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richards1052 on "Major complaint...lost comments & posts"

richards1052 — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 05:05:26 +0000

Hey, I see you ranked the feature as "minor." No wonder no one paid any attention to it. For me, this isn't a minor issue. It deserves higher priority.

richards1052 on "Major complaint...lost comments & posts"

richards1052 — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 04:42:35 +0000

On Feb. 11th you created a tkt for this & there've been two upgrades since then & the damn app still loses your comments if they fail to upload. I guess someone doesn't think this is a big enough problem to fix it. Too bad.

Dan on "Major complaint...lost comments & posts"

Dan — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 16:16:02 +0000

Until we have a fix in the app for this, one option would be to copy the reply text before you send the reply in. You just long press and select 'Copy All'.

richards1052 on "Major complaint...lost comments & posts"

richards1052 — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 01:13:50 +0000

Ah, I see. That would be great to add support for this issue as it happens fairly regularly. It would save a lot of aggravation since my coments tend to be long & if I lose it I have to recreate it fr. memory...a drag.

Here's the error msg. I get when publishing fails:

"Connection Error
Java.net.
UnknownHostException
http://www.richardsilvertein.com"

I think it's either the Verizon server or my own server failing.

Dan on "Major complaint...lost comments & posts"

Dan — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 22:52:36 +0000

No, it doesn't save comment replies locally, but we'll add support for taking you back to the edit screen with the comment if the connection fails.

Created a ticket: http://android.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/123

richards1052 on "Major complaint...lost comments & posts"

richards1052 — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 17:51:50 +0000

No, creating a new comment. Should it save new comments locally? If not, is there a way to work this in as a new feature of a future version?

Dan on "Major complaint...lost comments & posts"

Dan — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 11:26:02 +0000

So when this happens, are you editing a post that already exists on your blog? I think that the app might not make a backup in that case. I think that it could though with some R&D.

If you are uploading a new post and the upload fails, you will find the post in the 'Local Drafts' section at the top of the Posts tab.

richards1052 on "Major complaint...lost comments & posts"

richards1052 — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 09:05:03 +0000

BTW, I'm using a Verizon DroidX if that makes any difference.

richards1052 on "Major complaint...lost comments & posts"

richards1052 — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 09:04:10 +0000

If I get the error msg. & the upload fails where would the draft of the msg be saved to locally? Or should it remain on the screen if the uploading fails?

It doesn't happen every time. I would say about 10-15% of the time & mostly when I have only one bar of reception. I think what's happening is that the upload is failing because of a connectivity issue. But I don't find it saved locally unless there's somewhere it's stored that I just can't find.

Yes, I will be sure to copy down the error msg next time & post it to you here.

Thanks for your concern.

Dan on "Major complaint...lost comments & posts"

Dan — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 08:38:08 +0000

That does sound like a big problem. I do know that your request is how the app should function. When you start uploading a post, it saves it locally and then starts the upload. Once the post has been uploaded successfully, only then does the app delete the draft.

A few questions:

1) Does this happen every time you upload?
2) Any chance you can write down the exact error message?

Thanks for the feedback

richards1052 on "Major complaint...lost comments & posts"

richards1052 — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 05:07:13 +0000

I have a major complaint about the WP Mobile software. Very often after I've spent 20 mins or so writing a post or a comment I hit "Send" or "Publish" & then get an error message saying something like "Java connection lost." The entire project I created is gone, evaporating into thin air. This often happens despite the fact that I'm working in 3G mode & have at least one bar indicating reception.

Why isn't there some way to save the comment or post on the phone's internal drive until it's definitively posted to the server. That way, if publishing fails you still retain it in your Droid.

Could you pls. consider a feature that will save a draft of whatever you're writing until it's been published.