#Android Updates

[sweaterkittensahoy]

Yup, it sure was. I just uninstalled and will check back. What the fuck.

hey folks if you have an android phone: google shadow installed a "security app".

I had to go and delete it myself this morning.

[wip]

An Update on the Tumblr Android App

For those of you who access Tumblr through our Android app, we wanted to share that starting today you may see some differences for search queries and posts that may contain specific types of sensitive content. In order to comply with Google’s Play Store Guidelines, we have adjusted what you’re able to access as it relates to potentially sensitive content while using the Android app. 

To remain available within Google's Play Store, we have added more measures and limit exposure to potentially sensitive content in order to comply with their guidelines and to provide a safer experience to you. To learn more about Google’s Play Store Guidelines, click here. 

How you may experience these changes

When browsing Tumblr through Dashboard, Search, Communities and other surfaces you might experience less content and some searches might not produce any results unless you enable “show mature content” in Tumblr settings. Please refer to our Help Center article to learn more.

Why these changes are being made

We want to make sure Tumblr is available everywhere you would like to access it. In order for us to remain in Google’s Play Store and for our Tumblr Android app to be available, we needed to make changes that would help us be more compliant with Google’s policies around sensitive content. 

We understand that, for some of you, these changes may be very frustrating – we understand that frustration and we apologize for any disruption that these changes may cause. 

Who this impacts

These changes will only impact those who are accessing Tumblr through the Android app. If you are using our iOS app, accessing Tumblr through mobile web or online through tumblr.com, your experience will remain unchanged.

For more information on our guidelines or to understand these changes more fully, please visit:

Tumblr’s Community Guidelines

Tumblr’s Help Center

[moonarcadia]

& here is my old tablet's weekly update...used Twitter here as well to type yesterday some things so....

[akiacia]

bbs 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

[bogkeep]

there's something so deeply dystopian to me how tech companies don't understand that a forced convenience is not a convenience at all. i'm sure autocorrect is helpful for many, but a function that forcibly changes my actual written words and punctuation is taking away my language. photo filters can be nice but i need to choose using them myself or else i have lost the ability to take the picture i want. i don't want a machine to draw or write for me. taking away the option for me to do things manually feels like violence!!!! all this talk of endless opportunity, why are you RESTRICTING me

[sofia-d-asb]

Arcadie: Cold Lands - Progress Update - December 2024

Mobile port!!!

[caiusthecat]

Chrobin Week - Language

Chrom messed with the language settings whoops 😔

[queeniehostapasta]

Ah yes, small husband and scary (but elegant) wife, my favorite combo

An alt and man I forgot the huge size difference between the two sometimes 😳 but hey I’m not against it!!!

[bobbiedebruyn]

gifmakers and android users for the past two days

[skinside]

okay so, a lot is being said about all the shitty changes on tumblr lately. i've avoided many of these changes by downgrading to older versions of the tumblr app on android. however, there's one drawback i've faced: if you go back too far, you lose polls, one of the only good new features. so i decided to experiment version-by-version to see when certain desirable or undesirable features were added to the apk. unfortunately there's no version with polls but without tumblr live. i've compiled the detailed results here, in order of most recent version number

NOTE: to get old versions of tumblr, use apkmirror.com, which is a trustworthy, reputable source for .apk files, android's package installers. to downgrade your app you need to uninstall it and install an older apk (not necessary for upgrading to a higher version). a list of available apks for tumblr can be found here

TUMBLR .APK VERSION TESTING RESULTS

29.1.0.109

first version with new media viewer. any version before this should be okay in that department. (thanks @weeeeps for finding this!)

27.8.0.109

first version of tumblr apk with polls

still has old style media viewer

still has prev tags aka ability to navigate up reblog chain

unfortunately has tumblr live

27.4.0.12

first version with tumblr live (yuck), any version on apkmirror before this shouldn't have tumblr live

27.0.0.01

last easily installable version without tumblr live

it has the Halloween skeleton icon though

26.8.0.01

last version without tumblr live with a normal icon

**25.9.0.00** —MY PREFERRED VERSION

no tumblr live, no polls, yes old media viewer

last version of app where the "open tumblr links in app" feature functions properly even if the tracker api2.branch.io is blocked by your content blocker

if you use a version later than this, to successfully open a tumblr link from anywhere else on your phone in the you app, you have to unblock api2.branch.io from the ad/content blocker you use, otherwise opening the link in the app will fail. this took me some trial and error to figure out the issue

note: if you don't have an ad/tracker blocker on your phone, I'd recommend Blokada 5 (not 6)

again, disappointingly there isn't a version with polls but without tumblr live. if you want to see a poll you'll either have to share a post containing a poll to a web browser, or just use 27.8.0.109 (or slightly newer) and deal with snoozing tumblr live and having the live button on the navbar, but at least you get the old media viewer and can go up reblog chains again

sometime after the most recent version i tested, the new media player was also added. if anyone wants to test for the last version with the old media player, i can add that to the list as well added :)

if you want a version of the tumblr app with polls that doesn't have live, someone would probably have to mod the apk. i don't know how to do that, but there's modded versions of many popular apps out there, so maybe someone can try and see if that's possible for tumblr. otherwise just keep complaining about the shittiness and maybe staff will go back on the bad changes, though i wouldn't hold my breath on that

oh and if you're on iOS idk what to tell you, you probably have to jailbreak it to downgrade an app

[forty40love]

Hi! I'm autistic, and Discord's latest mobile update is total and utter dogshit. They made it objectively less usable for no discernible reason. I'm here to help you fix that, and revert to the last update.

Disclaimer: I'm on Android, so these instructions are for Android only. If you're on IOS, I know there is a way to do it, but I'm not going to post instructions I haven't tested.

1. **UNINSTALL DISCORD.** This will not work if any user on your phone (probably only one unless you're into more technical stuff than even I am) has a more recent version installed.

2. Disable automatic app updates. If you're doing this, I expect you to already know how this works.

3. Download the APKMirror Installer (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.apkmirror.helper.prod&hl=en_US). It will require you to watch an ad when you install the APK, but you can uninstall it after you're done.

4. Download this APK, it's the latest pre-update Discord distribution: (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SSWdpi0Ms7wyHgDSSRqZgY4_G6r_wA0X/view?usp=drivesdk).

5. Use the APKMirror app to install the APK.

6. You're done! Launch it and log in. Feel free to uninstall APKMirror Installer and delete the APK file from your storage at this point, as you will not need them.

If you want to re-enable auto-updates for other things, follow these instructions in the app store:

- Enable aeroplane mode.

- Re-enable auto-updates of your choice (usually WiFi only).

- Navigate to the Discord app's settings in the app store.

- Disable Discord app's auto-update check box.

- Turn off aeroplane mode.

That's about it! Don't forget to leave them a negative review. If we can get a reversion of this update, that's the best outcome. Stay beautiful people.

[lostaff]

Aggiornamento sull'app Tumblr per Android

Desideriamo informare coloro che accedono a Tumblr tramite la nostra app per Android, che a partire da oggi si potrebbero notare alcune differenze nelle query di ricerca e nei post che potrebbero contenere determinati tipi di contenuti sensibili. Per conformarci alle linee guida del Play Store di Google, abbiamo modificato le impostazioni a cui potete accedere in relazione ai contenuti potenzialmente sensibili durante l'utilizzo dell'app per Android.

Per poter rimanere all'interno del Play Store di Google, abbiamo aggiunto ulteriori misure di sicurezza e limitato l'esposizione a contenuti potenzialmente sensibili, per conformarci alle loro linee guida e offrirvi un'esperienza più sicura. Per saperne di più sulle linee guida del Play Store di Google, clicca qui.

Come notare queste modifiche

Nel navigare su Tumblr tramite Dashboard, Ricerca, Community e altre piattaforme, potreste visualizzare meno contenuti e alcune ricerche potrebbero non produrre risultati a meno che l'opzione "Mostra contenuti per adulti" non sia attivata nelle impostazioni di Tumblr. Consulta l'articolo del nostro Centro assistenza per saperne di più.

Perché vengono fatte queste modifiche

Vogliamo essere sicuri che Tumblr sia disponibile ovunque desideriate accedervi. Per poter rimanere sul Play Store di Google e rendere disponibile a voi la nostra app Tumblr per Android, abbiamo dovuto apportare modifiche che ci consentano di essere maggiormente conformi alle norme di Google sui contenuti sensibili.

Immaginiamo che, per alcuni di voi, queste modifiche possano essere molto frustranti: comprendiamo la frustrazione e ci scusiamo per qualsiasi disagio che queste modifiche possano causare.

A chi interessa

Questi cambiamenti interesseranno solo coloro che accedono a Tumblr attraverso l'app Android. Se utilizzate la nostra app per iOS per accedere a Tumblr tramite web mobile o online tramite tumblr.com, la vostra esperienza rimarrà invariata.

Per maggiori informazioni sulle nostre linee guida o per avere più dettagli su queste modifiche, visita:

Tumblr’s Community Guidelines

Tumblr’s Help Center

[newspatron]

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[pastel-kaleesh]

my lovely shrine

[somecunttookmyurl]

gonna have to get a new (old) phone soon because although this one functions perfectly, it's getting to the point now where a lot of apps require ios 16.0 minimum and the iphone 7 stopped at 15.8

the current ios version is 18.0