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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 ...

Roadie

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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!! iOS album sort order different than on desktop

On the desktop albums are sorted by artist first which makes a lot of sense because if you have a few albums from the same artist you can find each of them easily. On the iPhone they're sorted by album name which forces us to remember names of albums...

Music Fan

On the desktop albums are sorted by artist first which makes a lot of sense because if you have a few albums from the same artist you can find each of them easily. On the iPhone they're sorted by alb...

geedog

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Can't find my friend!

Hi, I can not be able to se my friends spotify, I have tried to type ine the username but it cant find the user. I have also tried to type "spotify:user:username" (of course I typed in the users username) but it still cant find it! Is it maybe becaus...

Casual Listener

Hi, I can not be able to se my friends spotify, I have tried to type ine the username but it cant find the user. I have also tried to type "spotify:user:username" (of course I typed in the users user...

Merik

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Sync iPod with Spotify

Hola buenas. Vereis. Uso Ubuntu 14.04. Tengo un iPod ModelNumStr: xB518 FirewireGuid: 000A270012556442, es americano del año 2005 y quisiera sincronizar archivos de Spotify con el iPod. ¿Es posible hacerlo? Gracias. Saludos. Hello good. You will see....

Newbie

 Hola buenas. Vereis. Uso Ubuntu 14.04. Tengo un iPod ModelNumStr: xB518 FirewireGuid: 000A270012556442, es americano del año 2005 y quisiera sincronizar archivos de Spotify con el iPod. ¿Es pos...

jeremygoh

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Local Files Playback Volume

Hi, this is driving me nuts but my local files keep playing at normal level for the first 2 seconds of the song and then goes stupidly quiet. They are all imported as mp3 files and I am using iphone 5s, tried everything, its been doing it for a month...

Newbie

Hi, this is driving me nuts but my local files keep playing at normal level for the first 2 seconds of the song and then goes stupidly quiet. They are all imported as mp3 files and I am using iphon...

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Lost all Music which was Starred!!!

I'm really hoping someone can help fix this, I'm not hopeful but here goes!I have been using Spotify for a number of years and have been more than happy with the service until very recently. I originally had all songs in playlists as was the set up w...

Newbie

I'm really hoping someone can help fix this, I'm not hopeful but here goes! I have been using Spotify for a number of years and have been more than happy with the service until very recently. ...

jeremygoh

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Playlist 'Loading...' when opening app

HiOn both my devices (iPhone 5s & iPad Mini Retina) Spotify comes up with Loading... on all of my playlists that are not sync'd for offline.Having looked into this a bit i believe i may need to have my device list checked for corruptions? If it's not...

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Hi On both my devices (iPhone 5s & iPad Mini Retina) Spotify comes up with Loading... on all of my playlists that are not sync'd for offline. Having looked into this a bit i believe i may n...

chasb73

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Solved!! iPhone connection issues

After the last Spotify update (I think Tuesday of this week) my iPhone no longer shows up under the 'Devices' section. I tried it via Wifi, as well as connecting it with the iPhone cable, but it's still not showing. I removed and re-installed the app...

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After the last Spotify update (I think Tuesday of this week) my iPhone no longer shows up under the 'Devices' section. I tried it via Wifi, as well as connecting it with the iPhone cable, but it's st...

shahan59

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Solved!! Why won't my music sync to my iPod, i clicked on the playlist and nothing happened?

OK, so i have a spotify premium membership and i wanted to sync my music on to my ipod nano. i did everything it asked and got all the way up to the last step where you choose which playlists to sync, i chose them and then nothing happened. what am i...

Newbie

OK, so i have a spotify premium membership and i wanted to sync my music on to my ipod nano. i did everything it asked and got all the way up to the last step where you choose which playlists to sync...

Peter__

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Solved!! Song Dangerous by Big Data will never play on my iPhone

While using the iPhone app I have played through multiple playlists with the song Dangerous by Big Data. All other songs play fine, but whenever this song comes up it will not play. The only thing that I can do is skip the track. Is there something w...

Newbie

While using the iPhone app I have played through multiple playlists with the song Dangerous by Big Data. All other songs play fine, but whenever this song comes up it will not play. The only thing th...

Rodrigo

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Every Song Previously Downloaded was Deleted During the Last Upgrade

Wow, Spotify's last version was pretty glitchy. However, I was camping recently with a few thousand songs downloaded and Spotify upgraded on my iPhone. Thanks to this ridiculous upgrade, I have to purchase 10 more gigs of cellular bandwidth. ABSOLUTE...

Newbie

Wow, Spotify's last version was pretty glitchy.  However, I was camping recently with a few thousand songs downloaded and Spotify upgraded on my iPhone.  Thanks to this ridiculous upgrade, ...

Rodrigo

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Spotify doesn't sync all songs

Hello, I would like to sync my iPod but Spotify always stops at some point. My playlist is about 913 songs but it always stops at 413. I have enough space left and can't find the problem. Can someone help? Thank you!

Newbie

Hello, I would like to sync my iPod but Spotify always stops at some point. My playlist is about 913 songs but it always stops at 413. I have enough space left and can't find the problem. Can someone...

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Does Spotify Want Me to Listen Offline?

I purchased Spotify Premium a few months ago and I am absolutely thrilled with it. It's one of the best purchases I've made. One of the main selling points of Spotify for me is having the ability to listen offline on my iPhone. However, after multipl...

Newbie

I purchased Spotify Premium a few months ago and I am absolutely thrilled with it. It's one of the best purchases I've made. One of the main selling points of Spotify for me is having the ability to ...

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Solved!! "Unable to play track..." ??? on Spotify Free

I'm getting this many times a day on my iPhone 5. I see a lot of posts adressing this and have tried some suggestions including removing and reinstalling Spotify. I am trying the free version to see if I want to switch from Pandora, where I do pay fo...

Regular

I'm getting this many times a day on my iPhone 5.  I see a lot of posts adressing this and have tried some suggestions including removing and reinstalling Spotify.  I am trying the free ver...

Dimgo

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Solved!! IOS Spotify Crash when searching for album

Spotify version 1.2.0.3344 crashes on iOS 7.1.1 everytime I search using Russian keyboard (Cyrills font) Steps done: Select Search Type in Russian "хит" See all albums Scroll down to load more albums Crashes everytime Is this a known issues, didnt se...

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Spotify version 1.2.0.3344 crashes on iOS 7.1.1  everytime I search using Russian keyboard (Cyrills font) Steps done:   Select Search Type in Russian "хит" See all albums Scroll...

Peter__

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Solved!! Playlists don't completely download..

I only have 1,400 songs on my account, which shouldn't really be a problem. About 3/4 out of my 24 playlists are downloaded. (Yes I am a premium user.) I've deleted the Spotify app on my 5c, turned off my phone, logged off then back in, and the other...

Newbie

I only have 1,400 songs on my account, which shouldn't really be a problem. About 3/4 out of my 24 playlists are downloaded. (Yes I am a premium user.) I've deleted the Spotify app on my 5c, turned o...

jeremygoh

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Solved!! Shuffle play on IOS

I had a 460 song playlist and the same 30 or 40 songs would keep playing over and over. I got tired of hearing them all the time so I deleted them off my playlist and now I am finally hearing some other songs that did not use to play. This isn't how ...

Roadie

I had a 460 song playlist and the same 30 or 40 songs would keep playing over and over. I got tired of hearing them all the time so I deleted them off my playlist and now I am finally hearing some ot...

ws1482

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Solved!! No search function on iOS app

Seems like a major flaw that iOS songs list doesn't have a search function

Newbie

Seems like a major flaw that iOS songs list doesn't have a search function

MattSuda

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Solved!! Friends' playlists don't appear

Except for the 3 best followed playlists, the playlists of friends don't seem to appear at their profiles in my Spotify app. It says 0 playlists (while I know the friend jn question has way more playlists published;) followers are being displayed cor...

Regular

Except for the 3 best followed playlists, the playlists of friends don't seem to appear at their profiles in my Spotify app. It says 0 playlists (while I know the friend jn question has way more play...

thijsje1515

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