Jerboa currently unusable for other people?
2y 11mon ago by lemmy.world/u/ShlorpianMafia in android
For the past day or so every time I try to open Jerboa it just crashes immediately without an error message why. Is there any scheduled update/fix for Jerboa? I'd like to be able to browse on mobile again and really enjoyed the app while it was working.
-posted from my pc (only because I can't get the app to work)
It's not working for me. So I switched to Liftoff.
Same. Won't let me log in. Liftoff is fantastic though!
Try Thunder: https://github.com/hjiangsu/thunder
You can install and autoupdate using: https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium
I already have Thunder, Connect, Summit, Liftoff and Jerboa. I just thought I would play with all of them for a few weeks until I find the one I like best.
How you like them so far? Anything you are partial about?
They're all pretty early in development so they have their bugs but so far I like Liftoff and Thunder the best. They both have a great UI. Jerboa was the one I started with first but now I am not able to login because of the whole lemmy.world version number thing.
I see. Imma go and try liftoff and thunder then , thanks you very much.
Not OP but I did the same. Tbh none of them are perfect, they still have all kinds of quirks and bugs. But new versions are coming out all the time. Today Jerboa and Connect were working better than the others. Tomorrow who knows. 😄
You should also check out wefwef. It's very full-featured already and is getting updated constantly.
I did it. It just looks very specifically designed in the style of iOS. It's not bad though.
Just installed liftoff to try it out and unfortunately have to say that I like the layout even BETTER than Jerboa!
I feel a weird sense of loyalty to Jerboa because it was my first app for Lemmy but I might actually like Liftoff better.
Thanks for the suggestion!
I changed some settings to make it look better to me. I'm happiest with liftoff right now.
Same here. Liftoff is great.
Try connect
Latest Jerboa requires a specific server version and not every server has updated yet.
There are a lot of other app options! Like Thunder, Connect or Summit
The only one I could find on the Play store is Liftoff. I guess the others have to be downloaded from elsewhere.
You can download Thunder from IzzyOnDroid (you can add this as a repository to F-Droid).
Summit should be on the playstore. Try searching "app for lemmy" or "lemmy reader".
I found Summit later on, and it didn't work well for me.
Oh no :(. If you're up for it, I am open to feedback. You can send feedback either here or over at https://lemmy.world/c/summit.But if you don't want to I understand.
Well it was as laggy as the other apps, because of the update and the increase of signups. Also I found it difficult to navigate, to find the right buttons to push to access a certain thing. I know it's early days and I'm sure your app will improve in time, and I'll try it again later.
Hmm, jerboa shows up on mine, I can post a pic if you'd like
I meant Jerboa alternatives.
What's Summit? Never heard of it.
Dev of Summit here. It is a lemmy reader like the other apps mentioned. You can find it on the play store by searching “app for lemmy” or “lemmy reader”. I'm actually releasing a big update today. Here's a preview of the feature: https://youtube.com/shorts/8mIVZflUHhU?feature=share.
Oh that's beautiful! I look forward to giving it a go!
Connect is working the wellest for me
I was using Jerboa and I switched to connect and I can confirm. It works much weller.
Connect dev here. Weller is what I strive for! Glad you're enjoying it.
Same here. Jeroba would randomly crash. Connect hasn't yet.
I downloaded thunder from izzydroid and can confirm i am welled by the performance.
I find wefwef works the wellest (so far, anyway)
I'm currently using wefwef to reply to you, I use them both interchangeably, but Connect has more formatting options in the markdown editor, whereas Wefwef expects you to just remember how to format anything in markdown. Both experience errors constantly.
I had to clear all memory (not just the cache) then relogin. That sorted it. But I've since moved to Connect
I just stayed off the fediverse while new users signed up and jerboa is back and working for me on android.
I still can't switch from local to all. Switched to Thunder which has been great!
Edit: Jerboa back to working great and my top app again.
I had this, too, but got a new version done hours ago that solved this problem.
I am using webweb.app which is a PWA Apollo clone. Its a bit weird cause the UI is iOS based, but it's by far the smoothest and full featured all I tried so far!
Scrolling is like butter, I can customize text size, and from comment reply notifications it actually directly opens the thread to the comment, and also highlights the comment which i love! Is liftoff and thunder similarly full featured?
I think you meant wefwef.app?
Oops, pesky autocorrect. This also has infinite scrolling which I didn't even realize at first and what made the Lemmy feel so clunky on mobile before - that is definitely the biggest thing that makes this my favorite now.
Its working fine for me.
This is being discussed in https://lemmy.world/c/jerboa@lemmy.mltoo. You might want to check out that Community.
There's a comprehensive list of Lemmy apps being curated here.
My personal recommendation is https://wefwef.app.
I have the same issue. Deleting app data and cache stopped the crash at the start, but I cannot log into my account. It seems the reason for the crash was that the lemmy instance I'm on (and that I was still logged into) uses version 17.x, when Jerboa requires 18.x.
They fixed it this morning, but it's still being buggy for me. I think it's more on Lemmy's/.world's side, at this point. That being said, I'm starting to like wefwef a lot.
It was working for me with some glitches (for example always opening with sorting all/hot instead of what I had set up, subscribed/new).
Then yesterday it auto updated, and the glitches are gone.
Personally I'm using it to hold me over till Sync for Lemmy is released
Definitely
Mine won't start at all so I installed "connect for Lemmy." It's actually pretty slick and I don't see the same errors.
Used Jerboa but switched to wefwef on mobile and it's the best mobile app imho at the moment.
I actually have issues with wefwef now, gives me a lot of errors.
But I think the next days will be a little rough because of many new signups.
Maybe there are still older files in your installation that cause the errors? Have you tried to completely remove it?
Since its a webapp it uses your mobile browser. So maybe another browser would work better.
Didn't work for me cos it only supports version 0.17.4 or smth whereas lemmy.world requires version 0.18 and above.
You got it reversed, lemmy.world is at 0.17.4 and Jerboa is already at 0.18.0. No logins are possible, and if already logged in it works with some crashes.
There's a bug on 0.18.0 that causes problems for some features of lemmy.world, they're trying to update the instance to 0.18.1.
Same here, but it will be fixed/changed eventually. Read a long post about it, and it seemed a tad complicated.
Even if the difference in version is complicated, it's really bad design to crash an app. Why not catch the error and display something reasonable?
I've been periodically installing and uninstalling it on my phone for the past 10 days. Never managed to launch it. Crashes after a second or two every time.
I cleared the app data and that fixed it, but signed me out of beehaw and I can't get back into my normal account on my phone until it's updated.
Im using Connect for Lemmy on android. It seems to working fine so far.
With latest updates with app and server-side it's a lot more stable now. It will be weeks to months until the infrastructure can absorb new users.
Yeah it just crashes on startup for me so I switched to LiftOff. Don't think I'll go back even after lemmy.world goes to v0.18.
I like the layout of liftoff but it can't seem to find the lemm.ee instance
Yesterday when I tried, it told me that the instance wasn't up to date and didn't work, so I tried a different app. Liftoff is proving to be my favorite so far.
This app crashes on boot for me. Could not even get it to open.
Same for me
Give Thunder a shot. I really like it
My issue is not being available from a platform. Downloading an unknown apk is more risk than how evil the Play store is.
Is it available on an Fdroid repo? I didn't find it on the main one.
IzzyOnDroid repo. I'm downloading it from said repo via Neo Store now.
I had this issue with my lemmy.world account, but I was able to get Jerboa to work again by logging into my lemmy.ee account. It was tricky because of how fast it kept crashing but I got it to work after a few tries hitting the buttons as fast as I could. Now browsing from my lemmy.ee account it seems like the main problems are gone.
They're not the same accounts on these different instances? I'm so lost in this this new world...
You can view all the instances from one account, but an account is hosted on an individual instance which can be out of sync with others. (I hope that's accurate, I'm still slightly confused about the details too)
- Force stop the app
- Clear cache
- Clear local data
- Relaunch and log in
- ...
- Profit
Cool now it just crashes immediately after launch.
This didn't work for me. I had to find a forked version that supported lemmy.world's "outdated server".
You beautiful fucking bastard!
Maybe not very helpful, but the Lemmy experience on Android browsers is pretty good. I'm using mobile Firefox and it's much fun, it's especially fascinating to see the pages auto-syncing without having to reload them. But I can see how you would prefer the app.
I would normally enjoy an app but seriously. Using the the browser is really not that bad. I'll still be waiting for Sync though since I'm a loyalist. But for now the browser is even better than that which we should not name here.
It's very clunky for me
Same here. Wefwef and Liftoff work better for me now.
Yes, went to shit with last update. Constant crashes, can't load comments, uninstalled for now
Crashing on start in Android 14 b3
I had to reset the whole app
Yes, it kept crashing after a few minuted of use on my android. Not unsurprising when all this is very new. Gonna wait for the in-development boost and sync for Lemmy.
Crashing for me. Switched to Connect. Works well... except you can't pinch zoom images, which is a huge problem...
Connect dev here. It's coming!
I'm using this fork and it works flawlessly with lemmy.world.
(a few eventual crashes, but it's rare)
Indeed, this fork is nice. A few crashes, but manageable
I'm having more problems w jerboa than WefWef ATM.
I'm using connect for lemmy and it's so good, reminds me of boost and sync.
It's working just fine here. Latest Jerboa from F-Droid, just updated, on latest Android.
Was CTD all morning forw but now working
Same happened to me. Just update it and it should work again. Jerboa requires the latest update to work from my experience.
I used it, had problems, dropped it. Using Connect now. Wefwef is good if you like PWAs.
I can only read and comment on the web right now, which is fine. I just assume the apps will clear up in a day or two.
Install the latest version of jerboa.
I had that problem until I had the latest version.
Works for me.