode.