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Solved!! New and Improved Android Widget

Spotify is bringing a new update to the home screen widget on Android devices. This update will help you get more out of it than before. The new widget will make it simpler and faster to access your favourite content on Spotify. So what is changing?H...

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Solved!! The version of Spotify I have has completely different features than another free user.

PlanFreeCountryUSADeviceAndroid PhonesMy Question or IssueMy dad and I both have spotify. I cannot pick songs to play and have to rely on shuffle. My dad can pick songs without issue, and probably doesn't even know that shuffle's an option. We both h...

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'%' character in search

Andriod Version 8.4.9.271 armV7Entering a search term containing the '%' character causes the message "Ooops, something went wrong".

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  • Andriod Version 8.4.9.271 armV7 Entering a search term containing the '%' character causes the message "Ooops, something went wrong".
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Superuser Contribution music keeps stopping

My mother has Android - Samsung S7 (premium) When she´s listening on her phone, there will be split-seconds of silence throughout songs. When it starts again the music picks up where it left off, not where it would be had the song continued playing. ...

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  • My mother has Android - Samsung S7 (premium)  When she´s listening on her phone, there will be split-seconds of silence throughout songs. When it starts again the music picks up where it left o...
  • MonicaM_Bogota
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Superuser Contribution Problemas al escoger canciones

Me acabo de dar de alta en la versión premium oferta para estudiantes universitarios, y me dice que estoy en la version "free" y solo me deja escuchar canciones en modo aleatorio, no puedo escogerlas ni nada. A que se debe? Que debo hacer?

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  • Me acabo de dar de alta en la versión premium oferta para estudiantes universitarios, y me dice que estoy en la version "free" y solo me deja escuchar canciones en modo aleatorio, no puedo escogerlas...
  • MonicaM_Bogota
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Can Spotify or anyone wipe ALL my playlists back to zero?

HiI have a student Spotify premium acct with several thousand playlists. I want to wipe them and start from scratch but wonder how to as im restricted as follows:1. No pc access (uni machines 3rd party blocked)2. Only use via android mobile and table...

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  • Hi I have a student Spotify premium acct with several thousand playlists. I want to wipe them and start from scratch but wonder how to as im restricted as follows: 1. No pc access (uni machines 3...
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Spotify taking too much storage

Hello,I don't use Offline mode, yet Spotify is taking more than 2GB of my phone's storage. The memory used is getting bigger the more i use Spotify, yet I am not downloading the songs.How could I change that?

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  • Hello, I don't use Offline mode, yet Spotify is taking more than 2GB of my phone's storage. The memory used is getting bigger the more i use Spotify, yet I am not downloading the songs.How could I c...
  • Joe
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All Library and Playlists Get Deleted

Hello,I was listening my downloaded Playlist on Spotify and suddenly it stopped playing. Then I tried to play it but the app reset and restarted itself. For a while my external SD card seemed as disconnected although it wasn't. After restarting my ph...

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  • Hello, I was listening my downloaded Playlist on Spotify and suddenly it stopped playing. Then I tried to play it but the app reset and restarted itself. For a while my external SD card seemed as di...
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The giant select artists startup page?

Hi all users. I'm on android started last weekend and there was this epic page where you can select artists you now and want to follow then is drops in suggested artists to follow aswell. I only got a couple of genres in before I decided to try liste...

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  • Hi all users. I'm on android started last weekend and there was this epic page where you can select artists you now and want to follow then is drops in suggested artists to follow aswell. I only got ...
  • Joe
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Cant use the premium features

Can anyone help me? I have activate my premium account from spotify gift card for three month but i can only download the song but i cant use the other premium features such as unlimited skip song.Is there anyone experienced this before?If there is a...

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  • Can anyone help me? I have activate my premium account from spotify gift card for three month but i can only download the song but i cant use the other premium features such as unlimited skip song. ...
  • Joe
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Músicas e Playlists tocando sempre no modo aleatorio

Ontem atualizou o spotify e hoje percebi que qualquer album, playlists ou até minhas musicas baixadas estão tocando aleatoriamente, mesmo eu clicando na primeira musica pra seguir a ordem.Alguém tambem está com esse problema ? Uso o app Android..

  • Newbie
  • Ontem atualizou o spotify e hoje percebi que qualquer album, playlists ou até minhas musicas baixadas estão tocando aleatoriamente, mesmo eu clicando na primeira musica pra seguir a ordem. Alguém ta...
  • Joe
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Spotify app deleting downloaded songs

Over the past few days, the spotify app has repeately deleted most(about 90-95%) of my downloaded songs, this means that I have to redownload everything, which is alot in my case, and if i dont realize that it has happened at home or work, than I don...

  • Newbie
  • Over the past few days, the spotify app has repeately deleted most(about 90-95%) of my downloaded songs, this means that I have to redownload everything, which is alot in my case, and if i dont reali...
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Song skipping with headphones

So my spotify works on desktop and my bluetooth speaker. Once I attached my headphones to my Samsung, it pauses songs, starts skipping through playlist and the song being played isnt whats displayed on my phone screen. Its driving me insane.

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  • So my spotify works on desktop and my bluetooth speaker. Once I attached my headphones to my Samsung, it pauses songs, starts skipping through playlist and the song being played isnt whats displayed ...
  • Joe
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Spotify not finishing Downloads

Please help me. I just got Spotify premium and I can't download my play lists. It would download until a certain percentage and it would stay there. I know cause I left it downloading overnight and didn't get anything downloaded. SO PLEASE HELP ME

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  • Please help me. I just got Spotify premium and I can't download my play lists. It would download until a certain percentage and it would stay there. I know cause I left it downloading overnight and d...
  • Joe
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Suggested Songs

For the last week or so, I've been inundated with suggested songs whenever I try to play an album or playlist. It doesn't matter how many tracks are available. It's like I clicked on radio instead of an album/playlist. Other than upgrading, is there ...

  • Casual Listener
  • For the last week or so, I've been inundated with suggested songs whenever I try to play an album or playlist. It doesn't matter how many tracks are available. It's like I clicked on radio instead of...
  • Joe
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Wont play on sd card

I have a samsung j3 with newest spotifyI changed my storage option to sd card and download 157 sounds ...took memory card out and into my mp3 player and wont play

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  • I have a samsung j3 with newest spotify I changed my storage option to sd card and download 157 sounds ...took memory card out and into my mp3 player and wont play
  • Joe
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No songs in existing radio

Hello, I was playing the existing 50's radio on my Android and noticed that it kept playing the same songs over and over againg. I deleted all the songs in the list thinking that a new set of songs would be loaded but it did not. Now the 50's radio i...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello,   I was playing the existing 50's radio on my Android and noticed that it kept playing the same songs over and over againg. I deleted all the songs in the list thinking that a new set o...
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Android app and Jaguar LandRover Incontrol

Spotify finally appeared for InControl on Android phones - yea! However in "your library" only playlists, albums, artists and songs appear - no stations. Tried the usual steps - clear cache, re-install, reboot, etc. Stations are very key to using Spo...

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  • Spotify finally appeared for InControl on Android phones - yea! However in "your library" only playlists, albums, artists and songs appear - no stations. Tried the usual steps - clear cache, re-...
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Se pausa a los 4 segundos..

Se pausa cuando empieza una canción ya sea que este descargada o no.. Siempre me pasa esto.. Que puede ser? Lo tengo en reproducción aleatoria y de corrido.. Solución por favorrr!!!

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  • Se pausa cuando empieza una canción ya sea que este descargada o no.. Siempre me pasa esto.. Que puede ser? Lo tengo en reproducción aleatoria y de corrido.. Solución por favorrr!!!
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My spotify gets paused when I connect a minijack

It does not happen when I connect this jack to the pc neither when I connect the headphones to the phone. What happens?? please help!

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  • It does not happen when I connect this jack to the pc neither when I connect the headphones to the phone. What happens?? please help!
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No Eq option on my Huawei p8 lite

I switched from Samsung Galaxy to Huawei p8 lite and while I had the option to use the Eq on my Samsung I don't have that on my Huawei. Anyone else have the same problem or better yet a solution....

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  • I switched from Samsung Galaxy to Huawei p8 lite and while I had the option to use the Eq on my Samsung I don't have that on my Huawei. Anyone else have the same problem or better yet a solution....
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Every other song stops offline with premium

I have a premium subscription to Spotify. Works perfect on desktop no issues. But on mobile when i download the tracks, every other track cuts out. I uninstalled the app and re-downloaded everything, but still the same problem.Frankly its just annoyi...

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  • I have a premium subscription to Spotify. Works perfect on desktop no issues.   But on mobile when i download the tracks, every other track cuts out. I uninstalled the app and re-downloaded ev...
  • Joe
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