Description of problem (please provide a set of steps we can use to replicate the issue, and make as many as you need.):
Step 1: Added observation (Western Honey Bee) this morning where there wasn’t wi-fi; since I use an old phone for iNatting, I do not have cell service.
Step 2: Came home and tried to let it sync through my wi-fi, along with a recording (Song Sparrow) I also obtained during the day. Wouldn’t sync.
Step 3: App says it’s syncing but when I go on the website, I see Western Honey Bee with no media.
Step 4: Methods I’ve tried to fix this. 1. Refeshed page. 2. Turn off and on wi-fi. 3. Cleaned cache. 4. Cleaned data. 5. Uninstall and reinstalled iNat. 6. Moved into another room in case it’s a wifi issue.
Step 5: Still stays green and waiting to upload. Wi-fi is not the problem since I added a few observation via my computer and my phone picked it up just fine in my latest refresh of the page.
I have been experiencing the same problem, first noticed a few hours ago. I thought it was related to how my phone updated from Android 10 to 11 yesterday, but I wasn’t able to find any other testimonies that could substantiate that supposition. Besides, I had no trouble with the app after the OS upgrade yesterday. I also have not been able to suggest identifications on other users’ observations. I’m using version 1.24.0 (512).
This is so common. I barely manage (app version 1.24.0). I just avoid opening any observations, even rotating my device, closing it, opening any other tabs, even fiddling with the process by stopping and resuming.
I can upload other observations, but only if I don’t rotate the device, and that I press submit only after 20 seconds to 3 minutes or so after submitting the previous observation (depending on the amount of media). Cancelling it is a death sentence for the previous observation.
Once started, it may start to show the green bar on the top “syncing”, “preparing”. But the observation rarely changes from the light green “waiting to upload”. It may occasionally start the process, but immediately go back to waiting without anything else changing.
Once this process happens, you must resubmit the observation from scratch. No other observations successfully submit if this dormant uploading observation is left undeleted.
If all the rules above are followed, observation upload goes slowly, but smoothly. The easiest way is to just leave your device on open, without auto screen sleep, and let it slowly but surely upload. In that time you may upload other observations.
I have the same problem today. Observations photos don’t go up and get occasional message that it’s preparing or uploading but never completes even after an hour or 2. Most unusual for me.
Android updated last night.
same problem: i’m uploading 4 observations from the android app and they are still green after 1 hour. i’ve tried to refresh, clean the phone and change to wifi tto mobile. nothing happened
Investigating further I found the problem is in Android, on Samsung S21plus, TabS7plus, using app or website. Windows 10 laptop works fine on website.
The problem is exactly as described by the 1st entry on this topic.
I hope it’s fixed soon or people won’t be able to submit field observations!
Having the same issue, Android 11, Galaxy S10e, iNat version 1.24.0 (512).
I tried to upload 15 observations over cell data and still unable to upload on wifi… When refreshing the screen to start syncing I get “Syncing”, “Preparing”, then “Syncing 1 of 15 observations” in the green notifications banner at the top. The green banner then disappears and my observations are still in the green “unuploaded” state.
It is happening to me as well. I think it has to do with daytime savings.
If I take a look at my timezone on the website I get that I’m in Spain (Madrid) which is correct but it says that this corresponds to a GMT+1 which is wrong, we are still in GMT+2.
If I upload the obs manually I get the “remains green” but for some reason, if I upload through Seek I am able to upload the single image but with a timezone corresponding to EEST:
I seem to have the same problem - when uploading observations via the app it stops uploading partway through the first observation (was working fine 2 days ago). All relevant metadata is there on the web just no images. I’ve tried deleting the images from the observations in the app and re-adding them through the app and reposting but still no luck. Samsung S20 FE
I am having a similar issue with uploads, except the app does not crash. It just stops uploading 25% of the way through the first observation. Same issue on both the current public version and beta 1.24.1. Log files sent.
