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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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[COMPLETE GUIDE] How to fix most Android issues

Please read below for troubleshooting Spotify on your Android device. This guide contains fixes for most common issues as well as detail on how to create a new topic if you still are having problems. First thing to do before trying anything else is r...

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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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CANT PLAY MUSIC OFFLINE, I HAVE PREMIUM

I cant play MUSIC Offline even tho i have premium, this started last nightHowever i still can listen yo music but just online, they downloaded songs doesnt play Offline. Hope you can help me out

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  • I cant play MUSIC Offline even tho i have premium, this started last night However i still can listen yo music but just online, they downloaded songs doesnt play Offline. Hope you can help me out
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LAST.FM scrobbling doesnt work

Hi there, I just got myself fantastic and brand new YAMAHA RX-A740 receiver. It supports CONNECT feature but somehow when I switch from playing on my mobile speaker to YAMAHA speakers suddenly stops from adding my recently played music to LAST.FM lib...

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  • Hi there, I just got myself fantastic and brand new YAMAHA RX-A740 receiver. It supports CONNECT feature but somehow when I switch from playing on my mobile speaker to YAMAHA speakers suddenly st...
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Deleting the songs

How can i delete the songs more than one?I mean multipl choising.

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  • How can i delete the songs more than one?I mean multipl choising.
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Solved!! Hemorrhaging data

Hey Guys, I am unsure if this is the place to post this - but I have noticed that this month alone, my Spotify has incurred 8.5GB of background data, which is up 50% from last month with minimal increase in usage. I have incurred $30 in overages with...

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  • Hey Guys,   I am unsure if this is the place to post this - but I have noticed that this month alone, my Spotify has incurred 8.5GB of background data, which is up 50% from last month with min...
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Solved!! Missing downloaded songs

Yesterday I moved to Italy, we have wifi with blocked spotify so I got disconnected. I got premium account so I always use option to download songs because I travel a lot. After I finally logged in with mobile data all my dowloaded songs start acting...

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  • Yesterday I moved to Italy, we have wifi with blocked spotify so I got disconnected. I got premium account so I always use option to download songs because I travel a lot. After I finally logged in w...
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Offline downloads partially deleted, and now their status is "waiting to download"

Random songs from my downloads were no longer saved, and their status is "waiting to download". I removed them and went to re-download the albums but they will all still say waiting, even if only one album has been added to the dl queue. Android OS, ...

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  • Random songs from my downloads were no longer saved, and their status is "waiting to download". I removed them and went to re-download the albums but they will all still say waiting, even if only one...
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I have to download download my tracks almost everyday!

hi!A few days ago I bought a Galaxy S (I9003) and I installed Spotify. I downloaded all of the tracks of my playlist to listen to them with the offline mode. The problem is that everytime that I close the program or that I turn off the cellphone (I d...

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  • hi! A few days ago I bought a Galaxy S (I9003) and I installed Spotify. I downloaded all of the tracks of my playlist to listen to them with the offline mode. The problem is that everytime that I cl...
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Spotify stops after 16-20 seconds

Does anybody have a clue what causes spotify to stop playing music after a few seconds?I have re-instaled and even downloaded the playlist i have, but still, the music stops playing after a few seconds, EVEN when its in offline mode/or when im not in...

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  • Does anybody have a clue what causes spotify to stop playing music after a few seconds? I have re-instaled and even downloaded the playlist i have, but still, the music stops playing after a few sec...
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Delete song library

I want to delete all the songs from my song library and album library but I want to keep my playlists, radios, and artists how do I do this. I need a quicker way than deleting one by one because I have over 8,000 songs. I am on android mobile (samsun...

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  • I want to delete all the songs from my song library and album library but I want to keep my playlists, radios, and artists how do I do this. I need a quicker way than deleting one by one because I ha...
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Crashes constantly but doesn't pause?

My music feed is constantly stopping, as in the audio isn't playing but the song is not paused. My audio is disappearing when I close my screen, when I put my phone in my pocket (no buttons pressed), when other apps are running/or is only running by ...

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  • My music feed is constantly stopping, as in the audio isn't playing but the song is not paused. My audio is disappearing when I close my screen, when I put my phone in my pocket (no buttons pressed),...
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Cant find the correct app?

I cant seem to fine the Spotify Ltd app for my new samsung galaxy phone, only Spotify magiccloud and that looks completly different and I cant log in anywhere!?

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  • I cant seem to fine the Spotify Ltd app for my new samsung galaxy phone, only Spotify magiccloud and that looks completly different and I cant log in anywhere!?
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Superuser Contribution Change order of songs in playlist (Android)

Could someone please walk me through how to change the order of tracks in a playlist on the Android app? Cheers!

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  • Could someone please walk me through how to change the order of tracks in a playlist on the Android app? Cheers!
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All songs greyed out

Hello ive had spotify premium for a while using debit as a payment, my subscription has been revoked and I do not see the debit option there anymore (guess thats why I now have free) No big deal, but all my downloaded songs are gone, and every single...

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  • Hello ive had spotify premium for a while using debit as a payment, my subscription has been revoked and I do not see the debit option there anymore (guess thats why I now have free)    N...
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Superuser Contribution Random Logouts and Unable to Detect music files from SD card

Hey I would really appreciate it if someone could help with this issue.Just recently bought a new Galaxy S8 and decided to give spotify permium service a shot. I have tried to download playlists to listen offline in order to conserve data charges but...

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  • Hey I would really appreciate it if someone could help with this issue. Just recently bought a new Galaxy S8 and decided to give spotify permium service a shot.  I have tried to download playli...
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Superuser Contribution Offline albums disappear as soon as i play an album using mobile data.

Hi, I am running Spotify app on my Samsung S7 Edge.I have recently noticed that all of my offline content (albums) keep disappearing and I today I have realised that this is triggered when I play an non downloaded album using mobile data. Does anyone...

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  • Hi,   I am running Spotify app on my Samsung S7 Edge. I have recently noticed that all of my offline content (albums) keep disappearing and I today I have realised that this is triggered when...
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Superuser Contribution Offline downloads not working

Why are my downloaded songs not available offline (using an android) !? Tried clearing data and cache and tried reinstalling the app...still not working and it's eating up my data

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  • Why are my downloaded songs not available offline (using an android) !? Tried clearing data and cache and tried reinstalling the app...still not working and it's eating up my data 😑
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Superuser Contribution Songs missing green symbol

Im have premium and fot some reason most my songs lose the download symbol. But it does not give me the option to download them separately unless i hit downlpad over an album or playlist. Offline they will appear grayed out, but i can still play them...

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  • Im have premium and fot some reason most my songs lose the download symbol. But it does not give me the option to download them separately unless i hit downlpad over an album or playlist. Offline the...
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Superuser Contribution Transferencia de datos detenida

Hola! Tengo un problema, le puse a mi telefono lg xscreen una tarjeta sd de 4 gb y realize el proceso para pasar la musica descargada con spotify a ella, todo empezo bien pero ahora lleva muchi tiempo trabado en el mismo punto, que se puede hacer?

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  • Hola! Tengo un problema, le puse a mi telefono lg xscreen una tarjeta sd de 4 gb y realize el proceso para pasar la musica descargada con spotify a ella, todo empezo bien pero ahora lleva muchi tiemp...
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Superuser Contribution Música que não encontro

Pessoal alguém me ajuda, não encontro a música do apocalipse 16 - muita treta, tem no Spotify?

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  • Pessoal alguém me ajuda, não encontro a música do apocalipse 16 - muita treta, tem no Spotify?
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Superuser Contribution I cannot remove Songs from my library

Spotify keeps telling me that i cannot safe more Songs because i already safed too much. But the problem here is that it is simply Not possible to remove songs. Whenever I remove one album or Song from the library it is already back the moment later....

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  • Spotify keeps telling me that i cannot safe more Songs because i already safed too much. But the problem here is that it is simply Not possible to remove songs. Whenever I remove one album or Song fr...
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