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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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Kurogane

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Run in background / Why ?

Hey everyone, Since the last Spotify update, it runs in the background when open. Normally, I could skip or pause songs from the lock screen, but now the only info that shows up is "Spotify is running in the background"... I have tried deinstalling a...

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Hey everyone,   Since the last Spotify update, it runs in the background when open.    Normally, I could skip or pause songs from the lock screen, but now the only info that shows ...

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"Dislike" button has no effect

I don't like the band Yo La Tengo. I tell this to Spotify repeatedly via the dislike button (both song and artist). This band persists in appearing in my daily mix. Either: 1) Daily Mix is not updating and/or2) Dislike button does not work What is ha...

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I don't like the band Yo La Tengo. I tell this to Spotify repeatedly via the dislike button (both song and artist). This band persists in appearing in my daily mix.   Either:   1) Daily...

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Spotify reverting to default settings

Every time my phone goes to sleep my Spotify app will revert to it's default settings, and I have to log back in. All my downloaded music needs downloading again, I have to change the download quality and the cross fade goes back to zero. My playlist...

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Every time my phone goes to sleep my Spotify app will revert to it's default settings, and I have to log back in.  All my downloaded music needs downloading again, I have to change the download ...

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Displaying a song, refusing to play it.

So, i have just discovered that my spotify will display an explicit song, and refuses to play it. However, it allows me to play any other explicit song? I looked through my settings, and the "allow explicit content" button is on. I still cannot play ...

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So, i have just discovered that my spotify will display an explicit song, and refuses to play it. However, it allows me to play any other explicit song? I looked through my settings, and the "allow e...

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First song of an album repeats when playing with Connect

Whenever I add an album to my phone through Connect via my computer the first track will always get queued up twice, and most times I won't notice until it starts playing again after it's done the first time around. This isn't a dealbreaker but a mil...

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Whenever I add an album to my phone through Connect via my computer the first track will always get queued up twice, and most times I won't notice until it starts playing again after it's done the fi...

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Spotify through bluetooth in car not loading entire playlist

I was wondering if anyone else has this issue. After getting a new phone (Pixel 2xl), whenever I play music through spotify in my car, instead of loading the whole playlist, it loads just one song. What I mean is, it'll play the song, and show all th...

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I was wondering if anyone else has this issue. After getting a new phone (Pixel 2xl), whenever I play music through spotify in my car, instead of loading the whole playlist, it loads just one song. W...

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Can't fallow artists

I can't fallow artists.if I get back and go again to the artist, they aren't fallowed. I've done a restart, but there is still the same problem

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I can't fallow artists.if I get back and go again to the artist, they aren't fallowed. I've done a restart, but there is still the same problem

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Downloads suddenly disappearing

My downloads are simply disappearing. I've checked the list of causes that can create the problem, but my device,and SD card are working fine and the app is updated. Every time I try to transfer my songs to the SD card, the downloads immediately are ...

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My downloads are simply disappearing. I've checked the list of causes that can create the problem, but my device, and SD card are working fine and the app is updated. Every time I try to transfer my...

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Is my Discover Weekly playlist ruined forever?

I honestly have no clue why this happened and I would like to know if there's anything I can do to "restore" it somehow. One more thing, I accidentally "banned" one of my favorite artist from one Daily Mix playlist. Once again, anything to be done to...

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I honestly have no clue why this happened and I would like to know if there's anything I can do to "restore" it somehow.   One more thing, I accidentally "banned" one of my favorite artist fro...

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App always stops working mid song

For the past few months, my app completely breaks down out of nowhere. It usually (but not always) happens during the first song. I am unable to change or pause the song, and nothing shows up on the interface, just the loading wheel for every screen....

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For the past few months, my app completely breaks down out of nowhere. It usually (but not always) happens during the first song. I am unable to change or pause the song, and nothing shows up on the ...

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Disabling spotify when using vr

Need help disabling spotify when playing games or watching movies on vr. Spotify keeps auto playing once it connects to my vr device. Using galaxy s8

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Need help disabling spotify when playing games or watching movies on vr. Spotify keeps auto playing once it connects to my vr device. Using galaxy s8

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Autoplay not working

Autoplay is not working since I have a p10 lite. It is on in the settings. I already tried to uncheck autoplay and recheck ist also I tried a restart.

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Autoplay is not working since I have a p10 lite. It is on in the settings. I already tried to uncheck autoplay and recheck ist also I tried a restart. 

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Grayed Out Song/ Losing Playlists/ Syncing

Okay, so I have three issues that have been happening rather frequently and it's getting annoying.1. There is a song in my main playlist that is grayed out and I can't remove it from the playlist. I do know that it's a local music file that I have on...

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Okay, so I have three issues that have been happening rather frequently and it's getting annoying. 1. There is a song in my main playlist that is grayed out and I can't remove it from the playl...

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Android auto starting

I don't really understand why the android service always listens even when I have exited spotify. If I play music on desktop the app feels entitled to actually start up on the phone automatically and take over media controls on the phone. It feels in...

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I don't really understand why the android service always listens even when I have exited spotify. If I play music on desktop the app feels entitled to actually start up on the phone automat...

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Superuser Contribution Non-Spotify songs skip when skipping through song.

I added multiple local files to spotify on my phone and it worked fine but now I have an issue where if I try to skip to anywhere in a non-spotify track it will skip to the end of the track and play the next one.

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I added multiple local files to spotify on my phone and it worked fine but now I have an issue where if I try to skip to anywhere in a non-spotify track it will skip to the end of the track and play ...

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Some Playlists Not Shuffling Correctly on Android Only

A couple of days ago I updated my phone's Spotify app, and ever since the update Shuffle Play has not been working correctly. Here are the details of the problem:One of my playlists (All The Songs!, embedded below) is stuck only shuffling the first 9...

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A couple of days ago I updated my phone's Spotify app, and ever since the update Shuffle Play has not been working correctly.  Here are the details of the problem: One of my playlists (Al...

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Audio Settings

I'm on a Samsung Galaxy S7.The volume control (adjusting it for your environment) is greyed out for me as of the last few days. I was able to use it for...idk, ever since it appeared, or close atleast. I have looked on google but no relatively easy r...

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I'm on a Samsung Galaxy S7. The volume control (adjusting it for your environment) is greyed out for me as of the last few days. I was able to use it for...idk, ever since it appeared, or close atle...

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432hz Option pls

Hi i Need a Option vor Hear Musik from Spotify in 432hz or a App to tune all Output from phone in 432hz Hi brauche eine Option um Musik in Spotify in 432hz zu hören. Oder eine Option um den gesamten Output in 432hz umzustellen.

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Hi i Need a Option vor Hear Musik from Spotify in 432hz or a App to tune all Output from phone in 432hz   Hi brauche eine Option um Musik in Spotify in 432hz zu hören. Oder eine Option um den ...

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