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Solved!! Clear the queue

Plan : PremiumCountry : FranceDevice : Samsung XCover 5Operating System : Android 13Version : Spotify 8.8.96.364 My Question or IssueHello, For 2 weeks, i often have trouble with the songs queue. Playlist is added twice in the queue, or songs from th...

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Solved!! Spotify starts playing automatically when a bluetooth device is connected and phone makes a sound

PlanPremiumCountryNorwayDeviceSamsung S9Operating SystemAndroid 11 My Question or IssueWhenever a bluetooth device is connected to my phone, Spotify automatically starts playing the last song it was paused on if my phone makes any "noise". If I recie...

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Solved!! Spotify controls no longer showing on lock screen

On my lock screen, the Spotify controls no longer appear as a permanent notification while music is playing. They are still present when I expand the notification bar on an unlocked phone, however.I have tried closing and reopening the app, logging o...

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Solved!! All playlists are empty and I can't play songs

PlanFreeDeviceXiaomi Lite 12 Operating SystemXiaomi HyperOS My Question or IssueI logged into my account and saw that I can't play a single song and absolutely all playlists are empty. I don't know what this could be connected with. Moreover, this pr...

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vinylshrine

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Your lack of Android attention is causing me to cancel my subscription.

The Android app was in a sorry state for a long time, until I discovered the beta that was available. Downloaded that, and while it was marginally better it still had its bugs and crashed from time to time. I thought that was over with the "official"...

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The Android app was in a sorry state for a long time, until I discovered the beta that was available. Downloaded that, and while it was marginally better it still had its bugs and crashed from time t...

reks

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This is getting embarassing..

How long has it been since the last update? We are still unable to do something as simple as save our freaking downloads to external SD. This should have been one of the FIRST things you should have got working since you are seriously limiting people...

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How long has it been since the last update?    We are still unable to do something as simple as save our freaking downloads to external SD. This should have been one of the FIRST things...

SteveBrammer

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Solved!! When will the spotify app be on the market for ICS users?

And how is this going to effected by JB? Also, where can I get the latest app for ICS? the one im running now wont save my downloaded playlists and makes me to redownload them again and again..

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And how is this going to effected by JB?   Also, where can I get the latest app for ICS? the one im running now wont save my downloaded playlists and makes me to redownload them again and ag...

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Search in the new client shows only five first results for artists and albums?

I must be missing something here?On the desktop client i can click to get next five artist results e.g. but on the mobile client i cant find the possibility.-Dennis

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I must be missing something here? On the desktop client i can click to get next five artist results e.g. but on the mobile client i cant find the possibility. -Dennis

Curious

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Bug: Mobile app allows last.fm username with spaces in it

After investigating why I constantly got "incorrect username/password" errors for last.fm, it turns out it's because the keyboard I use (swiftkey) inserts a space after the username, so my username is sent to last.fm like "username[SPACE]" instead of...

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After investigating why I constantly got "incorrect username/password" errors for last.fm, it turns out it's because the keyboard I use (swiftkey) inserts a space after the username, so my username i...

reks

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My playlist is not downloading.

Hello. Whenever I try to download my spotify playlist on android its not working. Its stays flat on 0 % and this is really frustrating. Does anyone found a fix on this yet?

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Hello.   Whenever I try to download my spotify playlist on android its not working. Its stays flat on 0 % and this is really frustrating.  Does anyone found a fix on this yet?

mrs-speechless

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Solved!! All songs in playlists missing

So i've got a HTC Desire S, running Android v.2.3.5. Up until a few weeks ago i was using the old spotify-app- with great success. Now, as the app has been updated, all the songs in my playlists are gone. This includes my own playlists and my starred...

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So i've got a HTC Desire S, running Android v.2.3.5. Up until a few weeks ago i was using the old spotify-app- with great success. Now, as the app has been updated, all the songs in my playlists are ...

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30 Tage testen

Hallo, ich habe mir das Spotify App für Android runtergeladen und die 48 Stunden zum testen haben auch einwandfrei funktioniert. Bei der App beschreibung steht allerdings, dass ich den Test auf 30 Tage verlängern könnte. Ich habe allerdings keine E-M...

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Hallo,   ich habe mir das Spotify App für Android runtergeladen und die 48 Stunden zum testen haben auch einwandfrei funktioniert. Bei der App beschreibung steht allerdings, dass ich den Tes...

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How to sync JUST songs in playlist thats not in spotifys library??

I am not talking about offline mode. I want to syn just the songs in my playlists that spotify hasnt recognized in its own library. When you sync a playlist it dl's all songs..but i dont need to waste space with all songs b/c spotify already recogniz...

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I am not talking about offline mode. I want to syn just the songs in my playlists that spotify hasnt recognized in its own library. When you sync a playlist it dl's all songs..but i dont need to wast...

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Tracks keep re-downloading

I have the latest android build and lately I have had and issue where the app seems to have gotten stuck downloading the same set of tracks at the end of my save playlist. Any help?

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I have the latest android build and lately I have had and issue where the app seems to have gotten stuck downloading the same set of tracks at the end of my save playlist. Any help?

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Lossless Files

I have some lossless files that I have imported to Spotify. I have synced these files to my phone (HTC Desire S) for offline playing but when I try to play one the Spotify app closes. Is it possible to play lossless audio files via the mobile Android...

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I have some lossless files that I have imported to Spotify.  I have synced these files to my phone (HTC Desire S) for offline playing but when I try to play one the Spotify app closes. &nb...

Memarkiam

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HTC ChaCha

Hi, I have a problem. I've downloaded Spotify on my new mobile phone, the HTC ChaCha with Android Gingerbread. Before I had an Alcatel with Froyo, and it worked fine. Now, however, when I tap the Spotify-icon, the screen tilts, but does not show anyt...

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Hi,   I have a problem. I've downloaded Spotify on my new mobile phone, the HTC ChaCha with Android Gingerbread. Before I had an Alcatel with Froyo, and it worked fine. Now, however, when I ...

Infidel

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Solved!! Spotify app won't connect to 3G network on Samsung GSII ICS

So yes, two days ago a strange problem started to occur. I tried to listen to music on my phone but the Spotify App just stayed in offline (the offline mode setting wasn't checked). I tried this numerous times untill I got fed up and uninstalled and ...

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So yes, two days ago a strange problem started to occur. I tried to listen to music on my phone but the Spotify App just stayed in offline (the offline mode setting wasn't checked). I tried this nume...

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no music!

I got a new android after I started spotify about a month ago, and I got spotify on my phone using facebook. I want to keep it like that. But when I go to play a song on my phone, it all is faded and won't let me click on it. It will only let me play...

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I got a new android after I started spotify about a month ago, and I got spotify on my phone using facebook. I want to keep it like that. But when I go to play a song on my phone, it all is faded and...

Richard

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Collabrative playlists download

Is there a way to automatically download the songs my friends add to the collabrative playlist on android mobile? Currently any new songs added to my playlists I cannot download. Only way I have found is to un-download the whole list and re-download ...

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Is there a way to automatically download the songs my friends add to the collabrative playlist on android mobile? Currently any new songs added to my playlists I cannot download. Only way I have foun...

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I don't want to sync my playlists with all devices

Hi, I have a spotify premium account wich is use on both my Htc and my Pc. My dad uses my account some times as well on his Iphone. Now here's the problem.. I don't want his playlists on my devices and he doesn't want my music on his Iphone. Is it po...

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Hi, I have a spotify premium account wich is use on both my Htc and my Pc. My dad uses my account some times as well on his Iphone. Now here's the problem.. I don't want his playlists on my devices a...

ReallyRandy

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Problems getting playlists to upload on Android

I am trying to listen to spotify on my android. I have paid for it. Tried to do the app with offline off and on. I am not sure what to do. Help! Thanks!!!

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I am trying to listen to spotify on my android. I have paid for it. Tried to do the app with offline off and on. I am not sure what to do. Help! Thanks!!!

licenced

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[Bug Report][Developers] Searching for songs, via spotify:search:My+Search causes a blank page.

Hi there. I'd like to report a bug for the Spotify android application. Here is the thing. I'm developping an android app that will propose to open spotify, and search for songs. I've been using this intent : intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, U...

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Hi there. I'd like to report a bug for the Spotify android application. Here is the thing. I'm developping an android app that will propose to open spotify, and search for songs. I've been using ...

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Latest release stuck offline problem and solution (sort of)

Hi, I would just like to pass on my experiences (good and bad) with using the latest Spotify for Android release on a long car journey over the past few days. I have just driven from Sweden to England, to visit family, and used Spotify in the car for...

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Hi, I would just like to pass on my experiences (good and bad) with using the latest Spotify for Android release on a long car journey over the past few days. I have just driven from Sweden to Englan...

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Solved!! Every track is greyed out and I see "Track is not available"

Description Unable to play any songs because they are all grayed out. I am online as well so this is very weird. A more detailed description, using numbered steps 1. Cleared cache, uninstalled Spotify and rebooted then installed Spotify from market W...

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Description Unable to play any songs because they are all grayed out. I am online as well so this is very weird.   A more detailed description, using numbered steps 1. Cleared cache, uni...

Sam

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