Feeds Still Not Updated Correctly

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Following are the results of a test I did to see if the feeds were being 
updated as I expected them to be:

RSSOwl reader is set up on my PC with four rss feeds, and the update interval 
is set to one minute.  An audible alert sound plays when each new news item 
comes in.

Sparse rss version 0.7.2 is set up on my HTC Droid Incredible (Android 2.2) 
with the same four rss feeds and the update interval is also set to one minute. 
 An audible alert sound is set up to play when each new news item comes in.  
(The phone was rebooted after version 0.7.2 was installed.)

In the Sparse rss Overview window, the update time for each feed changes every 
minute indicating that an update was attempted.  The network connection is 
Wi-Fi and the connection is working as indicated by email messages arriving on 
my phone from Gmail and the ability to surf the web.  The Verizon 3G cell 
connection is too weak to be working – zero signal strength bars on my phone.

Within the same general timeframe as each new news item comes in to RSSOwl, I 
expect to hear an audible alert from Sparse rss and I expect to see the same 
news item appear in Sparse rss.

However, after six new news items over a period of 30 minutes come into RSSOwl, 
none of the news items appear in Sparse rss from the automatic update that 
appears to be occurring.

Refresh from the overview window does not update the feeds.  Refreshing each 
individual feed does not update the feeds.

In the Sparse rss Overview window, the update time for each feed stops updating 
completely as seen by the update time staying fixed.  No further updates can be 
done either automatically or manually.

After waiting approximately two hours and then rebooting the phone, an audible 
alert sounds and a notification icon appears in the upper left notification 
area of the phone.  The notification says there are 23 new entries in Sparse 
rss.

In comparing the feed lists on RSSOwl and Sparse rss, all news items in each 
feed are now identical.

More news items come into RSSOwl.  Sparse rss continues to show updates every 
minute in the Overview window, but no new news items come in, and the process 
repeats itself as detailed above.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by gscottwa...@gmail.com on 14 Dec 2010 at 8:06

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Thank you for your detailed description.

I assume that the program is now in a state where it does not update your feeds 
anymore.
Can you look at the Android-settings->Applications and check the running 
processes. There should be one with the rss-icon that indicates sparserss. Are 
there 2 services running (RefreshService, FetcherService), or just one 
(RefreshService)?

Original comment by handschuh.stefan on 15 Dec 2010 at 10:41

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Correct, it is not updating the feeds any more.  The last indication of an 
automatic update was at 4:06 PM PT yesterday, even though it was not actually 
updating at that time.

Both services are running.

Original comment by gscottwa...@gmail.com on 15 Dec 2010 at 3:27

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The FetcherService should not run all the time. But I do not know, what keeps 
it from finishing.

Could you try the attached version (compiled from revision 73)?

Original comment by handschuh.stefan on 15 Dec 2010 at 10:41

Attachments:

• SparseRSS_0.7.3.apk

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It is downloaded to my desktop.  How do I get it into the phone?  Sorry, this 
is all new to me.

Original comment by gscottwa...@gmail.com on 16 Dec 2010 at 12:20

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I figured it out.  I downloaded from my phone.  Duh!  Version 0.7.3 is 
installed.  I will check out its function later today.  Thank you.

Original comment by gscottwa...@gmail.com on 16 Dec 2010 at 1:59

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I deleted your comment, because there was a full url written.

The behavior has improved, and I will try to resolve the issue with the example.

Original comment by handschuh.stefan on 16 Dec 2010 at 4:23

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Thanks.  I forgot about that full url thing.  I will wait for you to try to 
resolve the issue.

Original comment by gscottwa...@gmail.com on 16 Dec 2010 at 6:16

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At 10:28 AM PT today, Thursday, 12-16, I got an audible notification from 
Sparse rss.  It notified me of "42 new entries."  All the news on the four news 
feeds I set up that was not coming in when the fetching service was trying 
every minute, finally came in all at once.

Original comment by gscottwa...@gmail.com on 16 Dec 2010 at 6:36

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I notice that some of the feeds that update more infreqently, and with only one 
news item at a time are updating correctly and on time at about the same time 
as RSSOwl.  I will continue to monitor the behavior and report it here.

Original comment by gscottwa...@gmail.com on 16 Dec 2010 at 11:07

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Thanks for the detailed report, that really helps me locating the bug.

Original comment by handschuh.stefan on 16 Dec 2010 at 11:31

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There was a small issue that prevents the correct date to be parsed. This is 
corrected in the attached version. (compiled from revision 74)

Original comment by handschuh.stefan on 17 Dec 2010 at 11:31

Attachments:

• SparseRSS_0.7.3.apk

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I'm also having trouble with feeds not updating. They update in opera mini on 
the same android, so it's likely to be sparse rss. I'm using the,latest 
version, but started on an old version.I could try clean reinstall, where are 
files cached?

Original comment by charlieb...@gmail.com on 9 Mar 2011 at 6:35

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Can you try the version from issue 46#c9 (comment 9)?

Original comment by handschuh.stefan on 1 Apr 2011 at 4:32

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A fix should be released in version 0.8.5.

Original comment by handschuh.stefan on 1 Apr 2011 at 4:58

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Since I could not reproduce this error any more, I consider this as fixed. 
Please reopen if you still have trouble updating all feeds.

Original comment by handschuh.stefan on 3 Apr 2011 at 2:48

• Changed state: Fixed

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Cheers - just confirming the latest build is updating happily here

Original comment by charlieb...@gmail.com on 6 Apr 2011 at 6:57