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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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Playback stops / is messed up after songs from "Social Distortion" or "Mike Ness"

Hi there! Subject sounds strange, but that's how it is. I have a Premium account and a playlist with about 1.500 songs for Offline usage on my Android phone / HTC. There are no errors with the playback until the point where Spotify has to play a song...

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Hi there!   Subject sounds strange, but that's how it is.   I have a Premium account and a playlist with about 1.500 songs for Offline usage on my Android phone / HTC. There ar...

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Soft bass through aux into surround sound sys

Hi guys, I have a nice sound system but when I played music through it the base was pathetic even with bass booster on the system and Spotify. Figured out you have to turn bass booster down to 0 on audio effects to fix it, on the app. I have a Samsun...

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Hi guys, I have a nice sound system but when I played music through it the base was pathetic even with bass booster on the system and Spotify. Figured out you have to turn bass booster down to 0 on...

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Solved!! Local Files -- Album Art

Cannot figure this out. I've tried various tag editors, iTunes, various image sizes. No matter what I do, I cannot get embedded album art to work on the mobile side. It works fine on Windows or Ubuntu, but I get the generic album art on Android. Any ...

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Cannot figure this out. I've tried various tag editors, iTunes, various image sizes. No matter what I do, I cannot get embedded album art to work on the mobile side. It works fine on Windows or Ubunt...

jessieLmiller

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Artist View Under Collection Sorts by "The"

Similar to a problem I posted about in the Web player, in the new Collection view, artists that begin with "The" are sorted by "The" under "T". This is bad, and seems to be a simple mistake in coding (since other artist views ignore "The" when sortin...

Roadie

Similar to a problem I posted about in the Web player, in the new Collection view, artists that begin with "The" are sorted by "The" under "T".  This is bad, and seems to be a simple mistake in ...

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Some tracks will not play

Hi...premium user here. Since moving to a new phone (Sgs3 to Sgs4) Spotify just refuses to work well. Playlists that worked fine for me previously now just show add though the track is playing but there's no sound. (Both on and offline). On some trac...

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Hi...premium user here. Since moving to a new phone (Sgs3 to Sgs4) Spotify just refuses to work well. Playlists that worked fine for me previously now just show add though the track is playing but ...

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Upgrade not working

No matter what I do, it still says I'm not a premium member. I've upgraded, paid, logged in and out and still no luck.

Newbie

No matter what I do, it still says I'm not a premium member. I've upgraded, paid, logged in and out and still no luck.

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BIG number time/counter needed on PDA screen

Hi, I use spotify playlist for spinning training workout purpose. The time/counter is very small and that is a bit pitty; to diffiult to see.. I want to see BIG numbers to watch for specific times to stand-up of go-down. Does anyone know a app that w...

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Hi,   I use spotify playlist for spinning training workout purpose. The time/counter is very small and that is a bit pitty; to diffiult to see.. I want to see BIG numbers to wa...

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Problems With Spotify on Android

Spotify doesn't start at all. It just stays grey. What I did: -Doing the troubleshooting with deleting the cache and the data, both from the phone and sd storage. Then I uninstalled Spotify and restarted the phone. Afterwards I installed Spotify agai...

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Spotify doesn't start at all. It just stays grey.   What I did: -Doing the troubleshooting with deleting the cache and the data, both from the phone and sd storage. Then I uninstalled Spo...

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Release Notes - Spotify for Android (0.6.6)

What's new in this version: New: Spotify now speaks Thai, Brazilian Portuguese, Turkish and Malay Fixed: Much more stable on Android 4.3 Fixed: Now even kinder to your battery Fictitious: This app goes well with cheese and biscuits. Notes: As always,...

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What's new in this version: New: Spotify now speaks Thai, Brazilian Portuguese, Turkish and Malay Fixed: Much more stable on Android 4.3 Fixed: Now even kinder to your battery Fictitious: T...

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I cant sync local files to my Android

Hi. I had 3 lists with some locasl files in it, all was working fine... Untill yesterday. I was adding a new track (from locasl files) to one of my list. And suddenly, that song can't be synced. So i Undownloaded the list, and tried to sync that one ...

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Hi.   I had 3 lists with some locasl files in it, all was working fine... Untill yesterday. I was adding a new track (from locasl files) to one of my list. And suddenly, that song can't be s...

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Time to do something about awful album/playlist sorting

I live in the 21st century, middle of the second decade. I tend to use a smartphone or a tablet for my everyday entertainment needs. I use Spotify almost exclusively on tablet/smartphone. No need to say the Spotify mobile app is just crap. The develo...

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I live in the 21st century, middle of the second decade. I tend to use a smartphone or a tablet for my everyday entertainment needs. I use Spotify almost exclusively on tablet/smartphone. No need t...

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Cant get the pad to use the SD card for offline storage, **bleep** it, canceled sub!

Yeah, i know about the workaround, and i got it to work for a time, but then i frelled up on me and i just cant get myself to do it again. Syncing takes hours! So i canceled sub completly, gonna try Deezer for some time, maybe also try Rdio to see wh...

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Yeah, i know about the workaround, and i got it to work for a time, but then i frelled up on me and i just cant get myself to do it again. Syncing takes hours!   So i canceled sub completly,...

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Android Phone not showing up under devices.

Since wednesday my Android Phone (HTC Sensation) isn't showing up under devices. - preview releaseof new Android app installed: yes - same WIFI-network: yes - log on/of app while desktop client running: yes -reboot phone/desktop client: yes - reinsta...

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Since wednesday my Android Phone (HTC Sensation) isn't showing up under devices.   - preview releaseof new Android app installed: yes - same WIFI-network: yes - log on/of app while deskt...

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How do I get my playlists from my android to my computer?

I guess I did it backwards. But I started play lists on my android phone and do not see them on my computer. I would think they would show up everywhere as long as I am logged into my account.

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I guess I did it backwards.  But I started play lists on my android phone and do not see them on my computer.  I would think they would show up everywhere as long as I am logged into my acc...

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How to change where to store downloaded playlists?

Hi, Have had spotyfy prem on my phones like forever... Now my sd is full and a have huge amounts of free **bleep** space on my internal memory.. Didn't find anything on the options, Have tried to delete all spotify data to see if something popped up ...

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Hi, Have had spotyfy prem on my phones like forever...  Now my sd is full and a have huge amounts of free **bleep** space on my internal memory..  Didn't find anything on the options, H...

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Spotify for Android v.0.7.0.224

Hasn't anyone received the latest update? I noticed it now runs faster on my Asus Infinity tablet. Apart from that, the settings menu is reshuffled and browse tab is finally working, at least you can see the latest releases, some of them though.

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Hasn't anyone received the latest update? I noticed it now runs faster on my Asus Infinity tablet. Apart from that, the settings menu is reshuffled and browse tab is finally working, at least you can...

Joe

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Solved!! Spotify premium not activating on mobile

I got a Spotify Premium gift card recently and activated it on my computer. I then downloaded the Spotify app on my mobile phone (Samsung Galaxy Expres) and logged in with the same account. Now that the free 48 hour trial period passed, I'm told that...

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I got a Spotify Premium gift card recently and activated it on my computer. I then downloaded the Spotify app on my mobile phone (Samsung Galaxy Expres) and logged in with the same account. Now that ...

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Solved!! KINDLE FIRE -- Music Stops Playing when OFF

If I turn the Fire off while playing music on Spotify, after a minute or two the music just STOPS. I have to turn the Fire back on. Then the music picks up exactly where it left off and plays until a minute or so after Kindle Fire either goes off aut...

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If I turn the Fire off while playing music on Spotify, after a minute or two the music just STOPS. I have to turn the Fire back on. Then the music picks up exactly where it left off and plays until a...

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Tutorial Spotify for Development app for Android, java

hi,I want to write an App for Android and this app is to create a new playlist, etc. Where can I develop a good tutorial for Spotify for Android Apps? Spotify in the documentation I'm not hose. help please... Best reagerds Pedro

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hi, I want to write an App for Android and this app is to create a new playlist, etc. Where can I develop a good tutorial for Spotify for Android Apps?   Spotify in the documentation...

Joe

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Spotify Premium on Android

Hello, I just signed up for Premium, set up my mobile password, cleared the cache/uninstalled spotify on my mobile device, and then re-installed it. I put in the account number Spotify gave me along with the moble password i created. When I try to pl...

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Hello,   I just signed up for Premium, set up my mobile password, cleared the cache/uninstalled spotify on my mobile device, and then re-installed it.  I put in the account number Spoti...

Joe

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