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Installed and cant login to lemmy.world. Says some kind of incompatibility with this instance.

Edit: delete useless part.

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[–] antik 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Most Lemmy instances are on v0.17.4 but the latest version of Jerboa expects v0.18 which is the pre-release version. I suggest you downgrade back to Jerboa v0.0.34 from github for now.

[–] twistedtxb 2 points 1 year ago

It doesn't work no matter which version I use.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I tried downgrading but ran into the crashing issue listed in this bug report

[–] ubik 1 points 1 year ago

Ok, thanks for the infos, I'll probably wait as I dont use my smartphone much.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I posted this on a different thread to downgrade your version.

May be helpful if your instance doesn't update in a timely manner.

[–] FlayOtters 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can't even downgrade anymore. Just crashes no matter what version I try on google play, fdroid or github.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I think it happens because at startup it opens lemmy.ml by defaults that is on the new version thus incompatible with old versions of jerboa.

EDIT: I think the best thing to do for now is to wait for an update from your instance

[–] antik 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

As soon as Lemmy v0.18 is released lemmy.world will be updated.

Btw @[email protected] if your downgrade fails, remove the app completely before you reinstall.

[–] FlayOtters 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Thanks. I've tried removing the app data, restarting etc. but nothing seems to help.

It's ok just now anyway as I remembered I have Jerboa installed on another android device. Can use that temporarily.

[–] twistedtxb 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Same here. Upgraded to 35, but found out that lemmy.world won't support v18.0 because of Captcha issues.

Tried to downgrade to 37 & 34 (fresh reinstall) and it automatically crashes.

Cannot use Jerboa anymore

[–] FlayOtters 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I managed to get 34 going again by very quickly repeatedly tapping the top left corner of the screen (hamburger menu) at startup. Uninstalled and did it again to verify.

Just keep trying if it crashes. I can show a video if you want.

[–] twistedtxb 2 points 1 year ago

omg you're a life saver. Replying from 34. Thanks so much!

[–] MrNemobody 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I could only bypass the crashes by opening lemmy.world in the browser and clicking the Jerboa icon to open it on the app. Maybe that could work for you.

[–] FlayOtters 1 points 1 year ago

A few users found some ways around the crashes. I could login by repeatedly tapping the hamburger menu when opening the app and someone else said you could do it by turning of wifi/4G and only turn it back on when you're about to login.

Not sure if this link works to show the jerboa post

https://lemmy.world/post/473968

[–] FlayOtters 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, think you're right. Will just use the website for a bit instead. Thanks

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Your instance is still on 0.17.4

The version 0.33 of Lemmy should still be compatible. You may be able to get it working directly fron the github releases or from a store allowing older versions like f-droid.

However, it would be expected that most instances update to 0.18 soon. It may take some time tho.

[–] ubik 1 points 1 year ago

Thx for the infos !

[–] twistedtxb 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

lemmy.world will skip 18.0 because of Captcha issues. Admin said he will wait until 18.1

The problem with this is that if you are registered to lemmy.world, no matter which version of Jerboa you use, it won't work

[–] ubik 1 points 1 year ago

Ok, cool ... Thanks for the info.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes today a new backend version will be released. You have to wait that your instance (lemmy.world in this case) updates the backend. Lemmy.ml is already updated

[–] antik 4 points 1 year ago

Has there been an official announcement about this?

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