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r/amrc•
samebrian

Constant crashing

AMRC crashes at the drop of a pin for me. Usually when it's "checking cache". I've tried playing with the settings a lot and there's no rhyme or reason. I can load lots of comments, or few. I can have 300MB or 10MB of cache. I can be just opening it, or I could have been using it for 15 minutes.

But, it will crash every day, several times.

I switched from AB to this because I wanted to see what else was out there. Even paid for the Pro subscription before even setting up my Reddit account in the app. Now I wish I had my money back.

"Responsiveness" isn't worth having my purple links, subreddit I'm in, etc. not be remembered and constant crashes.

On another note, it's highly frustrating that you offer a "lock screen" but then display my username overtop of it with how many messages I have. Thanks - glad I used that lock screen to keep my family from knowing about my Reddit account...

edit I'd have to say that AMRC seems to crash more when I "shift gears". I really think it's related to cache management in some way.

Posted Jul 13, 2015, 12:44 PM UTC · edited

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liflon•

On another note, it's highly frustrating that you offer a "lock screen" but then display my username overtop of it with how many messages I have. Thanks - glad I used that lock screen to keep my family from knowing about my Reddit account...

What ‘lock screen’?

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samebrianOP•

The one that requires you to type in a passcode to get past.

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liflon•

This? Or does it show something different to you?

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samebrianOP•

It shows that, but if I have/get a message, then that little screen pops up overtop of the passcode entry screen, saying "samebrian you have x messages" or whatever.

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liflon•

Oh, I see.

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samebrianOP•

I installed the new beta (forgot I signed up for that) so I'll see if that operates any better.

It really is frustrating to have it crash multiple times within a 5 minute period. Makes you want to toss your phone at a wall, let alone get angry at the app.

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nullput•

If you installed the iOS9 beta expect crashes, not just in amrc but 99% of all apps. Do the world (and yourself) a favour and don't go leaving 1 star reviews on the App Store cause apps are crashing.

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anyjungleinguy•

I think they're referring to the app beta.

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samebrianOP•

That I am.

Played around with it only for some time. Didn't see a crash, but then again I didn't really play much. I'll know better tomorrow as I'll have gone home and at least taken one bathroom break. :)

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TheHopesAndDreams•

Yeah, most apps would crash on a beta OS.

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samebrianOP•

I meant the AMRC beta.

Luckily I'm smart enough to know that beta software is, well, in beta.

However, AMRC the "paid-for" version shouldn't crash every 5 seconds for any user who just installed it. Not on an unjailbroken 4s running the latest stable iOS.

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bompelbob•

Same here. 4S on iOS 8.4, installed several times, but keeps crashing while reading cash every few minutes.

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beertinted•

Sounds frustrating. Maybe you shouldn't have to do this, but I've found it to fix any issues I've had with amrc (and some other apps). Uninstall amrc, power off device completely, reinstall amrc. Set your settings back to the way you like it. I've only had to do this twice over the past year with amrc (I'm using the TestFlight version), seems to do the trick for me, ymmv.

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samebrianOP•

I have tried to force-close the app a few times, but now that I think about it I never did try a re-install.

Why do us IT people always do this to ourselves...(not thinking of the easy fixes we always hammer down the throats of our clients).

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