Solved!! How can I remove the “playing recommended songs for you” feature
I don’t want to listen to music that’s not in my playlist
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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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I have been having problems playing a song, here or there, in different albums on my mobile Spotify. The albums are local files stored in iTunes. I have the albums and my local files synced and available offline. The songs play great on the desktop s...
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I have been having problems playing a song, here or there, in different albums on my mobile Spotify. The albums are local files stored in iTunes. I have the albums a...
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Since updating to 7.0.2 I have noticed that the Control Center music controls do not always work with the spotify app. This also seems to affect Bluetooth controls. The song and time update correctly, but I am unable to switch tracks and pause or res...
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Since updating to 7.0.2 I have noticed that the Control Center music controls do not always work with the spotify app. This also seems to affect Bluetooth controls. The song and time update correctly...
R10T
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I have (or had) a bunch of local files on my PC, which I then synced to my iPhone. So far, so good. But then my hard drive crashed. The songs are still on the iPhone, and play fine. Is there any way to sync them back to my PC, or otherwise recover th...
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I have (or had) a bunch of local files on my PC, which I then synced to my iPhone. So far, so good. But then my hard drive crashed. The songs are still on the iPhone, and play f...
Taylor
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Hello everyone!I need your help once more: does anyone know when the feature 'Related songs' is going to reappear in the iPhone app??? It's the best reason to use Spotify for me so I'd really like having it back.Thanks for your help!
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Hello everyone! I need your help once more: does anyone know when the feature 'Related songs' is going to reappear in the iPhone app??? It's the best reason to use Spotify for me so I'd really like ...
Elisa23
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So iOS 7 has been rolled out world wide for a few weeks now and we're yet to see a Spotify update for the products running this latest update, which is unfortunate. Spotify is active at least 2 hours everyday on my iPhone 5 either for listening, brow...
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So iOS 7 has been rolled out world wide for a few weeks now and we're yet to see a Spotify update for the products running this latest update, which is unfortunate. Spotify is active at least 2 hours...
jollygood666
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So i just got spotift premium and i'm trying to make my starred playlist available offline. It will work fine for a while but then it will stop and just get stuck on a song and it doesn't matter what song it is as i've tried unstarring a few and it s...
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So i just got spotift premium and i'm trying to make my starred playlist available offline. It will work fine for a while but then it will stop and just get stuck on a song and it doesn't matter what...
LaurenceMann
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I am a premium Spotify member for awhile now and I used spotify mostly in my car. Ever since I updated my iPhone to the new iOS spotify will play 30 seconds of a song and then quit on me - only in the car where I never had any issues prior. Has anyon...
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I am a premium Spotify member for awhile now and I used spotify mostly in my car. Ever since I updated my iPhone to the new iOS spotify will play 30 seconds of a song and then quit on me - only in th...
Joe
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I created a new thread since there is no official 0.9.0.8 Release Notes post yet. I just really don't understand Spotify. I have been a paying customer since the very first day it was offered in the U.S. This latest update adds a list of tour stops t...
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I created a new thread since there is no official 0.9.0.8 Release Notes post yet. I just really don't understand Spotify. I have been a paying customer since the very first day it wa...
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iOS Release Notes What's new in version 0.8.0 New: Now compatible with iOS 7 Fixed: Some bugs that were irritating us Fictitious: This app cries at weddings#0.8.0 #ReleaseNotes Important to note When reporting issues, always mention what version of t...
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iOS Release Notes What's new in version 0.8.0 New: Now compatible with iOS 7 Fixed: Some bugs that were irritating us Fictitious: This app cries at weddings #0.8.0 #ReleaseNotes ...
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PREMIUM SERVICE SUBSCRIBER. Okay, the last couple of times I posted issues in the forum I got absolutely no response at all, but I'm going to try again, since I don't find any posts whatsoever about the 0.9.0.8 update. Basically it's the old standard...
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PREMIUM SERVICE SUBSCRIBER. Okay, the last couple of times I posted issues in the forum I got absolutely no response at all, but I'm going to try again, since I don't find any posts whatso...
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Search function is fixing my searches before it's sent to server. At least I think that's what's going on. I searched "The Debauchees" which I assume doesn't exist on Spotify because "Search for 'the debauchery'" is returned instead I search "The Deb...
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Search function is fixing my searches before it's sent to server. At least I think that's what's going on. I searched "The Debauchees" which I assume doe...
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Since a few weeks I am experiencing very annoying behaviour of my Ipod Spotify app. Some symptoms: - Some playlists are completely or partially greyed out. When I try to play a 'grey' song, it tells me the song is not available on spotify. But it sho...
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Since a few weeks I am experiencing very annoying behaviour of my Ipod Spotify app. Some symptoms: - Some playlists are completely or partially greyed out. When I try to play a 'grey' song, it te...
Peter__
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Hi When I listen to music on my Iphone the song always pauses after about 90 seconds, then again a minute later and after the song it all stops. I´m not logged in to another device, i´m sure of that. This problem came a couple of days ago and has con...
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Hi When I listen to music on my Iphone the song always pauses after about 90 seconds, then again a minute later and after the song it all stops. I´m not logged in to another...
kunalp13
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i have just upgraded my iphone and when i sync my tracks the spotify ones are ok but my local tracks show up on the phone but when i play them it just silence can anyone help also spotify is sticking on tracks. how do you resync local tracks that are...
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i have just upgraded my iphone and when i sync my tracks the spotify ones are ok but my local tracks show up on the phone but when i play them it just silence can anyone help also spotify is sticking...
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Hi,I have upgraded to premium so I can use the service offline but the app says I am not a premium member. I do not have a Facebook account so can only use my username
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Hi, I have upgraded to premium so I can use the service offline but the app says I am not a premium member. I do not have a Facebook account so can only use my username
Taylor
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Hey, I have a really annoying problem... I wanna sync my iPhone to my computer, because I just made a new playlist with mp3 files, so I can get the music on my iPhone 5. But my iPhone doesn't show up under "Devices" like this guide says https://suppo...
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Hey, I have a really annoying problem... I wanna sync my iPhone to my computer, because I just made a new playlist with mp3 files, so I can get the music on my iPhone 5. But my iPhone doesn't show up...
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I bought an iphone5 and have been trying to sync my playlist (~2,000 songs) to the spotify premium account. It won't sync any more. It synced about 1/3 of the songs and stopped syncing even though I put every list on "available offline" mode. Aside f...
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I bought an iphone5 and have been trying to sync my playlist (~2,000 songs) to the spotify premium account. It won't sync any more. It synced about 1/3 of the songs and stopped syncing even though I ...
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Itunes has The Marshal Mathers LP2 available for Pre Release Streaming now, is there any plans to pre-stream it on Spotify too? The Sound Quality of the Pre-Stream on Itunes doesn't even compare to Spotifys stream quality. If theres no plans is it go...
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Hi - I am new to Spotify and I was charging my nano while installation and it requested me to erase music on nano and backup. I cancelled this mid installation however all music has been wiped from my nano and is not saved locally. Is there a way of ...
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Hi - I am new to Spotify and I was charging my nano while installation and it requested me to erase music on nano and backup. I cancelled this mid installation however all music has been wiped from m...
Joe
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Hi! I'm a Spotify Premium user. After getting the new iPhone 5S and upgraded to the latest Spotify software for iOS all my playlists, inbox-songs and starred songs wont show. All of this still shows in my account when I'm logged in at Spotify in my M...
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Joe
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