# Android app stuck in "Preparing - Cleaning up - Syncing" loop

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/android-app-stuck-in-preparing-cleaning-up-syncing-loop/14964>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Created:** [July 30, 2020, 5:04pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/android-app-stuck-in-preparing-cleaning-up-syncing-loop/14964 "2020-07-30T17:04:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Star3](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/star3/32/73028_2.png) [@Star3](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/Star3)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 5:40pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/android-app-stuck-in-preparing-cleaning-up-syncing-loop/14964/2 "2020-07-30T17:40:39Z")

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I think there may be an existing bug report for this.

[addendum: Found it! [https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/perpetual-sync-activity/14406/](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/perpetual-sync-activity/14406/) ]

[second addendum: actually, there’s SEVERAL bug reports on it:  
[https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/android-app-observation-remains-in-sync-loop/13504](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/android-app-observation-remains-in-sync-loop/13504)  
[https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/sync-issue-on-mobile-app/4866](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/sync-issue-on-mobile-app/4866)  
[https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/android-app-doesnt-sync-observations/11777](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/android-app-doesnt-sync-observations/11777) ]

[third addendum: [https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/updating-1-of-8-observations-android-app/4821](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/updating-1-of-8-observations-android-app/4821) ]

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