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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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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

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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...

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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...

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  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?

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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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iPad app crash on Search, repeats 3 times then work again on fourth.

Hey Spotify! I have the 3:rd gen iPad 3G 64GB running 5.1.1 and jailbroken, Spotify version 0.5.2.374.g2c5b1077 and also an iPad 2 3G 16GB, running 5.1.1 and jailbroken, same version of Spotify. I've uninstalled all music related tweaks, rebooted, re...

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Hey Spotify! I have the 3:rd gen iPad 3G 64GB running 5.1.1 and jailbroken, Spotify version 0.5.2.374.g2c5b1077 and also an iPad 2 3G 16GB, running 5.1.1 and jailbroken, same version of Spotify. I'v...

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sync iPhone without WiFi?

hello spotify-users, is there a possibility to sync my iPhone with Spotify without WiFi?! I mean I have only internet per cabel and portable internet stick!

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hello spotify-users, is there a possibility to sync my iPhone with Spotify without WiFi?! I mean I have only internet per cabel and portable internet stick!

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Restore local files

When I first got my spotify user a couple of weeks ago, I didn't understand much, and I managed to delete all the "local files".. Now I realize that it would be very nice to have them on spotify so I won't have to switch between itunes and spotify al...

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When I first got my spotify user a couple of weeks ago, I didn't understand much, and I managed to delete all the "local files".. Now I realize that it would be very nice to have them on spotify so I...

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iPad Sync

Hi, I installed the Spotify App on my iPad 3 and thought it was brilliant. So I created a playlist and downloaded a load of music (6Gb or so) for later use. After the 48 hour initial period expired I found I could no longer play any of the stuff I ha...

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Hi,   I installed the Spotify App on my iPad 3 and thought it was brilliant.  So I created a playlist and downloaded a load of music (6Gb or so) for later use.  After the 48 hour i...

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Spotify ruined my week

First spotify didnt back up 5 years (2081 tracks) of unreplacable songs and playlists. Now i have spent £50 pounds on music to load onto the iopd to try and replace some of the music. And it says its synced them on but my ipod wont play so try to con...

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First spotify didnt back up 5 years (2081 tracks) of unreplacable songs and playlists. Now i have spent £50 pounds on music to load onto the iopd to try and replace some of the music. And it say...

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can stream on Computer but not on iPad

hi, i tried to stream Gojira artist on my PC, it worked, but i cant stream it through my iPad

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hi, i tried to stream Gojira artist on my PC, it worked, but i cant stream it through my iPad

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48 hours to 30 days problems

Hi there My 48 hour trial finished yesterday so I registered my credit card details to get another 30 days free of the premium product on my iOS4 iTouch. Songs that were on my playlists originally have now disappeared and when I try and search for ar...

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Hi there   My 48 hour trial finished yesterday so I registered my credit card details to get another 30 days free of the premium product on my iOS4 iTouch. Songs that were on my playlists or...

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Spotify is sloooow

Hi For sometimes now Spotify is soooo slow at sometimes of the day (for exemple now at 11pm in Belgium) and have a Premium abo. Slow to play music (start the music some seconds then stop then continue, ... ) slow in the search when choising a playlis...

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Hi   For sometimes now Spotify is soooo slow at sometimes of the day (for exemple now at 11pm in Belgium) and have a Premium abo.   Slow to play music (start the music some seconds ...

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