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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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  • sapmi
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Mobile Problems

Hello, I am not sure where to put this. I have my Ipod Touch and now my Droid. I had Spotify on both, but I added Spotimote which needed a username and password. So now on both of these my files from my computer that were on Spotify are not on my dev...

  • Music Fan
  • Hello, I am not sure where to put this. I have my Ipod Touch and now my Droid. I had Spotify on both, but I added Spotimote which needed a username and password. So now on both of these my files...
  • Lindaa09
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One Playlist Only Not Syncing

I've made some changes to one playlist on my computer only this change isn't showing on my iPhone (3g). I made some changes to another playlist and that showed up fine but this one playlist remains the same whatever I try. Any ideas? I'm using it thr...

  • Newbie
  • I've made some changes to one playlist on my computer only this change isn't showing on my iPhone (3g).   I made some changes to another playlist and that showed up fine but this one playlis...
  • David
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same songs over and over....

Hello, i'm new to Spotify. I'm using the free version. I love the concept of thumbs up/thumbs down. However, it's getting to the point where I'm afraid to tell Spotify I like a song because Spotify then plays that song waaaay too much. I thought the ...

  • Newbie
  • Hello, i'm new to Spotify.  I'm using the free version.  I love the concept of thumbs up/thumbs down. However, it's getting to the point where I'm afraid to tell Spotify I like a song bec...
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Bug: Can't swipe on search results (iPhone App)

Hi...I'm going to add this as a bug as I'm pretty sure it is not the intended behaviour. When on the iPhone app, after performing a search (be it inside a playlist or the general search) there is no way to swipe on a track and perform the secondary a...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi...I'm going to add this as a bug as I'm pretty sure it is not the intended behaviour.   When on the iPhone app, after performing a search (be it inside a playlist or the general search) t...
  • Bengan
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5 questions about the iPhone Spotify app

Hello, I am an MA student in Technical Communication at Portsmouth University, UK and I am designing the Help for Spotify's iPhone app as part of my dissertation. To find out which Spotify features are not clear enough and need documenting, I have ad...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello,    I am an MA student in Technical Communication at Portsmouth University, UK and I am designing the Help for Spotify's iPhone app as part of my dissertation.    To...
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Search function stopped working

My search function was working just fine, then stopped. When I enter a track, album, or artist and hit the Search button on my iPhone 4s, I just get the message that I "can enter tracks, albums or artists in the search field" instead of it pulling up...

  • Newbie
  • My search function was working just fine, then stopped.  When I enter a track, album, or artist and hit the Search button on my iPhone 4s, I just get the message that I "can enter tracks, albums...
  • JCompton
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Offiline Sync'ed Tracks Pause on iPhone When Network Drops

When on the train listening to offline Sync'ed tracks and the iPhone goes into an area of non-mobile coverage the Track briefly pauses when the network coverage is lost and again when it comes back, it is very annoying! What is more annoying is this ...

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  • When on the train listening to offline Sync'ed tracks and the iPhone goes into an area of non-mobile coverage the Track briefly pauses when the network coverage is lost and again when it comes back, ...
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Why is there nothing in mobile version?

I do not understand why there is a charge for use in mobile devices?On the free desktop app it will show the radio and the shared music... but this can't be used in the mobile version?

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  • I do not understand why there is a charge for use in mobile devices? On the free desktop app it will show the radio and the shared music... but this can't be used in the mobile version?
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Lost files on spotify

I had a bunch of songs disappear from my playlist so I went to re-download them and it is telling me to start a radio on the artist is there a way to fix this!? I really want to listen to my music as soon as possible

  • Newbie
  • I had a bunch of songs disappear from my playlist so I went to re-download them and it is telling me to start a radio on the artist is there a way to fix this!? I really want to listen to my music as...
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Solved!! Certain album crashes Spotify

When trying to open album "Meiltä puuttuu kaikki" by "Kemmuru", Spotify crashes. Latest iOS (5.1.1), iPhone 4. Reinstalling Spotify does not solve the issue. Something weird with the album data too, because the afore mentioned album cannot be found i...

  • Casual Listener
  • When trying to open album "Meiltä puuttuu kaikki" by "Kemmuru", Spotify crashes. Latest iOS (5.1.1), iPhone 4. Reinstalling Spotify does not solve the issue. Something weird with the album data too, ...
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5 questions about the Spotify app/ Win a Premium account

Hello, I am an MA student in Technical Communication at Portsmouth University, UK and I am designing the Help for Spotify's mobile app as part of my dissertation. To find out which Spotify features are not clear enough and need documenting, I have ad...

  • Casual Listener
  •   Hello,    I am an MA student in Technical Communication at Portsmouth University, UK and I am designing the Help for Spotify's mobile app as part of my dissertati...
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What is the purpose for "offline sync"

I do not understand it! Recently I get on an airplane without Wifi and I follow their instructions to switch off the phone during take off. What I do is put the phone into airplane mode and then shut it off so that when I turn it back on there isn't ...

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  • I do not understand it! Recently I get on an airplane without Wifi and I follow their instructions to switch off the phone during take off. What I do is put the phone into airplane mode and then shut...
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Problem solving for freshly downloaded spotify app (if you use facebook)

Hi, I want to post this so as to hopefully save some people some troubles when first downloading spotify for ios. For the most part, once spotify is downloaded and running properly on my ipod, it seems to work pretty well. However, I have for various...

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  • Hi, I want to post this so as to hopefully save some people some troubles when first downloading spotify for ios.  For the most part, once spotify is downloaded and running properly on my ipod, ...
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Listening offline on iphone

Hi, Very new to this and a bit crap on PCs. Have got Premium but no idea how to listen to offline tunes on my phone?

  • Newbie
  • Hi,   Very new to this and a bit crap on PCs. Have got Premium but no idea how to listen to offline tunes on my phone?  
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iPad 2 Battery Drained Plugged In

i have my ipad2 hooked up to speakers playing spotify in the office as it's plugged into the wall. by mid day the ipad dies. i'm not running any other apps in background, location service is off, notifications are off, only things running are spotify...

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  • i have my ipad2 hooked up to speakers playing spotify in the office as it's plugged into the wall. by mid day the ipad dies. i'm not running any other apps in background, location service is off, not...
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Solved!! App doesn't recognize my Premium account on my iPhone

Since the last update my Spotify App on my iPhone doesn't recognize my Premium account anymore. On my Mac it still says I have a Premium account. I can log in on the app, search music, but when I press a song, I get a new screen that says it's Premiu...

  • Casual Listener
  • Since the last update my Spotify App on my iPhone doesn't recognize my Premium account anymore. On my Mac it still says I have a Premium account.   I can log in on the app, search music, but w...
  • David
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Spotify on Iphone does not work anymore.

hi there when I try to play a song on spotify it does not work anymore. I think that the point is that Itunes is still on. For example when I listen to the music with headphones on spotify, I push the botton on the headphones cable and the song on It...

  • Casual Listener
  • hi there when I try to play a song on spotify it does not work anymore. I think that the point is that Itunes is still on. For example when I listen to the music with headphones on spotify, I push th...
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Block playlist with inappropriate title

There is a playlist appearing in the "top playlists near you" section on the front page of the iPad app with a title that is not suitable for my children to see - "Sh*t that gets me pumped". There doesn't seem to be an easy way to block or hide this ...

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  • There is a playlist appearing in the "top playlists near you" section on the front page of the iPad app with a title that is not suitable for my children to see - "Sh*t that gets me pumped".  ...
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Playback Error

The title track from Coheed and Cambria's album, In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3, is giving me an error right before the opening riff comes back at the end of the song. Is it just me or is this something Spotify needs to fix? For anyone familia...

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  • The title track from Coheed and Cambria's album, In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3, is giving me an error right before the opening riff comes back at the end of the song. Is it just me or is this...
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Spotify app won't install on my iPhone 1 running iOS 3.1.3

Hi, I restored my iPhone 1, the 2G version, with iOS 3.1.3. Now I cannot install the Spotify App. I select it in iTunes, hit sync and then the tick box disappears and the App is not installed. I have also tried the App Store on the iPhone but here th...

  • Newbie
  • Hi,   I restored my iPhone 1, the 2G version, with iOS 3.1.3. Now I cannot install the Spotify App. I select it in iTunes, hit sync and then the tick box disappears and the App is not instal...
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