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Solved!! Spotify starts playing automatically when a bluetooth device is connected and phone makes a sound

PlanPremiumCountryNorwayDeviceSamsung S9Operating SystemAndroid 11 My Question or IssueWhenever a bluetooth device is connected to my phone, Spotify automatically starts playing the last song it was paused on if my phone makes any "noise". If I recie...

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cohendylan1

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Solved!! Spotify controls no longer showing on lock screen

On my lock screen, the Spotify controls no longer appear as a permanent notification while music is playing. They are still present when I expand the notification bar on an unlocked phone, however.I have tried closing and reopening the app, logging o...

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Anne-Mette

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Solved!! All playlists are empty and I can't play songs

PlanFreeDeviceXiaomi Lite 12 Operating SystemXiaomi HyperOS My Question or IssueI logged into my account and saw that I can't play a single song and absolutely all playlists are empty. I don't know what this could be connected with. Moreover, this pr...

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Kurogane

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Spotify randomly goes silent

I'm a premium user. I use a Huawei P7. Most of the times, I listen from my saved playlist, so I'm not sure if this is a more general problem. Sometimes, when the player goes to next song, the audio mutes, but the player keeps going forward. I have to...

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I'm a premium user.  I use a Huawei P7. Most of the times, I listen from my saved playlist, so I'm not sure if this is a more general problem.   Sometimes, when the player goes to ne...

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Better Product

While I love the idea of this service I have also never encountered a piece of software that is such a struggle to use. Each session is a wrestling match -- you select an option and maybe the menu loads. Maybe it times out and you try again. Will it ...

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While I love the idea of this service I have also never encountered a piece of software that is such a struggle to use. Each session is a wrestling match -- you select an option and maybe the menu lo...

musicwoop

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Removed Spotify App which had 6gb of data - Now that space is still not available

Hi, My Spotify App had 6gb of downloaded music on my phone - so in attempt to free up that space, I deleted the Spotify App. However, this has not freed up any space, and now I can't find any way to delete the 6gb worth of files from my phone. I then...

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Hi,   My Spotify App had 6gb of downloaded music on my phone - so in attempt to free up that space, I deleted the Spotify App.   However, this has not freed up any space, and now I can'...

Joe

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Solved!! Family share

My Spotify premium us on my iPad. I wanted it on my android phone so I invited myself using my Gmail account. It worked great for about a month. Now I'm getting emails saying it can't verify I live at the same address even though I put in the exact s...

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My Spotify premium us on my iPad. I wanted it on my android phone so I invited myself using my Gmail account.  It worked great for about a month. Now I'm getting emails saying it can't verify I ...

Robert_W

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How do I load the Spotify app on an Android phone without enabling in app purchases?

I have Spotify Premium for Family. I want to load the app on my kids' phones without permission for in app purchases, but the Android App Store requires permission for in app purchases. Are my kids out of luck, or is there another way to load the app...

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I have Spotify Premium for Family.  I want to load the app on my kids' phones without permission for in app purchases, but the Android App Store requires permission for in app purchases.  A...

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Superuser Contribution Can't play in straight order

Hi. I'm trying to listen to albums and playlists in straight order, with no success (Android 7, Spotify v 8.4.0.539 armV7). It was possible until last week. What happened? I subscribed to Premium exactly to be able to play in straight order.

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Hi. I'm trying to listen to albums and playlists in straight order, with no success (Android 7, Spotify v 8.4.0.539 armV7). It was possible until last week. What happened? I subscribed to Premium exa...

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Solved!! Local Files sync - Error

Hello guys. A few days ago I "desynchronized" one of my playlists and it contained some songs that you only have on my computer. I sync the playlist again, but the songs on the computer did not sync. I have already done all the procedures to reinstal...

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Hello guys. A few days ago I "desynchronized" one of my playlists and it contained some songs that you only have on my computer. I sync the playlist again, but the songs on the computer did no...

Joe

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Songs are downloaded, but artists aren't in library

I have 2K or more songs downloaded from the past year or so that I've had Spotify Premium. With an update months ago, they all disappeared. Then they came back. I re-downloaded them and now, only certain artists are in my library under Artists. No ma...

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I have 2K or more songs downloaded from the past year or so that I've had Spotify Premium. With an update months ago, they all disappeared. Then they came back. I re-downloaded them and now, only cer...

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Solved!! local files uploaded in spotify of PC not available in android spotify

Hi there.I have added some local songs toa playlist in spotify in my PC. The songs are not available in Android spotify. they are all faded out. any help?

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Hi there. I have added some local songs toa playlist in spotify in my PC. The songs are not available in Android spotify. they are all faded out. any help?

Joe

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Music stops playing about 15 minutes later

Hello, I got a serious problem with spotify for android. After about 15 minutes, the music stops with no reason and I don't know what to do to fix it. Does anybody got any idea to help me ?

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Hello,   I got a serious problem with spotify for android. After about 15 minutes, the music stops with no reason and I don't know what to do to fix it. Does anybody got any idea to help me ?

stancornelis

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Playlists and Queues

With my playlists (500+ songs each) when I select one and scroll down even half way and pick a song my queue stays the same and the next song is always the song at the top of the list and my queue only plays the same 30 songs and not the full 500. Ev...

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With my playlists (500+ songs each) when I select one and scroll down even half way and pick a song my queue stays the same and the next song is always the song at the top of the list and my queue on...

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Random songs have been removed from my library

Several hundred songs have disappeared from my saved music library. They appear to be removed randomly. As I was listening this morning at about 3am EST, I noticed that my music was not playing in the correct order anymore (as I was playing recently ...

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Several hundred songs have disappeared from my saved music library. They appear to be removed randomly. As I was listening this morning at about 3am EST, I noticed that my music was not playing in th...

EthanS1

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Solved!! Content error - the owner has restricted access to this track

I tried to share a track from Spotify android app to Twitter but got the message above.Other tracks of mine can be shared successfully via Twitter but not this track. Furthermore the track only shows up on the android app but can't be found on the de...

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I tried to share a track from Spotify android app to Twitter but got the message above. Other tracks of mine can be shared successfully via Twitter but not this track. Furthermore the track only sho...

ThinkNexTime

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Downloading to play offline

Why is it that I have attempted to download all my songs 3 x now and then i go to play them in offline mode and they arent downloaded please ?Making me cranky and untrusting in continuing.....

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Why is it that I have attempted to download all my songs 3 x now and then i go to play them in offline mode and they arent downloaded please ? Making me cranky and untrusting in continuing.....

Joe

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Superuser Contribution Free On Demand Listening for Tablets

My Galaxy Tab 4 8.0's Spotify app (free account) is refusing to play songs on demand and is telling me to get Spotify Premium for the function. The Radio feature still works though. Has the policy for tablets changed?

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My Galaxy Tab 4 8.0's Spotify app (free account) is refusing to play songs on demand and is telling me to get Spotify Premium for the function. The Radio feature still works though.   Has the ...

Streamtrain

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I have a nexus 6p been using Spotify for a good several years as premium, download issues randomly.

So today on my way home, I started having a notification of 0 out of 13 downloaded with it saying waiting to download. Was downloading on lte. So got home, connected to WiFi and it still wasn't downloading. So I cleared data and cache files and start...

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So today on my way home, I started having a notification of 0 out of 13 downloaded with it saying waiting to download. Was downloading on lte. So got home, connected to WiFi and it still wasn't downl...

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Old erased local files still showing up in playlists?

I have multiple playlists on Spotify that include local files not in the Spotify library. I downloaded these local files onto my phone in a playlist. I have now gone through my library and erased many songs on my computer and in the playlists but the...

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  I have multiple playlists on Spotify that include local files not in the Spotify library. I downloaded these local files onto my phone in a playlist. I have now gone through my library and er...

Joe

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"Sort by" Issue

Hi!I've just reinstalled the spotify app on my android (SG s6).And now when I click "sort by recently added" in one of my playlists it's just old songs on the top. I dont know if these are the first songs I added, but when I click "sort by" again the...

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Hi! I've just reinstalled the spotify app on my android (SG s6). And now when I click "sort by recently added" in one of my playlists it's just old songs on the top. I dont know if these are the fi...

Mutteone

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Disable "connect"

How do I disable spotify Connect from my account? I will be listening to music, and suddenly it switches to play from an iPod in another room- very annoying. Add to that the fact that the feature is TOTALLY USELESS. If Im holding my phone, why the he...

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How do I disable spotify Connect from my account? I will be listening to music, and suddenly it switches to play from an iPod in another room- very annoying.   Add to that the fact that the ...

navaira

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Spotify doesnt work, keeps "loading"

Since last summer the Spotify app has NOT ONCE ran properly. Every time I start this app it just loads forever. I can, after 5 minutes, maybe start a downloaded playlist. But never anything else. I can't do any searches.The app is updated each and ev...

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Since last summer the Spotify app has NOT ONCE ran properly. Every time I start this app it just loads forever. I can, after 5 minutes, maybe start a downloaded playlist. But never anything else. I c...

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