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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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Mobile spotify for Android, keeps trying to ad facebook.

Every once in a while mobiel spotify makes me log back in, when I do it tries to tell me I don't know my password, the one I just used to log onto spotify on my pc.So then I log in with fb and it tries to make me opt to share the music I listen to wi...

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Every once in a while mobiel spotify makes me log back in, when I do it tries to tell me I don't know my password, the one I just used to log onto spotify on my pc.So then I log in  with fb and ...

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Reconnect strategy too conservative

I've posted this in the iOS section, but should be in the Android. On the Galaxy S4, when driving in the car the internet connection will briefly go and come back almost every minute. Spotify's reconnect strategy is way too conservative now, the appl...

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I've posted this in the iOS section, but should be in the Android.   On the Galaxy S4, when driving in the car the internet connection will briefly go and come back almost every minute. Spotif...

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Some songs won't play on my Galaxy S3

DescriptionSome of the songs on my phone don't have the green "downloaded" circle/arrow next to them on my Starred playlist. These particular songs just straight up won't play if I'm in Offline Mode, but once I turn Offline Mode off, they work fine. ...

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Description Some of the songs on my phone don't have the green "downloaded" circle/arrow next to them on my Starred playlist.  These particular songs just straight up won't play if I'm in Offli...

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Can't play music on android tablet

Hi, I've upgraded to premium account and can't seem to play any music on my tablet.It also doesn't seem to sync up with my spotify account, as i don't see any playlists or starred songs.

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Hi,   I've upgraded to premium account and can't seem to play any music on my tablet. It also doesn't seem to sync up with my spotify account, as i don't see any playlists or starred songs.

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Message saying Syncing Error, Unknown Error

I keep getting an error message saying Syncing Error. Unknown Error. Music became undownloaded on my Android. Unable to redownload.

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I keep getting an error message saying Syncing Error. Unknown Error.  Music became undownloaded on my Android. Unable to redownload. 

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"Spotify Support" Not quite an oxymoron but almost. Track Order Within Playlist

NO Re-Ordering of Tracks Within a Playlist - On a Mobile Device. 8 Months...what a joke - and one I'm paying for. I must have flipped my lid. I pay for several accounts. I consider my £40 per month to be worth something, a reply at least. I trust Spo...

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NO Re-Ordering of Tracks Within a Playlist - On a Mobile Device.   8 Months...what a joke - and one I'm paying for.  I must have flipped my lid.   I pay for several accounts.  I...

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not downloading all songs

Premium account on android galaxy nexus...when downloading albums, it says there are a certain number of tracks on that album. When I go to the album, there are only 2 or 3 downloaded. The downloading is finished so its not like I'm just not waiting ...

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Premium account on android galaxy nexus...when downloading albums, it says there are a certain number of tracks on that album. When I go to the album, there are only 2 or 3 downloaded. The downloadin...

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Radio does not play

Playback lapses in radio mode on my mobile device. Won't play next song. Just stops playing totally. Has gone on forever. Very frustrated. Don't have similar problem on my desktop, however.

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Playback lapses in radio mode on my mobile device. Won't play next song. Just stops playing totally. Has gone on forever. Very frustrated. Don't have similar problem on my desktop, however.

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how can i tell how many tracks i have offline synced?

hello where in the spotify android app does it tell me- how much data (in GB or MB) is used- how many tracks out of the allowed 3,333 tracks i have synced? as for data, i can use a file explorer to see that, ok, but it would be nice to have it in the...

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hello   where in the spotify android app does it tell me - how much data (in GB or MB) is used - how many tracks out of the allowed 3,333 tracks i have synced?   as for data, i can us...

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No sound on htc one s

DescriptionPlease describe the problemNo sound when playing spotify. What are the steps you took to get to the error/issue?(We need to know what you are doing so we can do the exact same to try and get the same error)1. Entered Spotify app2. Found an...

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  Description Please describe the problem No sound when playing spotify.   What are the steps you took to get to the error/issue? (We need to know what you are doing so we can d...

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Spotify listening via aux in car

Hi,I have just tried to listen to Spotify via the headphone (aux) port in my Car Stereo. The problem being that it would immediately skip songs, before even starting to play them and then would ring the first person in my call list and immediately ha...

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Hi, I have just tried to listen to Spotify via the headphone (aux) port in my Car Stereo. The problem being that it would immediately skip songs, before even starting to play them and then would rin...

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Solved!! Premium user in Korea. after Factory Reset - can no longer download the phone app

I pay for Spotify Premium and I live in South Korea.The mobile phone app was working perfectly until I had to do a Factory Reset on my phone (Galaxy S3) and now when I try to download the app it's saying that the app is unavailable to me. Please help

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I pay for Spotify Premium and I live in South Korea. The mobile phone app was working perfectly until I had to do a Factory Reset on my phone (Galaxy S3)  and now when I try to download the ap...

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This Track is Not Available - LG Optimus L9

Hi- I just created a new playlist with 20 or so songs and noticed that when I try and download the songs to my SD Card on my phone several of the tracks are grayed out. When I highlight the track a message pops up at the bottom of my phone's screen s...

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Hi-   I just created a new playlist with 20 or so songs and noticed that when I try and download the songs to my SD Card on my phone several of the tracks are grayed out.  When I highligh...

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spotify app wont work on my zte android !

I previously bought a new android phone & downloaded the app no problem. But the app is just a blank screen. I uninstalled and reinstalled like 5x but nothing! What can I do? Help?!

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I previously bought a new android phone & downloaded the app no problem. But the app is just a blank screen. I uninstalled and reinstalled like 5x but nothing! What can I do? Help?!

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Volume goes max when skipping or ffwd-ing through songs with EQ on

I am using V 0.5..11.4 (0.7.1.582.g77685925) on a Galaxy Nexus phone with Android 4.2.1. I have downloaded some playlists with "extreme quality" setting. When I have the EQ/Audio Effects switched on (no matter which profile I use) and ffwd through a ...

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I am using V 0.5..11.4 (0.7.1.582.g77685925) on a Galaxy Nexus phone with Android 4.2.1. I have downloaded some playlists with "extreme quality" setting.    When I have the EQ/Audio Effec...

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spotify on HTC Desrire S

I have an HTC Desire S, running Android 2.3.5 (which is the newest version available), and on Monday?, when Spotify updated itself, it will no longer start. I have uninstalled the app 3 or 4 times, and reinstalled, always the same; it just will not s...

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I have an HTC Desire S, running Android 2.3.5 (which is the newest version available), and on Monday?, when Spotify updated itself, it will no longer start. I have uninstalled the app 3 or 4 times, a...

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Spotify crash at startup on my Phone (empty screen)

Hello, Spotify is not working on my phone. When I click the icon the app starts but it displays an empty screen with only the name 'Spotify' on top. I can also see the button to open the left panel. If I click it the panel opens but it is also empty....

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Hello,    Spotify is not working on my phone. When I click the icon the app starts but it displays an empty screen with only the name 'Spotify' on top. I can also see the button to open...

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downloads becoming undownloaded?????

Hi, When I download a playlist onto my Samsung Galaxy siii it will work absolutely fine. Then say a week later everything is undownloaded and says tracks unavailable and that I need to re download the playlists. I have not restarted my phone or anyth...

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Hi,   When I download a playlist onto my Samsung Galaxy siii it will work absolutely fine. Then say a week later everything is undownloaded and says tracks unavailable and that I need to re do...

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starred tracks playlist stuck on "loading"

Cant access my starred tracks playlist at all. Only shows that it is constantly loading. I just updated to latest version last night. Running on HTC Rezound. Can access other playlists just fine, only starred seems affected. Thanks!

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Cant access my starred tracks playlist at all. Only shows that it is constantly loading. I just updated to latest version last night. Running on HTC Rezound. Can access other playlists just fine, onl...

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Android app skipping every other song

This only seemed to happen since the last update - on my Android app (Galaxy S2) Spotify plays one song then always skips the next, so I can only listen to every other song unless I manually go back.This is very frustrating as I can never just let a ...

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This only seemed to happen since the last update - on my Android app (Galaxy S2) Spotify plays one song then always skips the next, so I can only listen to every other song unless I manually go back....

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