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Solved!! Spotify randomly stops music

Hi! So I just recently started having this problem. I use an iOS device with a free plan and I was listening to music when after a few songs, the music would stop and I would need to go back in to Spotify and restart my playlist. I tried deleting the...

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Solved!! Audio Glitching / Stuttering / Popping

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDevice(iPhone 13 Pro Max)Operating System(iOS 18.1.1) My Question or IssueI have a strange issue with my Spotify where it skips when connected via Bluetooth and my iPhone. The audio will glitch and stutter. It becomes e...

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Ivelina

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iOS Troubleshooting Guide

We've gathered general troubleshooting steps for iOS devices in this guide. These are known to solve a variety of issues. Common issues: Spotify not playing Can’t hear any sound Spotify is offline Basic troubleshooting: Restart both the Spotify app a...

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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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AvaTilley

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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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Rastereyes

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Solved!! 8GB of Storage taken up by Spotify even though it's uninstalled

Hi I'm having a massive issue and don't seem to be able to find any kind of support number or email for spotify. I have used spotify premium for years but have, at least for the time being, decided to move to Apple Music. I always had my starred play...

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Hi   I'm having a massive issue and don't seem to be able to find any kind of support number or email for spotify.   I have used spotify premium for years but have, at least for the tim...

Efficated

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iPhone 5 Starts in Offline Mode

I have premium and play it on my iPhone 5. Everytime I open Spotify, it starts me in offline mode. I have checked my playback settings multiple times but it is not set to offline mode.

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I have premium and play it on my iPhone 5. Everytime I open Spotify, it starts me in offline mode. I have checked my playback settings multiple times but it is not set to offline mode. 

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Spotify mobile issue

There is no place for me to search, I somehow glitched spotify to let me search once, but I don't know how I did it. On my friend's phone he has a search button, but I don't. There is just browse button where the search button should be.

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There is no place for me to search, I somehow glitched spotify to let me search once, but I don't know how I did it. On my friend's phone he has a search button, but I don't. There is just browse but...

Jordi

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Unable to authorise account on Sonos

I have just updated both the Sonos and SPotify app on my Iphone 4. I now have to reauthorise my spotify account and when I try and do so it takes me to the spotify.com web page and asks me to allow pairing. When i do it comes up with 'Service Unreach...

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I have just updated both the Sonos and SPotify app on my Iphone 4. I now have to reauthorise my spotify account and when I try and do so it takes me to the spotify.com web page and asks me to allow p...

Jordi

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No sound - songs not playing on iPad

HiI have been having problems for weeks now with spotify on my iPad not playing sound. If I close the app and restart it will sometimes play 1 song but then I can't get any more sound out of it without restarting.I have deleted and reinstalled the ap...

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Hi I have been having problems for weeks now with spotify on my iPad not playing sound. If I close the app and restart it will sometimes play 1 song but then I can't get any more sound out of it w...

Jordi

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Solved!! Versión. Got iOS 6.1.6

I had a problem with my iPhone and lost te aplicación. Now I can't download it. How can I recover te aplicación forma iOS 6.1.6.

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I had a problem with my iPhone and lost te aplicación. Now I can't download it. How can I recover te aplicación forma iOS 6.1.6.

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Solved!! How to disable Spotify Connect

So, I have a question. How can I disable Spotify Connect??? Me and my brother share the same Spotify Premium account. But, the thing is, we can't listen to music at the same time, each of us on our respective iphone, cause whenever I choose a song on...

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So, I have a question.   How can I disable Spotify Connect???   Me and my brother share the same Spotify Premium account. But, the thing is, we can't listen to music at the same time, e...

loriscaetano

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Solved!! Missing sort button on Spotify iPad.

As stated on the subject, where is the the sort button gone? i noticed this after the 30oct auto update on my iPad Appstore. There are no issues on previous Spotify app (at-least for me) yet this new released remove one of the neat feature that you g...

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As stated on the subject, where is the the sort button gone? i noticed this after the 30oct auto update on my iPad Appstore. There are no issues on previous Spotify app (at-least for me) yet this new...

MattSuda

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Change language to English on spotify

Hi! I just bought an iphone 5s and installed spotify. My phone settings is set to swedish and sweden as country. For some reason my spotify is in some strange language. It is dutch or something like that im not really sure. Of course i want english b...

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Hi! I just bought an iphone 5s and installed spotify. My phone settings is set to swedish and sweden as country. For some reason my spotify is in some strange language. It is dutch or something like ...

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My shazam playlist

Hi,I have premium account with cosmote in Greece.I logged in Shazam with Spotify.But, in Sporify my Shazam Playlist is empty....(there has to be 250 tags!!!) How can I load it?

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Hi, I have premium account with cosmote in Greece. I logged in Shazam with Spotify. But, in Sporify my Shazam Playlist is empty....(there has to be 250 tags!!!)   How can I load it?

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App wont recognize my premium account

My ipod touch4 doesn't let me stream or listen to anything in offline mode and just upgraded! HELP PLEASE!(:

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My ipod touch4 doesn't let me stream or listen to anything in offline mode and just upgraded! HELP PLEASE!(:

Pete

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Last.m is not scrobbling

Hi guys,I realized right now that I have a problem with the scrobblling, is not working even if everything is setting, I checked and I have like entire months missing so I'm really sad, there is the chance to recover it?Thank you very much.

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Hi guys, I realized right now that I have a problem with the scrobblling, is not working even if everything is setting, I checked and I have like entire months missing so I'm really sad, there is th...

mike_vengeance

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iPhone 5 + Spotify Connect + PS4 app

I have the Spotify app installed on my iPhone 5 and it works perfect. Also on premium membership at the moment. I have the Spotify app installed on the PS4 and it works fine after logging in to my account using the phone. Both on the same network. NO...

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I have the Spotify app installed on my iPhone 5 and it works perfect. Also on premium membership at the moment.   I have the Spotify app installed on the PS4 and it works fine after logging in...

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Iphone 5s - IOS 8.4 - Skipping in background when accessing other apps - with EQ on.

Iphone 5s - IOS 8.4 - Skipping in background when accessing other apps - with EQ on.No Jailbreak. Has there been a change to the way the program works in the background? Have not had this issue before. Not using any graphically intensive applications...

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Iphone 5s - IOS 8.4 - Skipping in background when accessing other apps - with EQ on. No Jailbreak.   Has there been a change to the way the program works in the background? Have not had this ...

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iPad issue

I have spotify premium 3.2.0.1554 stalled on my iPad Air running 8.3. When using spotify app today, each time I switched to another app, email for example or the iPad went into lock screen, spotify stopped playing music but resumes when the app is se...

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I have spotify premium 3.2.0.1554 stalled on my iPad Air running 8.3. When using spotify app today, each time I switched to another app, email for example or the iPad went into lock screen, spotify s...

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Local Files Issue / Syncing Issue

I must that the iOS app for Spotiy seems to bring up more issues, then it fixes with every update. I now have 'local files' on my iPhone, that are greyed out. This means I can't listen to them. On my Mac I've deleted all local files, but the syncing ...

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I must that the iOS app for Spotiy seems to bring up more issues, then it fixes with every update.   I now have 'local files' on my iPhone, that are greyed out. This means I can't listen to ...

GroveAitkenhead

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Solved!! Album Cover not showing in update 3.4.0

Hello,I'm using Spotify 3.4.0 on my iPhone 5C (iOS 8.4) and recently I had to re-sync my Offline playlist and realize that none of the songs had their album covers.I searched the forums and the few topics with this issue said it was solved a couple u...

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Hello, I'm using Spotify 3.4.0 on my iPhone 5C (iOS 8.4) and recently I had to re-sync my Offline playlist and realize that none of the songs had their album covers. I searched the forums and t...

MattSuda

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Error con iPhone 6

He actualizado spotify y solamente suena la 1ª canción, luego dejan de sonar aunque le de al play. Si reinstalo la app vuelve a sonar 1 canción y luego nada. En iphone 5 si va bien

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He actualizado spotify y solamente suena la 1ª canción, luego dejan de sonar aunque le de al play. Si reinstalo la app vuelve a sonar 1 canción y luego nada. En iphone 5 si va bien

Ivan92

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Music wont sync

As the topic says, my music wont sync, i have an iphone 4 with 3.7g available, i've done literally everything it says in every post about this but nothing works, right now i am trying que set offline mode solution but it doesnt sync anyways, i have g...

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As the topic says, my music wont sync, i have an iphone 4 with 3.7g available, i've done literally everything it says in every post about this but nothing works, right now i am trying que set offline...

Ivan92

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Account settings

All of my spotify accounts have told me I can only be abroad for 14 days which would make sense if I was abroad. I am not in the US nor have I ever lived there but thats what it says when I go into settings. Now when I try to change my country it onl...

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All of my spotify accounts have told me I can only be abroad for 14 days which would make sense if I was abroad. I am not in the US nor have I ever lived there but thats what it says when I go into s...

mike_vengeance

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