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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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Automatic Track Replacement causing sync problems with android client

Certain tracks will not sync to the local cache on my android phone, nor are they even streamable. I believe all the tracks have fallen out of license and are now played-thru on my PCclient viaSpotify's Automatic Track Replacement (actually linking)....

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Certain tracks will not sync to the local cache on my android phone, nor are they even streamable.  I believe all the tracks have fallen out of license and are now played-thru on my PCclient via...

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Moving offline files to a new Android handset/sd card

I have a lot of songs set to offline on my phone. Syncing them via wifi on a new handset would take ages. Can I move/copy the files manually from my current phone's sd card to my new phone's sd card (also Android)?

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I have a lot of songs set to offline on my phone. Syncing them via wifi on a new handset would take ages. Can I move/copy the files manually from my current phone's sd card to my new phone's sd card ...

rferrett

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offline storage space on android

I only have 4409 MB of total storage space for my offline playlists. Is that normal? Is there a way to get more? I don't like streaming because it tends to mess up playback so I would like to just sync all my music to offline playlists but I run out ...

Newbie

I only have 4409 MB of total storage space for my offline playlists.  Is that normal?  Is there a way to get more?  I don't like streaming because it tends to mess up playback so I wou...

rferrett

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App crashes every time I try and play song

This just started happening every time I try and play a song the app crashes it doesn't matter if it's from a playlist or not or If I'm in online or off-line mode it does it every single time. I'm running the latest version of android and the latest ...

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This just started happening every time I try and play a song the app crashes it doesn't matter if it's from a playlist or not or If I'm in online or off-line mode it does it every single time. I'm ru...

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Music stutters constantly after a few minutes

Hi, I'm running Spotify on my HTC Hero, which is farily old but it doesn't have any problems playing music in the normal Android player. When I use Spotify it will play fine at first, but then the player freezes up and music stutters contantly. It's ...

Music Fan

Hi,   I'm running Spotify on my HTC Hero, which is farily old but it doesn't have any problems playing music in the normal Android player. When I use Spotify it will play fine at first, but th...

Richard

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fix the android app or i change to Wimp!

I missing high quality streaming 320. and its closes when i add songs to the favorite play lite or to plylists!I paying for the service an would like to get an working app for my money! I have nexus s with ICS!

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I missing high quality streaming 320. and its closes when i add songs to the favorite play lite or to plylists! I paying for the service an would like to get an working app for my money!   I ...

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Punch 1x p3nis

Don't buy it, it's beyons crap, and the app is even worse, it gives me the urge to punch someone in the **bleep**

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Don't buy it, it's beyons  crap, and the app is even worse, it gives me the urge to punch someone in the **bleep**

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Random crashes

Hello.I'm experiencing random crashes on the spotify android app. Here's the output from logcat. D/AudioPolicyService( 1379): stopOutput() tid 1489 D/AudioPolicyManagerBase( 1379): stopOutput() output 4, stream 3, session 1504 I/AudioPolicyManagerBas...

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Hello. I'm experiencing random crashes on the spotify android app.   Here's the output from logcat.   D/AudioPolicyService( 1379): stopOutput() tid 1489 D/AudioPolicyManagerBase( 1379)...

marypiemorris

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Solved!! Renewed Premium, It Isn't Working... Again.

I had let my premium subscription on my phone lapse because I was poor and ran out of money. I recently renewed it for this month and now I can't get it to work on my phone, again. It keeps telling me I need to sign up for premium. I did. There's eve...

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I had let my premium subscription on my phone lapse because I was poor and ran out of money. I recently renewed it for this month and now I can't get it to work on my phone, again. It keeps telling m...

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Solved!! Android client update (unofficial info) (ICS)

Still no news from spotify considering an update (atleast officially)..But i've been annoying the developers in one of their chatrooms for a while, and when i noticed there was no info on this forum regarding an update, i figured i'd post this.dan^sp...

Gig Goer

Still no news from spotify considering an update (atleast officially).. But i've been annoying the developers in one of their chatrooms for a while, and when i noticed there was no info on this foru...

SteveBrammer

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Very Strange Account activity help...

Hi All Very strange one happening to me i am on the "3" UK network and i had free 6 months in 2010-11 and after that i never used it, Then my wife gets a email saying she has 10hrs free spotify a month so i think "I wonder if i have that as well" so ...

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Hi All   Very strange one happening to me i am on the "3" UK network and i had free 6 months in 2010-11 and after that i never used it, Then my wife gets a email saying she has 10hrs free spot...

David

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Look screen controls

Why there isn't look screen controls ? This shouldn't be difficult to implement, like any other music app !

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Why there isn't look screen controls ? This shouldn't be difficult to implement, like any other music app !

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NEW VERSION?

hello when does the new spotify version **bleep** out?how do i know what version i have? thanks

Music Fan

hello   when does the new spotify version **bleep** out? how do i know what version i have?   thanks

jacobras

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Solved!! Create a mobile playlist offline

Is there an app so I can create a playlist with songs from spotify, while I'm offline and on the go?I have a lot of songs from spotify in different playlists, but then I want to combine different songs into a new playlist, while i'm in the train or s...

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Is there an app so I can create a playlist with songs from spotify, while I'm offline and on the go? I have a lot of songs from spotify in different playlists, but then I want to combine different s...

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Stop the haemorrhage of Android users - get an alpha of the upcoming new Android client out now!

Hi I heard a rumour that a new Android client is in development. This has to be true because otherwise why aren't you fixing the known issues with the current one? I am hearing every day about users who are quitting Spotify because of the flaky Andro...

Music Fan

Hi   I heard a rumour that a new Android client is in development. This has to be true because otherwise why aren't you fixing the known issues with the current one?    I am hearin...

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App closes abruptly 20-30 seconds after I rename a playlist!

I have been using Spotify on my LG Thrill phone for about 6 months with no problems similar to this. But recently, I started adding a lot of album playlists (100+) to listen on the go, which I regularly rename in order to rate them. I have been doing...

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I have been using Spotify on my LG Thrill phone for about 6 months with no problems similar to this.   But recently, I started adding a lot of album playlists (100+) to listen on the go, which...

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Starred albums paly in reverse order?

My starred tracks are all in the wrong order. They play from the last track to the first. Is there a fix for this? I never had this problem with the i phone app.

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My starred tracks are all in the wrong order. They play from the last track to the first. Is there a fix for this? I never had this problem with the i phone app.

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Solved!! App won't let me past login after reinstall.

So after 2 days of Spotify being stuck in "offline mode", I decided to see if reinstalling would help. What a mistake. When I login I get the message about data consumption. Ok nothing new there. After I hit OK, it pops back up. And again & again & a...

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So after 2 days of Spotify being stuck in "offline mode", I decided to see if reinstalling would help.  What a mistake.  When I login I get the message about data consumption.  Ok noth...

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Offline Playlists Are Not Visible

Hi,I have noticed that my latest playlists are not visible on my HTC Desire S when in offline mode. If I create a new playlist and mark it as available offline it will disappear when I go offline. When I go online again, the playlist reappears. It do...

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Hi, I have noticed that my latest playlists are not visible on my HTC Desire S when in offline mode. If I create a new playlist and mark it as available offline it will disappear when I go offline...

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