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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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Premium - Nothing Plays Offline

have been using Spotify premium for quite a while now. I took a break last year for a bit and then restarted my subscription with a free trial offer. I do not know why I have not complained earlier but I have been having problems for at least 2 month...

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have been using Spotify premium for quite a while now. I took a break last year for a bit and then restarted my subscription with a free trial offer. I do not know why I have not complained earlier b...

Daniel

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Offline playlists unavailable
Offline songs
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Downloaded Music and International Travel

I am traveling to Italy and South Africa from the US later in September. We are planning to use spotify to create a wedding playlist. Will I run into problems downloading music and traveling out of the US on an Android device? If i'm in airplane mode...

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I am traveling to Italy and South Africa from the US later in September.  We are planning to use spotify to create a wedding playlist.    Will I run into problems downloading music a...

Daniel

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Spotify used 630mb on it's own

Yesterday evening Spotify on my OnePlus One decided to do something weird. I got some kind of notification so I took my phone (from the table, not from my pocket). I immediately noticed the phone was super hot, like way-beyond-comfortable hot. I unlo...

Newbie

Yesterday evening Spotify on my OnePlus One decided to do something weird.   I got some kind of notification so I took my phone (from the table, not from my pocket). I immediately no...

meahtenoha

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Very slow loading of playlists

A problem that appears to have been getting worse over release cycles is the inordinate amount of time that Spotify takes to load up my playlists on my mobile phone. Pretty much all my playlists are sync'd to the device anyway so why does Spotify sit...

Music Fan

A problem that appears to have been getting worse over release cycles is the inordinate amount of time that Spotify takes to load up my playlists on my mobile phone. Pretty much all my playlists are ...

Pat_Zambri

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Solved!! Music won't stay saved

Hi. I'm running version 2.6.0.813, on a Samsung Galaxy s4, running Android 4.4.2.For some reason, the albums I have saved recently are not staying saved, even when I have downloaded them to my phone (on the SD card, I believe). An album will save, I ...

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Hi. I'm running version 2.6.0.813, on a Samsung Galaxy s4, running Android 4.4.2. For some reason, the albums I have saved recently are not staying saved, even when I have downloaded them to my ph...

Mbloodsmyth

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Android 4.4.2
Downloading Problem for Samsung Galaxy S 4
Ipad version
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Solved!! Galaxy S6 not showing up in devices

Hello everyone, Ever since I got my S6 I haven't been able to sync my music because it won't show up in devices. I've searched these forums and the support section for help and have tried all solutions that I could find. So far none have helped. The ...

Casual Listener

Hello everyone,   Ever since I got my S6 I haven't been able to sync my music because it won't show up in devices. I've searched these forums and the support section for help and have tried al...

askew101

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Solved!! Spotify skips song completely

Hello, when I try to listen to the song "We Are" by Hollywood Undead (explicit version), spotify plays a few seconds of the song before skipping it completely and playing the next song in the queue list. I've tried to resync all of my songs and redow...

Newbie

Hello, when I try to listen to the song "We Are" by Hollywood Undead (explicit version), spotify plays a few seconds of the song before skipping it completely and playing the next song in the queue l...

atom1989

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Playback timer reverse?

Anyone know how to switch the playback timer on an Android device from counting up (example- .01 seconds to 3.02 minutes) to counting down (3.02 minutes to .01 seconds)? Thank you!

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Anyone know how to switch the playback timer on an Android device from counting up (example- .01 seconds to 3.02 minutes) to counting down (3.02 minutes to .01 seconds)?  Thank you!

Daniel

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Writing to SD Card is easy... but switch to new device?

Hi thereCan't believe that this topic is not covered yet, but perhaps my search algo needs improvement I've been using Spotify Premium for quite a while, already two devices and also I could store my "offline available" songs to SD cardI just can't g...

Casual Listener

Hi there Can't believe that this topic is not covered yet, but perhaps my search algo needs improvement   I've been using Spotify Premium for quite a while, already two devices and also I ...

cwel68

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new device
sd card
switch smartphone
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White screen with green circle constantly appearing while browsing

I,m running Spotify (latest download) on Android lollipop. (HTC one m8)and I am constantl getting a white screen with a green circle appear on the screen while using the app.It stays on the screen for about 1 second, then disappears. This repeats the...

Regular

I,m running Spotify (latest download) on Android lollipop. (HTC one m8) and I am constantl getting a white screen with a green circle appear on the screen while using the app. It stays on the scree...

Daniel

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Solved!! The app crashes at the start/new sd card

Hi! Firstly, sorry for my English.So, I have a problem with my Spotify app. I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 and when I open the app it just...crash, "Spotify has been arrested" or something like this. I can't use it I closed manually the app, I cleared th...

Casual Listener

Hi!  Firstly, sorry for my English. So, I have a problem with my Spotify app. I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 and when I open the app it just...crash, "Spotify has been arrested" or something ...

Juss

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My Inbox button disappeared

Hi, my Inbox button just disappeared 1 month ago. I thought the updates will fix it, but not. And I can get my Inbox message, but after I close it, I can't open it again, because I don't have any button for that. Screenshot :http://i.imgur.com/tuVRz3...

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Hi, my Inbox button just disappeared 1 month ago. I thought the updates will fix it, but not. And I can get my Inbox message, but after I close it, I can't open it again, because I don't have any but...

RobertEspinoza

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sync over cellular not working

I need help. I want to use my mobile data to dowload songs. But even though I already turned on sync over cellular its still asking me to turn it on. Please help.

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I need help. I want to use my mobile data to dowload songs. But even though I already turned on sync over cellular its still asking me to turn it on. Please help.

erickblldrs

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Downloaded songs gone and continue to disappear when re downloaded!

Since the update to android all my downloaded songs have been wiped, i have redownloaded them but when going back to the app they have cleared again!! i have tried clearing datare-installing the apprestarting the phonego to the manage offline devices...

Newbie

Since the update to android all my downloaded songs have been wiped, i have redownloaded them but when going back to the app they have cleared again!!   i have tried clearing data re-installi...

kbrooksc

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disabled accout

My account for some reason was disabled....and I had to open a new account.Is there any way that you can transfer a play list from the other account to my new one???? The old account user Id is jennifer.love.1974.and the new account is jayjen2015The ...

Newbie

My account for some reason was disabled....and I had to open a new account. Is there any way that you can transfer a play list from the other account to my new one???? The old account user Id is jen...

meahtenoha

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Shuffle even if I have premium

How can I take away Shuffle on my Android mobile phone. I have Spotify premium.

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How can I take away Shuffle on my Android mobile phone. I have Spotify premium.

Daniel

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shuffle
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Premium not working

Hi I paid for premium on April 17th and still have not managed to get it working. I have the iTunes receipt and have reported the problem with them in case it's on their side. I have also tried all of the other tips such as signing in and out, signin...

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Hi I paid for premium on April 17th and still have not managed to get it working. I have the iTunes receipt and have reported the problem with them in case it's on their side. I have also tried all o...

Daniel

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Avengers Assemble Album

Should be 15 songs on this Album. I only see 11 on the Anroid App.... license restrictions. Notably, Five Finger Death Punch is missing.

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Should be 15 songs on this Album. I only see 11 on the Anroid App.... license restrictions. Notably, Five Finger Death Punch is missing.

Jordi

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Avengers
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help!

Al tratar de acceder a mi cuenta desde la app me dice que estoy entrando desde otro país a que se debe

Newbie

Al tratar de acceder a mi cuenta desde la app me dice que estoy entrando desde otro país a que se debe

Jordi

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Solved!! No Equalizer for local files from computer

Hey everybody, since I use the Spotify app, the equalizer of it works just fine on normal songs (the ones which are from spotify itself). Whenever I play synced music from my computer (added from the local files to the playlist and downloaded with Sp...

Casual Listener

Hey everybody,   since I use the Spotify app, the equalizer of it works just fine on normal songs (the ones which are from spotify itself). Whenever I play synced music from my computer (added...

kevinfalcon

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