I’ve been seeing a lot of posts about people being stuck between server (lemmy 0.18) and client (Jerboa 0.0.33—35) versions (not installed from IzzyOnDroid and logged in) with Jerboa crashing. Here’s a way to avoid that issue while still being able to log in and browse both Lemmy 0.18 or older instances.
- Add IzzyOnDroid repo to F-Droid
- Delete app data from Android app info (edit)
- Uninstall current version of Jerboa
- Install 0.0.33 IzzyOnDroid version of Jerboa
- Set phone to Airplane mode
- Open Jerboa and use the hamburger menu to add your account
- Fill in server, username, and password
- Turn off Airplane mode
- Login
You’ll get a old server version notification of your server hasn’t updated but you’ll be able to use Jerboa regardless of server version.
Hope this helps!
Never crashed for me on login, but there are some showstopper bugs:
You can’t up/downvote a post when you enter the comment view.
Replying to a PM from the inbox will instead send the reply to yourself.
What version? I haven’t seen this. (currently on 34, from Google Play)
I upvoted your comment from the comment view and it registered, I verified on the web.
I’m replying to your comment from the inbox, let’s see if it goes to you or me!
I’m not the best at this stuff and I’m pretty sure I’m doing something wrong. How exactly do I add the repo? I just downloaded the .apk from here. Pls help I’m using Connect for Lemmy for now and it’s missing way too many features.
(The app still crashes when I try to open it).
You can go into F-droid settings and add the repo that way. Then it will offer your versions from both F-droid and IzzyOnDroid.
I pasted the link you can click from your phone for convenience. But it’s always best to follow instructions on the official website instead of trusting randos like me.
Error bubble: “sopuli.xyz is not a Lemmy instance.” (they are now on 0.18)
For me, Jerboa just stopped working alltogether. 0.0.35 seems to crash no matter what i do. Even in airplane mode.Go to app info in Android and delete the app data, hope that works. I think I did that, I’ll add that as a step, it won’t hurt.
THANK YOU SO MUCH! I was using Connect while trying to figure out how to fix Lemmy and I thought i was gonna go insane using that half-baked app. (No offense to the Connect devs. I know it’s still early in development and it will probably become an amazing app one day)
