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New and Improved Android Widget

Spotify is bringing a new update to the home screen widget on Android devices. This update will help you get more out of it than before. The new widget will make it simpler and faster to access your favourite content on Spotify. So what is changing?H...

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[COMPLETE GUIDE] How to fix most Android issues

Please read below for troubleshooting Spotify on your Android device. This guide contains fixes for most common issues as well as detail on how to create a new topic if you still are having problems. First thing to do before trying anything else is r...

Daniel
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Solved!! The version of Spotify I have has completely different features than another free user.

PlanFreeCountryUSADeviceAndroid PhonesMy Question or IssueMy dad and I both have spotify. I cannot pick songs to play and have to rely on shuffle. My dad can pick songs without issue, and probably doesn't even know that shuffle's an option. We both h...

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Volume loss then SPIKE using headphones, not good

I've read through the board posts and seen some similiar issues listed but no solutions that work for me yet. This issue just started in early January after almost a year of using Spotify on my phone with no problems. When listening with plug in head...

RunsWithMusic
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I've read through the board posts and seen some similiar issues listed but no solutions that work for me yet. This issue just started in early January after almost a year of using Spotify on my...
2014-01-31 1:57:38 PM
2014-01-31 2:06:24 PM
Joe
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Shuffle play button won't disapear

With the help of this awesome forum I was finally able to figure out how to play without shuffling my music lists. I am a premium user and unfortunately I have to dig into the album menu to find the repeat/shuffle toggle. The much more accessible pla...

LeeB
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With the help of this awesome forum I was finally able to figure out how to play without shuffling my music lists. I am a premium user and unfortunately I have to dig into the album menu to find the...
2014-01-30 2:02:05 PM
2014-01-31 6:42:34 AM
LeeB
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Shuffle play button premium

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Won't play through AUX car stereo

Cable is new.. Spotify is running fine.. also plays fine when I put headphones in. When I put it on through the AUX car stereo however, I get nothing.. and yes I have it on the AUX setting. Does android have a setting that prevents this, etc? Any hel...

cityst4rz
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Cable is new.. Spotify is running fine.. also plays fine when I put headphones in. When I put it on through the AUX car stereo however, I get nothing.. and yes I have it on the AUX setting...
2014-01-30 9:02:41 PM
2014-01-30 10:00:43 PM
Joe
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missing some music in playlist

Hey, i created a playlist at my pc. Than i synchronized it with my tablet. So long so got, everything is ok. But today i noticed that some songs are missing. The main menu shows me that there are 9 songs at my playlist but in real there are only 6. W...

bbuck
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Hey, i created a playlist at my pc. Than i synchronized it with my tablet. So long so got, everything is ok. But today i noticed that some songs are missing. The main menu shows me t...
2014-01-30 5:04:40 PM
2014-01-30 6:52:32 PM
Joe
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premium account not recognized on phone

Recently had a payment issue when changing cards from Target compromise. Finally stopped getting bugged about my payment encoutnering a bank account error on PC version. My phone still shows I have a fre verison though. Tried this thread http://commu...

twstein86
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Recently had a payment issue when changing cards from Target compromise. Finally stopped getting bugged about my payment encoutnering a bank account error on PC version. My phone still shows I have a...
2014-01-30 4:35:16 PM
2014-01-30 5:14:18 PM
Joe
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i cannot play my downloaded playlist

Hi all,Maybe this problem is common and there's already an answer to my question. However, I can't find the solution to my problem anywhere.So I have samsung galaxy s3. I downloaded my playlist so i can listen to it offline. Everythings works fine bu...

rfahmi
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Hi all, Maybe this problem is common and there's already an answer to my question. However, I can't find the solution to my problem anywhere. So I have samsung galaxy s3. I downloaded my playli...
2014-01-29 9:23:44 PM
2014-01-29 9:29:23 PM
Joe
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Solved!! I can't listening songs on spotify

I installed spotify on my android smartphone 2 days ago. When I have to search a song,the song is grey and I can't listen them. This happens only on my smartphone because I have also on my tablet and it works. How can i do?

MaruoWolf
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I installed spotify on my android smartphone 2 days ago. When I have to search a song,the song is grey and I can't listen them. This happens only on my smartphone because I have also on my tablet and...
2014-01-29 3:24:24 PM
2014-01-29 5:21:07 PM
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Solved!! Hi, got spotify on android and when I search I do not get suggestions for playlists. HELP!

Searching only shows artists, albums and a big list of songs. On iOS you do get a suggestion of playlists (which I happen to use a lot). Thanks

cclark-cl
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Searching only shows artists, albums and a big list of songs. On iOS you do get a suggestion of playlists (which I happen to use a lot). Thanks
2014-01-29 5:24:54 AM
2014-01-29 12:12:34 PM
Daniel
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Solved!! Wrong song title in lockscreen

Every so often, when I skip songs, the lockscreen controls "gets stuck" on the first song I was listening to. This happened after applying the 7.4 update. Please, take a look. Nexus 4 Android 4.4 (non root) Spotify version: 0.7.4 - 0.7.5

ollvid
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Every so often, when I skip songs, the lockscreen controls "gets stuck" on the first song I was listening to. This happened after applying the 7.4 update. Please, take a look. Nexus 4 ...
2014-01-28 7:43:41 AM
2014-01-28 4:51:33 PM
Daniel
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Bluetooth from Spotify on my Android LG G2 to Alpine UTE 72BT not working.

I have an Alpine UTE 72BT and have trouble playing audio over Bluetooth from Spotify on my Android LG G2. I have chosen media sound to be played via BT and I can see that the track is played in Spotify on the mobile but I'm not getting any audio in t...

109svensson
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I have an Alpine UTE 72BT and have trouble playing audio over Bluetooth from Spotify on my Android LG G2. I have chosen media sound to be played via BT and I can see that the track is played in Spoti...
2014-01-28 1:55:55 PM
2014-01-28 4:17:54 PM
Daniel
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High data traffic registered "in the background" even though not using Spotify

Hi! Today I discovered that 731 megabytes of data have been used in the background (whatever that supposed to mean) in one day. Since december 31 until today, the 7th of januari, I have consumed 758 mb of data. 26,80 mb listening and the rest have be...

beyondpete
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Hi! Today I discovered that 731 megabytes of data have been used in the background (whatever that supposed to mean) in one day. Since december 31 until today, the 7th of janu...
2014-01-07 9:25:14 PM
2014-01-28 3:55:32 PM
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Facebook Connect never works when I try to run the app.

I get the app installed just fine, but when I go to log in with my facbook credentials, I ALWAYS get that stupid "Web page not available" screen. My nets works just fine AND I am connected to my WiFi so there is no reason that this should happen ever...

AmyMarie
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I get the app installed just fine, but when I go to log in with my facbook credentials, I ALWAYS get that stupid "Web page not available" screen. My nets works just fine AND I am connected to m...
2014-01-27 8:14:55 PM
2014-01-27 9:07:43 PM
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Android 4.4 kitkat lockscreen hold pause to activate "seeking"

With kitkat Google Music now have "seeking" from lockscreen by holding down pause button, is this possible for spotify with update? Check out the link below. http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/11/05/kitkat-feature-spotlight-full-screen-album-and-movie...

extremex93
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With kitkat Google Music now have "seeking" from lockscreen by holding down pause button, is this possible for spotify with update? Check out the link below. http://www.androidpolice....
2014-01-25 4:13:27 PM
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Joe
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Solved!! External storage path problem

I have an Samsung S4 and 64gb sandisk on it. Although I dont know if SD card is damaged or not, I simply want to sync to local storage. But the problem is that there is no such option. I synced my playlists several times and suddenly it stops saying ...

bdemircan
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I have an Samsung S4 and 64gb sandisk on it. Although I dont know if SD card is damaged or not, I simply want to sync to local storage. But the problem is that there is no such option. I synced ...
2014-01-27 8:30:38 PM
2014-01-27 9:03:32 PM
Joe
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"Offline sync has failed as there is no space left on this device" Fresh out of the box Nexus 4.

Description Wont sync off line play, tells me there is no space even tho it is completely fresh just from the factory. A more detailed description, using numbered steps Open spotify, click download playlist downloads 3 songs and then tells me there i...

MrOrange
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Description Wont sync off line play, tells me there is no space even tho it is completely fresh just from the factory. A more detailed description, using numbered steps Open spotify, ...
2014-01-27 5:41:04 PM
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Transferring music from PC to Android without downloading

Hi. i have been using spotify premium on my Samsung Galaxy Note and have been loving it. my downloaded playlist has reached about 7GB. this 7GB of music is stored on both my PC and my Samsung Galaxy note. i however, just got a new Samsung Galaxy note...

JoshDubstep
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Hi. i have been using spotify premium on my Samsung Galaxy Note and have been loving it. my downloaded playlist has reached about 7GB. this 7GB of music is stored on both my PC and my Samsung...
2012-12-30 9:36:00 AM
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Joe
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Free music not on android?

Why do you say its Free to listen to music via the app. When it isn't... So your point is, buy an expensive **bleep**ty phone = get Free music. That a bad advertisement, noone wants to buy an iphone just for free music.

user-removed
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Why do you say its Free to listen to music via the app. When it isn't... So your point is, buy an expensive **bleep**ty phone = get Free music. That a bad advertisement, noone wants to buy an ip...
2014-01-23 6:12:05 PM
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Solved!! Play local mp3 on desktop computer in Spotify Free on Android device

Hi all, this is my first post. I've a big peoblem; I can't listen my mp3 on my android device with Spotify Free. I followed these steps to sync my local files: 1) I connected smartphone and computer to the same wireless network 2) Created a new playl...

A___R
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Hi all, this is my first post. I've a big peoblem; I can't listen my mp3 on my android device with Spotify Free. I followed these steps to sync my local files: 1) I connected smartpho...
2013-12-31 3:02:06 PM
2014-01-27 10:08:22 AM
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Solved!! Weird noise between songs and at the end of albums. (Verizon Galaxy Nexus)

This has been happening a lot to me lately, where between tracks or at the end of an album this really loud and rather weird noise (that I can best describe as something you might hear Michael Bay's Transformers make) happens for a solid 5 seconds. I...

spideralex90
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This has been happening a lot to me lately, where between tracks or at the end of an album this really loud and rather weird noise (that I can best describe as something you might hear Michael Bay's ...
2012-09-26 1:49:02 AM
2014-01-27 9:21:51 AM
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Annoying cracking noise on pause

Samsung GS3 stock 4.3. When equalizer is on there is a loud cracking noise every time i pause/skip track/stop. When equalizer is off there is no such problem. The problem is present with or without headphones.

ivannikolov83
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Samsung GS3 stock 4.3. When equalizer is on there is a loud cracking noise every time i pause/skip track/stop. When equalizer is off there is no such problem. The problem is present with or without...
2014-01-26 7:53:08 PM
2014-01-27 3:05:22 AM
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