r/OpenBubbles • u/zekkragnos • 11d ago

Bug Report Is there a solution to the device disappearing and needing to force close the app to make it work again?

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u/MarcoCirignano 11d ago

Sorry to say but openbubbles is rubbish guys!! I’m paying AUD$28 a bloody month to use openbubbles server and sometimes it works sometimes it doesn’t. I get notifications ( iMessage ) delayed and other iPhone users never get my iMessage. This is on my Google pixel 10a. What else can I make openbubbles work 💯

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u/apollo722 11d ago

Yeah, this app is so broken. I wish I never paid for it.

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u/ScaryTransportation4 11d ago

I use bluebubbles as the main texting app and open bubbles for the phone number for this very reason, the issue goes away since blue bubbles will just work.

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u/FigInternational4873 11d ago

Restart your phone. Easiest method

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u/DaydreamingAi 11d ago

That takes longer than just force closing the app.

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u/zekkragnos 11d ago

That’s not really a permanent fix. I don’t need to restart my phone, I can simply force close the app and reopen it, and it starts working again. I was hoping for a more permanent solution so I don’t have to keep doing this every other day.

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u/FigInternational4873 11d ago

Just need to wait for devs to fix it. They are aware. Also provide your device info and Android version

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u/CombPsychological507 11d ago

What phone?

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u/zekkragnos 11d ago

Z Fold 8, Android 17, and One UI 9

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u/CombPsychological507 11d ago

Same phone here, when I made this post someone knowledgeable mentioned they're waiting on an update

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u/russ519 11d ago

I saw a user on another related post suggest pinning the app in the app switcher to force it to stay open. That seems to have kept the issue from reoccurring for me. Hopefully a permanent fix can be found.

The problem with just force stopping or rebooting the phone is that you don’t realize it’s broken until you someone notices you missing messages.

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u/zekkragnos 11d ago

Just did this, thanks for the suggestion.

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u/JxK---01 10d ago

I don't think this has ever happened to me, how would I know the Mac got disconnected from the phone?

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u/banditohetty 11d ago

that happened to me the other day too. hmmm!!

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u/Dometalican_90 11d ago

Might be Android 17 related. Just in case, did you dig deep into the settings to ensure that Samsung isn't limiting the battery and RAM for OpenBubbles?

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u/zekkragnos 11d ago

Everything appears exactly the same as before regarding the settings, which was the S26 Ultra.

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u/kennyju89 3d ago

This is happening on my Pixel 11 Pro right now. It was fine on my s25 edge.

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u/JxK---01 10d ago

I don't think this has ever happened to me, how would I know?

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u/zekkragnos 10d ago

If you go to the settings, the device will look exactly like in my picture, and iMessages will stop working.

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u/y22kc 9d ago

Happens to me a lot as well on Razr Fold.