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[DUPLICATE FOLDER]

The About page on my phone (4.4.3) says in red, "DUPLICATE FOLDER"

Do I dare touch anything?

I haven't used any betas recently, but did get surprised one day by a question about folders.  Um, I dunno, click, go away.  Now this.  The new file system manager says I'm using internal storage, not internal memory.  (Internal vs internal?!?)  EDIT: investigation tells me that both are the same folder, aliased.  Is the end user expected to know about this?

But things are working (in spite of not "recommended" folder), so tell me, app, why should I change?

I spoke too soon.  Visibility of points is still ... strange ... after a sync.

I have a folder of geocaches in both devices.  Checked both devices this morning, all ~2800 caches are visible in both.  Then loaded 3 PQs in a single step on the phone.  Some caches were in more than one PQ, so I said "overwrite" ("geocaches will be merged").

After auto-sync, on the tablet only about half the points are indicated as visible in the list.  (I have show-after-sync turned on.)  Can't tell if this matches their true visibility.  I don't think the "about half" here matches the number of caches merged above, which should be a smaller fraction.

Unfortunately I'm going off-grid now for a few days, so can't discuss further, sorry.  I'll keep an eye on it.  It's not crucial.  Thanks.

This is interesting.  Cloud Sync reports "Last update: in 24 minutes".  That's mixing past and future.  Does it mean, next update check in 24 minutes?  (Now 23, oops 22.)

This message was on the tablet, which just received two syncs with the latest version.  The sending device - phone - reports "xx minutes ago" as usual, also with the newest version.  (Both devices report the same time-of-day, well, two minutes apart.)

BTW, first impressions are that the points-list confusion about visible state, which I'd reported before, is no longer happening.  I'll keep an eye on it. 

Here's a glitch I consider minor.

Cloud sync doesn't always trigger.  I have the newest released version in my phone, older but most recent beta in the tablet.  WiFi-only is set on both, auto-sync is on in both.  I returned from a short trip and had WiFi for the first time in days.  I had the app open in the phone, WiFi was available and there were un-sync'd changes ("5 days ago"), but the sync never happened until I finally triggered it, by editing a point..

On the tablet, I saw a message that disappeared quickly, about "Invalid sync request, too old time", or words to that effect.  So I sync'd manually.

Just installed 4.3.1.  The track editor doesn't show the map, at least not on my Android 9 phone.  Full-screen is off.

• Tap a recently-recorded track.
• Tap the three dots in the corner, Modify track, Cut inner part.

Result: map screen is blank, with just some buttons.  Can't see what you're editing.

I think it can wait until you're back from vacation.  Enjoy. 

In the latest beta, the Cloud Sync screen (the one with "Manual sync" title), the status section is partly cut-off.

On my phone, there's only one line, "Automatic Sync: Enabled"
On my tablet, half of the next line is also visible.

Time of last sync (now missing) is useful to know...  Thanks.

Route Planner in 4.2.1.2 beta hides the stats panel behind the system buttons.  Can't tap the lower-right button to bring up the chart.  Oops. 

As an aside, I appreciate how (Locus? Android?) turns down the music audio gently, lets the TTS speak, then turns the music back up, again gently (over maybe half a second).  It's much less intrusive that way. 

I confirm the fix for the white bottom panel in the latest beta, thanks!

Tested on both my devices (nothing special, nothing broken on the older one). 

[@Viajero Perdido]

@Viajero Perdido
Hmm this happens on your Blackview with Android 9?

Correct.  It's the only device I have with Android 9+.

If this affects only me, I wouldn't worry about it. 

I like the new effect in the beta on Android 9, where the map peeks through behind the system's top- and bottom panels.

On other screens with a white background, the content doesn't peek through the bottom panel, and the system buttons are almost invisible.  So I aim for "back" by memory of where it should be.  No big deal, and maybe it's something not under your control.

I have something similar with 4.2.0.  Under Active Items -> Calibrated Maps, I tried adding a new image (map screenshot), but it won't display.  Tried displaying older calibrated maps, either via Display All or tapping the eye for an individual map, same result.  It shows a progress box for a fraction of a second, then the eye becomes de-selected again.

I thought I was doing it wrong.  (It's unrelated to "map overlays", right?)

Steps to reproduce the visible-data-points issue:

• Phone + tablet both running 4.1.1.3 beta.  Cloud sync options on both devices are: first three items on (including "show new points"), fourth item off.
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  Each device contains a folder of geocaches, same name, previously sync'd, all points manually displayed via taps on folder icon.
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  On phone, under Geocaching Tools, Load PQs, select multiple PQs and tap Import.  (No caches appearing in more than one PQ, no overlap.)  Select that folder, and check the first and third checkboxes (delete, show).
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  Wait for import to finish, then for sync to finish, then for sync to finish on other device (tablet).
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  Result: oddity on tablet, as shown above.

Hope this helps.   Thanks, also thanks for the quick fix to the other stuff.

PS, please ignore my first "Also" paragraph.  There's too little info for a proper bug report, and it's likely just part of the main issue.

[The counts of visible points seem to be off.]

Another odd behavior noticed recently, including in the recent .3 beta which both my devices are using.  The counts of visible points seem to be off.

Scenario 1:  I noticed about 5 points on the map showing the icon for my "Obsolete" folder.  These are points I'd moved to this folder on my other device, which then sync'd automatically.  I've got it set to always show points received by sync, on both devices.  So far, normal.

I went to the points database list.  It said, 1 of xxx showing for this folder.  No, I saw about 5 on the map.  I tapped the icon to hide them all.  Back at the map, all five were now invisible as expected.

Scenario 2:  I regularly import geocaches on my phone, then let them sync to the tablet.  Today, I imported 8 PQs totalling ~6500 caches, option to delete existing folder checked, and there are no overlaps between the PQs.  On the receiving device (tablet), it's routinely been showing a slightly smaller number of points actually visible, eg 6530 / 6550.  I scroll through the (long!) list, and it seems every last one is indicated as invisible (eye with cross-out, white background).  In reality, on the map they all seem to be shown, as expected.

On the sending device, the folder shows as fully displayed, 6550 / 6550, the entries all show with the eye, not struck out, reddish background.  This is as expected.

In the attached picture, today's PQs on the receiving device are shown with the correct number received (5352) but indicating all are visible less 5.  Yet all caches on the right are indicated as invisible.  On the map, many (or all) are visible.

Why this matters to me:  I like to check that everything is visible that should be.  It tells me that some data is not visible, so more taps are needed.

Also, I've noticed a different folder often indicates that very few points are visible, and I don't remember doing this manually.  This is the folder I manually move points from, if that helps.  I have no further info on this, sorry.

Also, although I have separate menu buttons for Points Manager and Tracks & Routes Manager, tapping the latter sometimes brings up the former.  And maybe also vice versa, can't remember.

I've noticed these things for a little while, since before the .3 beta.

Finally figured out a recipe for a strange little behavior (in the latest .3 beta).

If you tap a geocache icon - while the lower part of the screen shows info for this or another geocache - the lower part of the screen will show info for the cache tapped, but without logs or difficulty/terrain, maybe other stuff.  Very repeatable.

You need to swipe away the cache info panel completely before tapping a cache, if you want full info.