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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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Shuffle play on Premium?

I can't figure why I have only the choice for shuffle play on my Android app. I am a premium subscriber. I recently uninstalled the app, in fact I did a fresh install of the phone firmware so all data was cleared. I was hoping that would solve it but...

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I can't figure why I have only the choice for shuffle play on my Android app. I am a premium subscriber. I recently uninstalled the app, in fact I did a fresh install of the phone firmware so all dat...

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New version, new (and "scary") permissions

Spotify 2.2.0(.636), this one introduces a new set of permissions, namely "use accounts on device". Anyone know why? Spotify has of course my full trust, but I am of that belief that it is common practice to announce why there is a need to add new (a...

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Spotify 2.2.0(.636), this one introduces a new set of permissions, namely "use accounts on device". Anyone know why?    Spotify has of course my full trust, but I am of that belief th...

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Bug: Top result ((+)) sign doesn't allow to create new radio

Sorry to post a bug in the ideas, I looked for 10' how to post a bug and couldn't find it, this is ridiculous. Here is how to reproduce the bug in the Android app: - Click Radios - Click ((+)) to create a new radio - Search for a song, for example St...

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Sorry to post a bug in the ideas, I looked for 10' how to post a bug and couldn't find it, this is ridiculous.   Here is how to reproduce the bug in the Android app:   - Click ...

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Solved!! Local Files can't sync to Spotify on mobile

Hi, I know this has been asked before, but when i add a playlist of only local tracks on my computer and(Via the same wifi) try to download the playlist on my phone, the download runs for like a second and then poof - like nothing every happened. Has...

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Hi,   I know this has been asked before, but when i add a playlist of only local tracks on my computer and(Via the same wifi) try to download the playlist on my phone, the download runs for ...

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Galaxy S4 To Fiat Punto Evo with Blue and Me

Hi All, I was wondering if anyone can help. I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 and have Spotify Premium. I want to connect it to my car using bluetooth. How do i do this with Fiat Punto Evo 2012? Also i've connected the AUX lead to see if this works and it d...

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Hi All,   I was wondering if anyone can help. I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 and have Spotify Premium. I want to connect it to my car using bluetooth.   How do i do this with Fiat Punto...

Daniel

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Solved!! Pausing playback every time phone "sleeps" AND not playing full playlist

Hi! I'm pretty new to spotify so forgive me if this has been covered somewhere but I can't find anything on these 2 problems (using the free app): 1. My phone goes into "sleep" mode after no activity on the screen for a while (android). Whenever this...

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Hi!  I'm pretty new to spotify so forgive me if this has been covered somewhere but I can't find anything on these 2 problems (using the free app):   1. My phone goes into "sleep" mode ...

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Setting for offline mode only accessible when online. Seems useless

I found myself completely offline - no wifi or phone service. Starting spotify results in a blank screen with no access to settings, so I'm unable to turn offline mode on. Force stopping the app or clearing the cache make no difference. Just a blank ...

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I found myself completely offline - no wifi or phone service. Starting spotify results in a blank screen with no access to settings, so I'm unable to turn offline mode on. Force stopping the app or c...

Daniel

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search function not working

Whenever I try to search for new songs the spotify app closes. Could this have something to do with the fact that I've reached the limit on offline songs. But then this shouldn't affect the searching for new songs . Help!

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Whenever I try to search for new songs the spotify app closes. Could this have something to do with the fact that I've reached the limit on offline songs. But then this shouldn't affect the searching...

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Android will no longer Sync with spotify

I have a Samsung Galaxy S5 and only recently (2 days ago this started) have I been unable to sync my local files with my spotify phone app. I have both my phone and laptop hooked up to the same network, ive even tried this on multiple different netwo...

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I have a Samsung Galaxy S5 and only recently (2 days ago this started) have I been unable to sync my local files with my spotify phone app. I have both my phone and laptop hooked up to the same netwo...

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help spotify not working

Whenever I open the app on my phone, error message "unfortunately spotify has stooped working, please close" keeps popping up. I Uninstalled it and reinstalled but still the same thing keeps happening. I even tried deleting the cache and force close ...

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Whenever I open the app on my phone, error message "unfortunately spotify has stooped working, please close" keeps popping up. I Uninstalled it and reinstalled but still the same thing keeps happe...

Daniel

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how to turn off volume normalizing on android app

I can not find a way to toggle volume level normalizing off, there must be one, right?Alternative would be too crazy so there must be a switch, where is it?

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I can not find a way to toggle volume level normalizing off, there must be one, right? Alternative would be too crazy so there must be a switch, where is it?

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LG G2 mini + Kinovo BT 455 (bluetooth hands-free car kit) play/pause button issue

I use Spotify 2.1.0.903 on my LG G2 mini (LG-D620fr) and Android 4.4.2, and I enjoy it. I also use a Kinovo BT455 bluetooth hands-free car kit to stream music to my car radio. With the integrated Android media player, the multipurpose button of the b...

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I use Spotify 2.1.0.903 on my LG G2 mini (LG-D620fr) and Android 4.4.2, and I enjoy it. I also use a Kinovo BT455 bluetooth hands-free car kit to stream music to my car radio.   With ...

Daniel

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Android Cache/Downloads Management

Simply put, the cache grows and grows. The app needs a way to quickly manage/undownload music as things get bloated. Aside from obvious things like using checkboxes to quickly undelete, one option would be to periodically check what is on there and s...

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Simply put, the cache grows and grows. The app needs a way to quickly manage/undownload music as things get bloated.  Aside from obvious things like using checkboxes to quickly undelete, one ...

Daniel

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Kein Ton im offline-modus bei manchen Liedern

hey, wenn ich bei Spotify Alben herunterladen lassen möchte, lädt es komplette Alben manchmal innerhalb einer Sekunde herunter und speichert diese als "verfügbar im offline-modus". Bin ich jetzt aber im offline-modus, laufen die Lieder einfach ohne T...

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hey, wenn ich bei Spotify Alben herunterladen lassen möchte, lädt es komplette Alben manchmal innerhalb einer Sekunde herunter und speichert diese als "verfügbar im offline-modus". Bin ich jetzt ab...

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Remove Songs

Hey! I'm really happy with Spotify sooner except one thing.When you have a spelista at random and then a song that you do not want in their playlist, so you can not remove it.When the music is playing, pressing on the screen so it will come up many d...

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Hey! I'm really happy with Spotify sooner except one thing. When you have a spelista at random and then a song that you do not want in their playlist, so you can not remove it. When the music is pl...

Daniel

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Solved!! Freaky sound when phone is locked

When i listen tot music there is nothing wrong, but when i lock my phone it makes really weird noises now and then. I tried following:- Deinstalled spotify- Changed gapless off- reset phone- both offline and onlineI don't have this issues with the na...

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When i listen tot music there is nothing wrong, but when i lock my phone it makes really weird noises now and then. I tried following: - Deinstalled spotify - Changed gapless off - reset phone ...

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Downloads

My Galaxy S5 crashed while playing Spotify. When I rebooted my tracks were no longer available offline, and it is now downloading all 306 of them again. Should that be the case? Can I expect this to happen again?On another note, will there be any iss...

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My Galaxy S5 crashed while playing Spotify. When I rebooted my tracks were no longer available offline, and it is now downloading all 306 of them again. Should that be the case? Can I expect this to ...

Daniel

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Play all music EXCEPT...

At work I like to shuffle all songs that I have downloaded to my phone and work away, but I have also downloaded some comedy albums and spoken word stuff that I want to exclude in this shuffle. If I add comedy to a playlist and spoken word to another...

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At work I like to shuffle all songs that I have downloaded to my phone and work away, but I have also downloaded some comedy albums and spoken word stuff that I want to exclude in this shuffle. If I ...

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Release Notes - Spotify for Android (2.2.0)

What's new in this version (2.2.0) New: Searching for the artists you follow is even easier. Fixed: Tapping Back in Settings no longer closes the app. Fictitious: This app likes to storm the stage at awards ceremonies.

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  What's new in this version (2.2.0)   New: Searching for the artists you follow is even easier. Fixed: Tapping Back in Settings no longer closes the app. Fictitious: This...

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