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The subject says it all. Recently updated phone to iOS 8.1, noticed this problem today. Spotify will stop playing the track as soon as I leave the app (regardless of how I leave it), and refuses to play unless I'm in the application.
Looked through the forums... seems like some people had this problem a while ago, but nothing super recent. Thoughts beyond uninstalling/reinstalling? Really don't want to have to wait for all of my music to redownload to be stored locally if possible.
Thanks in advance for any assistance!
This has started happening to a lot of people I know who use Spotify. There doesn't appear to be a fix, either, because like everyone has said - closing the app, closing other apps, or force quitting things doesn't work. It doesn't even help to reboot the device. It does seem to be something exclusive to iPhone, though, so hopefully Spotify fixes this before they lose more users.
Any update on this? It's a little ridiculous to think all other apps have to be closed in order for Spotify to run. And even still when I have closed all other apps, it still pauses when I lock the phone. I also tried uninstalling and reinstalling. Same problem continues. Waiting for an update or something but it looks like this has been an ongoing problem for years. Does anyone have a definite answer?
This worked for me. Another app was trying to play a video so Spotify only played audio once the app was open. Closing other apps worked.
Thanks!
Wow this is super late but for all others coming to this to check for answers just double click the home button and delete the app page not the app and then open it up again. That’s how I fixed it.
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