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Solved!! How to play the "Eat this playlist"

Do i have to get premium to do it?And i have the latest version which is 8.8.44.527 but i still cant see the option

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Volume buttons on device don't work when casting

As of Spotify 8.9.xx and newer I can't control the volume on my iPhone when casting to a Chromecast device. I need to go into the slider inside the Spotify app to change the volume. This is not an iOS or apple issue:My non working version of Spotify ...

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iOS Local Files: Easier import with the Files app

It is now easier to import Local Files into the Spotify iOS app through the Files app on your iOS device. A computer and WiFi network are not required to use this new import method. This means that you can now import Local Files into the Spotify iOS ...

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Solved!! Offline Playlist -> Downloading Songs

Hi guys im a rookie using spotify. For example, if a put the offline mode for a playlist...all songs in this playlist begins to downloadautomaticly to my iphone or i need to download song by song?Thanks!

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Hi guys im a rookie using spotify. For example, if a put the offline mode for a playlist...all songs in this playlist begins to downloadautomaticly  to my iphone or i need to download song by so...

MattSuda

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Songs not syncing offline

I have an iPhone 5S with over 20GB of free space, i also have an ipad with over 15GB free space. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the spotify app on both devices. No songs are syncing - they all have grey arrows not going green. I paid for spotify ...

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I have an iPhone 5S with over 20GB of free space, i also have an ipad with over 15GB free space. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the spotify app on both devices. No songs are syncing - they all ha...

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Iphone 5s lokale Dateien

hallo, leider habe ich noch keine lösung gefunden, wie man lokale dateien auf das iphone bzw. ipad bekommt.das mit offline usw. funktioniert ja nicht dauerhaft und musik mit itunes übertragen reicht auch nicht. es müsste doch gehen, das man wie auf d...

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hallo,   leider habe ich noch keine lösung gefunden, wie man lokale dateien auf das iphone bzw. ipad bekommt. das mit offline usw. funktioniert ja nicht dauerhaft und musik mit itunes übertra...

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Big UX fail: no manageable way to remove songs from a playlist with several hundred songs in it

I almost never rate apps. However I got so frustrated with spotify and it’s company’s unwillingness and / or incapability to address simple but obvious UX flaws in it’s app, that I am left with no other means to voice my frustration than to give the ...

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I almost never rate apps. However I got so frustrated with spotify and it’s company’s unwillingness and / or incapability to address simple but obvious UX flaws in it’s app, that I am left with no ot...

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Cant play synct Local-File

Hi, I cant play for some reason few of my allready synct Local-files anymore. Several week ago I was able to do.

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Hi, I cant play for some reason few of my allready synct Local-files anymore. Several week ago I was able to do.

MattSuda

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Solved!! Spotify pauses whenever I go to other apps

Hello: before I can listen to music via spotify while checking FB or chatitng (via Line). Now, the music pauses whenever I leave spotify and I have to be on the app to listen to music. Has anybody experienced the same problem?

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Hello:   before I can listen to music via spotify while checking FB or chatitng (via Line). Now, the music pauses whenever I leave spotify and I have to be on the app to listen to music. Has a...

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Offline syncing

When i try to sync my playlist it dosent work. But when i turn off wifi and go over to 3G it works perfect. How can this be?

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When i try to sync my playlist it dosent work. But when i turn off wifi and go over to 3G it works perfect. How can this be?

MattSuda

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When is the "Devices" menu coming back?

When will an update be released to bring back the "Devices" menu and pairing functionality? I got a new phone and still cannot sync my local files to it. It's been almost 2 weeks. Please, Matt Suda, do not give me the same copied and pasted response ...

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When will an update be released to bring back the "Devices" menu and pairing functionality? I got a new phone and still cannot sync my local files to it. It's been almost 2 weeks.    Plea...

MattSuda

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Queue not using all songs in a playlist

I have a playlist with around 300+ songs on it. It's my standard "driving" playlist. For some reason when I start playing and put it on shuffle, the queue only selects maybe 50 songs and plays them in a loop. I want all my songs, not the same ones ov...

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I have a playlist with around 300+ songs on it. It's my standard "driving" playlist. For some reason when I start playing and put it on shuffle, the queue only selects maybe 50 songs and plays them i...

MattSuda

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Re: Can't Download Playlists For Offline Use

It's 2015 and I'm having the same problem. Just started paying premium again and besides the app crashing constantly while trying to download to listen to offline, not all of them even downloaded. What's the solution? This is bs.

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It's 2015 and I'm having the same problem. Just started paying premium again and besides the app crashing constantly while trying to download to listen to offline, not all of them even downloaded. Wh...

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Solved!! Offline Mode doesn't function

Hey folks,Recently I have upgraded to Spotify premium especially due to specific search and the offline memorization .. I have an iPhone 4 and because of that not the most actual IOS-version, but the current Spotify update .. Nevertheless, if I tap o...

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Hey folks, Recently I have upgraded to Spotify premium especially due to specific search and the offline memorization .. I have an iPhone 4 and because of that not the most actual IOS-version, but t...

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Limitations with offline mode

I sync my playlists to my phone so I can listen to music outside of wifi without wasting my data. This works, but the apps usability is severely limited: I can only play songs from within a single playlist. If I swipe to the right, the Artist and Alb...

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I sync my playlists to my phone so I can listen to music outside of wifi without wasting my data.  This works, but the apps usability is severely limited: I can only play songs from within a sin...

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Offline mode

I have a trial premium on my Iphone 5S and I tapped offline mode for the first time and it worked. A few days later I tried again but the arrow wont turn green and I have over 1G of storage. What do I do?

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I have a trial premium on my Iphone 5S and I tapped offline mode for the first time and it worked. A few days later I tried again but the arrow wont turn green and I have over 1G of storage. What do ...

MattSuda

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Songs skipping before finishing

Ever since the latest update, my Spotify is skipping songs before they are finished. Right in the middle of the song, it'll just end and go to the next song on the queue.I am using my IPhone 5c. Please fix this or I will end my premium subscription

Casual Listener

Ever since the latest update, my Spotify is skipping songs before they are finished. Right in the middle of the song, it'll just end and go to the next song on the queue. I am using my IPhone 5c. ...

MattSuda

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Solved!! Saved albums available offline when I don't want them to be

I'm trying to free up memory on my iPhone by making several saved albums no longer available in offline mode. But, when I hit the toggle swtich away from green, songs still remain with the green arrow and marked as available offline. I can't seem to ...

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I'm trying to free up memory on my iPhone by making several saved albums no longer available in offline mode.  But, when I hit the toggle swtich away from green, songs still remain with the gree...

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buttons missing

can anyone know how to fix missing buttons? i installed and reinstalled spotify on ios 8. but after installing all the buttons were instead became a circle.

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can anyone know how to fix missing buttons? i installed and reinstalled spotify on ios 8. but after installing all the buttons were instead became a circle.

MattSuda

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Local Files Un-syncing on iPhones

Please help as I am frustrated! I have some local files that I have imported into Spotify. I sync them to my iPhones and they stay for awhile (several days to a couple weeks) and then randomly the iPhones will say the file is unavailable and has to b...

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Please help as I am frustrated!  I have some local files that I have imported into Spotify.  I sync them to my iPhones and they stay for awhile (several days to a couple weeks) and then ran...

Jecca7

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Full title while pre-listening (mobile)

I'd love to see the full title of the song while pre-listening (holding down on a song title) in the Spotify iPhone app. Just some text field above the cover which shows the title so I can find it easily after pre-listening.

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I'd love to see the full title of the song while pre-listening (holding down on a song title) in the Spotify iPhone app. Just some text field above the cover which shows the title so I can find it ea...

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Solved!! Syncing no longer works, thanks Spotify

With the new version one of you geniuses decided to remove the "Devices" tab. Now I can no longer sync my local files to my iPhone. Is this what I'm paying 10 euros a **bleep**ing month for?

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With the new version one of you geniuses decided to remove the "Devices" tab. Now I can no longer sync my local files to my iPhone. Is this what I'm paying 10 euros a **bleep**ing month for?

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Stuck in shuffle

Anyone else have this issue? I download the app on iOS (currently on 8.2) and after a few days everything is stuck in shuffle. It's really annoying when you're trying to listen to an album. It's been doing this for over a year, but I finally got tire...

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Anyone else have this issue? I download the app on iOS (currently on 8.2) and after a few days everything is stuck in shuffle. It's really annoying when you're trying to listen to an album. It's been...

MattSuda

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