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Server version too low for Jerboa (startrek.website)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This makes sense. Thank you!

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

Sorry for the inconvenience - it's frustrating that the app yells at users about this.

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

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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The mobile web version really is pretty good, which is a rare thing to say about the mobile web version of anything!

[–] potterman28wxcv 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You cannot vote or comment in that state. But for just browsing it's ok

[–] T156 3 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Get in the Jefferies Tube and don't forget the hydrospanner and phase descriminator.

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

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.

[–] T156 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Update's probably coming Tuesday, once the tractor beam is installed.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

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

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

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!

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