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I've noticed a recurring problem on my Fairphone 4 (running Android 13) that's been happening for at least a year. When I use certain apps which load data from the internet, the app eventually gets into a state where no more data will load. I then restart the app and it works perfectly until it gets into the same state again.

I've got so used to restarting apps to work around this issue that I hardly think of it. But for some apps, such as a newspaper app, it's quite annoying to have to scroll down, potentially a long way, to find an article I was attempting to read.

This has happened on several apps including The Guardian app and Tusky (a Mastodon client). The symptoms are subtly different depending on the app, but I don't remember seeing a network error (unless that is masked by the apps).

The Guardian displays a blank page instead of the article I've just tapped on. After restarting the app, the article is marked as read, but when I tap on it, it immediately displays.

Tusky stays in its “loading” state when the issue occurs. After restarting the app, the content loads immediately.

(The NewsBlur feed reader refused to open its “Search for new feeds” page, but that may be unrelated to the subject of this post.)

I've noticed the behaviour in other apps, but I can't remember the details.

If you've also noticed this behaviour, please email me at [email protected].

I've raised this here on the Fairphone community forum.

#Fairphone #Fairphone4 #Android13

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