Gregory's Server
@AliveDevil @Mastodon That's a different app. Our update includes bug fixes though, as always.
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BerlinFokus
@Gargron @AliveDevil @Mastodon Yes please DO some bugfixes. After the new update, the "standard" Mastodon Android App is almost unusable. Something seems to be wrong with the power management on smartphones or so. I'm no expert but it almost killed my battery. Which is much more of a "unpleasant experience" to me than strangers trying to explain something (who I can block in the worst case). šš š„ŗ 
Gregory
@berlinfokus @Gargron @AliveDevil @Mastodon App developer here. What do you mean "killed my battery"? Can you please elaborate on the problem you're having? Can you also please make sure you're on the latest version (2.2.3)?
BerlinFokus
@grishka @Gargron @AliveDevil @Mastodon Guess if I see the "please be polite" notice I have the newest version. (yep it's 2.2.3) It started by crashing when I tapped on my notifications (in the app), then the OS said the mastodon App is using an awful lot of energy and now I'm being shown this š sign on my phone constantly. Can't tell you really more, exept the model that I use (thread), because I'm not an App Developer or so.
Gregory
@berlinfokus @Gargron @AliveDevil @Mastodon Your phone is most probably a Samsung and you turned on a power saving mode. You can turn it off in Settings -> Device care -> Battery -> Power mode. And yes, Samsung's "device care" is stupid because it thinks that if an app is crashing repeatedly, it must be "using a lot of energy".
BerlinFokus
@grishka @Gargron @AliveDevil @Mastodon Ah okay. Yes, as I wrote before it's a Samsung Galaxy XCover 5. So it just assumed that the App is using a lot of energy which it didn't. I turned that switch you showed on (power saving mode) because OS told me to do so, now I guess I can turn it back off. Then again my view is that the App shouldn't be crashing repeatedly anyway, don't you think?
Gregory
@berlinfokus @Gargron @AliveDevil @Mastodon Of course it shouldn't. But as with any sufficiently complex software project, sometimes bugs do slip through the cracks and it does happen. Yesterday's update fixed that particular crash. That's why I was asking if you installed it.
BerlinFokus
@grishka @Gargron @AliveDevil @Mastodon Yes I did. All I have to do now is apparently to get rid of that stupid sign in my top notifications. Just won't go away. But at least I know now it's harmless.
Gregory
@berlinfokus @Gargron @AliveDevil @Mastodon That icon is for "medium power saving" mode, just switch to "optimized" and it will go away
BerlinFokus replied to Gregory
@grishka @Gargron @AliveDevil @Mastodon Thanks for the info. I did what you said, but it's still there. But don't bother I'll find out how to get rid of it. I got something to do now, and you know now that you don't. š |
@Gargron @Mastodon
In the article there is a mention of the iOS app, so Iām not far off-topic.