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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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Music player won't stay open in background

I am currently running android 5.0.1 on a nexus 5 (no root). Unlike Google Play Music services, the Spotify music player that used to continue running when I would switch the application has disappeared. The music still plays in the background, howev...

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I am currently running android 5.0.1 on a nexus 5 (no root). Unlike Google Play Music services, the Spotify music player that used to continue running when I would switch the application has disappea...

Daniel

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Incorrect song, or no song, plays from search results containing local files

=== START OF TEMPLATE === Description Incorrect song, or no song, plays from search results containing local files. If a song is played, the played song is on a row offset by the number of local files returned at the top of the results. What are the ...

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=== START OF TEMPLATE ===   Description Incorrect song, or no song, plays from search results containing local files. If a song is played, the played song is on a row offset by the number ...

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Solved!! App hang/restart

I'm having some issues with my android spotify app... especially on the radio function. More and more frequently, the app seems to time out, so the widget will not show what is playing, the app itself will black out, and is generally running slow. Do...

Roadie

I'm having some issues with my android spotify app... especially on the radio function. More and more frequently, the app seems to time out, so the widget will not show what is playing, the app itsel...

DannyFL

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No SD card found

I keep getting a message saying "No SD card found: We found no place to store our data, please check that you have a working SD card and free space." I know this issue has been documented up to 2 years ago, and it's still happening. I followed the in...

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I keep getting a message saying "No SD card found: We found no place to store our data, please check that you have a working SD card and free space." I know this issue has been documented up to 2 yea...

camillo75

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new phone cant sync existing playlists

Just got a new phone and can't sync existing playlists from my spotify account. It says I already have 2 devices synced which is my laptop and old phone. How can I make it where my new phone can sync?

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Just got a new phone and can't sync existing playlists from my spotify account. It says I already have 2 devices synced which is my laptop and old phone. How can I make it where my new phone can syn...

Daniel

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Clean reinstall &SD card

I think I might have to do a clean reinstall of the spotify app on my samsung because, since downloading an album for offline use, it and some of my other albums have stopped playing properly in that at the end of one song, the next doesnt start up. ...

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I think I might have to do a clean reinstall of the spotify app on my samsung because, since downloading an album for offline use, it and some of my other albums have stopped playing properly in that...

Daniel

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How can I get Spotify to work with older android phones?

Hi! I have an older LG Optimus Dynamic phone. When I install Spotify and try to open it says that Spotify is incompatible with my version of Android and it won't open or run. Is there any workaround for this issue that will allow me to run Spotify on...

Newbie

Hi! I have an older LG Optimus Dynamic phone. When I install Spotify and try to open it says that Spotify is incompatible with my version of Android and it won't open or run. Is there any workarou...

Daniel

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Spotify closes automatically

Hi, My spotify closes automatically after a short while. It happens with my headset when i m not doing anything else or when i have it connected to an aux cable in the car so i can use it as music and as navigation. I have a LG G2. Can somebody tell ...

Casual Listener

Hi,   My spotify closes automatically after a short while. It happens with my headset when i m not doing anything else or when i have it connected to an aux cable in the car so i can use it ...

Daniel

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Please help facebook account wont unlink from account

My stupid little brother has used my face book account for his spotify how do I unlink the account?

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My stupid little brother has used my face book account for his spotify how do I unlink the account?

MattSuda

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Chat messages not showing on android device

So i'm having problems with the messaging on Spotify, on my computer I have no problem to show the conversation and send texts and share music, but on my android phone (Samsung Galaxy S5), the inbox is empty, please let me know if you have an answer ...

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So i'm having problems with the messaging on Spotify, on my computer I have no problem to show the conversation and send texts and share music, but on my android phone (Samsung Galaxy S5), the inbox ...

MattSuda

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Solved!! off-line notification

My wife uses my account when she cleans and sometimes she tries to use it when I am. Is there a way to tell if a user is off-line? If I know she is off-line then I can still listen at work.

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My wife uses my account when she cleans and sometimes she tries to use it when I am. Is there a way to tell if a user is off-line? If I know she is off-line then I can still listen at work.

Taylor

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Solved!! Lockscreen background (album cover) keeps after closing Spotify app

Hi I'm experiencing this "bug" since I updated my Nexus 5 to Lollipop: I'm in offline mode and after stopping music, background in lockscreen doesn't revert to system defined. I tried with "x" button in lockscreen, stop button on Spotify app, closing...

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Hi   I'm experiencing this "bug" since I updated my Nexus 5 to Lollipop: I'm in offline mode and after stopping music, background in lockscreen doesn't revert to system defined. I tried with...

abaymajr

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App eating up tons of mobile data?

Just listened to 2 hours of streaming music and the app ate up 500mb of data??I'm on version 2.2.0.636. I'm connected with AT&T LTE network. It's set to "normal" quality and download over cell networks is disabled.At the ~96kbps that is supposed to b...

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Just listened to 2 hours of streaming music and the app ate up 500mb of data?? I'm on version 2.2.0.636. I'm connected with AT&T LTE network. It's set to "normal" quality and download over ...

Daniel

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Bild einer playlist ändern

Wie kann man das Bild einer spotifyplaylist ändern??

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Wie kann man das Bild einer spotifyplaylist ändern??

MichaelW

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Music stored on pc doesnt dowload on android

Hi there.So i have spotify premium, and i already sync the songs of my preferences that are on spotify.The catch is that the songs that i have on my pc (and that spotify already tracked on) cannot be sync to be heard offline on my android device ( Mo...

Newbie

Hi there. So i have spotify premium, and i already sync the songs of my preferences that are on spotify. The catch is that the songs that i have on my pc (and that spotify already tracked on) c...

bean420

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spotify linking tracks when synced

Hi When i sync my playlists to my android phone local files get linked to the spotify database. I dont want my local files linked. Can this be turned off anyway? As itis screwing up my last.fm scrobbles.

Roadie

Hi   When i sync my playlists to my android phone local files get linked to the spotify database. I dont want my local files linked. Can this be turned off anyway? As itis screwing up my las...

Asteroid_Alan

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Solved!! Followed artists disappeared

Hi. I've spent a long time researching and following artists interested in, and now they've all disappeared. All saved tracks and playlists are still there, it's just all of my 'Followed' tags have gone. Any ideas why or how to get them back?Many tha...

Music Fan

Hi. I've spent a long time researching and following artists interested in, and now they've all disappeared. All saved tracks and playlists are still there, it's just all of my 'Followed' tags ha...

cohenfs

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Spotify cache takes up to 17.6 GB on SD card - even after deleting it in the application itself...

Hi, I am wondering how I can delete the Spotify cache memory, which takes up 17.6 GB on my SD card on my Android phone. Using the 'delete cache' button in Settings in the Spofity app obviously does not work. My attempt to manually delete this folder ...

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Hi, I am wondering how I can delete the Spotify cache memory, which takes up 17.6 GB on my SD card on my Android phone.   Using the 'delete cache' button in Settings in the Spofity app obvio...

boowy

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Songs pause after being played

Greetings everyone. I have a problem with my playlists and songs in these lists. On the 2/11 my phone updated Spotify without problem. But right after the update, there has been an issue I couldn't fix it. Randomly pauses the songs after they have be...

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Greetings everyone.   I have a problem with my playlists and songs in these lists. On the 2/11 my phone updated Spotify without problem. But right after the update, there has been an issue I...

Lazalit

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