Spotify is great as long as you don’t hit a bump with some sync problem. Oh, there’s the issue of your premium account not getting activated (or recognized in mobile), but that’s often just a server glitch.
If local files from your Mac or PC don’t get synced with Spotify and instead, Spotify shows you ‘similar’ tracks that you can download instead, that’s going to be one big headache. This usually happens when you have music tracks with metadata that’s way too similar to the ones Spotify has on its server.
Why does this happen? The issue crops up mostly when you’ve got fan-versions of a popular song, or remixes and other modifications that leave pretty much of the metadata intact. This makes Spotify think that you’re trying to upload a song that’s already up there and so, it prevents sync and offers to let you grab the cloud versions.
I have the same problem with my 'liked songs' playlist. It's been 2 days I think when I noticed that my spotify is stuck to 'waiting to download'. I tried connecting to a different wifi, reinstalled the app or even redownloaded the songs on my phone/laptop but unfortunately none of them worked.
Too bad, eh. But there’s a quick fix.
This is what you should try if Spotify not syncing Local Files to iPhone:
(make sure you use the same account on Spotify for your Mac/PC as well as for your iPhone)
Step 1. First, connect both your PC/Mac and your iPhone to the same Wi-Fi network.
Step 2. Now, open iTunes on your PC/Mac and you should find your iDevice listed under the Devices tab on the sidebar.
Step 3. Create a new playlist from your system (on the device) and place one of the local files into this.
Step 4. Open Spotify on your iPhone and then select the newly created playlist.
Step 5. Enable “Available Offline.”
Step 6. You’ll now see a progress icon right beneath the song you’ve got on the playlist. This will get the song from the cloud to your Spotify app.
Step 7. That’s about it.
When you add more songs to this playlist, they get synced. Make sure you don’t turn off the offline sync feature.
Note that there’s a limit to the number of offline songs you can have on your device (each).
That’s all folks!
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Tweaked Spotify ++
Do you want to listen to you favorite music without being interrupted by ads? Well this Cydia tweaked Spotify ++ app has you covered!
1. First of all you’re going to tap the Spotify icon above to install the app.
2. Furthermore, back out of Safari and wait for the app to install.
Note: Now if it doesn’t install you can try it again, or it may be due to the app being revoked by Apple. While it’s installing if it’s taking to long, or seems like it’s not just wait.
3. We’re almost done once it’s installed you’ll also need to go into Settings > General > Device Management and trust the certificate.
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4. Once you trust the certificate launch the application.
5. Finally, enjoy!
Features
Unlimited Skips so theres no limit to how many tracks you can skip.
Extreme Quality Sound Stream Unlocked so you can listen in the best sound quality.
No Ads therefore you can skip as many tracks as you want.
30 million tracks for you.
No Apple ID required.
No jailbreak required so this will work on any iOS device.
Track scrubbing is unlimited.
Official Spotify features are included with it.
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Note: you need to configure these options in the settings.