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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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Tracks not sending to friends

Hi, i have been using spotify for a year or so now and have been able to send music to other spotify users but recently all the tracks i have been sending dont get delivered. it seems to be isolated to people i am friends with on Spotify but not on F...

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Hi, i have been using spotify for a year or so now and have been able to send music to other spotify users but recently all the tracks i have been sending dont get delivered. it seems to be isolated ...

Taylor

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[iOS] Bug at the end of a playlist

Hi Folks, I found a Bug in the iOS UI:Whenever I play the LAST song in any of my playlists and the playback is on SHUFFLE, the little bar at the bottom, introduced 2 or 3 patches ago shows not the next song as now playing, but the one after that. I g...

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Hi Folks,   I found a Bug in the iOS UI: Whenever I play the LAST song in any of my playlists and the playback is on SHUFFLE, the little bar at the bottom, introduced 2 or 3 patches ago shows...

Taylor

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help

I have addressed this issue for two weeks now. It has gotten much worse. I can not modify my spotify on FB it gives me a whitelist error message.. I can not make any privacy changes on FB to Spotify they will not allow me. NOW I CAN NOT LOAD SPOTIUFY...

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I have addressed this issue for two weeks now. It has gotten much worse. I can not modify my spotify on FB it gives me a whitelist error message.. I can not make any privacy changes on FB to Spotify ...

Taylor

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Strange quotes and phrases on "Search"

Yes just noticed this happening today.. I typed In artist misspelled the name it corrected it.. Then a second later it says search for "Dont be stupid, you could end up famous" I was like what the heck is that? I've had 7 or 8 different ones pop up a...

Newbie

Yes just noticed this happening today.. I typed In artist misspelled the name it corrected it.. Then a second later it says search for "Dont be stupid, you could end up famous" I was like what the he...

Peter__

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Songs pause randomly

For the last few days, when I play spotify on my iPod touch, a song will play for a few seconds and then stop for few seconds and then play and stop, over and over. How do I get it to stop this and just play without interruptions?

Gig Goer

For the last few days, when I play spotify on my iPod touch, a song will play for a few seconds and then stop for few seconds and then play and stop, over and over. How do I get it to stop this and j...

JPrive

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Offline Playlist Syncing - Stuck on certain songs

I've recently run into an issue with syncing offline playlists: the sync will work for a few songs, and then get stuck on a certain song. It looks like it's 'Downloading,' but it can go for hours and nothing will happen. As a result, none of the song...

Newbie

I've recently run into an issue with syncing offline playlists:   the sync will work for a few songs, and then get stuck on a certain song.   It looks like it's 'Downloading,' but it ca...

candkaanme

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Solved!! Syncing takes an eternity

I bought spotify premium a while ago - the whole reason I bought it was to download songs on the fly, and listen to them while mobile. Well. . . It seems that spotify is incapable of doing this because it takes approximately 10 minutes to sync a song...

Newbie

I bought spotify premium a while ago - the whole reason I bought it was to download songs on the fly, and listen to them while mobile. Well. . . It seems that spotify is incapable of doing this becau...

jeremygoh

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I lost all my music on itunes when logged onto spotify

I seem tohave lost all my music content in itunes. I have done nothing with my PC overnight as I was using itunes yesterday.Then last night I logged onto spotify for the first time using facebook login.This morning - no itunes content but I can see a...

Visitor

I seem tohave lost all my music content in itunes. I have done nothing with my PC overnight as I was using itunes yesterday. Then last night I logged onto spotify for the first time using facebook l...

Taylor

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Solved!! Can a free user stream 320kbps radio?

My question is simple... If i am a free spotify user, will i be able to stream radio at 320kbps on my iphone?

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My question is simple... If i am a free spotify user, will i be able to stream radio at 320kbps on my iphone?

Stavari

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Proxy and Sync issues

I use an academic network and have to have a Proxy set. I have the proxy set on OS X and the autodetect does not autodetect. Great, so I set it manually. Now I want to add some music I have on a NAS on my network to my iPhone. Well, the iPhone using ...

Newbie

I use an academic network and have to have a Proxy set. I have the proxy set on OS X and the autodetect does not autodetect.    Great, so I set it manually.    Now I want to a...

Taylor

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I have Spotify Premium but can't use it on my iPad.

I have Spotify Premium and can use it on my iPhone fine. However, I can't get it to play any of my playlists on my iPad. They're all there but it keeps taking me to the radio option. Are there additional setup steps I need to take? Thanks.

Newbie

I have Spotify Premium and can use it on my iPhone fine. However, I can't get it to play any of my playlists on my iPad. They're all there but it keeps taking me to the radio option. Are there additi...

Taylor

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Purchasing Spotify Premium - Sprint

I am trying to purchase Spotify and add it to my Sprint account but it won't send me a text message once I click submit. What gives? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Casual Listener

I am trying to purchase Spotify and add it to my Sprint account but it won't send me a text message once I click submit. What gives? Any help would be greatly appreciated. 

Taylor

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Spotify not playing on iPod Touch when app is closed

I use Spotify for iOS 4 on my iPod Touch, and it works well as long as I stay in the app. However, if I leave the app while music is playing, the music stops after a few seconds - and only starts again when I go back into the Spotify app and stay the...

Casual Listener

I use Spotify for iOS 4 on my iPod Touch, and it works well as long as I stay in the app. However, if I leave the app while music is playing, the music stops after a few seconds - and only starts aga...

Schindler

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iPod 4th Generation not appearing under devices tab!

It is running iOS 6.0.1 and it isn't appearing under devices. The cable works fine, and I have just downloaded Spotify so it can't be that... Please help!

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It is running iOS 6.0.1 and it isn't appearing under devices. The cable works fine, and I have just downloaded Spotify so it can't be that... Please help!

Taylor

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Show Cover Art on Playlists list?

I like Spotify, and I like alot of albums, and I like to listen to them separately, so for now I have 1 playlist for each album. Anyway, I would like to see some cover art for them on the playlists list, you can see how boring it is:http://i.imgur.co...

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I like Spotify, and I like alot of albums, and I like to listen to them separately, so for now I have 1 playlist for each album.   Anyway, I would like to see some cover art for them on the pl...

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Crashing every time without fail on iPhone, iPad and Windows Phone (desktop is fine)

DescriptionSpotify had been getting les stable and more buggy (e.g. fails to load cache or reloads playlists multiple times, taking ages) for months on iOs clients, but now freezes then crashes completely every time on iPad, iPhon and Windows Phone 8...

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Description Spotify had been getting les stable and more buggy (e.g. fails to load cache or reloads playlists multiple times, taking ages) for months on iOs clients, but now freezes then crashes com...

Taylor

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Some Songs Won't Sync

I can't seem to find my exact issue anywhere. I had this problem with my iPod Touch 4, and even after upgrading to iPod Touch 5 I'm having the same problem. Basically, some of the songs in my playlists that I have chosen to be available offline won't...

Roadie

I can't seem to find my exact issue anywhere. I had this problem with my iPod Touch 4, and even after upgrading to iPod Touch 5 I'm having the same problem.   Basically, some of the songs in m...

danmejia

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Starred radio bug

It seems that when I play my starred radio station on iOS it plays tracks related to old starred tracks and will not update based on my current starred playlist. Radio seems to work just fine on desktop. Is there a fix for this?

Casual Listener

It seems that when I play my starred radio station on iOS it plays tracks related to old starred tracks and will not update based on my current starred playlist. Radio seems to work just fine on desk...

LeoTM

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Does syncing through Spotify use more space/memory than it would if you used iTunes?

I'm running out of space on my Iphone since I have so much music and I want to know if syncing it through Itunes would be better for space.

Newbie

I'm running out of space on my Iphone since I have so much music and I want to know if syncing it through Itunes would be better for space.

Liam

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"Burning Bridges" by OneRepublic on Native album

Team, After about playing 40 seconds of the song "Burning Bridges" by OneRepublic from the latest release Native, I get a "Cannot Play Track" error on my iPhone 5 (iOS 6.1.3) with Spotify app 0.6.1.48. This happened initially with streaming, but I al...

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Team,   After about playing 40 seconds of the song "Burning Bridges" by OneRepublic from the latest release Native, I get a "Cannot Play Track" error on my iPhone 5 (iOS 6.1.3) with Spotify ap...

Taylor

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song bug
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