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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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Solved!! Track not available.

I have gotten a new phone today. I installed Spotify just to find that most of my tracks aren't available. There is no reason for this because it works just fine on my old phone. I reinstalled at least 10 times, I restarted my phone, I did everything...

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I have gotten a new phone today. I installed Spotify just to find that most of my tracks aren't available. There is no reason for this because it works just fine on my old phone. I reinstalled at lea...

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Unfortunately spotify has stopped working

I have been paying for Spotify premium for a while. Recently, when I open spotify, it immediately tells me "Unfortunately spotify has stopped working". To get this to stop, I have to uninstall spotify, take out my battery, put my battery back in, tur...

Casual Listener

I have been paying for Spotify premium for a while. Recently, when I open spotify, it immediately tells me "Unfortunately spotify has stopped working".  To get this to stop, I have to uninstall...

Daniel

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[Android] Tracks sync very slowly

Which device(s) are you using? LG G3 What version is your iOS? Android 4.4.2 What quality are you syncing? Extreme On which device(s) is syncing slow? LG G3 On which device(s) is syncing fast (or "regular" speed)? Desktop (W7) If your tracks are sync...

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Which device(s) are you using? LG G3 What version is your iOS? Android 4.4.2 What quality are you syncing? Extreme On which device(s) is syncing slow? LG G3 On which device(s) is syncing fast...

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Choppy playback

Spotify problemsFor the last week or so, I've been having problems with the Spotify app on my Samsung Galaxy Ace GT-S5839I.The app starts fine but when the phone screen goes off into its standby mode, the music becomes really choppy. I've noticed tha...

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Spotify problems For the last week or so, I've been having problems with the Spotify app on my Samsung Galaxy Ace GT-S5839I. The app starts fine but when the phone screen goes off into its standb...

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Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 - Lock Screen

Hi, just wondering if the full screen album art for the lock screen is being added to the Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4? As it is currently abit of nuisance having to unlock the tablet every time i want to skip or change a song. Cheers

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Hi, just wondering if the full screen album art for the lock screen is being added to the Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4? As it is currently abit of nuisance having to unlock the tablet every t...

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Buttons Too Small

Hello, I am finding the three dots button that enable you to access extra info on a playlist far too small. I am constantly skipping to that track instead where I may want to be looking at the album the track is on, or maybe queueing a song up. Gets ...

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Hello,   I am finding the three dots button that enable you to access extra info on a playlist far too small. I am constantly skipping to that track instead where I may want to be looking at...

Daniel

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Spotify cannot be killed, constant network traffic

Android 4.4.2, LG G2, latest Spotify. According to Android System Info, Spotify is always running. If I kill it, it is immediately relaunched. At 10 AM, Spotify has caused network traffic worth 3 MB (My Data Manager). I can also see packets flowing t...

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Android 4.4.2, LG G2, latest Spotify.  According to Android System Info, Spotify is always running.  If I kill it, it is immediately relaunched.  At 10 AM, Spotify has caused network t...

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Downloading via cell with option off

Caused me to go over my limit because for some reason the app lost 30gb of music and began redownloaded it which seems to be a common occurrence with the appI would like a reimbursement that my cell service charged me for the glitch please

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Caused me to go over my limit because for some reason the app lost 30gb of music and began redownloaded it which seems to be a common occurrence with the app I would like a reimbursement that my...

Daniel

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Organize songs in the android app

This has probably been suggested before but I would love to be able to sort my songs in my playlists directly on my phone. It would also be great if I got the option to sort my songs in the checkmark playlist (my songs/tracks) just because I love add...

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This has probably been suggested before but I would love to be able to sort my songs in my playlists directly on my phone. It would also be great if I got the option to sort my songs in the checkma...

Daniel

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Crashes when i open the app

Im using the samsung galaxy s4 Everytime i open spotify i receive a message saying 'Unfortunately, Spotify has stopped.' Ive reinstalled the app, restarted my device yet it still crashes. Any other suggestions or how to fix this problem? Thanks.

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Im using the samsung galaxy s4 Everytime i open spotify i receive a message saying 'Unfortunately, Spotify has stopped.' Ive reinstalled the app, restarted my device yet it still crashes. Any o...

Daniel

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Can't make music and playlists available offline any longer. Tried trouble shooting, didn't help

Hi! I can no longer download any playlist or music to make them available offline. Found the following trouble shooting guide: http://community.spotify.com/t5/Help-Android/Android-Troubleshooting-Spotify/td-p/113082 However, the problem was not solve...

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Hi!   I can no longer download any playlist or music to make them available offline. Found the following trouble shooting guide: http://community.spotify.com/t5/Help-Android/Android-Trou...

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Trouble resuming playback after a few hours

Hi there all, When im done listning to spotify i set the playback on pause and close the app. (it doesnt matter if i kill the app or not) Now lets say if im done working and i want to continue listning to spotify it doens't continue were it has left....

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Hi there all,   When im done listning to spotify i set the playback on pause and close the app. (it doesnt matter if i kill the app or not) Now lets say if im done working and i want to cont...

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songs were available offline now they're not

One day I'm loving spotify and the hundreds of songs I had downloaded offline. The next none of them will play offline anymore. Says that they're waiting to download. There's a hndful of songs that are still playing. Even the playlists that I'm follo...

Casual Listener

One day I'm loving spotify and the hundreds of songs I had downloaded offline. The next none of them will play offline anymore. Says that they're waiting to download. There's a hndful of songs that a...

Daniel

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Solved!! Spotify is a black screen

I use samsung galaxy note 3. When I turn Spotify on, the screen turn black with just one button (hamburger in top left corner). Clicking doesn't change anything. After a few minutes "spotify" writing appears next to the button, but it doesn't really ...

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I use samsung galaxy note 3. When I turn Spotify on, the screen turn black with just one button (hamburger in top left corner). Clicking doesn't change anything. After a few minutes "spotify" writing...

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Trying to pay for premium

So, I'm trying to upgrade but my old credit card info no longer is valid. Trying to update my credit card info has been impossible. Either broken links, or the link just resets the page and accomplishes nothing. Please help. This is seriously frustra...

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So, I'm trying to upgrade but my old credit card info no longer is valid. Trying to update my credit card info has been impossible. Either broken links, or the link just resets the page and accomplis...

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Payment

My account was charged twice, and I don't know how to go about fixing this. Any suggestions?

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My account was charged twice, and I don't know how to go about fixing this. Any suggestions?

Daniel

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Spotify No Longer Downloading Local Files To Playlists

Ok... I have no idea what happened to Spotify or what... but I used to able to download Local Files to playlists on my phone which is how I would listen to alot of my music since Spotify doesn't have all the music I listen to. Now recently, my phone/...

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Ok... I have no idea what happened to Spotify or what... but I used to able to download Local Files to playlists on my phone which is how I would listen to alot of my music since Spotify doesn't have...

Daniel

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Unable to control Spotify from Android Wear (Moto 360) on Android 4.3.1 (Cyanogenmod 10)

Hi, When using Spotify I can see the track information on my Moto 360, but the interface on the watch for pause/play and skipping to the next song do not trigger any action. They do work when I tried using Google Music on the same phone with the same...

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Hi,   When using Spotify I can see the track information on my Moto 360, but the interface on the watch for pause/play and skipping to the next song do not trigger any action. They do w...

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Volume keeps changing on my Samsung Galaxy 5 S without me touching it

This is a super annoying problem. When I go running and listen to my Spotify playlist with my Samsung Galaxy S5 the song volumes constantly go all the way to 0 or all the way up to 10 without me touching anything on the phone. This happens whether th...

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This is a super annoying problem.  When I go running and listen to my Spotify playlist with my Samsung Galaxy S5 the song volumes constantly go all the way to 0 or all the way up to 10 without m...

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Spotify randomly starts playing on it's own on a device called "Helium"

It's always music I've never heard of, never initiated by me, and sometimes it pauses the music I'm ACTUALLY listening to when I'm listening on my laptop (Because it's in use somewhere else...) I've tried logging out of all my other devices, changing...

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It's always music I've never heard of, never initiated by me, and sometimes it pauses the music I'm ACTUALLY listening to when I'm listening on my laptop (Because it's in use somewhere else...) &nb...

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