I’m getting an error logging into Android app Jerboa saying that the server version is too low. Is there something I need to do on my end for this? Please don’t tell me we’re going to need to check EPS conduits one by one.
So, we’ve got a semi-workaround for this. Once your login fails, it seems you can use the Back button on your Android device (that is, the OS Back button, not the one in the top-left of the app), and you should actually be logged in as yourself, and you should be able to access the instance and use it as normal with a little effort.
I’ve had limited success and satisfaction with that, so I would recommend using the web browser of your choice instead - you can even install the instance as a PWA app from the “…” menu in Chrome. The mobile web version of Lemmy is pretty good, and I actually prefer it over Jerboa so far.
We’re holding off on upgrading the server because v0.18.0 disabled CAPTCHAs, which is very unfortunate because there’s also been a massive spike in bot accounts across the platform. CAPTCHAs are slated to return in 0.18.1, so we’re holding out until then.
This makes sense. Thank you!
Sorry for the inconvenience - it’s frustrating that the app yells at users about this.
While true, I think your earlier point about the web version sufficing stands. It may just be force of habit expecting to use an app.
The mobile web version really is pretty good, which is a rare thing to say about the mobile web version of anything!
You cannot vote or comment in that state. But for just browsing it’s ok
Lemmy 0.18, and newer versions of Jerboa would not be incompatible with the websocket system that Lemmy used before 0.18, making posts and comments not really work at all.
Get in the Jefferies Tube and don’t forget the hydrospanner and phase descriminator.
I don’t use Jerboa, but startrek.website seems to be running lemmy 0.17.4.
There was recently a lemmy update, as I understand it, to 0.18.0. Might be that Jerboa broke compatibility.
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Yeah, looks like it, to my quick glance. This just went into the v0.0.35-alpha release of Jerboa:
https://github.com/dessalines/jerboa/pull/737
Check server version against app minimum api version
https://github.com/dessalines/jerboa/pull/737/commits/c5e2871a363d8338663e194d2e57466a54939e80
const val MINIMUM_API_VERSION: String = "0.18"Suppose you could download an older version of Jerboa until your instance updates. Or maybe try another lemmy client, dunno what the situation is like there.
There was recently a lemmy update, as I understand it, to 0.18.0. Might be that Jerboa broke compatibility.
You would be correct. This is due to Lemmy’s 0.18 being them moving away from using websockets (using a more efficient and less buggy system instead), which needed them to rewrite how posts and comments work on Jerboa. This makes it incompatible with instances that are running older versions of Lemmy.
There’s no fix yet, until startrek.website updates, although they may be doing something similar to lemmy.world and refraining from updating until 0.18.1, since 0.18 removed the captcha system, leaving it entirely open to bots.
EDIT: Oh, wait, one of the operators gave their reasoning up as a comment.
Update’s probably coming Tuesday, once the tractor beam is installed.
They upgraded their app because Lemmy 0.18 came out. You can just hop onto the immediately previous version or hope startrek.website migrates quickly and just live with it for now
I can recommend the webapp wefwef.app Just open it in browser and “install as app” So far it’s the only one that has a bunch of features even if it is a web app. And it has gestures for hiding posts too so you don’t have to keep seeing the same posts everytime!
