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On 3/16/2021 at 8:56 AM, sdnntt said:

Hi everyone,

Evernote user since 2013 here. Evernote recently implemented an update to its Android app, and this is by far the worst update I have experienced. It has made the app barely usable on my phone (web version is still the same).

Some examples:

• When saving web articles, the Evernote app opens (before, only a small circle popped up toward the bottom of my screen). If I leave the app right away, the article does not save properly;
• When saving web pages / articles to my Evernote, there is a constant bug that shows the note previously saved when the app pops up. It's become almost impossible to properly save a new article;
• I cannot add new tags easily like before. I have to "Find Tags", and if I want to add a new tag, it needs to be "created". I cannot simple type text and separate new tags by a comma. As a result the tag functionality is barely usable;
• The first time I use this new update, I used a specific tag (let's call it "media"). Now, every time I save a new item to my Evernote, the tag "media" is written by default, and I cannot even delete it! So every single new note added to my Evernote comes with this default tag. 

There are many other issues I could point out, but these are the most obvious. I've been using Evernote for more than 7 years and this is by far the worst update I've seen. The app has unfortunately become almost unusable, and I am thinking about cancelling my subscription or switching to a new app if this cannot be fixed.

Any suggestions? Is Evernote planning to revert to an older version?

Thanks.

Webclipping is broken. Pops up the whole app every time where it used to save inline without switching.

Actually taking notes is unstable. A lot of times it will not allow me to save or navigate away.

The adding tag method now is hard to use. One has to search for tags to add rather than add in line. 

I've been using evernote since 2009 but it's actively getting in my way these days.

On 7/1/2021 at 6:50 PM, o.Dé said:

The problem is: move to which app? Onenote it is a pain too. Did anyone use their web clipper? It's too slow and in most times don't work, besides it sync problems, still exist

I've switched to pocket for web clipping. It will even read the articles to you.

In my case the msi file was missing on my machine but your suggestion led me to another solution. The dowload of the current evernote (6.4.2) puts an msi file for the new version in c:\users\<your folder>\AppData\Local\Temp 

If you browse to that location directly you can right click on the Evernote.msi file and click "Install" which allowed the Evernote install to complete without trying to update. 

.MSI files typically have command line switches as well which you could use to force the update but I didn't need to use them in this case. 

Also Note: In order to see the .msi files in the aforementioned directory you'll need to make sure your Operating System (mine is windows 7) has "Show Hidden Files and Directors" enabled.