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Back Button Not Responding

Back Button Not Responding

I've seen a lot of similar threads on the andriod pages, but nothing for iphone. I downloaded the spotify app on my phone today and the "back/previous" button is not working and is grayed out. I can't swipe to the left either; I can only swipe right or hit the "next" button. My iphone is a 5c with ios 10.2.1. 

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Hey @Danamite, what are you playing from when the back button is grayed out? For example: a playlist, a radio station, album, Daily Mix, etc?

@Swanny I'm just putting the "songs" tab on my library on shuffle. 

Hmm ok, are you able to post a screenshot of the back button being grayed out?

Here it is. The difference isn't big, but the button won't work. 

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Thanks for that, are you possibly able to try uninstalling and reinstalling the app? It is possibly a glitch with the app, which is worth escalating up, however I would like to see if uninstalling and reinstalling fixes the issue 🙂

(Sorry for the late reply) When I tried a premium trial the button started working. If that was the problem then I feel like that's kinda problematic considering you have to pay just to rewind a song. 

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