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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...
EDIT: I always had troubles using 3 devices for offline sync as the last one was always de-authorised. I have now made a clean reinstall on all three devices and now everything seems to be working fine. I can use all three devices for offline sync an...
EDIT: I always had troubles using 3 devices for offline sync as the last one was always de-authorised. I have now made a clean reinstall on all three devices and now everything seems to be working fi...
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I leave my 4g on, and I have a solid connection, yet everytime I open the app it takes up to a minute to detect the connection. In the meantime everything is greyed out and the bottom says no internet connection available. What can I do?
I leave my 4g on, and I have a solid connection, yet everytime I open the app it takes up to a minute to detect the connection. In the meantime everything is greyed out and the bottom says no interne...
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I went from an iPhone to an Android about 2 weeks ago, and have been thinking of going back due to this problem, only to find that it is a Spotify problem. I have now tried 4 different sat nav applications, and the problem was still there with all of...
I went from an iPhone to an Android about 2 weeks ago, and have been thinking of going back due to this problem, only to find that it is a Spotify problem. I have now tried 4 different sat...
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I need help. I am using Spotify Premium. I downloaded the latest Version of Spotify from the Market. Everything works fine, but when I look through some new music or click a song from my offline Playlist and skip to the middle of the songs the music ...
I need help. I am using Spotify Premium. I downloaded the latest Version of Spotify from the Market. Everything works fine, but when I look through some new music or click a song from my offlin...
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Is there any way to download the my songs collection to play offline, like you did with starred in the older versions of Spotify? Thank you.
Is there any way to download the my songs collection to play offline, like you did with starred in the older versions of Spotify? Thank you.
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I am using Spotify premium on my Samsung Galaxy S2, and have been for some time, but currently I cannot login to the app. I am still able to use spotify on my laptop, but no matter whether i login with my spotify username and password (which i have r...
I am using Spotify premium on my Samsung Galaxy S2, and have been for some time, but currently I cannot login to the app. I am still able to use spotify on my laptop, but no matter whether i login wi...
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I have a note 3 with playlists on it. Is it my understanding that I can't put these on my laptop or any other device. In other words, all I can do is play them, I can't copy them? thanks
I have a note 3 with playlists on it. Is it my understanding that I can't put these on my laptop or any other device. In other words, all I can do is play them, I can't copy them? ...
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After the receiving the "Paint It Black" update on Android and desktop, I started moving all my playlists into Albums under Your Music. It was a bit meticulous, but I want to be on board with Spotify's new direction. Then after a subsequent Android u...
After the receiving the "Paint It Black" update on Android and desktop, I started moving all my playlists into Albums under Your Music. It was a bit meticulous, but I want to be on board with Spotify...
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When I use my HTC One S with a Parrot bluetooth car kit, the bluetooth seems to randomly disconnect, usually at the end of a song. I can reconnect the bluetooth and start the song playing again, but not too safe when you're driving! It makes it prett...
When I use my HTC One S with a Parrot bluetooth car kit, the bluetooth seems to randomly disconnect, usually at the end of a song. I can reconnect the bluetooth and start the song playing again...
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Note3. All upgrades. Trided to clear cache. Tried to reinstal app. In my profile there is 0 playlists. They are all available as normal on the PC. I am able to search for the title of the playlist, and then play them. Funny thing, I am listed as the ...
Note3. All upgrades. Trided to clear cache. Tried to reinstal app. In my profile there is 0 playlists. They are all available as normal on the PC. I am able to ...
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Hi. I'm having problems following the instructions for the Spotify app on my HTC phone (quite an old model, but no mention made in the app that this would be a problem). I open the app and it shows all of my playlists as Downloaded - doesn't give me ...
Hi. I'm having problems following the instructions for the Spotify app on my HTC phone (quite an old model, but no mention made in the app that this would be a problem). I open the app and ...
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Description When playing songs spotify (offline mode) causes excessive CPU usage compared to other music apps and maintains partial wakeclocks even after the song has been paused/stopped thereby draining the battery (about 4-5% an hour compared to 1-...
Description When playing songs spotify (offline mode) causes excessive CPU usage compared to other music apps and maintains partial wakeclocks even after the song has been paused/stopped thereby dr...
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I have the premium subscription and happen to have a few android devices. - A phone. - A second phone with sim from country I work in part of my time. - A 12" Tablet for work where I like to listen to mucis while working. - An 8" Tablet for holiday a...
I have the premium subscription and happen to have a few android devices. - A phone. - A second phone with sim from country I work in part of my time. - A 12" Tablet for work where I like to li...
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Okay So i have a small samsung tablet which is pretty basic and I have spotify preimium on it, I cant seem to find the download button to download songs, I wanna download skrillex's new album. I have tried holding on to a song its options are just sh...
Okay So i have a small samsung tablet which is pretty basic and I have spotify preimium on it, I cant seem to find the download button to download songs, I wanna download skrillex's new album. I have...
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Hey so Spotify is supposed to work with the Moto X's touchless control, which allows you to play music using either spotify or google play music. Right now only Google play music works! When I set Spotify as the default player, the voice command only...
Hey so Spotify is supposed to work with the Moto X's touchless control, which allows you to play music using either spotify or google play music. Right now only Google play music works! W...
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Hello. My phone is Sony Xperia S - I'm using custom ROM based on KitKat. Of course, my phone is rooted. Well, I can't log in to my account. I can see the startup screen, but when I click "Log in", phone crashes (black screen) and I must restart it. I...
Hello. My phone is Sony Xperia S - I'm using custom ROM based on KitKat. Of course, my phone is rooted. Well, I can't log in to my account. I can see the startup screen, but when I click "Log in", ...
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Just got a new phone Galaxy S5, upgrated from S2. Have been using spotify on mey phone for 6 months with no problems. Cant open spotify on my new S5, "unfortunately, spotify has stopped". And doesnt open? I have a premium subscription. Any Ideas?
Just got a new phone Galaxy S5, upgrated from S2. Have been using spotify on mey phone for 6 months with no problems. Cant open spotify on my new S5, "unfortunately, spotify has stopped". And doesn...
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Spotify recently updated on my Android phone. Now, when I load it goes straight to the Your Music page. I cannot use the menu at all, every time I press it, the app closes to my home screen. I have deleted the cache, deleted the data, uninstalled, re...
Spotify recently updated on my Android phone. Now, when I load it goes straight to the Your Music page. I cannot use the menu at all, every time I press it, the app closes to my home scre...
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I have used Spotify to sync local files from my PC to android phone (currently Nexus 4) for a while now. However when trying to sync a playlist full of local files today I get the 'Premium Required' popup, this is the same for all playlists that I tr...
I have used Spotify to sync local files from my PC to android phone (currently Nexus 4) for a while now. However when trying to sync a playlist full of local files today I get the 'Premium Required...
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As you may know, there have been some issues with equalizers not working properly with the Spotify android app. When a song started or when you skipped through it the volume would jump to max scaring the **bleep** out of you for a split second. I had...
As you may know, there have been some issues with equalizers not working properly with the Spotify android app. When a song started or when you skipped through it the volume would jump to max s...
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