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Android Alpha & Beta Programs

What are the Spotify Alpha and Beta programs? By signing up as an Alpha or Beta tester of the Spotify app, you will get early versions of our new releases before we roll them out to everyone else. This is an invaluable help for us, as it allows us to...

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Superuser Contribution Repeating Ad?

Hello! So I'm playing music, have been for a while, and all the sudden an ad comes on. I sit and wait through it, but anither comes in, but it's completely silent. And then that one gets done and repeats again. And again. And again. It just won't sto...

  • Newbie
  • Hello! So I'm playing music, have been for a while, and all the sudden an ad comes on. I sit and wait through it, but anither comes in, but it's completely silent. And then that one gets done and rep...
  • meahtenoha
  • Spotify
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Songs that continue buffering but not playing and keeps the spotify unresponsive

I have problem in playing Jet Lag by Simple Plan and Nobody's Better. It will play but eventually after a few minutes it will stop but when you look at the music scrubber it continue scrubbing as if its playing. Then after that I can't play any song ...

  • Newbie
  • I have problem in playing Jet Lag by Simple Plan and Nobody's Better. It will play but eventually after a few minutes it will stop but when you look at the music scrubber it continue scrubbing as if ...
  • Joe
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Android App slow after start

After starting up the Spotify app on Android, I have to wait a minute or so until it's functional. Search does not work (Hoppla, da ist wohl was schief gelaufen), I cannot access my library, and everything is very slow. After a minute, it works as qu...

  • Newbie
  • After starting up the Spotify app on Android, I have to wait a minute or so until it's functional. Search does not work (Hoppla, da ist wohl was schief gelaufen), I cannot access my library, and ever...
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Blank screen eith only the white text.

Every time I start spotify it's starts with whit text like my playlist and so on.Both I don't get the songs or can come trow.It freaz and I need to restart.I try:ReinstallingClean the whole phonelogg in at a desktop and husbands phone.Same problem so...

  • Newbie
  • Every time I start spotify it's starts with whit text like my playlist and so on. Both I don't get the songs or can come trow. It freaz and I need to restart. I try: Reinstalling Clean the who...
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Superuser Contribution Android & SD Card

Hello,I read on 2012, 2014 old post that the Spotify application has issues with SD card storage. It seem that now it is working with Android 6.My question is: Does in 2017 Spotify work with old android versions like 4.2 or 4.4 (of my childs) ?Regard...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello, I read on 2012, 2014 old post that the Spotify application has issues with SD card storage. It seem that now it is working with Android 6. My question is: Does in 2017 Spotify work with old ...
  • dudu274
  • Casual Listener
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Vocals lost

I've somehow lost the vocals on all my music. They either sound muted and in the background or are non-existent. I have uninstalled and reinstalled Spotify, but still the same problem, HELP !!

  • Casual Listener
  • I've somehow lost the vocals on all my music. They either sound muted and in the background or are non-existent. I have uninstalled and reinstalled Spotify, but still the same problem, HELP !!
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Notification bar issue

My notification bar stays on after i leave the app but if i pause my songs for a second the control bar dissapears and i have to go back to my app to play music again also if i do this to quickly sometimes my app crashes anytips?

  • Casual Listener
  • My notification bar stays on after i leave the app but if i pause my songs for a second the control bar dissapears and i have to go back to my app to play music again also if i do this to quickly som...
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Song nicht entfernbar

Ich kann in meiner Bibliothek bei "Songs" einen einzelnen Song irgendwie nicht entfernen. Ich möchte ihn wegbekommen.Liebe Grüße

  • Newbie
  • Ich kann in meiner Bibliothek bei "Songs" einen einzelnen Song irgendwie nicht entfernen. Ich möchte ihn wegbekommen. Liebe Grüße 🙂
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I have pay dont work.

I have pay and it dont work.My login is *********@hotmail.com

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  • I have pay and it dont work. My login is *********@hotmail.com
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Modo aleatorio não desabilita na versao premium

Não consigo mais escutar as playlists na ordem original, apenas no modo aleatório mesmo quando não aciono esse modo e isso está irritando muito. Como solucionar?

  • Newbie
  • Não consigo mais escutar as playlists na ordem original, apenas no modo aleatório mesmo quando não aciono esse modo e isso está irritando muito. Como solucionar?
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Crashed widget in notification bar/lockscreen won't go away

Sometimes (I haven't been able to manually reproduce it) the widget (with pause/next buttons and song info) in the notification bar and lockscreen will crash (the buttons won't respond) and I'm not able to swipe it to remove it. Then I will close the...

  • Regular
  • Sometimes (I haven't been able to manually reproduce it) the widget (with pause/next buttons and song info) in the notification bar and lockscreen will crash (the buttons won't respond) and I'm not a...
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Updating spotify on android resets settings, deletes downloaded tracks

Brief description of the issue: Updates for Spotify on Android resets storage settings and deletes all downloaded tracksSteps to reproduce the issue:Updated Spotify on AndroidStart Spotify, notified that I'm logged outLog in to discover storage optio...

  • Gig Goer
  • Brief description of the issue: Updates for Spotify on Android resets storage settings and deletes all downloaded tracks Steps to reproduce the issue: Updated Spotify on Android Start Spotify, no...
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    Offline Content
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How COMPLETELY OFF automatically launch applications on Android?

How COMPLETELY OFF automatically launch applications on Android? Nothing else does not interest me!Where and how can I permanently disable this feature **bleep**?

  • Newbie
  • How COMPLETELY OFF automatically launch applications on Android?  Nothing else does not interest me! Where and how can I permanently disable this feature **bleep**?
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Solved!! Spotify is crashing all the time on my Xperia Z5 compact

Hi, As of this morning, Spotify now crashes ALL THE TIME when I try to use it on my phone. When I try to start it, it thinks about it for a few seconds, then I get the "Unfortunately, Spotify has stopped" message. I've tried the usual things (re-inst...

  • Regular
  • Hi,   As of this morning, Spotify now crashes ALL THE TIME when I try to use it on my phone. When I try to start it, it thinks about it for a few seconds, then I get the "Unfortunately, Spotif...
  • kennymccartney
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Spotify Premium Widget Does Not Work Well

I have the HTC EVO 4G LTE phone, and the spotify widget for easy home screen access doesn't work. If I pause a song on the widget, it will pause. However, if I press play, backwards, or forwards after I pause a song, it does not respond. The cover ar...

  • Newbie
  • I have the HTC EVO 4G LTE phone, and the spotify widget for easy home screen access doesn't work. If I pause a song on the widget, it will pause. However, if I press play, backwards, or forwards afte...
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Superuser Contribution [Chromecast] Support Backdrop (wallpaper) & Screensaver

I'm using Chromecast connecting my mobile phone to TV and there is problems it Sometimes difference wi-fi connection ok ok I'm using the mobile.de hand it Sometimes claiming that somebody else is using my God I have a premium Spotify Sometimes it not...

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  • I'm using Chromecast connecting my mobile phone to TV and there is problems it Sometimes difference wi-fi connection ok ok I'm using the mobile.de hand it Sometimes claiming that somebody else is usi...
  • Lee
  • Spotify
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Backup playlists

Existe hoje no Spotify uma forma de fazer backup de listas baixadas offline? Existe um outro modo fora do App?

  • Casual Listener
  • Existe hoje no Spotify uma forma de fazer backup de listas baixadas offline? Existe um outro modo fora do App?
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Android version excessive battery drain

I'm on a Nexus 5, fully stock, latest updates. For some reason, Spotify is using way too much battery. On the battery monitor, it's using more power than the screen. What's up with that?

  • Newbie
  • I'm on a Nexus 5, fully stock, latest updates. For some reason, Spotify is using way too much battery. On the battery monitor, it's using more power than the screen. What's up with that?
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Remove Spotify Android App - Keep your off line Music ?

I have spotify premium account and use the Android app, something has gone wrong with the app because it is constantly draining my battery running in the background (will not close). I was told I have to remove the app completely and re-install, ques...

  • Newbie
  • I have spotify premium account and use the Android app, something has gone wrong with the app because it is constantly draining my battery running in the background (will not close). I was told I hav...
  • vducloux
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