conflicts while using ONLY android app?!

[McVitas 30]

This is beyond my mental capacity. Today I was away all day and used Evernote only on my phone. In the evening I noticed suddenly there is a conflict with the one and only note I was typing to. How is it possible there are conflicts if there was no other device which could cause it? And there is not one but TWO conflicting notes! I notice two of them technically don't conflict because text is the same only there is more of text in the other one. How can adding a text create a conflict? This happened already many times.

There was a time with weak data signal, so I suppose that's how it happened - but again the phone was the ONLY source so it doesn't make any sense for conflicts to happen, does it?

[PinkElephant 8,996]

The client syncs with the server on the cloud. That’s practically 2 devices, and if the connection was interrupted, it can cause conflicts.

You type paragraph A, and it syncs, then B, and it syncs. Now you start C, and while you type, your connection gets lost.

While it’s fracky, you go to A and change something, then continue with C. You then go back to B, edit it as well, and continue with C again. Network is jumping between on and off while this happens.

Depending on when the network stopped, it may be the edits of the old paragraphs didn’t sync. When you close the note, you have new A, new B plus C. And you get conflicts on A and on B.

Thats why I turn off the internet connection when I know I will be editing while the internet connection will be shaky - in my case during train rides.

[Alxa 502]

Hi @McVitasConflicts should only show when a note is edited on different clients that are not able to keep in sync (e.g. missing network). Whereas working on only one client should not produce any issues. I would suggest raising a ticket. The Android client still seems to suffer from rare internal racing conditions (bug) sometimes leading to these conflicts (see them sometimes too but very rarely fortunately).

[McVitas 30]

18 hours ago, Alxa said:

Hi @McVitasConflicts should only show when a note is edited on different clients that are not able to keep in sync (e.g. missing network). Whereas working on only one client should not produce any issues. I would suggest raising a ticket. The Android client still seems to suffer from rare internal racing conditions (bug) sometimes leading to these conflicts (see them sometimes too but very rarely fortunately).

One would think so! But as you can see @PinkElephant has a different opinion

[McVitas 30]

18 hours ago, Alxa said:

Hi @McVitasConflicts should only show when a note is edited on different clients that are not able to keep in sync (e.g. missing network). Whereas working on only one client should not produce any issues. I would suggest raising a ticket. The Android client still seems to suffer from rare internal racing conditions (bug) sometimes leading to these conflicts (see them sometimes too but very rarely fortunately).

One would think so! But as you can see @PinkElephant has a different opinion

I find it weird that often when I open a note it DOES NOT show the last text I typed there like an hour ago, but something shorter. Then within a second it gets updated somehow and shows the last version! Seems like Evernote somehow keeps more versions of the note in the device memory and refreshes it from the network. But why isn't the last edited content shown immediately I wonder. If this situation happens and there is a wonky network then I think it can lead to a situation I described.

[PinkElephant 8,996]

I would simply make a habit out of briefly interrupting the editing session, close the note, reopen it and continue edits.

EN is like a browser, with the app as its front end. Maybe it only sort of caches what is done while editing, and is only writing it to permanent memory when the editing finishes.

[Dave-in-Decatur 4,014]

On 11/5/2023 at 2:38 PM, McVitas said:

I find it weird that often when I open a note it DOES NOT show the last text I typed there like an hour ago, but something shorter. Then within a second it gets updated somehow and shows the last version! Seems like Evernote somehow keeps more versions of the note in the device memory and refreshes it from the network. But why isn't the last edited content shown immediately I wonder. If this situation happens and there is a wonky network then I think it can lead to a situation I described.

My impression is this is due to the lack of background sync. The note appears as last known to the Android app, then speedily syncs. If I know there's a sync coming, I just wait for it, which is usually the case. Probably not ideal, but not a showstopper for me.