Spotify Bricked My WiiM AMPs

[Wiimer]

Ahh OK. I guess that's worth a shot. My only concern with that is in the Spotify forums people had mentioned that they had Google Cast Enabled on their AMP and they had to do a factory reset just to get it disabled again. I guess a factory reset isn't really much of a hassle but still.

As @slartibartfast mentioned, after enabling Google Cast in the wiiM app, you need to turn the toggle off.

 

[slartibartfast]

Ahh OK. I guess that's worth a shot. My only concern with that is in the Spotify forums people had mentioned that they had Google Cast Enabled on their AMP and they had to do a factory reset just to get it disabled again. I guess a factory reset isn't really much of a hassle but still.

Yes that is true that GoogleCast can't be completely disabled without a factory reset but if the device appears as a GoogleCast target in Spotify even if it is completely disabled that isn't really an issue. Spotify Connect only seems to work if GoogleCast is enabled on the WiiM device but disabled in settings. Strange but apparently true

 

[hgo58]

This issue is occurring only on certain models such as the Pixel and Galaxy.

I had the issue before on a One Plus phone. I still can't select what connection to use but it looks like it always uses the Spotify Connect now.

 

[slartibartfast]

I had the issue before on a One Plus phone. I still can't select what connection to use but it looks like it always uses the Spotify Connect now.

Ah OK. Which phone are you using now?

 

[hgo58]

You might be the only one seeing this behaviour. As soon as I enable GoogleCast on that second page I can only connect from Spotify using GoogleCast.

How can you see what connection type is used? I don't get any indication but as it works the same way no matter what the Google Cast is set to, I assume it is Spotify Connect.

 

[hgo58]

Ah OK. Which phone are you using now?

Still the same One Plus.

 

[Wiimer]

I had the issue before on a One Plus phone. I still can't select what connection to use but it looks like it always uses the Spotify Connect now.

I'm not sure about OnePlus, but since the issue hasn't been resolved on my Samsung yet, I don't think the situation has changed. This problem hasn't occurred on Xiaomi devices.

 

[slartibartfast]

How can you see what connection type is used? I don't get any indication but as it works the same way no matter what the Google Cast is set to, I assume it is Spotify Connect.

For Spotify Connect I see no text below the device name and for GoogleCast the text Google Cast appears below the device name.

 

[hgo58]

For Spotify Connect I see no text below the device name and for GoogleCast the text Google Cast appears below the device name.

So as I don't see any text below any of the WiiM devices, I will think it's Spotify Connect all the time.

 

[Wiimer]

So as I don't see any text below any of the WiiM devices, I will think it's Spotify Connect all the time.

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If Google Cast doesn't appear in the Spotify app even after toggling it on in the WiiM app, there's no problem. (That's the same situation as with my Xiaomi.)

 

[slartibartfast]

So as I don't see any text below any of the WiiM devices, I will think it's Spotify Connect all the time.

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Certainly looks like it but I wonder why.