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New and Improved Android Widget

Spotify is bringing a new update to the home screen widget on Android devices. This update will help you get more out of it than before. The new widget will make it simpler and faster to access your favourite content on Spotify. So what is changing?H...

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[COMPLETE GUIDE] How to fix most Android issues

Please read below for troubleshooting Spotify on your Android device. This guide contains fixes for most common issues as well as detail on how to create a new topic if you still are having problems. First thing to do before trying anything else is r...

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Solved!! The version of Spotify I have has completely different features than another free user.

PlanFreeCountryUSADeviceAndroid PhonesMy Question or IssueMy dad and I both have spotify. I cannot pick songs to play and have to rely on shuffle. My dad can pick songs without issue, and probably doesn't even know that shuffle's an option. We both h...

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Searching for music on spotify app.

Why doe sit not include playlists in the search results on the app? I see this feature appears on the desktop only.

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  • Why doe sit not include playlists in the search results on the app? I see this feature appears  on the desktop only.
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Spotify Premium WILL NOT activate on Android LG G2 (Verizon)

Spotify Premium WILL NOT activate. I signed out /back in multiple times after starting my free 30 day trial and when I sign in it continues to only offer shuffle play and option to upgrade.

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  • Spotify Premium WILL NOT activate. I signed out /back in multiple times after starting my free 30 day trial and when I sign in it continues to only offer shuffle play and option to upgrade.
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No SD Card Found error

HI Anyone have a solution for no SD card found on android phone??? I tried clear caches and installed and installed but still have the same error and spotify just won't work. It always show mea blank screen. Send email to spotify no reply so pissed o...

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  • HI Anyone have a solution for no SD card found on android phone??? I tried clear caches and installed and installed but still have the same error and spotify just won't work. It always show mea blank...
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spotify app crashes on acer tablet

I have an acer tablet and after launching app and signing in, it opens for a few seconds then shuts down.Any ideas? Thanks

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  • I have an acer tablet and after launching app and signing in, it opens for a few seconds then shuts down. Any ideas? Thanks
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pCan't follow on my tablet... Help

Hi everyone I have a Samsung tablet and I can't find any button to follow the artist I like. Is there any way to follow on tablets and smart phone or this is a option only for laptop? Help!!!! Su

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  •   Hi everyone   I have a Samsung tablet and I can't find any button to follow the artist  I like.    Is there any way to follow on tablets and smart phone or this i...
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how to save songs on internal storage instead of external storage

I recently broke my htc rezound's sd card reader port and now spotify will not even open because it says "No SD Card Found We found no place to store our daa, please check that you have a working SD card and free space". I was wondering if I could ch...

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  • I recently broke my htc rezound's sd card reader port and now spotify will not even open because it says "No SD Card Found We found no place to store our daa, please check that you have a working SD ...
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Problems offline music on the external SD card on android (cyangenmod))

Hi, I had to reinstall my Spotify App and after a reboot everything was fine. When I restarted the App - Spotify crahes all the time becuase it can't find my SD-Card and says it as no space left or no rights to write on the sd. When I reboot my whole...

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  •   Hi,   I had to reinstall my Spotify App and after a reboot everything was fine. When I restarted the App - Spotify crahes all the time becuase it can't find my SD-Card and says it a...
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Only some of my local files will sync

So this problem is occuring on both my Samsung GS3 and ipad. Only some of my local files will sync to the devices, others will be greyed out and say "track not available". As you can see in the screenshot, it seems like Spotify is randomly choosing s...

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  • So this problem is occuring on both my Samsung GS3 and ipad. Only some of my local files will sync to the devices, others will be greyed out and say "track not available". As you can see in the scree...
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Spotify quits randomly (ANDROID 4.2.2 / GT-I9105P)

Hello all, I have seen this problem on the forum but not for mobile devices yet. When i am listening to spotify with my phone on standby (and no other apps running) it just quits randomly. I have reinstalled it a few times but it didn't work so far. ...

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  • Hello all,   I have seen this problem on the forum but not for mobile devices yet. When i am listening to spotify with my phone on standby (and no other apps running) it just quits randomly....
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Solved!! gaps in music listening to offline playlist

Hi! while I'm listening to my playlists, even those downloaded I'm experiencing gaps in music. It gets stuck in some songs, in others it has gaps like 2-5 seconds. I already deleted and redownloaded everything from scratch, but it is not helping.. I ...

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  • Hi! while I'm listening to my playlists, even those downloaded I'm experiencing gaps in music. It gets stuck in some songs, in others it has gaps like 2-5 seconds. I already deleted and redownloade...
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Volume loss then SPIKE using headphones, not good

I've read through the board posts and seen some similiar issues listed but no solutions that work for me yet. This issue just started in early January after almost a year of using Spotify on my phone with no problems. When listening with plug in head...

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  • I've read through the board posts and seen some similiar issues listed but no solutions that work for me yet.  This issue just started in early January after almost a year of using Spotify on my...
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Shuffle play button won't disapear

With the help of this awesome forum I was finally able to figure out how to play without shuffling my music lists. I am a premium user and unfortunately I have to dig into the album menu to find the repeat/shuffle toggle. The much more accessible pla...

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  • With the help of this awesome forum I was finally able to figure out how to play without shuffling my music lists. I am a premium user and unfortunately I have to dig into the album menu to find the...
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Won't play through AUX car stereo

Cable is new.. Spotify is running fine.. also plays fine when I put headphones in. When I put it on through the AUX car stereo however, I get nothing.. and yes I have it on the AUX setting. Does android have a setting that prevents this, etc? Any hel...

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  • Cable is new.. Spotify is running fine.. also plays fine when I put headphones in.  When I put it on through the AUX car stereo however, I get nothing.. and yes I have it on the AUX setting...
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missing some music in playlist

Hey, i created a playlist at my pc. Than i synchronized it with my tablet. So long so got, everything is ok. But today i noticed that some songs are missing. The main menu shows me that there are 9 songs at my playlist but in real there are only 6. W...

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  • Hey,   i created a playlist at my pc. Than i synchronized it with my tablet. So long so got, everything is ok. But today i noticed that some songs are missing. The main menu shows me t...
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premium account not recognized on phone

Recently had a payment issue when changing cards from Target compromise. Finally stopped getting bugged about my payment encoutnering a bank account error on PC version. My phone still shows I have a fre verison though. Tried this thread http://commu...

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  • Recently had a payment issue when changing cards from Target compromise. Finally stopped getting bugged about my payment encoutnering a bank account error on PC version. My phone still shows I have a...
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i cannot play my downloaded playlist

Hi all,Maybe this problem is common and there's already an answer to my question. However, I can't find the solution to my problem anywhere.So I have samsung galaxy s3. I downloaded my playlist so i can listen to it offline. Everythings works fine bu...

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  • Hi all, Maybe this problem is common and there's already an answer to my question. However, I can't find the solution to my problem anywhere. So I have samsung galaxy s3. I downloaded my playli...
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Solved!! I can't listening songs on spotify

I installed spotify on my android smartphone 2 days ago. When I have to search a song,the song is grey and I can't listen them. This happens only on my smartphone because I have also on my tablet and it works. How can i do?

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  • I installed spotify on my android smartphone 2 days ago. When I have to search a song,the song is grey and I can't listen them. This happens only on my smartphone because I have also on my tablet and...
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Solved!! Hi, got spotify on android and when I search I do not get suggestions for playlists. HELP!

Searching only shows artists, albums and a big list of songs. On iOS you do get a suggestion of playlists (which I happen to use a lot). Thanks

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  • Searching only shows artists, albums and a big list of songs. On iOS you do get a suggestion of playlists (which I happen to use a lot). Thanks
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Solved!! Wrong song title in lockscreen

Every so often, when I skip songs, the lockscreen controls "gets stuck" on the first song I was listening to. This happened after applying the 7.4 update. Please, take a look. Nexus 4 Android 4.4 (non root) Spotify version: 0.7.4 - 0.7.5

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  • Every so often, when I skip songs, the lockscreen controls "gets stuck" on the first song I was listening to. This happened after applying the 7.4 update. Please, take a look.   Nexus 4 ...
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Bluetooth from Spotify on my Android LG G2 to Alpine UTE 72BT not working.

I have an Alpine UTE 72BT and have trouble playing audio over Bluetooth from Spotify on my Android LG G2. I have chosen media sound to be played via BT and I can see that the track is played in Spotify on the mobile but I'm not getting any audio in t...

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  • I have an Alpine UTE 72BT and have trouble playing audio over Bluetooth from Spotify on my Android LG G2. I have chosen media sound to be played via BT and I can see that the track is played in Spoti...
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