Spotify Hacked, Dogfood APK, no random, etc: Premium Free!

There are several ways to get some Spotify Premium for free on both Android and PC. We tell you about some of the APKs that circulate on the web and their disadvantage, as well as tricks to avoid advertising and limiting jumps between songs.

To take advantage of the Spotify Premium experience without paying a single penny, it is best to use a PC. There are no limitations that exist in a cell phone, such as forced random reproduction or advertising between tracks.

For Android there are Spotify APK files (created by third parties) that certainly offer premium features totally free (with the exception of downloading songs). However, you must be careful. You not only expose yourself to being infected with viruses. Your Spotify account can be banned or deleted temporarily or permanently.

Use Spotify from your PC

Download the Spotify client for PC or log in to the browser and use the online player open.spotify.com. In addition to being legal, you can play any track without being forced to listen in random mode, which is the problem on mobile phones. What you will have to tolerate is the advertising between songs, the banners and you will not be able to download the music.

If you open this web version open.spotify.com In the Android browser, activate desktop mode (from the browser menu). This will allow you to listen to the demo of any song (30 seconds). Although with its limitation, it is another way to avoid the forced random mode of the mobile app.

Spotify Premium APK

Spotify DogFood

The only way to get Spotify Premium for free on an Android phone is to install a pirated APK like this one. It is a modified version of the original Spotify APK, but it allows you to play any song, without being forced to listen in random mode. You will also not hear advertising between song and song.

This Spotify APK is supposed to be reliable and safe, because the modification made is “open source”. However, due to a claim from Spotify, the APK, code and variants were removed from Github and even from XDA-Developers. The creator’s website is also not available anymore. The only thing found on the web are files re-uploaded from version 8.4.

Spotify Lucas Picchi

Another modified APK (Android 4.0+) from Argentine developer Lucas Picchi, which removes the random playback restriction and the limit to change songs. However, nothing is mentioned about the announcements between songs.

Important notes about these “hacked” APKs

• To prevent the installation from being rejected by the device due to the signature conflict, it is necessary to first uninstall the original Spotify application (if installed). In addition, in the device settings it is necessary to activate the “Installation from unknown sources”, something necessary when installing these APK files.
• To log in with Facebook, you must first uninstall or temporarily disable this social application (if it is installed). Once you log in (via the web), you can reinstall or reactivate Facebook. This is because the login through the Facebook application does NOT work. User login and password works normally, however.
• Unlike the Xposed TabletMetrics module (which did something similar), both of the above mentioned apps work without root.
• Neither these nor any other APK offers the possibility of downloading songs to listen to offline.
• BEWARE OF THESE APK: Spotify had already been warning about the use of these APKs, something that could culminate in the cancellation of accounts. As of March 1, its terms and conditions will change and they will be directed towards that end. It will give them the authority to terminate without notice the account of users who “circumvent or block advertisements on the Spotify Service, create or distribute tools designed to block advertisements on the Spotify Service.”

Ad-Free Spotify (Advanced)

A reddit, a couple of users have shown a way to have Spotify without audio ads, free on Android, without installing an APK like the previous ones. The method is somewhat technical, but apparently functional.

It is about blocking the URL from which Spotify ads are transmitted to the Android application. This is done by modifying the “hosts” file of the Android system, with a file explorer with root support. This file is in the mobile storage, directory / system / etc /. In that hosts file you must Add the next:

127.0.0.1 spclient.wg.spotify.com

You have to save the file and restart the device.

Without root, the apparent alternative to blocking Spotify ad urls is to use the app DNS66. If the cell phone is Samsung, it seems that the same could also be achieved with the application AdHell.

WATCH OUT: These methods of blocking Spotify ads may also be illegal if we consider the company’s new terms and services mentioned above. Therefore, it is likely that you will expose yourself to a lock or closure of your account if you implement them. Proceed at your own risk.

Subscribe to Spotify

Spotify is a service that allows you to listen to music online from a huge catalog of artists from around the world. Premium users can download the music to their devices to listen offline, as well as listen to the high quality audio at 320kbps. These are two things that no APK or hack offers. The cost of the service varies from country to country. If you are a student or if you form a group with your friends or family, you can subscribe for a significantly lower cost. Keep in mind that you are not only paying for good service, but also that you are recognizing the work of your favorite artists. You can subscribe in spotify.com/premium. They offer you 30 days free.

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