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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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App is offline on motorola xoom 4.0.4

When I attempt to sync playlists on the spotify app on my xoom, it reports that it is offline. All other apps have connectivity and I can ping spotify.com from the tablet just fine. It's the same exact issue that was in the old version of the app, pl...

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When I attempt to sync playlists on the spotify app on my xoom, it reports that it is offline.   All other apps have connectivity and I can ping spotify.com from the tablet just fine. &nbs...

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its so bad :(

I really want the old version back please, the new version is... awful.

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I really want the old version back please, the new version is... awful.

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Please tell us how to get the old app back

Using an Atrix 4G, old app was golden, never had a problem. My playlists won't sync. On the same Wifi it was syncing on just yesterday before I made the mistake of updating. If anyone knows how to get the old app back let me know, any help would be a...

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Using an Atrix 4G, old app was golden, never had a problem.   My playlists won't sync. On the same Wifi it was syncing on just yesterday before I made the mistake of updating.   If ...

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New Android App: Unable to play playlists

Hi, as explained on my review on Google Play: Since the update, I'm just totally unable to listen to music. Whenever I go to my playlists and select one, the app' crashes. And the reason is pretty simple: my username contains a "`" (backquote) which ...

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Hi,   as explained on my review on Google Play:   Since the update, I'm just totally unable to listen to music. Whenever I go to my playlists and select one, the app' crashes. ...

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How do I make a folder?

I was very excited to start trying out folders but I can't find where to create one in the mobile app, nor could I find any directions on how to other than for the desktop app. I had the preview version and uninstalled before installing the new relea...

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I was very excited to start trying out folders but I can't find where to create one in the mobile app, nor could I find any directions on how to other than for the desktop app. I had the preview vers...

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WARNING!

Be very careful upgrading to the new Android client version 0.5.0.1247.I just lost all my offline content after the upgrade. While this might not happen to everyone, if it happened to me it highly likely it will happen to others. So don't upgrade if ...

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Be very careful upgrading to the new Android client version 0.5.0.1247. I just lost all my offline content after the upgrade. While this might not happen to everyone, if it happened to me it highl...

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Bug Report: Crashing when trying to show friends' playlists

The new Android version of Spotify shuts down as I try to show my friends' playlists.

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The new Android version of Spotify shuts down as I try to show my friends' playlists.

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How to stop synchronization in the new app?

Hi, in fact I have 2 questions: 1. What does "synchronization" exactly means? Does Spotify download all my 5000 musics on my phone or is it just a pointer on another server? 2. How to stop this synchronization in the new application? Thanks a lot for...

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Hi, in fact I have 2 questions:   1. What does "synchronization" exactly means? Does Spotify download all my 5000 musics on my phone or is it just a pointer on another server?   2. ...

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Handling of off-line music?

Let me start by saying that questions like this would all go away if Spotify had some decent documentation. I downloaded the new app, and I'm very confused about how it handles off-line music. I put all the music I like to listen to regularly on my M...

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Let me start by saying that questions like this would all go away if Spotify had some decent documentation.   I downloaded the new app, and I'm very confused about how it handles off-line mu...

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Choose where to save offline songs in the Android app

Hello! I just want to tell Spotify this: Spotify for Android needs the option to choose where to store offline songs!I am a paying customer, I expect Spotify to fix this immidiatly! Thumbs up everyone so that they see this!Btw. I will email them ever...

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Hello! I just want to tell Spotify this: Spotify for Android needs the option to choose where to store offline songs! I am a paying customer, I expect Spotify to fix this immidiatly!   ...

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No music will play AT ALL?!

I just downloaded the free Spotify app on my HTC one x in the UK.I joined spotify by signing in with facebook.I've searched for a countless amount of tracks, and tried listening to a friend's playlist and on every single track it says 'this track is ...

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I just downloaded the free Spotify app on my HTC one x in the UK. I joined spotify by signing in with facebook. I've searched for a countless amount of tracks, and tried listening to a friend's pla...

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No 'Libraray' item in playlists on new version ???

Hi all, First, excuse my english, I'm french, and as u may know, we are not the best in foreign languages \o/ Well my question is : On old application, we were having an item called 'Libray' in playlists ... That was very usefull to listen all files ...

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Hi all, First, excuse my english, I'm french, and as u may know, we are not the best in foreign languages \o/ Well my question is : On old application, we were having an item called 'Libray' in...

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The mobile Spotify is useless

I've been trying both the official Spotify for Android and the Beta version, and even though the Beta version is more stabil, it has a lot of flaws. *Often won't go back to the playlist when pressing back key *Doesn't know what to do when it finds a ...

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I've been trying both the official Spotify for Android and the Beta version, and even though the Beta version is more stabil, it has a lot of flaws.    *Often won't go back to the playl...

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Sorting within Playlist folders

I have my playlist folders lovingly organised as: Genre+Artist++Year-Album1 ++Year-Album2 ++Year-Album3 +AnotherArtist ++Year-Album1 ++Year-Album2 When I choose 'All Songs' within the Artist the songs are sorted into Alphabetical order by title, whic...

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I have my playlist folders lovingly organised as:   Genre +Artist ++Year-Album1 ++Year-Album2 ++Year-Album3 +AnotherArtist ++Year-Album1 ++Year-Album2   When I choose 'A...

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Downloaded spotify app, now I have premium without having paid for it..?

Hiya, So, my mum got me one of those spotify gift cards and I was going get 3 months of spotify premium with it.I thought I'd download the spotify app to my android (HTC desire Z, provider T-Mobile, the Netherlands) and now all of a sudden I have spo...

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Hiya,   So, my mum got me one of those spotify gift cards and I was going get 3 months of spotify premium with it. I thought I'd download the spotify app to my android (HTC desire Z, provider...

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Android APP Eating My Battery On Phone

This has been going on forever now... just thought i would post about it. Spotify on my phone crashes alot and also, once i quit spotify; it still runs in the background and makes my phone very hot draining my phone battery to 0%. even if i force clo...

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This has been going on forever now... just thought i would post about it.   Spotify on my phone crashes alot and also, once i quit spotify; it still runs in the background and makes my phone v...

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Bluetooth problems Android HTC Sensation

When I listen to music via Bluetooth and then get a call or message, the music will stopafter discontinued.HTC Sensation and Sony MEX-BT3900U car radioWeis because someone has a solution?

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When I listen to music via Bluetooth and then get a call or message, the music will stopafter discontinued. HTC Sensation and Sony ...

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Spotify not detecting phone

Im trying to sync some local files with Spotify on my HTC Wildfire S, but Spotify does not detect it as a Device. Why is it not detecting it? Quiet annoying tbh it is attached to the PC with a USB cabel as well over Wi-Fi.

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Im trying to sync some local files with Spotify on my HTC Wildfire S, but Spotify does not detect it as a Device. Why is it not detecting it? Quiet annoying tbh 😞   it is attached to th...

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Stream my tracks on MOBILE?

on android (newest beta) we cant play local files.. while im pretty sure we will be able to one day (seems easy enough) is there anyway for us to have our own server space to stream our own personal tracks from our spotify library and not just the st...

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on android (newest beta) we cant play local files.. while im pretty sure we will be able to one day (seems easy enough) is there anyway for us to have our own server space to stream our own personal ...

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Solved!! Streaming only available to Premium subscribers......but i am one??

I assume I am just doing something pretty dumb, but I can't figure this out.Any help please. Synced all my songs on my phone, I see the same exact songs on phone and PC. I click on a song to play and it says "Streaming is only available to Premium su...

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I assume I am just doing something pretty dumb, but I can't figure this out. Any help please.   Synced all my songs on my phone, I see the same exact songs on phone and PC.   I click o...

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