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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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ANDROID - Not storing offline in SD card (BQ E5 FHD 4.4.2)

Hello, I am thinking of cancelling my subscription. I can't get the offline files to save on the SD card. I mainly use Spotify in the car and I need my playlists to load on the SD card. I have a BQ E5 FHD with 16GB internal memory and a 32GB SD card....

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Hello,   I am thinking of cancelling my subscription. I can't get the offline files to save on the SD card. I mainly use Spotify in the car and I need my playlists to load on the SD card. &nb...

DBASCO

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Local album arts not showing up on phone

I've synced some local tracks to my phone and they all have the correct album covers and I can see them when using Spotify on my laptop, but not on my phone. Is this a bug from the recent update or something? It worked before the update I think.

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I've synced some local tracks to my phone and they all have the correct album covers and I can see them when using Spotify on my laptop, but not on my phone. Is this a bug from the recent update or s...

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Why does my phone keep desynching!

I have only sunced one device.....my note three.I have sattelite internet at home so downloading offline is a pain in the but gotta go somewhere free wifi if dont wanna breech download cap or cell data limit.Spotify keeps desyncing my library...delet...

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I have only sunced one device.....my note three. I have sattelite internet at home so downloading offline is a pain in the but gotta go somewhere free wifi if dont wanna breech download cap or cell ...

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Can't sync between android and PC, device doesn't show up on PC

I have been at this for over an hour now and Spotify support is useless, I'm hoping someone here can help since it is apparently too much to ask that this company have a competent help service. I have my devices connected to the same wi fi, and have ...

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I have been at this for over an hour now and Spotify support is useless, I'm hoping someone here can help since it is apparently too much to ask that this company have a competent help service. I hav...

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'Search' option disappeared after upgrade

Hi, Subject basically is my question: couple of weeks ago i had an update for Spotify that downloaded automatically on my phone.After that, the 'search' option in the menu was gone, all the other options are still working fine and all, but I miss thi...

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Hi,   Subject basically is my question: couple of weeks ago i had an update for Spotify that downloaded automatically on my phone. After that, the 'search' option in the menu was gone, all th...

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spotify app continually access network by data connection when phone enter sleep mode

Dear developer, We download the Spotify(Android version:3.0.0.1124) from market and login, and listen to some music for a while,then pause music, and go to Home Screen and enter sleep mode by pressing power key. We find the spotify app continually ac...

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Dear developer,    We download the Spotify(Android version:3.0.0.1124) from market and login, and listen to some music for a while,then pause music, and go to Home Screen and enter sleep m...

DannyFL

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Playlists constantly disable offline and always downloading

I am at the end of my tether. Sicne the security uipdate 4 months ago, on Android my playlists happily download and use GBs of data. I only 20 playlists that are offline. They work for a single session. When I go back in, they are no longer offline. ...

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I am at the end of my tether.  Sicne the security uipdate 4 months ago, on Android my playlists happily download and use GBs of data. I only 20 playlists that are offline.  They work for a ...

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HELP! Spotify crashes on Galaxy S4 Lollipop

Hi!I have Spotify version 3.1.0.1117 on my S4 with Lillipop 5.0.1.When I start the app its just black and the messege "Spotify has stopped" appears. Tryed to re-install Spotify and delete the files from the Android-folder but it won't delete! Whats w...

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Hi! I have Spotify version 3.1.0.1117 on my S4 with Lillipop 5.0.1. When I start the app its just black and the messege "Spotify has stopped" appears.   Tryed to re-install Spotify and delet...

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shuffle play

Can someone please inform me if there is a way to shuffle through all my offline playlists and albums.

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Can someone please inform me if there is a way to shuffle through all my offline playlists and albums.

Skellingtor

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Note 4 Sticky Notification and Lock Screen Controls not working

Hello. I recently got the Note 4 from T Mobile and downloaded Spotify. However when I started using it I noticed something wrong with the sticky notification telling you the song and controls and also the controls on my lock screen. Whenever I press ...

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...ttps://community.spotify.com/t5/forums/mobileforumtopicpage/board-id/spotifyandroid/thread-id/33466 I have tried disabling music controllers like Milk and Google Music but it doesn't do anything. Is t...

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Solved!! Syncing Spotify tracks to a third party playlist

I would like to be able to put my Spotify tracks on another playlist on my phone. I pay for Spotify premium, so I can listen to my music on my phone, even when I'm offline. The problem is that I really, really like Taylor Swift. Since-for whatever re...

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I would like to be able to put my Spotify tracks on another playlist on my phone. I pay for Spotify premium, so I can listen to my music on my phone, even when I'm offline. The problem is that I real...

LordRollin

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Solved!! Unwanted playlists

Hello everyone, I hope someone can shine some light on this *little issue I'm having.I have premium Spotify and never had a problem until last week and still continues.When I open Spotify on my Android devices and iphone I have extra playlists that I...

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Hello everyone, I hope someone can shine some light on this *little issue I'm having. I have premium Spotify and never had a problem until last week and still continues. When I open Spoti...

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Spotify doesn't work on my phone

I can't get the Spotify app to work. The problem appears to be caused By a Mcdonald's advert that has a video on it. Everytime that ad comes up, it freezes Android, and I have to restart my phone. I can't listen any music at all because the mcdonald'...

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I can't get the Spotify app to work. The problem appears to be caused By a Mcdonald's advert that has a video on it. Everytime that ad comes up, it freezes Android, and I have to restart my phone. I ...

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Solved!! Stuck at logging in screen

Just bought the new galaxy s6 there and installed Spotify but i kept on getting stuck at the logging in screen..... I use my facebook account to log in. when i click log in with facebook the phone just kept on loading says "logging in please wait".Th...

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Just bought the new galaxy s6 there and installed Spotify but i kept on getting stuck at the logging in screen..... I use my facebook account to log in. when i click log in with facebook the phone ju...

DannyFL

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Removing a song on an offline playlist?

Hi guys, Recently upgraded to premium (best decision). I have a playlist for commuting to work which I've taken offline. Don't want to use any data. I reguarly remove songs from that playlist and add more. My question is: when I remove a song from an...

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Hi guys,   Recently upgraded to premium (best decision).   I have a playlist for commuting to work which I've taken offline. Don't want to use any data. I reguarly remove songs from tha...

DannyFL

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Lagging app and or slow

I reinstalled the app. Tried everything. Songs take forever to change and the app itself is very slow and laggy. Plus the Bluetooth sucks through vehicle play

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I reinstalled the app. Tried everything. Songs take forever to change and the app itself is very slow and laggy. Plus the Bluetooth sucks through vehicle play

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Can't Save songs to SD cards

Hey, I am trying to download music on my phone before I go away. But I cannot figure out how to download it onto my SD Card rather than my internal storage. Is it possible to change this? If so how? Thanks in advance!!

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Hey,   I am trying to download music on my phone before I go away.   But I cannot figure out how to download it onto my SD Card rather than my internal storage.   Is it possible ...

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Solved!! Radio - Previously liked songs don't show liked when played again

Today I liked a song using playlist radio and it added to my Liked from Radio playlist which is fine. Now fast forward 5 hours later that same song came on again still playing on radio and the thumbs up icon didn't show that I previously liked it. So...

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Today I liked a song using playlist radio and it added to my Liked from Radio playlist which is fine. Now fast forward 5 hours later that same song came on again still playing on radio and the thumbs...

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Problems with Spotify and eTeknix homepage

When I'm listening to music and browsing the site www.eteknix.com the song always stops after a while and the player closes down.I doesn't give me any crash report or anything.If anyone else got the same problem, it would be great to know.

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When I'm listening to music and browsing the site www.eteknix.com the song always stops after a while and the player closes down. I doesn't give me any crash report or anything. If anyone else go...

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Infamous spotify pausing issue

So I've been dealing with this issue for about 24 hours now. I tried every suggestion on the community and web. Uninstalled, deleted folders, reinstalled, logged out all sessions, changed my password, formatted my SD card, restored my phone to stock ...

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So I've been dealing with this issue for about 24 hours now.  I tried every suggestion on the community and web.  Uninstalled, deleted folders, reinstalled, logged out all sessions, changed...

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Pausing playback
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