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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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NomadicVoxel
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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...
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...
Hello everyone, I've been using spotify on android for a number of years. but with small capacity phones. 16gb, 32 gb and now 64 gb with a s9 plus. i've always bought cheap sd cards to massively increase storage at a relatively cheap cost. But whenev...
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Hello everyone, I've been using spotify on android for a number of years. but with small capacity phones. 16gb, 32 gb and now 64 gb with a s9 plus. i've always bought cheap sd cards...
geoffjwbet
Newbie
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PlanPremiumCountryFranceDeviceNokia 6.1Operating SystemAndroid One (10.0.0) My IssueMy SD Card corrupted by Spotify.I tried to format it from Android, when it was saying "done buddy!" nothing got removed.I tried from Windows, but I got an error witho...
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Plan Premium Country France Device Nokia 6.1 Operating System Android One (10.0.0) My Issue My SD Card corrupted by Spotify. I tried to format it from Android, when it was saying "d...
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DeviceMoto G PowerOperating SystemAndroid 11My Question or IssueI left amazon because it kept messing up my downlaoded music on my SD card, now the same thing is happening with spotify. =( i have bought a new SD card, done multiple clean reinstalls, ...
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Device Moto G Power Operating System Android 11 My Question or Issue I left amazon because it kept messing up my downlaoded music on my SD card, now the same thing is happening with spotify. =( ...
Alex
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395 Views
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PlanPremium/ Android App version 8.6.32.925CountryUKDeviceMoto E4 PlusOperating SystemAndroid 7.1.1 My Question or IssueI'm reporting this as a new issue as I did mention it in this thread - https://community.spotify.com/t5/Ongoing-Issues/Mobile-Play...
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Plan Premium/ Android App version 8.6.32.925 Country UK Device Moto E4 Plus Operating System Android 7.1.1 My Question or Issue I'm reporting this as a new issue as I did mention it ...
Novy
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PlanFree/PremiumCountry DeviceMoto E4 PlusOperating SystemAndroid 7.1.1 My Question or IssueHello.When I click on a track, the track bar shows up but the track can't be played. Also, my Liked Songs or any artist or album page can't be displayed; the ...
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Plan Free/Premium Country Device Moto E4 Plus Operating System Android 7.1.1 My Question or Issue Hello. When I click on a track, the track bar shows up but the track can't b...
Jeremy
Spotify Legend
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Premium plan DeviceSamsung s9 plusOperating SystemAndroid 10 My Question or IssueEvery Spotify update or phone reboot causes all downloaded songs on SD card to disappear and starts to download onto internal memory.3rd time in about 30 days this has o...
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Premium plan Device Samsung s9 plus Operating System Android 10 My Question or Issue Every Spotify update or phone reboot causes all downloaded songs on SD card to disappear a...
SirExcel
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Asus Chromebook Flip C433 with latest Chrome OS. Have Premium Plan Spotify subscription. My Question or Issue I can no longer see the option to use the SD card or internal memory under the Other setting in Spotify. This worked the first time however,...
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Asus Chromebook Flip C433 with latest Chrome OS. Have Premium Plan Spotify subscription. My Question or Issue I can no longer see the option to use the SD card or interna...
HairyHippy
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1146 Views
1 replies
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I have all my songs saved on my sd card on my android. Whenever I use spotify online (either wifi or mobile data) it gets really slow. How can I fix this?
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I have all my songs saved on my sd card on my android. Whenever I use spotify online (either wifi or mobile data) it gets really slow. How can I fix this?
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0 replies
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PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceSamsung Galaxy Edge 7Operating SystemAndroid Pie My Question or IssueUnlike the link here the bug is not fixed. If I install Spotify and check my default storage for music, my SD card is already selected. I download som...
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Plan Premium Country Germany Device Samsung Galaxy Edge 7 Operating System Android Pie My Question or Issue Unlike the link here the bug is not fixed. If I install Spotify and check ...
Atexor
Music Fan
917 Views
1 replies
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PlanPremiumDeviceSamsung Galaxy A8Operating SystemAndroid 8 My Question or IssueI lost all my gigabytes of high-quality downloaded music while travelling for 2 weeks. The music was stored on an SD-card. What happened was that the SD-card was not reco...
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Plan Premium Device Samsung Galaxy A8 Operating System Android 8 My Question or Issue I lost all my gigabytes of high-quality downloaded music while travelling for 2 weeks. The music w...
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PlanPremiumCountry USADeviceS9+Operating SystemAndroid Pie (issue existed before Pie update though) My Question or Issue I have a 64gb S9+. I also have a 128gb SD card installed to the device. When I used Spotify in the years past, there was an optio...
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Plan Premium Country USA Device S9+ Operating System Android Pie (issue existed before Pie update though) My Question or Issue I have a 64gb S9+. I also have a ...
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Plan: PremiumDevice: Huawei P10 Lite (android 8.0 I have a rather annoying problem with my spotify app. I have a decent collection of saved music on my device and it has been set to be saved to my SD card. Spotify however "forgets" this with each res...
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Plan: Premium Device: Huawei P10 Lite (android 8.0 I have a rather annoying problem with my spotify app. I have a decent collection of saved music on my device and it has been set to be sav...
Yngkush420
Music Fan
952 Views
2 replies
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PlanPremiumCountryThe NetherlandsDeviceMoto G5Operatingting SystemAndroid My Question or Issue I have downloaded my music on a Sd card. But without wifi, it doesn't work. The songs have a green arrow and everything, but it just doesn't work without w...
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Plan Premium Country The Netherlands Device Moto G5 Operatingting System Android My Question or Issue I have downloaded my music on a Sd card. But without wifi, it doesn't work...
Tiesvanschaik
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4 replies
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PlanPremiumCountry CanadaDeviceSamsung Galaxy Note 9Operating SystemAndroid 8.1.0 When my device reboots it switches from my premium 128GB Sandisk SD Card back to the default internal storage. I've seen many people with this issue and not one comment...
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Plan Premium Country Canada Device Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Operating System Android 8.1.0 When my device reboots it switches from my premium 128GB Sandisk SD Card back to the defa...
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0 replies
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I am not able to Download Music and store it on an SD cardPlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceLG Stylo 2 PlusOperating SystemAndroid Nougat or 7.0 My Question or Issue I cannot Download music to listen to offline on my SD card
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I am not able to Download Music and store it on an SD card Plan Premium Country United States Device LG Stylo 2 Plus Operating System Android Nougat or 7.0 My Question or Issue &nbs...
Billy-J
Spotify Star
660 Views
1 replies
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I can't save to my SD card. It worked for months and then stopped. I don't even have the option to choose my SD card in settings. I started out trying these steps https://community.spotify.com/t5/Android/spotify-doesn-t-save-to-sd-card/m-p/874789#M32...
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I can't save to my SD card. It worked for months and then stopped. I don't even have the option to choose my SD card in settings. I started out trying these steps https://communit...
koreyk
Casual Listener
570 Views
1 replies
0 likes
Was just testing the last update and used the function to transfer my music to the SD.The music was transferring fine but suddenly an error occurred and Spotify said to check my SD card permissions.Now my phone won't detect my SD card neither my comp...
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Was just testing the last update and used the function to transfer my music to the SD. The music was transferring fine but suddenly an error occurred and Spotify said to check my SD card permissions...
DryyIce
Newbie
8537 Views
9 replies
5 likes
I've recently bought a new SD Card because I was running out of space in my phone. since I've a lot of music on my account I decided to move it to the external storage so I could free some space in the internal one. but since I've moved the songs, th...
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I've recently bought a new SD Card because I was running out of space in my phone. since I've a lot of music on my account I decided to move it to the external storage so I could free some space in t...
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0 replies
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Hello together,I am new to Spotify. Just recently switched from Deezer ...I am using Spotify mainly via Android devices.First thing I recognized is, that you cannot limit spotify in collecting cache data or deleting it, without losing all your offlin...
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Hello together, I am new to Spotify. Just recently switched from Deezer ... I am using Spotify mainly via Android devices. First thing I recognized is, that you cannot limit spotify in collect...
Jauza
Music Fan
1866 Views
1 replies
0 likes
In the past, I've had lots of trouble getting offline tracks to move/stay on my SD card, but I finally figured it out and haven't been bothered with it for quite some time now. Yesterday, out of the blue, my App Manager started showing that all the O...
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In the past, I've had lots of trouble getting offline tracks to move/stay on my SD card, but I finally figured it out and haven't been bothered with it for quite some time now. Yesterday, out of the ...
Joe
Community Legend
3001 Views
5 replies
1 likes