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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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Extreme Quality free for everyone?

I'm using kindle fire hdx downloaded from the amazon appstore i found out I'm not the paid member but I can click the extreme quality button. is it really providing extreme quality when i clicked? because it seems nothing different.. and nothing pop-...

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  • I'm using kindle fire hdx downloaded from the amazon appstore i found out I'm not the paid member but I can click the extreme quality button. is it really providing extreme quality when i click...
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My phone wont sync local files over WiFI

Greetings. So I've had this issue for a while, I have googled around and tried to solve it myself, to no avail. After setting up both my phone and laptop to the same WiFi network, creating a playlist for my local files and pushing "download" for that...

  • Newbie
  • Greetings. So I've had this issue for a while, I have googled around and tried to solve it myself, to no avail. After setting up both my phone and laptop to the same WiFi network, creating a playlist...
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Spotify freezes when syncing playlists.

Yo! I've got a Sony Ericsson xperia X10 mini pro, which I'm trying to sync one of my playlists to offline mode. That works out just fine, for the first 3 songs, then it freezes. Tried reinstalling, deleting cache and files, deleting some of my playli...

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  • Yo!   I've got a Sony Ericsson xperia X10 mini pro, which I'm trying to sync one of my playlists to offline mode. That works out just fine, for the first 3 songs, then it freezes. Tried reinst...
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Solved!! Offline Playlists Reset When The App Closes

This is an issue I've been experiencing for a few months now and maybe somebody here can help me out. For a while now my offline playlists have not been updating as they should. When I attempt to download a playlist it will appear to download like no...

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  • This is an issue I've been experiencing for a few months now and maybe somebody here can help me out. 🙂   For a while now my offline playlists have not been updating as they should. When I ...
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Adding Playlists to My music

Hi, How can I add songs from my friends playlist in My Music on Android? Ninad

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  • Hi, How can I add songs from my friends playlist in My Music on Android?  Ninad
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Solved!! 4.4.2 - Xperia Z - Spotiy not starting after latest update 25-6-2014

Dear, As title describes, spotify is not starting properly. It is not loading or it freezes/crashes on startup. Android 4.4.2 Xperia Z Yesterdays update caused this, i guess.

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  • Dear,   As title describes, spotify is not starting properly. It is not loading or it freezes/crashes on startup.   Android 4.4.2 Xperia Z Yesterdays update caused this, i guess.
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Offline Music After Premium tTial

After my premium trial ends, will I be able to keep my downloaded music and listen to it offline?

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  • After my premium trial ends, will I be able to keep my downloaded music and listen to it offline?
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Solved!! Android Syncing Different Format From Desktop

My Galaxy Note 3 syncs my playlists by first letter of first word of a playlist by default now. I have my playlists alphabetized on desktop with the first letter of last name of an individual artist and with the first character of the group name. My ...

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  • My Galaxy Note 3 syncs my playlists by first letter of first word of a playlist by default now. I have my playlists alphabetized on desktop with the first letter of last name of an individual artist...
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Solved!! login failed thru facebook on android

Hi just noticed that i cant login thru facebook on my android mobile device. all apps updated, tried logging manually using my facebook email and password getting message "Unable to login. either the username or password is incorrect". I can login th...

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  • Hi just noticed that i cant login thru facebook on my android mobile device. all apps updated, tried logging manually using my facebook email and password getting message "Unable to login. either the...
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Tracks found on my desktop app, are missing on my andoid app.

Specifically "Faded by Zhu" . Looked it up on my desktop and added it to my playlist. But it didnt synchronize with my phone and when i looked for the song directly on my phone it was not even found. Has anyone encountered sth alike? its not a big pr...

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  • Specifically "Faded by Zhu" . Looked it up on my desktop and added it to my playlist. But it didnt synchronize with my phone and when i looked for the song directly on my phone it was not even foun...
  • Peter__
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Spotfiy Connect Tablet has to be on

Hey! Why has my tablet turned on to be controlled by my smartphone (both android) and can not be in standby mode since the last app update? Greets

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  • Hey! Why has my tablet turned on to be controlled by my smartphone (both android) and can not be in standby mode since the last app update? Greets
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Top Feature Requests - Who's with me? ☺

Spotify feature requestsRepeat one songAdd album to EXISTING Play ListChange the order of songs on a Play ListTag albums and songs by Genre and add a Genre tab like Google All AccessSave a QueConnect with desktop app like mobile to mobile can do over...

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  • Spotify feature requests Repeat one song Add album to EXISTING Play List Change the order of songs on a Play List Tag albums and songs by Genre and add a Genre tab like Google All Access Save ...
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All my downloaded playlists disappeared?

So I finally got through the arseache of downloading the old spotify so I could sync playlists to my sd card and left my phone downloading all night, it was still going this morning, and then the phone ran out of battery. I switched it back on, logge...

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  • So I finally got through the arseache of downloading the old spotify so I could sync playlists to my sd card and left my phone downloading all night, it was still going this morning, and then the pho...
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Can't download playlists

Ive had spotify for some time and my sister and dad also use it. We had it synced to more than three devices so my kindle unsynced. When I went to redownload playlists it would only allow me to download new playlists, not the ones I had had on offlin...

  • Newbie
  • Ive had spotify for some time and my sister and dad also use it. We had it synced to more than three devices so my kindle unsynced. When I went to redownload playlists it would only allow me to downl...
  • dinomight
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Syncing local files of songs that are now unavailable in the Spotify catalogue

I recently discovered that Spotify doesn't offer the full albums of The Cat Empire anymore in their catalogue - which is bad enough. I have one album (Live on Earth) on my computer as mp3 files, so I can still listen to these songs in Spotify. The pr...

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  • I recently discovered that Spotify doesn't offer the full albums of The Cat Empire anymore in their catalogue - which is bad enough. I have one album (Live on Earth) on my computer as mp3 files, so...
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Lock screen widget problem

I have Sony Xperia Z1 Compact with stock lock screen. Recently I've noticed that the lock screen widget does not show up anymore (technically it does, but in a fraction of second it flickers and disappears). Thanks to another discussion here I unders...

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  • ...peria, however, as we can see from this report: http://community.spotify.com/t5/forums/mobileforumtopicpage/board-id/spotifyandroid/thread-id/30814/ ,the problem itself is with other software as well. A...
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availability in Reunion Island

Hi i want to use SPotify on my XPERIAZ IN reunion Island Your site says it is available in this part of the world, but when i download it fromplaystore.... it says it is NOT WHy is that so

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  • Hi i want to use SPotify on my XPERIAZ IN reunion Island Your site says it is available in this part of the world, but when i download it fromplaystore.... it says it is NOT WHy is that so
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Volume is low until I pause and resume.

I have a S3 on Verizon with Android 4.3 and the latest Spotify (1.1.1.162). When I start playing a track the volume immediately drops a little bit, maybe 20%. If I pause then resume playback, it returns to the full level. If I skip tracks, it will dr...

  • Casual Listener
  • I have a S3 on Verizon with Android 4.3 and the latest Spotify (1.1.1.162). When I start playing a track the volume immediately drops a little bit, maybe 20%. If I pause then resume playback, it retu...
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Solved!! Always downloading music

I was wondering why spotify downloads music every time I connect to the internet.It downloads not all music but couple of songs from 1 to 6.

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  • I was wondering why spotify downloads music every time I connect to the internet.It downloads not all music but couple of songs from 1 to 6.
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Track not available in mobile

I recently purchased an MP3 via Amazon.com. The file is downloaded on my desktop and available in local files on Spotify. I have added it to a playlist. When I go to theplaylist on mobile all songs are available EXCEPT the one song I purchased form A...

  • Casual Listener
  • I recently purchased an MP3 via Amazon.com.  The file is downloaded on my desktop and available in local files on Spotify.  I have added it to a playlist.  When I go to theplaylist on ...
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