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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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Hi, I'm using Spotify on my new SGS5, and the playmists keeps reloading until Spotify freezes. The app works well besides when I'm in the playlist menu. Also if I'm listening to a song, and goes to the playmist menu, the song will stop, because of th...
Hi, I'm using Spotify on my new SGS5, and the playmists keeps reloading until Spotify freezes. The app works well besides when I'm in the playlist menu. Also if I'm listening to a song, and goes to t...
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I have downloaded Spotify on my nokia lumia windows mobile and am wanting to transfer from mobile to my laptop. Can I do this and how?
I have downloaded Spotify on my nokia lumia windows mobile and am wanting to transfer from mobile to my laptop. Can I do this and how?
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Hi there, I tried searching for this problem but the only threads i could see are from over a year ago and couldn't see any solution... I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S4 and i'm a Spotify Premium user. Whenever I open the app on my phone, it tells me i'm...
Hi there, I tried searching for this problem but the only threads i could see are from over a year ago and couldn't see any solution... I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S4 and i'm a Spotify Prem...
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when I first pull up a playlist, and tap it it won't play until I then hit shuffle. of course then it plays another song found that album a playlist vs the one I tapped. wow that song is playing I cannot replace it and listen to another song unless I...
when I first pull up a playlist, and tap it it won't play until I then hit shuffle. of course then it plays another song found that album a playlist vs the one I tapped. wow that song is playing I c...
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hi.ive just upgraded to premium and my ipod tells me im offline.what can I do?
hi.ive just upgraded to premium and my ipod tells me im offline.what can I do?
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Whenever i want to check out an album before comitting to putting it my music collection..i like to put it to my "check this out" list...however the only option right now is to save the album as a playlist in itself..please make the option to make it...
Whenever i want to check out an album before comitting to putting it my music collection..i like to put it to my "check this out" list...however the only option right now is to save the album as a pl...
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Since running the update a week ago I can't stream anything me re than 30 seconds, I had no trouble before the update! I'm using a Samsung S3 mini if that helps.I've restarted the phone, cleared the data and cache!
Since running the update a week ago I can't stream anything me re than 30 seconds, I had no trouble before the update! I'm using a Samsung S3 mini if that helps. I've restarted the phone, cleared th...
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I use Spotify mainly over Wifi and when I'm out I ONLY use downloaded playlists. So WHY does Spotify use huge amounts of mobile 3G data? If this is how Spotify is supposed to work I can't use it. It's just too expensive! Why isn't there a WiFi only o...
I use Spotify mainly over Wifi and when I'm out I ONLY use downloaded playlists. So WHY does Spotify use huge amounts of mobile 3G data? If this is how Spotify is supposed to work I can't use it. It'...
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When I use headphones and start spotfy, after a little while, google now pops in and songs start to play randomly and for a few seconds. I tried disabling google services and this still happens. I even uninstalled and reinstalled the app. It's quite ...
When I use headphones and start spotfy, after a little while, google now pops in and songs start to play randomly and for a few seconds. I tried disabling google services and this still happens. I ev...
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Having issues with local files. I can download local files to my Android and the songs play. However, a few hours later, all of the local files are greyed out on Android. Songs won't play when greyed out. Have to re-download local files just about ev...
Having issues with local files. I can download local files to my Android and the songs play. However, a few hours later, all of the local files are greyed out on Android. Songs won'...
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Local files do not show under Songs, Albums or Artists sections on the app - only under the playlist they were synced by. This seems to be related to https://community.spotify.com/t5/Help-Desktop-Linux-Mac-and/Your-music-Local-files-not-in-Songs-Albu...
Local files do not show under Songs, Albums or Artists sections on the app - only under the playlist they were synced by. This seems to be related to https://community.spotify.com/t5/Help-D...
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Hello. I have been using Spotify for a long time now, without glitches and/or hiccups as many of the other folks have been experiencing up until now.Unfortunately, when I installed the latest version of Spotify on my Android (SGS4) it ceased to work ...
Hello. I have been using Spotify for a long time now, without glitches and/or hiccups as many of the other folks have been experiencing up until now. Unfortunately, when I installed the...
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I downloaded spotify on my android device, and accidentally started a 7 day free trial. It says that after 7 days, my phone company will bill me monthly. I called them but they didnt know anything about it. If i delete the app, will that cancel the f...
I downloaded spotify on my android device, and accidentally started a 7 day free trial. It says that after 7 days, my phone company will bill me monthly. I called them but they didnt know anything ab...
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When I select a filter to show only offline content in my music it shows the album as being available but when I go into it, there is no music. However, when I turn off the filter and find the album again, all of the music is there. These are local f...
When I select a filter to show only offline content in my music it shows the album as being available but when I go into it, there is no music. However, when I turn off the filter and find the album ...
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Not everyone has PCs, this should be addressed! You can do in on pc, but not android. This sometimes means adding thousands of songs one by one instead of 15-20 at a time. Are there any plans to add this functionality back?
Not everyone has PCs, this should be addressed! You can do in on pc, but not android. This sometimes means adding thousands of songs one by one instead of 15-20 at a time. Are there any plans to add ...
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This morning I was taking a shower with Spotify on. (Wireless speaker and phone in other room) But after a couple of songs this weird 'ad' comes up. A women talking in bad English how she lost an eye because of a bomb. After the weird story my playli...
This morning I was taking a shower with Spotify on. (Wireless speaker and phone in other room) But after a couple of songs this weird 'ad' comes up. A women talking in bad English how she lost an eye...
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Hi, It's been a while since I've used spottify, since It didn't synced my local files. I recenly decided to try it again, but still without any luck. Now i know about the free shuffle option, but my question (or suggestion?) remains: On a FREE user a...
Hi, It's been a while since I've used spottify, since It didn't synced my local files. I recenly decided to try it again, but still without any luck. Now i know about the free shuffle op...
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Login on with Facebook, get 'login failed' message but it still logs in. If I play a song, it plays for 4-9 seconds then the sound stops though it looks like its still playing. Also keeps crashing back to the login page, then back to the opening page...
Login on with Facebook, get 'login failed' message but it still logs in. If I play a song, it plays for 4-9 seconds then the sound stops though it looks like its still playing. Also keeps crashing ba...
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Over the last few updates spotify has become very frustrating to use. The app seems to freeze or become unreponsive while just navigating play lists. Even in offline mode trying to open a list that is made available offline can cause it to freeze. So...
Over the last few updates spotify has become very frustrating to use. The app seems to freeze or become unreponsive while just navigating play lists. Even in offline mode trying to open a...
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