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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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Can't Sync Local Songs to Playlists for Offline Use

I've looked through several guides and threads on this topic to no avail, so if the solution has been posted elsewhere (that actually works), forgive me. In short, songs from my PC will not sync to play on my phone at all. They play just fine on my P...

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  • I've looked through several guides and threads on this topic to no avail, so if the solution has been posted elsewhere (that actually works), forgive me.   In short, songs from my PC will not ...
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Local Files Won't Show in Mobile Playlist

Okay: 1. I recently purchased an new album that is not on spotify. 2. I uploaded this album to Spotify on my latop, and it plays well there and is usable. 3. I went to play the album on my android phone and I can see the playlist which says it has th...

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  • Okay:   1. I recently purchased an new album that is not on spotify. 2. I uploaded this album to Spotify on my latop, and it plays well there and is usable. 3. I went to play the album o...
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Phone Crashes when playing local files

Hello everybody, I've got a really annoying issue with playing local files on my Huawei Y300. The Spotify app does play the local files, but whenever I put my phone on stand-by (just a black screen), and turn it back on, the phone crashes. This does ...

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  • Hello everybody,   I've got a really annoying issue with playing local files on my Huawei Y300. The Spotify app does play the local files, but whenever I put my phone on stand-by (just a black...
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Solved!! Local files don't sync with mobile phone (Android)

So, since yesterday, my Spotify stopped syncing my local files in my phone.I checked and the local files folder is still the same.The older files still remain synced but new ones cannot be played Any ideas?

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  • So, since yesterday, my Spotify stopped syncing my local files in my phone. I checked and the local files folder is still the same. The older files still remain synced but new ones cannot be played...
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Imported local files are playing different vesion of the song

I performed the procedure to import my MP3 from the PC to the phone, but in the phone some of these songs are playing different versions of the imported one.For example, I imported the song Highway to Hell by AC/DC. When I play on the PC, the song is...

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  • I performed the procedure to import my MP3 from the PC to the phone, but in the phone some of these songs are playing different versions of the imported one. For example, I imported the song Hi...
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Local Files are muted

Description My local files most of the time aren't producing sound, though Spotify seems to be attempting to play them as the slider progresses along the song normally. What seems weird about the issue to me is that some songs will play once, then be...

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  • Description My local files most of the time aren't producing sound, though Spotify seems to be attempting to play them as the slider progresses along the song normally. What seems weird a...
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Local files show up as synced but are not available

I'm having an issue with Spotify Premium on a Nexus 5 with Android 5.0.1. I've synced quite a lot of local files and that usually goes fine. But two files suddenly aren't playable anymore ("Broken Jaw" and "Chin Music…"). They're greyed out and if I ...

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  • I' m having an issue with Spotify Premium on a Nexus 5 with Android 5.0.1. I've synced quite a lot of local files and that usually goes fine. But two files suddenly aren't playable anymore ("Broken ...
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Local Files Greyed Out for Android Samsung Device and Laptop, Unable to Save.

I have a Samsung S4 LTE running Kitkat, and an HP Probook running Windows 7. Have also got the latest mobile update for spotify running. I had a few .wma files lurking on my Samsung of Acoustic versions Marianas Trench did on their Face the Music E.P...

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  • I have a Samsung S4 LTE running Kitkat, and an HP Probook running Windows 7. Have also got the latest mobile update for spotify running. I had a few .wma files lurking on my Samsung of  Acoust...
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Spotify Replacing Local Files w/ Spotify Version & Unsyncing Devices?

I just started having this problem. I have been trying to put a song from my local files into one of my playlists, but Spotify continually puts in their version of the song - that's not what I want. I already selected ALL of my local files and right-...

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  • I just started having this problem. I have been trying to put a song from my local files into one of my playlists, but Spotify continually puts in their version of the song - that's not what I want. ...
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Wrong Songs synced to Android

Hi, ive only just recently had this problem with a few local mp3s on my computer. -- I sync the playlist i have with a few new mp3s on it and it seems to transfer correctly to my phone and work alright, the song will play for maybe 10-15 seconds but ...

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  • Hi, ive only just recently had this problem with a few local mp3s on my computer.   --   I sync the playlist i have with a few new mp3s on it and it seems to transfer correctly to m...
  • Daniel
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Solved!! Local files on mobile

Hi! Can I sync my music on mobile with spotify? And how? Thanks for the answer!

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  • Hi! Can I sync my music on mobile with spotify? And how? Thanks for the answer!
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This is a suggestion (Spotify Free)

Is it possible at all that you guys over at Spotify could program the app so it can sync linked local tracks from computers to Android storage (you know, like it used to before shuffle play) and let only those tracks be played on demand (the rest wou...

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  • Is it possible at all that you guys over at Spotify could program the app so it can sync linked local tracks from computers to Android storage (you know, like it used to before shuffle play) and let ...
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Spotify as a substitute of my MP3 Player-sync Local files

Hi, Probably the Spotify Community is full of comments like mine, but as a new customer who just paid for a premium account I'd like to have some answers to convince me that Spotify is the best option at the moment to listen music. I’m a music lover ...

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  • Hi,   Probably the Spotify Community is full of comments like mine, but as a new customer who just paid for a premium account I'd like to have some answers to convince me that Spotify is the...
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Solved!! Add a local file to a playlist without wifi sync?

Here's my problem:I have a song that I've got locally stored on my work computer and I want to play it on the spotify app on my phone. I added the track to the playlist but since my work computer is connected with cable, not Wifi, it wont recognise a...

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  • Here's my problem: I have a song that I've got locally stored on my work computer and I want to play it on the spotify app on my phone.  I added the track to the playlist but since my work co...
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