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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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"waitin to download" issue

why is my music keep saying waitin to download when NOTHING is being downloaded..... HELP

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why is my music keep saying waitin to download when NOTHING is being downloaded.....     HELP

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I can't delete local files

Hi! I have spotify premium on my smartphone and when I set an album as available offline everything it's ok, but when I switch again to make it unavailable it doesn't get deleted from the phone... the only way I have to delete the files is by using t...

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Hi! I have spotify premium on my smartphone and when I set an album as available offline everything it's ok, but when I switch again to make it unavailable it doesn't get deleted from the phone... th...

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Tracks that are NOT on my playlist are playing in playlist shuffle mode

I post this on the Android Help because I have an Android. It seems like this could be a problem found with other devices, but so far I haven't experienced it on my desktop. I have a small playlist (which I'm still adding to) that I like to play when...

Newbie

I post this on the Android Help because I have an Android. It seems like this could be a problem found with other devices, but so far I haven't experienced it on my desktop. I have a small playl...

Joe

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No Queuing in connect play / control

Option is shown, but not supported.

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Option is shown, but not supported.

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Local Files Won't Show in Mobile Playlist

Okay: 1. I recently purchased an new album that is not on spotify. 2. I uploaded this album to Spotify on my latop, and it plays well there and is usable. 3. I went to play the album on my android phone and I can see the playlist which says it has th...

Newbie

Okay:   1. I recently purchased an new album that is not on spotify. 2. I uploaded this album to Spotify on my latop, and it plays well there and is usable. 3. I went to play the album o...

mike02x2

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bass died after phone crashed while using Spotify

Hi so I just got a new samsung tab 3 like a week ago after I downloaded Spotify and all my songs as a premium user I thought why not upgrade to extreme quality....and in the process my phone crashed while multitasking on the Spotify app. I had to for...

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Hi so I just got a new samsung tab 3 like a week ago after I downloaded Spotify and all my songs as a premium user I thought why not upgrade to extreme quality....and in the process my phone crashed ...

Daniel

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Spotify Connect: the Spotify app shows the wrong song on the display

If I …- "Spotify Connect" start and connect to the remote device- and I start a playlist to play- and then take a new song that I add to the waiting list, using the choice options- and when that added song is going to play then the app shows on the d...

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If I … - "Spotify Connect" start and connect to the remote device - and I start a playlist to play - and then take a new song that I add to the waiting list, using the choice options - and when...

martinkorner

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"Now playing" bar in bottom screen disapears

Randomly the "Now playing" bar at the bottom of the Spotify screen disapears. If I touch another track it may apear again, but not always. I have had this issue before on my Galaxy S4, but after I started to use Heos with Spotify Connect it happens a...

Newbie

Randomly the "Now playing" bar at the bottom of the Spotify screen disapears. If I touch another track it may apear again, but not always. I have had this issue before on my Galaxy S4, but after I st...

Henkpieter

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Very specific Windows -> HTC One m8 problem with local tracks

So problem is as follows, and only affects the m8: If I have a playlist that consists of files not in Spotify otherwise (Namely soundtracks of things), the tracks will not sync to m8. I've tried different PC's (Laptop running Win 8 instead of win 8.1...

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So problem is as follows, and only affects the m8:   If I have a playlist that consists of files not in Spotify otherwise (Namely soundtracks of things), the tracks will not sync to m8. I've...

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Premium member, getting adverts?

Hi all I'm a premium member through my mobile phone contract (vodafone) yet I'm getting popup adverts on the Spotify app which never happened before. I'm still able to have things offline and there are no adverts in the music but these popups are fru...

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Hi all I'm a premium member through my mobile phone contract (vodafone) yet I'm getting popup adverts on the Spotify app which never happened before. I'm still able to have things offline and the...

TheRoller

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Release Notes - Spotify for Android (2.1.0)

What's new in this version (2.1.0) New: You can now find a link to our support page in Settings. Fixed: A bunch of stability issues. Fictitious: Our TCP sockets are gold-plated for your listening pleasure.

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  What's new in this version (2.1.0)   New: You can now find a link to our support page in Settings. Fixed: A bunch of stability issues. Fictitious: Our TCP sockets are gold...

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Solved!! Log in with Facebook failed

Hi there, I am desperately trying to log in on Spotify on my Android mobile phone. The error I get is "You seem to try to log in from a different country". I was in Brazil for the last six months and therefore changed the language of facebook from ge...

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Hi there,   I am desperately trying to log in on Spotify on my Android mobile phone. The error I get is "You seem to try to log in from a different country".   I was in Brazil for t...

MattSuda

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Spotify Connect & offline mode?

HiI am on Android 444 and samsung galaxy note 4. I am at home in my network with my Spotify Connect enabled devices. If I switch to offline mode on my phone, and start playing the last track which yesterday was playing from Spotify Connect, is it sup...

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Hi I am on Android 444 and samsung galaxy note 4. I am at home in my network with my Spotify Connect enabled devices. If I switch to offline mode on my phone, and start playing the last track wh...

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Solved!! Spotify Connect Issue AVR

Hello, I'm experiencing following issue: I've got my Yamaha RX-V477 connected to my Homenetwork. I intended to use my old Galaxy S2 (Android 4.1.2) to play my Playlists via Spotify Connect (Latest version from Google Play). I can play my music on my ...

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Hello, I'm experiencing following issue: I've got my Yamaha RX-V477 connected to my Homenetwork. I intended to use my old Galaxy S2 (Android 4.1.2) to play my Playlists via Spotify Connect (La...

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Solved!! Can Spotify play a file directly from an Android hard drive?

Is it possible to play mp3 files (or any file type) of tracks that are unavailable in the Spotify database if you have the file on your android? If so, how? There are tracks I would like to listen to through Spotify that are not available to stream f...

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Is it possible to play mp3 files (or any file type) of tracks that are unavailable in the Spotify database if you have the file on your android?  If so, how?   There are tracks I w...

MattSuda

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upgrading from Normal Quality downloaded to Extreme Quality downloaded

I just switched from Normal Quality downloaded to Extreme Quality downloaded. Before switching I downloaded about 20 albums while the setting was still Normal Quality downloads. What do I need to do to get my already downloaded albums up to Extreme Q...

Newbie

I just switched from Normal Quality downloaded to Extreme Quality downloaded.   Before switching I downloaded about 20 albums while the setting was still Normal Quality downloads.   ...

MattSuda

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Continuous Offline Problems

Whenever I attempt to go offline it states I must connect to 3G etc, to download. I'll then connect when possible and the entire file downloads again. I attempt to go offline and the process begins over again. I am a frustrated premium member....any ...

Visitor

Whenever I attempt to go offline it states I must connect to 3G etc, to download. I'll then connect when possible and the entire file downloads again. I attempt to go offline and the process begins o...

camillo75

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Android application problem

Hello, I'm experiencing some serious issues on the Android app. This is pursuing me to stop the premium subscription. After the upgrade to the last version, it just deleted all the songs I made offline available. Now I need to resync it, my slow inte...

Visitor

Hello, I'm experiencing some serious issues on the Android app. This is pursuing me to stop the premium subscription. After the upgrade to the last version, it just deleted all the songs I made o...

JoeThomas

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Spotify refuses to acknowledge that I'm online

Hi, I'm new to using this forum board, so let me know if I'm missing information required to solve this problem. I'm trying to get spotify to play from my tablet at work, but it's not recognizing that the tablet is connected to the internet. At work,...

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Hi, I'm new to using this forum board, so let me know if I'm missing information required to solve this problem.  I'm trying to get spotify to play from my tablet at work, but it's not recognizi...

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Superuser Contribution [bluetooth] streaming to external speaker interrupted

Recently I bought a Pure Jongo T2 speaker and suddendly I faced an issue using spotify on my smartphone (HTC one M7) over bluetooth. When I play music using Spotify, the "data flow" ( sent via bluetooth ) has frequent interruptions and consequently t...

Newbie

Recently I bought a Pure Jongo T2 speaker and suddendly I faced an issue using spotify on my smartphone (HTC one M7) over bluetooth. When I play music using Spotify, the "data flow" ( sent ...

AndresM

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