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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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I can't synchronize playlists in Android

I can't synchronize playlists in Android. He tells me that I have to have a premium account. ( Sorry for my English. I speak Spanish.)

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  • I can't synchronize playlists in Android. He tells me that I have to have a premium account. ( Sorry for my English. I speak Spanish.)
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"Temporary error when merging accounts. Please try again!"

Seems to be the same problem many others have had. No solutions I saw helped my case, however. Among other steps, I have: - Reinstalled application - Reviewed settings in Spotify and Facebook This has been going on for a few days now. Don't want to g...

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  • Seems to be the same problem many others have had. No solutions I saw helped my case, however. Among other steps, I have: - Reinstalled application - Reviewed settings in Spotify and Facebook T...
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Solved!! Temporary error when merging accounts - Can't get my mobile to work

Hey I was listening to music last night, turned it off and everything was all fine. This morning I wake up and it won't work. It keeps trying to make me re-enter all my information. When I do, it comes up with an error message saying "Temporary error...

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  • Hey I was listening to music last night, turned it off and everything was all fine.  This morning I wake up and it won't work.  It keeps trying to make me re-enter all my information. ...
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Droid 2 Spotify is not working at all

Hi there, Here's my problem. I downloaded the app onto my phone and it worked fine. I went to play a song that worked great! Went to switch a song while the other song was playing, app stopped working. Ok no problem, too much at once, whatever. I ope...

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  • Hi there, Here's my problem. I downloaded the app onto my phone and it worked fine. I went to play a song that worked great! Went to switch a song while the other song was playing, app stopped work...
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local files synced to phone, but they're not showing up

So this is an odd situation for me. I set spotify to sync my local files, around 800 of them, to my Galaxy note 2.i let it run all night and the disk space indicates there's definitely files on my sd card from last night. But the sings don't show up ...

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  • So this is an odd situation for me. I set spotify to sync my local files, around 800 of them, to my Galaxy note 2.i let it run all night and the disk space indicates there's definitely files on my sd...
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Solved!! My playlist wont sync to my Android device :(

I have three playlists and two of them synced perfectly. However the other one will not sync at all and I cant figure out why. I am a new Spotify(premium) user and it may be user error but I have looked everywhere and cant find out why. I hope someon...

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  • I have three playlists and two of them synced perfectly. However the other one will not sync at all and I cant figure out why. I am a new Spotify(premium) user and it may be user error but I have loo...
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Playlists Showing Up Empty On Mobile

The playlists I have created on my account are showing up empty on mobile. Everything was working fine here until I had my account reset to remove FB integration. The playlists I want to sync seem fine on my desktop.

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  • The playlists I have created on my account are showing up empty on mobile.    Everything was working fine here until I had my account reset to remove FB integration. The playlists I wan...
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HTC One local files issues

hi,upgraded my desire to the latest whizzbang from HTCI've learned and loved spotify over the last couple of years, but now it's got me tearing out my hair.I can't sync playlists ( almost all my playlists are local files ) to my ONE.Whenever I try, i...

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  • hi, upgraded my desire to the latest whizzbang from HTC I've learned and loved spotify over the last couple of years, but now it's got me tearing out my hair. I can't sync playlists ( almost...
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sorting playlists on android

Hey,Spotify premium subscriber here with a question. When will I be able to sort my playlists on my Droid? This is a standard feature of any music player software, free or pay, past or present, and I'm unsure why this has not been implemented on Andr...

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  • Hey, Spotify premium subscriber here with a question. When will I be able to sort my playlists on my Droid? This is a standard feature of any music player software, free or pay, past or present, a...
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Droid Galaxy Nexus - Playlist Issues

All of the threads I encountered for this problem were much older, so I apologize in advance if there was something more recent to help with this. This is only a recent development and I seem to have made it worse. I added a new playlist to Spotify P...

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  • All of the threads I encountered for this problem were much older, so I apologize in advance if there was something more recent to help with this.   This is only a recent development and I s...
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My playlist is empty.

Hi! When i open my playlist "jeje" in offline mode, even tho its downloaded, it is empty. This is the case on both my computer and android. The playlist is there, the songs is there, but they kind of is not there... All the songs are downloaded, but ...

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  • Hi! When i open my playlist "jeje" in offline mode, even tho its downloaded, it is empty. This is the case on both my computer and android. The playlist is there, the songs is there, but they kind of...
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won't work

everytime I log on to Spotify or open my app it shows my screen then everything goes blank. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the app. I've done this multiple times I've looked through all options I do not know how to fix this problem please...

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  • everytime I log on to Spotify or open my app it shows my screen then everything goes blank. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the app. I've done this multiple times I've looked through all o...
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Spotify app wont play local files

Hello,i'm using the spotify app since almost a year and i never had any problems. A few minutes ago, i downloaded some songs, which arent available at spotify, so i could listen to them of course.But somehow they wont play, it always says : this trac...

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  • Hello, i'm using the spotify app since almost a year and i never had any problems.  A few minutes ago, i downloaded some songs, which arent available at spotify, so i could listen to them of c...
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278mb data in the background?? REALLY??

Ok, just had a warning from Orange that I had exceeded my 1gb data limit for the month. How is this possible I thought? I've not used the net a massive amount surely?... only to check and discover that Spotify has used 278mb of background data in the...

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  • Ok, just had a warning from Orange that I had exceeded my 1gb data limit for the month. How is this possible I thought? I've not used the net a massive amount surely?... only to check and discover th...
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How do I delete a playlist from Android Device?

I wanted to sync some playlists to my phone, but it told me that I've got no memory left. I checked the weight of Spotify, it was almost 2GB, no playlists synced [I've cancelled/"deleted" them all, but aparently they were still in the memory, althoug...

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  • I wanted to sync some playlists to my phone, but it told me that I've got no memory left. I checked the weight of Spotify, it was almost 2GB, no playlists synced [I've cancelled/"deleted" them all, b...
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Solved!! offline music on external SD card on android 4.1

i've changend my phone from android 4.0 to 4.1 ...now i can't store the offline music on external sd card - why? will this problem be solved with the next update? for example the deezer app uses the external sd card. maybe i will go to deezer with my...

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  • i've changend my phone from android 4.0 to 4.1 ...now i can't store the offline music on external sd card - why? will this problem be solved with the next update? for example the deezer app uses the ...
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Downloading Playlist Errors

I keep having to re-download my playlists multiple times...why? After the download is finished, I open the list it restarts the download again. Thoughts or suggestions? Any help is appreciated. I have the Samsung Galaxy S2 ith Jellybean from Sprint.

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  • I keep having to re-download my playlists multiple times...why?  After the download is finished, I open the list it restarts the download again. Thoughts or suggestions?  Any help is apprec...
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Offline playlist - some songs won't sync

Anyone else having this problem? I have a list on around 406 songs on my phone, I added a few 5 more tracks on this list last night, but my phone says that I havent added any new songs to the playlist. This isn't only a problem with my phone tho, it ...

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  • Anyone else having this problem? I have a list on around 406 songs on my phone, I added a few 5 more tracks on this list last night, but my phone says that I havent added any new songs to the playlis...
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One song stops playback

Hi there! I've been using Spotify happily on my Galaxy S2 now for over a year. I decided it was time to put together a classical playlist, but Spotify on my phone seems to have a disliking of Vivaldi's Four Seasons. Every time I attempt to play Anton...

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  • Hi there!   I've been using Spotify happily on my Galaxy S2 now for over a year. I decided it was time to put together a classical playlist, but Spotify on my phone seems to have a disliking o...
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