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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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not letting me sync all play lists?

How come it wont sync all my songs. Its saying i dont have enough room. Why doesnt it say on this site that it only holds so much music??? If im wrong and iv done something wrong help would be nice, and greatly appreciated!!! I was only able to DL on...

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  • How come it wont sync all my songs. Its saying i dont have enough room. Why doesnt it say on this site that it only holds so much music??? If im wrong and iv done something wrong help would be nice, ...
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HTC Incredible - Spotify logs out

Hi, I have a problem with that the app logs out fairly quickly when it doesn't play music (it seems to be somewhat random, between as little as 10 minutes to 1-2hours). It's fairly annoying as when you plug in your headset you can't just press the pl...

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  • Hi,   I have a problem with that the app logs out fairly quickly when it doesn't play music (it seems to be somewhat random, between as little as 10 minutes to 1-2hours).   It's fairly ...
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No albumart with local files

Can anyone help me? I've installed Spotify on my galaxy S2. I've imported a bunch of cd's (local files). I can play them offline on my phone with spotify but not every cd shows it's albumart. Using Gracenote doesn't help either. How can I import albu...

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  • Can anyone help me? I've installed Spotify on my galaxy S2. I've imported a bunch of cd's (local files). I can play them offline on my phone with spotify but not every cd shows it's albumart. Using G...
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Offline cache not getting deleted

Hello, I have a Premium account. When I select songs to be synchronized on my HTC Desire S for offline playing, they get synced and everything is working fine. When I add some new songs they get synced too. But when I deselect songs which I do not lo...

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  • Hello,   I have a Premium account. When I select songs to be synchronized on my HTC Desire S for offline playing, they get synced and everything is working fine. When I add some new songs they...
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Sync problem on Android

Hey! I have about 10-12 playlists on my Samsung Galaxy S2 that I listen to in Offline mode. My problem is when I want to sync a changed Playlists on my laptop. Suddenly most of my tracks aren't available on my mobile Spotify anymore. It takes 40 minu...

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  • Hey!   I have about 10-12 playlists on my Samsung Galaxy S2 that I listen to in Offline mode.   My problem is when I want to sync a changed Playlists on my laptop.   Suddenl...
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all playlists and starred songs are gone

For some reason all of my playlists and starred songs are gone on both my spotify on pc and android phone. I'm a premium user and I'm not sure whats going on.

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  • For some reason all of my playlists and starred songs are gone on both my spotify on pc and android phone. I'm a premium user and I'm not sure whats going on.
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android says offline

im connected to internet but wont connect on spotify 

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can i just make one premium month payment

had the 30 day free trial, if i sign up for the premium rate and use pay for just one month will i then be able to listen to my library thereafter

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  • had the 30 day free trial, if i sign up for the premium rate and use pay for just one month will i then be able to listen to my library thereafter
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Cannot play synced music - crashes

So this has been going on for a while. At first I could sync music to my playlists and listen to them but after a while a window came up saying it was not synced. Nowadays when i sync my music an then play them on my phone, spotify just shut down. Ha...

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  • So this has been going on for a while. At first I could sync music to my playlists and listen to them but after a while a window came up saying it was not synced. Nowadays when i sync my music an the...
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Mobile Sync filled My SD Card

Ran sync for first time and it filled my sd card but i cant find the files it synched to remove them.They arent in my music folder

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  • Ran sync for first time and it filled my sd card but i cant find the files it synched to remove them. They arent in my music folder
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Black screen spotify crash thingie

Hello!I am a happy Spotify user but a couple of days ago, my **bleep**ty HTC wildfire phone crashed when I tried to play a local song from the SD card that I removed but did not know that I removed.. So my phone crashed (to the HTC logo when u first ...

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  • Hello! I am a happy Spotify user but a couple of days ago, my **bleep**ty HTC wildfire phone crashed when I tried to play a local song from the SD card that I removed but did not know that I removed...
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Syncing playlists on mobile with computer does what?

So what exactly happens when you sync a playlist with your computer? If there are no local files in the playlist, will it affect anything on your phone? Also, if I do have local files on the computer, but identical files on the phone, when the playli...

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  • So what exactly happens when you sync a playlist with your computer? If there are no local files in the playlist, will it affect anything on your phone? Also, if I do have local files on the computer...
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Bluetooth is turned on and adding a song to a playlist restarts Spotify

Ok, so on my HTC Thunderbolt, whenever I have the bluetooth on (whether it is connected to my Motorola S10-HD bluethooth headphones or NOT) Spotify will crash and restart if I add a song to a playlist. This is super annoying. I've cleared the cache a...

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  • Ok, so on my HTC Thunderbolt, whenever I have the bluetooth on (whether it is connected to my Motorola S10-HD bluethooth headphones or NOT) Spotify will crash and restart if I add a song to a playlis...
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Spotify has been pause.

We have spotify on two android mobile phones and on our computer.We can not play our playlist on both mobile phones at the same time. The message: Spotify has been paused because spoyify is being used somewhere else....Is it not possible to here it o...

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  • We have spotify on two android mobile phones and on our computer. We can not play our playlist on both mobile phones at the same time. The message: Spotify has been paused because spoyify is be...
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playback

I have just signed up to premium but find that i cannot play any tracks from my playlist. I press play button but nothing happens. What am i dping wrong. Also can't play playlist when offline. I thought this was a feature for premium users. Need advi...

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  • I have just signed up to premium but find that i cannot play any tracks from my playlist. I press play button but nothing happens. What am i dping wrong. Also can't play playlist when offline. I thou...
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Is it possible to not clear the WHOLE cache?

Hi! I have a question about offline synching. I read that if I synch my playlists online, the playlists are saved on my phone (or my SD card??). If I want to have more space on my mobile phone to download apps and stuff, but my mobile Phone has so mu...

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  • Hi!   I have a question about offline synching. I read that if I synch my playlists online, the playlists are saved on my phone (or my SD card??).    If I want to have more space o...
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Can't seem to get the mobile app to work

When I attempt to log in to the mobile app I keep getting the message that spotify uses a lot of data warning and when I hit ok it pop right back up is there a fix for this?

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  • When I attempt to log in to the mobile app I keep getting the message that spotify uses a lot of data warning and when I hit ok it pop right back up is there a fix for this?
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can not login

Hello! What´s going omn with the program really.Problems that it was linked onto my android Samsung Galaxy S.Uninstalled and rebooted the phone.I reinstalled again and now I can not log in, it´s only going up a warning about the need to check that it...

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  • Hello! What´s going omn with the program really. Problems that it was linked onto my android Samsung Galaxy S. Uninstalled and rebooted the phone. I reinstalled again and now I can not log in, it´...
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Premium Account - Offline Cached files no longer available!

Hi - I have a T-Mobile Samsung T989 Galaxy S II with Gingerbread 2.3.6 and a premium account. I use spotify daily on this device and almost always use my cached files and occasionally stream. This morning I opened the app and all my offline cached fi...

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  • Hi -   I have a T-Mobile Samsung T989 Galaxy S II with Gingerbread 2.3.6 and a premium account.   I use spotify daily on this device and almost always use my cached files and occasional...
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Spotify and my HTC Evo 4g

after I did a system reset on my Evo, Spotify has stopped working. The app will open to the log in page, I put my info in, it goes to the spotify screen and says "playlists arent't available in offline mode" then shuts itself down. I'm wondering if t...

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  • after I did a system reset on my Evo, Spotify has stopped working. The app will open to the log in page, I put my info in, it goes to the spotify screen and says "playlists arent't available in offli...
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