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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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Can't make music and playlists available offline any longer. Tried trouble shooting, didn't help

Hi! I can no longer download any playlist or music to make them available offline. Found the following trouble shooting guide: http://community.spotify.com/t5/Help-Android/Android-Troubleshooting-Spotify/td-p/113082 However, the problem was not solve...

Regular

Hi!   I can no longer download any playlist or music to make them available offline. Found the following trouble shooting guide: http://community.spotify.com/t5/Help-Android/Android-Trou...

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Spotify continuously deleting my playlists

My syned playlists keep disappearing off my iphone. When I log into my account on a PC, I can see that all playlists have been deleted. I'm able to recover these, but within days they will automatically delete again. I did have spotify on multiple de...

Casual Listener

My syned playlists keep disappearing off my iphone. When I log into my account on a PC, I can see that all playlists have been deleted. I'm able to recover these, but within days they will automatica...

annettemclachla

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Spotify changes song when I lock my Note 5 screen

Hello, everytime I plug in my aux cable when i get in my car and play a song, as soon as I lock it or put my phone down the song changes. Other people I know have had this issue too and im assuming its an update. For as long as i can remember its bee...

Newbie

Hello, everytime I plug in my aux cable when i get in my car and play a song, as soon as I lock it or put my phone down the song changes. Other people I know have had this issue too and im assuming i...

Daniel

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Crash after playing for a short time

Phone: Redmi Note2Version: LatestIt happened to my phone where the Spotify just close by itself after playing not more than a song time. I rebooted my phone, deleted and redownload it but it seems it never help.

Casual Listener

Phone: Redmi Note2 Version: Latest It happened to my phone where the Spotify just close by itself after playing not more than a song time. I rebooted my phone, deleted and redownload it but it seem...

Daniel

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App shortcut not on phone

I have downloaded Spotify, but the app is not appearing on my phone. I have to go to app store and "open" the app to start using.

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I have downloaded Spotify, but the app is not appearing on my phone. I have to go to app store and "open" the app to start using.

Daniel

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No app shortcut
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option to cache to sdcard is required

this whole "uninstall the app and pray to google or cthulu that it will save to the sdcard on restinstall is fking stupid. especially since it doesnt work. ever. and oh, you want to install another app on your phone? nope, spotifiy cache-whore used A...

Newbie

this whole "uninstall the app and pray to google or cthulu that it will save to the sdcard on restinstall is fking stupid.   especially since it doesnt work.   ever.   and oh, yo...

navaira

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Accidentally removed an album - any way to undo it?

I had an album saved in my collection, and was saving it locally on my phone, and I accidentally clicked on the "remove album" button instead of the "download" one. I don't remember which album it was. Is there any way to look at recently removed alb...

Casual Listener

I had an album saved in my collection, and was saving it locally on my phone, and I accidentally clicked on the "remove album" button instead of the "download" one. I don't remember which album it wa...

spamcannon

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Solved!! Spotify Android not available

Hello everybody, I have a premium account and I am using it on my laptop. I live in Jamaica and I noticed that I can not find Spotify app for Android on the Google Store. I guess Jamaica is in the banned country list, is there a way to install the ap...

Casual Listener

Hello everybody, I have a premium account and I am using it on my laptop. I live in Jamaica and I noticed that I can not find Spotify app for Android on the Google Store. I guess Jamaica is in the ba...

Daniel

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Album Cover not showing.

I have a Note 5 with Android 6.0.1 and album cover not showing... In 5.1.1 dont work too, someone know how to fix this?

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I have a Note 5 with Android 6.0.1 and album cover not showing... In 5.1.1 dont work too, someone know how to fix this?

Daniel

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Connect for my Android devices not working

I have a Android tablet running Android 5.1.1 on Spotify version 4.9.0.992.Connect stoped working for my wife about 3 weeks ago for her account. When I login on the same Anroid tablet with my accountI can use the connect feature but she cannot. I am ...

Newbie

I have a Android tablet  running Android 5.1.1 on Spotify version 4.9.0.992. Connect stoped working for my wife about 3 weeks ago for her account. When I login on the same Anroid tablet with my...

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No navigation-notifications while listening to music

Hello I found an anoying bug in Spotify.When Im listening to music and a notification is coming in, the volume of the music is lowered, but the notification is not played.This is really annoying when Im in the car and the navigation app (Sygic) is tr...

Casual Listener

Hello 🙂 I found an anoying bug in Spotify. When Im listening to music and a notification is coming in, the volume of the music is lowered, but the notification is not played. This is really a...

s_amu

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samsung galaxy S6 edge+ - spotify crashes

Hi guys, I have Samsung galaxy S6 Edge+. Connected to LTE (or wireless) I start the app, choose playlist/or radio/ or song que, press play and close lid (samsung's original cear view cover, model: EF-ZG928), set side. no other application is running ...

Newbie

Hi guys, I have Samsung galaxy S6 Edge+. Connected to LTE (or wireless) I start the app, choose playlist/or radio/ or song que, press play and close lid (samsung's original cear view cover, model: EF...

Daniel

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Solved!! Offline playlist

I payed the premium account, but now How can I transfer the musics to my SD Card to listen after or listen on my Sony Xperia Z5? I have that option, like download the musics and save on SD Card memory? After the premium expired I will keep listen the...

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I payed the premium account, but now How can I transfer the musics to my SD Card to listen after or listen on my Sony Xperia Z5? I have that option, like download the musics and save on SD Card memor...

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Menu button next to track SHOULD NOT START PLAYING IT

Next to the track there is a little menu button with 3 vertical dots. There are times I click very carefully on this but it still moves to start playing the track. That button DOES NOT MEAN PLAY. It is for a popup menu only, e.g. I want to remove the...

Roadie

Next to the track there is a little menu button with 3 vertical dots.   There are times I click very carefully on this but it still moves to start playing the track.   That button DOES ...

user-removed

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Low storage and unsupported files

Spotify is taking up way to much stoeage space on my phone. I have found a bunch of files have been saved to my phones internal storage but they are unsupported files and i have no clue what they are. If i delete them will it harm the app or remove a...

Newbie

Spotify is taking up way to much stoeage space on my phone. I have found a bunch of files have been saved to my phones internal storage but they are unsupported files and i have no clue what they are...

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[Android][Running] Running

I'm getting really irritated by the running of the songs. Every time I use the app and a song is playing, I go to another app or Google but then Spotify crashes and when I go back to it the song is all the way at the beginning. Please fix this proble...

Newbie

I'm getting really irritated by the running of the songs. Every time I use the app and a song is playing, I go to another app or Google but then Spotify crashes and when I go back to it the song is a...

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Can't fast scroll down in playlist

Dear Spotify, I'm an Android app user. I'm pretty sure some other persons reported this issue as well, but as this is very frustrating i'd like to add my own post so it shows you that this issue matters a lot to your users (who pays for premium and g...

Newbie

Dear Spotify,   I'm an Android app user.   I'm pretty sure some other persons reported this issue as well, but as this is very frustrating i'd like to add my own post so it shows you th...

Alx

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Local Files Playlists no longer working

I have looked through all similar threads and nothing has worked.Today, I woke up to Spotify having undownloaded every single one of my songs, including the ones I synced from my PC to my phone. Now, no matter what I try, I cannot sync songs from my ...

Casual Listener

I have looked through all similar threads and nothing has worked. Today, I woke up to Spotify having undownloaded every single one of my songs, including the ones I synced from my PC to my phone. ...

Bittencourt

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Solved!! New phone and all is lost.

I got a new phone. Galaxy S7. When I installed Spotify to my new phone all my music was and still is gone. Playlists and catalog of albums except for one album. One. It also doesn't recognize me as a premium subscriber which I have been for quite som...

Casual Listener

I got a new phone. Galaxy S7. When I installed Spotify to my new phone all my music was and still is gone. Playlists and catalog of albums except for one album. One. It also doesn't recognize me as a...

Daniel

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Mobile App stops audio playback

When playing music from my android (Pantech P8010; Android v4.1.2), after every other song the music will stop playing. The track continues as if it is playing, but no sound comes out. Sometimes I can correct it by hitting pause & then play and it wi...

Music Fan

When playing music from my android (Pantech P8010; Android v4.1.2), after every other song the music will stop playing. The track continues as if it is playing, but no sound comes out. Sometimes I ca...

Daniel

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