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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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Spotify don't update info on lockscreen!

Turn on some music, lock the phone, and keep listening. The first song will continue to be in the lockscreen even thou other songs is played!Using the latest version on my iPhone 5 with iOS 6.0.2...

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Turn on some music, lock the phone, and keep listening. The first song will continue to be in the lockscreen even thou other songs is played! Using the latest version on my iPhone 5 with iOS 6.0.2...

Nnelg

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Spotify working on 3G/LTE but not wifi

Weird problem. Been using Spotify mostly with no issues for a year. yesterday it wouldn't stream properly on wifi...would play for ten seconds, stop for a minute, start again. searching was super slow. this lasted about two hours..then resolved. thou...

Roadie

Weird problem. Been using Spotify mostly with no issues for a year. yesterday it wouldn't stream properly on wifi...would play for ten seconds, stop for a minute, start again. searching was super slo...

richknz

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Premium account

I bought spotify a month ago and now it's saying I'm not a premium user and I can only stream the radio. I pay for this a month so I want my spotify. What's going on?

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I bought spotify a month ago and now it's saying I'm not a premium user and I can only stream the radio. I pay for this a month so I want my spotify. What's going on?

Peter__

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View Playlists at Album Level

I am on my 30 day free trial (currently paying MOG). I am very impressed with the scope of catalog and the quality of the Radio function. The only thing possibly preventing me from making the switch at the end of the trial is that there is no way to ...

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I am on my 30 day free trial (currently paying MOG).  I am very impressed with the scope of catalog and the quality of the Radio function.  The only thing possibly preventing me from making...

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being charged $10/month for premium and unable to use it on my phone.

I subsribed for spotify premium just to be able to use it on my phone. since i am unable to use it on my phone for the past few months, i thought i wasnt being charged for it, but i am. Can you help me either log in to my iphone with the spotify prem...

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I subsribed for spotify premium just to be able to use it on my phone. since i am unable to use it on my phone for the past few months, i thought i wasnt being charged for it, but i am. Can you help ...

Peter__

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Playlist sync issues

I am trying to add playlists I have created on my computer to my iPhone, but the playlists will not show up on my computer or even the playlists listed under the device tab on the computer app. Anyone know how to fix this issue?

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I am trying to add playlists I have created on my computer to my iPhone, but the playlists will not show up on my computer or even the playlists listed under the device tab on the computer app. Anyon...

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Transfer Spotify musiic to ITunes

I love Spotify and most of my music is on it and my library is getting larger. I also have ITunes and Mobile Apps that use ITunes for the background music (Runkeeper and Couchto5K). Since my ITunes library is smaller, I would like to transfer my Spot...

Newbie

I love Spotify and most of my music is on it and my library is getting larger.  I also have ITunes and Mobile Apps that use ITunes for the background music (Runkeeper and Couchto5K).  Since...

Peter__

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Solved!! Sync problems with Premium account.

Hello! For some reason my playlists does not sync to my iPhone even though I have a Premium account. It only syncs my local files. Can someone please tell me whats wrong? It says that it is syncing until all my local files are synced and then it goes...

Newbie

Hello! For some reason my playlists does not sync to my iPhone even though I have a Premium account. It only syncs my local files. Can someone please tell me whats wrong? It says that it is synci...

Vexual

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Cannot sync even single song to offline from Spotify to iPhone

Hi I have seen many posts about syncing but hope someone can help. New premium account and I have setup a playlists as a test but when I try and make any track offline it does nothing. When I check in each playlist all I have is 0 of 1 track synced. ...

Newbie

Hi   I have seen many posts about syncing but hope someone can help.   New premium account and I have setup a playlists as a test but when I try and make any track offline it does n...

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What is this icon?

Ok after much searching I can't seem to find the answer to this. When you go to a track and you swipe it, it shows a variety of options you can do. The first one is where you star the track, but the second one shows a few rectangles on top of each ot...

Newbie

Ok after much searching I can't seem to find the answer to this.   When you go to a track and you swipe it, it shows a variety of options you can do. The first one is where you star the trac...

Sweetmo

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Playlists not syncing

Hi, I have a premium account and today for some reason the sync to 'available offline' has stopped working on all my devices (iPhone, Ipad and I have just also tried my laptop - this said 'There was a problem with the Spotify server' but didn't give ...

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Hi,   I have a premium account and today for some reason the sync to 'available offline' has stopped working on all my devices (iPhone, Ipad and I have just also tried my laptop - this said ...

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Radio not working over 4G/LTE...Fine when connected to wifi.

Weird bug in the Spotify app for iOS. The radio feature doesn't work at all when connected to 4G, but it'll appear when connected to wifi. This problem has been going on for the past couple months. I had been waiting for an update to address this iss...

Newbie

Weird bug in the Spotify app for iOS. The radio feature doesn't work at all when connected to 4G, but it'll appear when connected to wifi. This problem has been going on for the past couple mont...

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Purchased premium (not unlimited) and iPad won't recognize but iPhone will. Help?

Just purchased premium on an existing account. I double checked the receipt to make sure I didn't accidentally purchase unlimited. Definitely premium. I can access premium services on my iPhone, but not on my iPad. I uninstalled and reinstalled spoti...

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Just purchased premium on an existing account. I double checked the receipt to make sure I didn't accidentally purchase unlimited. Definitely premium. I can access premium services on my iPhone, but ...

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playlist won't play while online with ipod 5

I just got the ipod 5th gen and spotify app. I WAS able to listen to my playlist in the car but now I am not! It says I must be a premium menber. BUT I am currently at home, wifi is on and I still can't olay playlist??? Please help!!

Newbie

I just got the ipod 5th gen and spotify app. I WAS able to listen to my playlist in the car but now I am not! It says I must be a premium menber. BUT I am currently at home, wifi is on and I sti...

Peter__

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too many playlists

Hi Just bought a sonos system and added spotify to my iphone Now I have more playlists on my Iphone then on my Spotify account and I can not find a way to delete then can somebody explain what to do? Thanks

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Hi Just bought a sonos system and added spotify to my iphone Now I have more playlists on my Iphone then on my Spotify account and I can not find a way to delete then can somebody explain what ...

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Listen to spotify while using other apps?

Spotify works fine for me, with one little exception. Does somebody know a possibility to keep on listening to spotify while e.g. playing a game? Spotify stops playing music, even if i don't want it to, when I chnage to some other apps. Anny ideas? T...

Newbie

Spotify works fine for me, with one little exception. Does somebody know a possibility to keep on listening to spotify while e.g. playing a game? Spotify stops playing music, even if i don't want it ...

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Track Unavailable on Mobile WITH Premium

I recently paid for spotify for my iPhone 4S and am already furious because multiple songs that I was able to listen to FOR FREE on my laptop show as unavailable tracks on the mobile app despite logging on logging off uninstalling reinstalling changi...

Casual Listener

I recently paid for spotify for my iPhone 4S and am already furious because multiple songs that I was able to listen to FOR FREE on my laptop show as unavailable tracks on the mobile app despite logg...

Loveroftpast

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Solved!! ipod gets stuck

I need one of you knuckle heads from spotify to fix my ipod problems with your service. I was able to listen to streaming perfectly for a while. Now after one song on my ipod, it stops streaming. hmmm. works on my laptop and everywhere else probably ...

Casual Listener

I need one of you knuckle heads from spotify to fix my ipod problems with your service. I was able to listen to streaming perfectly for a while. Now after one song on my ipod, it stops streaming. hmm...

aarone

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Can't skip to next song

Quite often when I'm using Spotify on my iPhone 5 the buttons för skipping to nxt/previous track turn gray and unusable. Can't use the controls on the lock screen or my headphones neither. I like spotify a lot but feel really crappy to pay for music ...

Newbie

Quite often when I'm using Spotify on my iPhone 5 the buttons för skipping to nxt/previous track turn gray and unusable. Can't use the controls on the lock screen or my headphones neither.   ...

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