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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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No searching playlists in search in the latest iPad app!

Just updated the app on my iPad, and can't search for playlists anymore.It only shows results for artist, album and track.Did the developers remove this or is it just a big mistake?!

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  • Just updated the app on my iPad, and can't search for playlists anymore. It only shows results for artist, album and track. Did the developers remove this or is it just a big mistake?!
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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?
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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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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.

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  • 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. 
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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.

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  • 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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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 ...

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  • 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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cant play my premium account on my iphone after ios update

So ive been paying for premium ($9.99) for the past 6 months and now once i updated my iphone to the latest IOS it says that "only premium users can stream ondemand, radio is always free" i have not loged out of spotify or changed anything and my ban...

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  • So ive been paying for premium ($9.99) for the past 6 months and now once i updated my iphone to the latest IOS it says that "only premium users can stream ondemand, radio is always free" i have not ...
  • Taylor
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music quality overruled when streaming a synced playlist

Dear Spotify-users, Does the music sound better if you stream music in high quality on your playlists which you have synced in lower quality in other words: I want to find out if my quality is overruled when streaming music you have synced on your ip...

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  • Dear Spotify-users,   Does the music sound better if you stream music in high quality on your playlists which you have synced in lower quality   in other words:   I want to find ...
  • Taylor
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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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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!
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Doesnt sync all the songs

I've synced my playlists to offline mode and there is a playlist where i have around 1539 songs and I have no local files and everytime i try to sync it will only sync to 1459 songs, so it's around 100 songs missing! Is there any limit of how many so...

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  • I've synced my playlists to offline mode and there is a playlist where i have around 1539 songs and I have no local files and everytime i try to sync it will only sync to 1459 songs, so it's around 1...
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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.

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  • 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.
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Premium account

Upgrade is not being activated. Please help

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  • Upgrade is not being activated. Please help
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Spotify Premium

I purchased Spotify Premium, but it isn't working on my laptop or my iPhone and it is saying I have an unlimited account.

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  • I purchased Spotify Premium, but it isn't working on my laptop or my iPhone and it is saying I have an unlimited account.
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Search songs and after...

Is there any way to after you've been searching for a song in general, when the song is done that you've choosed from the searching results that you can click a button or automatically start the latest playlist you listened before you searched for th...

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  • Is there any way to after you've been searching for a song in general, when the song is done that you've choosed from the searching results that you can click a button or automatically start the late...
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Sort on "added on"

I bought Spotiy Premium and got prett dissapointed that I cannot sort my songs in playlists on "last added on" as I can do in Spotify in the computer but in the mobileversion not! I have over 2000 songs and I wanna be able to see my latest added song...

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  • I bought Spotiy Premium and got prett dissapointed that I cannot sort my songs in playlists on "last added on" as I can do in Spotify in the computer but in the mobileversion not! I have over 2000 so...
  • Peter__
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Playlist not syncing for offline use

I have never had a problem and for the last week i cant get playlist to synch on my iphone or mini ipadI rely on this feature heavily and need to workMany people have had the same issue but i dont see a solution. Help!!!!

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  • I have never had a problem and for the last week i cant get playlist to synch on my iphone or mini ipad I rely on this feature heavily and need to work Many people have had the same issue but i don...
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Same issue

Had been using the free version and just purchased premium... Works on my computer but not my phone. Order ID: 175734337017

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  • Had been using the free version and just purchased premium... Works on my computer but not my phone. Order ID: 175734337017
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Spotify Premium 30-day free trial is not working

Dear Spotify Community Mediator: I subscribed a free 30 day premium trial version with Spotify.I can't use the premium service from My Ipad. Every time, I click on a song, it asks me to use radio station. 1. Could you check if my premium account has ...

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  • Dear Spotify Community Mediator:       I subscribed a free 30 day premium trial version with Spotify. I can't use the premium service from My Ipad. Every time, I click on a ...
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