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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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Kudos to premium support staff and lingering issues: cache, downloaded playlists

About a month ago I submitted a support ticket for problems with Spotify on my Samsung Galaxy S III running Android 4.1.2. The worst issue was the constant buffering and stop/starting during playback. I have nothing but praise to the premium support ...

Music Fan

About a month ago I submitted a support ticket for problems with Spotify on my Samsung Galaxy S III running Android 4.1.2. The worst issue was the constant buffering and stop/starting during playback...

Egidio

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spotify keeps on pausing when screen is off.

when i play music on my galaxy tab2 or even my s4 via bluetooth to my stereo,spotify puases the music when the screen goes of on my androids. even when i change the volym the music stops.

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when i play music on my galaxy tab2 or even my s4 via bluetooth to my stereo,spotify puases the music when the screen goes of on my androids. even when i change the volym the music stops. 

Joe

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eq turns off randomly

eq seems to be turning off every few mins at times. I need to go back to the audio effects and it comes back on. Using galaxy note 3, android 4.3 & spotify 0.7.2. Really annoying. I already tried reinstalling the app

Music Fan

eq seems to be turning off every few mins at times. I need to go back to the audio effects and it comes back on. Using galaxy note 3, android 4.3 & spotify 0.7.2. Really annoying. I already ...

cinek

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Skipping track fails when connected to car via bluetooth

When I play music on Spotify while connected to my car via bluetooth, music plays fine if I do not touch anything and let each song play til the end. But let's say I have a playlist with songs 1, 2, and 3. I'm playing song 1 and hit "next" to skip to...

Visitor

When I play music on Spotify while connected to my car via bluetooth, music plays fine if I do not touch anything and let each song play til the end.   But let's say I have a playlist with s...

Joe

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Suddenly, certain songs "play" silence.

Description I've been running Spotify on my Android device for a few months now. Just yesterday it started with this problem, where it would appear to play a song, but there was no audio. The UI shows that it seems to be playing. When it gets to the ...

Music Fan

Description I've been running Spotify on my Android device for a few months now. Just yesterday it started with this problem, where it would appear to play a song, but there was no audio. The UI sh...

mjm2705

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Memory on Galaxy S2

Hi, I have a Galaxy S2 and have had spotify for about 18 months now. I had alot of songs, close to the 3333 limit and then deleted loads but when i tried to download more it said i 'syncing has stopped as no space left on device' . Even though i have...

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Hi, I have a Galaxy S2 and have had spotify for about 18 months now. I had alot of songs, close to the 3333 limit and then deleted loads but when i tried to download more it said i 'syncing has stopp...

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Playlist download getting stuck on songs

This is new for me. It was reported previously on the iOS forum but has not been reported as an Android issue, and was not happening to me until very recently. Last night, as I do most Monday nights, I created my new playlist of new songs for the wee...

Roadie

This is new for me. It was reported previously on the iOS forum but has not been reported as an Android issue, and was not happening to me until very recently.   Last night, as I do most Mon...

Joe

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2.3 CM7 no sound on certain songs

I am not getting any sound on certain songs on my Desire Z. Funny thing is, I have tried MIUI, CyanogenMod and Virtous, same thing, even deleted the local files on my phone, and re-synced from my laptop where I can play them. Trying to find a friend ...

Regular

I am not getting any sound on certain songs on my Desire Z. Funny thing is, I have tried MIUI, CyanogenMod and Virtous, same thing, even deleted the local files on my phone, and re-synced from my lap...

JakkeJakobsen

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Sync without WLAN

Hello Community, I am the enthusiastic user of a 30 days permium trial version. I want to hear the music on my LG smartphone but I have no WLAN available. What can I do? Kinds regard Felix

Newbie

Hello Community,   I am the enthusiastic user of a 30 days permium trial version.   I want to hear the music on my LG smartphone but I have no WLAN available. What can I do? &nbsp...

Peter__

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Song not available for play (Grayed out)

I have been away for the last week, and added a song to one of my playlist - https://play.spotify.com/track/0hv6ku4431kPrjbpBBspw3?utm_source=open.spotify.com&utm_medium=open but this morning I opend the playlist up, and the song and only this one is...

Casual Listener

I have been away for the last week, and added a song to one of my playlist - https://play.spotify.com/track/0hv6ku4431kPrjbpBBspw3?utm_source=open.spotify.com&utm_medium=open but this m...

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spotify doesnt arange songs according popularity

Since the latest patch my phone wont arrange/find the songs i want. I.e. searching under pressure me and my friends cant even find the queen version although it should be on top. Please help!

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Since the latest patch my phone wont arrange/find the songs i want. I.e. searching under pressure me and my friends cant even find the queen version although it should be on top. Please help!

Esamattihein

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Android 4.4 KitKat low-power audio playback support?

hey, just got my nexus 5. i'm really eager for all battery improvments and KitKat has introduced low-power audio playback, by getting the DSP to do the work: http://www.android.com/versions/kit-kat-4-4/ https://developer.android.com/about/versions/ki...

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hey,   just got my nexus 5. i'm really eager for all battery improvments and KitKat has introduced low-power audio playback, by getting the DSP to do the work: http://www.android.com/...

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Queue management is so broken (reorder queue)

How is this possible? I just signed up for a free trial of premium to use Spotify on my mobile. I've been a Google Play Music premium subscriber, but a little dissappointed in the content compared to Spotify. To my surprise, the Spotify app is horrif...

Newbie

How is this possible? I just signed up for a free trial of premium to use Spotify on my mobile. I've been a Google Play Music premium subscriber, but a little dissappointed in the content compared to...

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Mobile phone will not sync to desktop application for local files

Hello, I am relatively new to the Spotify Premium community as I just upgraded from my free account last month. I wanted to load my Korean pop music (mostly unavailable on Spotify) so I can have it on the go anywhere and anytime. I'm running into the...

Casual Listener

Hello,   I am relatively new to the Spotify Premium community as I just upgraded from my free account last month. I wanted to load my Korean pop music (mostly unavailable on Spotify) so I ...

Josh

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webplayer Facebook

Hi everybody. I can't use the webplayer from spotify on Facebook with my smartphone, Android 4.2 Sony experia e. Has somebody a solution? Thanks!

Newbie

Hi everybody. I can't use the webplayer from spotify on Facebook with my smartphone, Android 4.2 Sony experia e. Has somebody a solution? Thanks!

Joe

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Unable to star local files on mobile phone

Hi. If I try to star a local file on my phone it just unstar itself. It works fine to star the same files on my computer. Why is that?

Gig Goer

Hi. If I try to star a local file on my phone it just unstar itself. It works fine to star the same files on my computer. Why is that?

Joe

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Linkin Park - Given Up and radiohead - Karma police. not working??

Linkin Park - Given Up and radiohead - Karma police. not working?? why can't i listen to these song?

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Linkin Park - Given Up and radiohead - Karma police. not working?? why can't i listen to these song? 

Joe

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Wrong Username and Password Android

Hello guys, I activated the Premium account but i keep having an annoying problem: I try to access to my Android portable devices and it always says that username and password are wrong even if i put the right one. Someone out there with same problem...

Newbie

Hello guys,   I activated the Premium account but i keep having an annoying problem: I try to access to my Android portable devices and it always says that username and password are wrong ev...

Joe

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problems sharing playlist

I am having trouble sharing my playlist. I get a blank screen when i tap on Inbox, or Friends. Also, when I tap share with Spotify Friends while listening to a song, the "Send"option is not lite up. I've made sure I am not in private session

Regular

I am having trouble sharing my playlist. I get a blank screen when i tap on Inbox, or Friends. Also, when I tap share with Spotify Friends while listening to a song, the "Send"option is not lite up....

Joe

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