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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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Offline mode stopped working

Hi, I started using the premium version for android a month ago and it worked perfectly. Till yesterday, when, for some reasons unknown, I can't use my offline lists. What can I do? Thanx

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  • Hi, I started using the premium version for android a month ago and it worked perfectly. Till yesterday, when, for some reasons unknown, I can't use my offline lists.   What can I do?   ...
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Solved!! Problem

I have a Htc One V and whenever i try to start spotify the screen turns black and then back to the last thing i was doing on my phone. I have tryed 2 unistall it but it doesnt work

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  • I have a Htc One V and whenever i try to start spotify the screen turns black and then back to the last thing i was doing on my phone. I have tryed 2 unistall it but it doesnt work
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Cannot play tracks offline

This has been a problem for months, and just gets worse: Songs slowly become greyed out as pending tracks to be synced, and fewer are available for play offline. I've tried uninstalling/reinstalling Spotify on my phone, clearing the cache, creating n...

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  • This has been a problem for months, and just gets worse: Songs slowly become greyed out as pending tracks to be synced, and fewer are available for play offline. I've tried uninstalling/reinstalling ...
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Spotify preview for ICS on HTC One X AT&T not working properly

I've tried both marketplace and the one from m.spotify.com and have yet to get a playlist to load any songs. I can login in OK on the 4.0 preview version with my Facebook credentials but none of my playlists I've previously made show nor can I get an...

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  • I've tried both marketplace and the one from m.spotify.com and have yet to get a playlist to load any songs. I can login in OK on the 4.0 preview version with my Facebook credentials but none of my p...
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Spotify app won't stream or properly sync playlists

I have a spotify unlimited subscription and downloaded the android app today to try the 2 day premium trial. Whenever I try to play a song it just shows me a box saying "info" with an ok option and that's it, it won't play anything that isn't a local...

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  • I have a spotify unlimited subscription and downloaded the android app today to try the 2 day premium trial. Whenever I try to play a song it just shows me a box saying "info" with an ok option and t...
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"Still Alive" by Lisa Miskovsky not playing correctly

I have the song "Still Alive" by Lisa Miskovsky in a playlist on my computer. It is the normal version, not the instrumental. On my computers, the song plays just fine. That same song from the same playlist plays just the instrumental version on my a...

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  • I have the song "Still Alive" by Lisa Miskovsky in a playlist on my computer. It is the normal version, not the instrumental.  On my computers, the song plays just fine. That same song from...
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Beta-app for Android - no playback-button or sound galaxy s2 android 4.0

My galaxy s2 runs android 4.0, but when i open the new spotify beta app - search, facebook etc are available, but when i press a track or album nothing happens. I get neither a playback-screen or any sound. I´ve reinstalled both the beta-app, the old...

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  • My galaxy s2 runs android 4.0, but when i open the new spotify beta app - search, facebook etc are available, but when i press a track or album nothing happens. I get neither a playback-screen or any...
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FIX THE SYNC ISSUES

Please, or I fear that I will have to cancel my premium subscription and look for another service. I cannot get the playlists that I create from files on my cpu to stay synced for play on my mobile. WHAT CAN BE DONE TO FIX THIS? And dont reply with t...

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  • Please, or I fear that I will have to cancel my premium subscription and look for another service. I cannot get the playlists that I create from files on my cpu to stay synced for play on my mobile. ...
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Solved!! no puedo sincronizar

Hola, me e bajado el spofify para mi tablet, al principio me dejava escuchar la musica pero ja no puedo escuchar musica en mi tablet androit (samsung) .Se me abre un pestaña que pone informacion y OK, nada mas. ¿Que puedo hacer?

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  • Hola, me e bajado el spofify para mi tablet, al principio me dejava escuchar la musica pero ja no puedo escuchar musica en mi tablet androit (samsung) . Se me abre un pestaña que pone informacion y ...
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Spotify (both official and preview) goes online-offline-online-offline and then stays offline

I have a Transformer Prime running Ice Cream Sandwich. When I start up Spotify, it goes online for a brief while (0.1sec?) and then the offline bar at the bottom of the screen appears, then the "offline bar" disappears, and returns, and goes away, an...

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  • I have a Transformer Prime running Ice Cream Sandwich. When I start up Spotify, it goes online for a brief while (0.1sec?) and then the offline bar at the bottom of the screen appears, then the "offl...
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spotify preview app android gets stuck on song screen

When I get a phone and go back to app, I an stuck in song screen and app won't go to list view. App killer doesn't work to reinit app, I have to reboot the phone. What's up with that?

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  • When I get a phone and go back to app, I an stuck in song screen and app won't go to list view. App killer doesn't work to reinit app, I have to reboot the phone. What's up with that?
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App gives me the flat rate warning on login, but nothing happens

Sorry for the cryptic title. The app has apperantly logged me off, but when I try to log back in, it gives me a warning saying "spotify uses a lot of data, remember to get a flat rate". When I press OK, the same warning comes up again, and this happe...

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  • Sorry for the cryptic title.   The app has apperantly logged me off, but when I try to log back in, it gives me a warning saying "spotify uses a lot of data, remember to get a flat rate". When...
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Problems with Offline mode

I syncronized my spotify pc playlists on my Samsung Galaxy S2 and its all on the phone now, but i cannot run the music in offline mode although i purchased premium 2 days ago. Some songs are played just a few seconds and then stop or they arent playe...

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  • I syncronized my spotify pc playlists on my Samsung Galaxy S2 and its all on the phone now, but i cannot run the music in offline mode although i purchased premium 2 days ago. Some songs are played j...
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Track currently not available in your region, what to do?

Hi, I've been experiencing some problems with playing some songs on my SE Xperia X10 mini pro.I get the following message "This track is currently not available in your region". The same songs are playable on my computer. The dummy-solution seems to ...

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  • Hi,   I've been experiencing some problems with playing some songs on my SE Xperia X10 mini pro. I get the following message "This track is currently not available in your region". The same s...
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Losing Synchronization of playlists

Hi, On Samsung Galaxy S2, I'm losing synchronization of offline playlists all the time. I have to re-tick offline playlist boxes and re-sync twice a day. A nightmare (I have more than 3,000 songs). It has been working well until a few days ago. Any i...

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  • Hi,   On Samsung Galaxy S2, I'm losing synchronization of offline playlists all the time. I have to re-tick offline playlist boxes and re-sync twice a day. A nightmare (I have more than 3,000 ...
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App freezes whenever I log in

I got the new HTC One S a few days ago, and of course one of the first things I downloaded was spotify, but for some reason, whenever I log in the app just freezes and won't do anything. I've tried re-downloading it, but it either freezes or crashes,...

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  • I got the new HTC One S a few days ago, and of course one of the first things I downloaded was spotify, but for some reason, whenever I log in the app just freezes and won't do anything. I've tried r...
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Solved!! Hey Spotify, how about getting your app running on ICS already? :|

I can't update (and im sure many others) to ICS as long as its not supported by you, without spotify, my phone is worthless

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  • I can't update (and im sure many others) to ICS as long as its not supported by you, without spotify, my phone is worthless 😕
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Help with local files for android.

I have problems with syncing tracks from local files for my android phone, I have several ordinar playlists offline on my phone but it won't work with the local files. I've tried connecting them to the same wifi and basically followed the steps that ...

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  • I have problems with syncing tracks from local files for my android phone, I have several ordinar playlists offline on my phone but it won't work with the local files. I've tried connecting them to t...
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Search Songs Playing Upon Opening App

Wondered if anyone else is having the problem but after I search for a song/album/artist everytime I open up the App again it plays the first song from that search...even if I get in quick enough to start a song on my playlist it will stop that and p...

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  • Wondered if anyone else is having the problem but after I search for a song/album/artist everytime I open up the App again it plays the first song from that search...even if I get in quick enough to ...
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Keine wiedergabe auf Android

Hey,ich kann auf meiner Android app keine Musik mehr abspielen.Wenn ich ein Lied suche kommt die Ergebnis liste in grau und wenn ich eins wiedergeben will kommt ein Info Popup.

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  • Hey, ich kann auf meiner Android app keine Musik mehr abspielen. Wenn ich ein Lied suche kommt die Ergebnis liste in grau und wenn ich eins wiedergeben will kommt ein Info Popup.  
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