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Solved!! Spotify randomly stops music

Hi! So I just recently started having this problem. I use an iOS device with a free plan and I was listening to music when after a few songs, the music would stop and I would need to go back in to Spotify and restart my playlist. I tried deleting the...

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Solved!! Audio Glitching / Stuttering / Popping

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDevice(iPhone 13 Pro Max)Operating System(iOS 18.1.1) My Question or IssueI have a strange issue with my Spotify where it skips when connected via Bluetooth and my iPhone. The audio will glitch and stutter. It becomes e...

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iOS Troubleshooting Guide

We've gathered general troubleshooting steps for iOS devices in this guide. These are known to solve a variety of issues. Common issues: Spotify not playing Can’t hear any sound Spotify is offline Basic troubleshooting: Restart both the Spotify app a...

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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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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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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 ...

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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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Spotify is not working on my iphone - Stopping songs in the middle, not playing them at all

Hi, I've been having trouble with Spotify all week, I have premium. First, I can get into Spotify, everything looks fine, but then it would stop a song in the middle of it for no reason. Pretty oddly, in one song, it would always happen at the 1:32 m...

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Hi,   I've been having trouble with Spotify all week, I have premium.   First, I can get into Spotify, everything looks fine, but then it would stop a song in the middle of it for n...

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Purchased itunes song wont show on playlist on Spotify

I just signed up for Spotify, so this might be a "newbie" issue. I can see everything from iTunes on Spotify. I purchased one song from iTunes, moved it to a play list in iTunes. When I look on Spotify, it shows nothing in that playlist (the iTunes p...

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I just signed up for Spotify, so this might be a "newbie" issue.  I can see everything from iTunes on Spotify.  I purchased one song from iTunes, moved it to a play list in iTunes.  Wh...

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When I open up Spotify on my iPhone a notice comes up "Track only available online" When I click OK it keeps coming up over and over so I cannot get it to go away. What can I do? This even happens when I am at home and lsupported by WiFi.

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When  I open up Spotify on my iPhone a notice comes up "Track only available online" When I click OK it keeps coming up over and over so I cannot get it to go away. What can I do? This even happ...

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Phone not showing up in device

I am trying to sync my music to my iphone. I've followed the instructions (same account, same wifi network, etc.) and my phone is not appearing. I've tried with two different computers in two different locations. Please advise.

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I am trying to sync my music to my iphone.  I've followed the instructions (same account, same wifi network, etc.) and my phone is not appearing.  I've tried with two different computers in...

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Spotify mobile wont play tracks

Ok so I had to restore my ipod and when it did it messed up my mobile spotify library locally. I have been listening to these tracks that are local on my ipod for a while now. However now they are greyed out and tells me to sync. I can listen to them...

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Ok so I had to restore my ipod and when it did it messed up my mobile spotify library locally. I have been listening to these tracks that are local on my ipod for a while now. However now they are gr...

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I can't get premium on my iPhone

I've had a premium account for my laptop for several months. I just got an iphone4s and downloaded the spotify app. I logged in using my Facebook account, just like on my laptop. It says I'm logged in but won't let me do anything but stream radio. It...

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I've had a premium account for my laptop for several months. I just got an iphone4s and downloaded the spotify app. I logged in using my Facebook account, just like on my laptop. It says I'm logged i...

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Auto update playlist, where did original songs go?

I'm am following a Playlist (3FM) which is automatically updated every week. I've synced the playlist to play it in offline mode. I wonder, where do the songs go which were in the playlist the week before the update? I found out that the songs still ...

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I'm am following a Playlist (3FM) which is automatically updated every week. I've synced the playlist to play it in offline mode. I wonder, where do the songs go which were in the playlist ...

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Spotify Radio not starting on iPhone

I have a daily issue when using Spotify artist radio on my iPhone (latest iOS version). Typical use case is as follows: - Spotify app is closed but inactive for a few hours (i.e. I see it if I double click on the home button) - When I reopen the app,...

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I have a daily issue when using Spotify artist radio on my iPhone (latest iOS version). Typical use case is as follows:   - Spotify app is closed but inactive for a few hours (i.e. I see it ...

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Playlist won't sync offline

I used Spotify on my iPhone while I was overseas on wi-fi and I noticed that the new songs I added to my playlists marked as "available offline" weren't syncing. I thought it was just the slow connection so I turned off the offline mode before turnin...

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I used Spotify on my iPhone while I was overseas on wi-fi and I noticed that the new songs I added to my playlists marked as "available offline" weren't syncing. I thought it was just the slow connec...

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Playlists won't download completely to iPad or iPhone, many errors...

I'm new to spotify, I received a premium subscription as a Christmas gift and have since been having nothing but trouble with it. The only thing I'm really having issues with is downloading playlists to listen to offline; sometimes it works, most of ...

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I'm new to spotify, I received a premium subscription as a Christmas gift and have since been having nothing but trouble with it. The only thing I'm really having issues with is downloading playlists...

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Phonecall quality suffers while Spotify is launched?

Hey Guys... ... I´d n phonecall yesterday. So caller pleased my to come closer to mic ´cause of the bad quality of transmissen. I just tryed without any reason and closed spotify (without telling). Then the caller told me, that the quality of transmi...

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Hey Guys...   ... I´d n phonecall yesterday. So caller pleased my to come closer to mic ´cause of the bad quality of transmissen. I just tryed without any reason and closed spotify (without ...

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No response to Play button on ipad

Spotify works well on my desktop and my ipad works well. For 6 months I have had Spotify on my ipad and normally it works. But sometimes when I 've pressed the play button on Spotify on the ipad nothing happens, either online or offline, as if it wer...

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Spotify works well on my desktop and my ipad works well. For 6 months I have had Spotify on my ipad and normally it works. But sometimes when I 've pressed the play button on Spotify on the ipad noth...

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First working - then finaly starts makin more n more probs

Hey Guys... ... at first I really thought, okay... business as usual... there allways lots of guys who arn´t able to use thinks correctly, ´cause on the first week my spotify worked really fine. But right now it start more n more makin the same troub...

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Hey Guys...   ... at first I really thought, okay... business as usual... there allways lots of guys who arn´t able to use thinks correctly, ´cause on the first week my spotify worked really...

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my account lost all my playlists.

I signed up for spotify premium from the free account. It wasn't letting me stream from my iphone, so i disconnected and reconnected my facebook social link to spotify. When I signed back on, all my playlists were gone and it started me back with not...

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I signed up for spotify premium from the free account. It wasn't letting me stream from my iphone, so i disconnected and reconnected my facebook social link to spotify. When I signed back on, all...

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Syncing Starred playlists for Offline use

Very confused at the moment. I have a starred playlist of only 9 tracks (brand new Premium user). it says 0 of 9 tracks synced. I have everything in the list selected for "available offline" but for some reason, none of it will sync. Anyone know how ...

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Very confused at the moment. I have a starred playlist of only 9 tracks (brand new Premium user). it says 0 of 9 tracks synced. I have everything in the list selected for "available offline" but for ...

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Spotify premium

I have just purchased premium spotify but can't get it. It was already deducted from my account. Can you help me?

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I have just purchased premium spotify but can't get it. It was already deducted from my account. Can you help me?

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Help! Songs now showing up on mobile/phone wont offline sync

Hi, so I am currently encountering too issues. Firstly is that I can't get the tracks in my playlists that came from my itunes library to sync into my phone. Both the phone and computer are on the same wifi and they're both switched so that the green...

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Hi, so I am currently encountering too issues.  Firstly is that I can't get the tracks in my playlists that came from my itunes library to sync into my phone. Both the phone and computer are o...

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Is there any way to use Spotify w/ FordSync?

I jsut got a new Ford Explorer, and I'm absolutely at a loss as to how to get Spotify to connect to it over the bluetooth. I connected my iPhone to it, but the car won't detect media on the phone! Any help would be appreciated.

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I jsut got a new Ford Explorer, and I'm absolutely at a loss as to how to get Spotify to connect to it over the bluetooth. I connected my iPhone to it, but the car won't detect media on the phone! ...

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Re-Ordering of tracks. iPhone App. (Second Attempt)

Please address this issue.I understand your development team have, in error, removed this feature. Please restore and extend to us (your clients) a timescale for completion. Please confirm by return and leave this topic "Open" until it is in fact res...

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Please address this issue. I understand your development team have, in error, removed this feature. Please restore and extend to us (your clients) a timescale for completion. Please confir...

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