Why is precentral not working

akdh · 05/06/2011, 10:05 PM

on my Pre? There's no problem with any other website, but when i load precentral either through the browser or the app, only a small section at the top is loaded and the rest is gray checkerboard. Anybody know what could be causing this?

cobrakon · 05/06/2011, 10:13 PM

Getting the same here. It's a recent thing as it's been fine all along. I also had a desktop issue where I could only see the forums and not the homepage, but it's been resolved.

akdh · 05/06/2011, 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by cobrakon

Getting the same here. It's a recent thing as it's been fine all along. I also had a desktop issue where I could only see the forums and not the homepage, but it's been resolved.

I feel like it's been at least a week now, and I'm surprised I didn't se any other topics about this issue in the forums

ronbo2000 · 05/07/2011, 08:10 PM

Are getting some kind of error message? I don't issues on my Pre.

akdh · 05/07/2011, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by ronbo2000

Are getting some kind of error message? I don't issues on my Pre.

nope. It's working fine as of this morning. But it just wasn't loading the full page only a small part of it. It seems to be fine now

Knsnik · 05/07/2011, 09:21 PM

It has been doing the same thing to me for a while now...not on all stories but on most of them.

KingDude420 · 05/08/2011, 08:40 PM

I've been viewing the mobile version on my Pre- for what seems like forever. But for the past two monthsish I cant leave a comment after articles. VERY poor PreCentral. And for the last two weeks have had problems loading the articles. When I scroll down I get grey checkered boxes. Why in the hell is this happening now? Its gonna make me visit the site far less if I have to go to a PC to view and comment.

LateNiteWithJme · 05/11/2011, 05:14 PM

Having same issues on my Pre too. Both Full and Mobile sites. So very frusterating.

BoraWare · 05/11/2011, 05:35 PM

Yep, same here. Part loads then checkerboard. Sometimes with some convincing and a few reloads it'll come up. Unless an article is apealing enough I don't bother trying to read them anymore. Hopefully one day it'll be fixed.

Freshyz · 05/11/2011, 05:42 PM

Been happening to me too on the articles. Glad I'm not the only one, I thought my phone was having connection issues or something..

Emceesquared · 05/11/2011, 07:23 PM

i've been having the same problem. im glad to see im not the only one. for a moment i thought there was something wrong with my phone.

**HelloNNNewman** · 05/11/2011, 07:29 PM

What software versions are you running? We've tried recreating the issue and have had no such "luck".

fsmpre · 05/11/2011, 08:22 PM

I'm having the same issue on my Verizon Pre Plus 1.4.5. It's been happening for about two weeks. It's impossible to read some articles because half will be checkerboard. Sometimes if I try again later I can get the whole article to show up.

blue duck butter · 08:34 PM

These issues with the site were the last straw for me. This combined with the horrible grammar and syntax in 90% of the front page articles is what has forced me to switch to webOSroundup as my main go to for information regarding webOS. They have an official and very good mobile app too. I only come to precentral for the forum community now.

EDIT: running 2.1 on a FrankenPre2 but had this issue with my Pre- running 1.4.5 and 2.1 as well

EDIT 2: when I was experiencing these issues with the site loading, most of the time, if I closed the app and re-opened it a couple times, it would properly load the whole article(s).

Garrett92C · 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by blue duck butter

These issues with the site were the last straw for me. This combined with the horrible grammar and syntax in 90% of the front page articles is what has forced me to switch to webOSroundup as my main go to for information regarding webOS. They have an official and very good mobile app too. I only come to precentral for the forum community now.

EDIT: running 2.1 on a FrankenPre2 but had this issue with my Pre- running 1.4.5 and 2.1 as well

EDIT 2: when I was experiencing these issues with the site loading, most of the time, if I closed the app and re-opened it a couple times, it would properly load the whole article(s).

webOS Roundup has a pretty awesome app. How does Precentral not have an official app after all this time?

blue duck butter · 05/11/2011, 08:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Garrett92C

Yes! WebOS Roundup has a pretty awesome app. How does Precentral not have an official app after all this time?

P.S. I made a second edit to my post after you quoted me, stating how I would temporarily get around the issue of the articles not loading.

Knsnik · 05/11/2011, 08:37 PM

I have been having this problem as well, but mostly with the mobile version. It is becoming quite frustrating, however I am glad it's not just me. I am on a pre+ running 1.4.5.

Garrett92C · 05/11/2011, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by BoraWare

Yep, same here. Part loads then checkerboard. Sometimes with some convincing and a few reloads it'll come up. Unless an article is apealing enough I don't bother trying to read them anymore. Hopefully one day it'll be fixed.

When you get that checkerboard problem, rotate your phone to landscape then back to portrait. See if that fixes it.

Knsnik · 05/11/2011, 08:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Garrett92C

When you get that checkerboard problem, rotate your phone to landscape then back to portrait. See if that fixes it.

I have tried the rotation trick to fix it but it doesn't work. In fact I have found that I really can't do anything because it seems to freeze up the browzer. I have to close it and wait for a few minutes before I can even reload the page. This prob. is mostly just for the mobile version for me...in fact I have now added the regular page as a bookmark because it is mostly still usable for me. Also the Precentral News app doesn't load the pages any better. Thanks for trying to help with the issue!

HenryAlan · 05/11/2011, 08:58 PM

I'm having the same problem - page won't load, browser freezes up completely. It's a Sprint pre-, 1.45. Newsroom stopped working at the same time, no idea if it's related. The problem is persistent, regardless of data connection. I think the only recent change I've made was adding freetether, but I'm pretty sure the problem preceded that install.

05/06/2011, 10:05 PM	#1 (permalink)
akdh Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 4 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Why is precentral not working on my Pre? There's no problem with any other website, but when i load precentral either through the browser or the app, only a small section at the top is loaded and the rest is gray checkerboard. Anybody know what could be causing this?
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05/06/2011, 10:13 PM	#2 (permalink)
cobrakon Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Southern USA Posts: 922 Likes Received: 102 Thanks: 419 Thanked 245 Times in 155 Posts	Getting the same here. It's a recent thing as it's been fine all along. I also had a desktop issue where I could only see the forums and not the homepage, but it's been resolved.
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05/07/2011, 08:10 PM	#4 (permalink)
ronbo2000 Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 7,370 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 764 Thanked 891 Times in 552 Posts	Are getting some kind of error message? I don't issues on my Pre.
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05/07/2011, 09:21 PM	#6 (permalink)
Knsnik Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 161 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 28 Thanked 17 Times in 13 Posts	It has been doing the same thing to me for a while now...not on all stories but on most of them.
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05/08/2011, 08:40 PM	#7 (permalink)
KingDude420 Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 67 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 34 Thanked 5 Times in 4 Posts	I've been viewing the mobile version on my Pre- for what seems like forever. But for the past two monthsish I cant leave a comment after articles. VERY poor PreCentral. And for the last two weeks have had problems loading the articles. When I scroll down I get grey checkered boxes. Why in the hell is this happening now? Its gonna make me visit the site far less if I have to go to a PC to view and comment.
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05/11/2011, 05:14 PM	#8 (permalink)
LateNiteWithJme Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: USA Posts: 448 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 45 Thanked 97 Times in 47 Posts	Having same issues on my Pre too. Both Full and Mobile sites. So very frusterating.
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05/11/2011, 05:35 PM	#9 (permalink)
BoraWare Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Oregon, USA Posts: 310 Likes Received: 3 Thanks: 3 Thanked 62 Times in 43 Posts	Yep, same here. Part loads then checkerboard. Sometimes with some convincing and a few reloads it'll come up. Unless an article is apealing enough I don't bother trying to read them anymore. Hopefully one day it'll be fixed.
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Freshyz Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Utah Posts: 926 Likes Received: 1 Thanks: 211 Thanked 114 Times in 92 Posts	Been happening to me too on the articles. Glad I'm not the only one, I thought my phone was having connection issues or something..
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05/11/2011, 07:23 PM	#11 (permalink)
Emceesquared Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: La Gran Manzana Posts: 222 Likes Received: 10 Thanks: 64 Thanked 33 Times in 25 Posts	i've been having the same problem. im glad to see im not the only one. for a moment i thought there was something wrong with my phone.
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05/11/2011, 08:22 PM	#13 (permalink)
fsmpre Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 1 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Same for me I'm having the same issue on my Verizon Pre Plus 1.4.5. It's been happening for about two weeks. It's impossible to read some articles because half will be checkerboard. Sometimes if I try again later I can get the whole article to show up.
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05/11/2011, 08:28 PM	#14 (permalink)
blue duck butter Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Burbank, CA Posts: 710 Likes Received: 28 Thanks: 171 Thanked 165 Times in 111 Posts	These issues with the site were the last straw for me. This combined with the horrible grammar and syntax in 90% of the front page articles is what has forced me to switch to webOSroundup as my main go to for information regarding webOS. They have an official and very good mobile app too. I only come to precentral for the forum community now. EDIT: running 2.1 on a FrankenPre2 but had this issue with my Pre- running 1.4.5 and 2.1 as well EDIT 2: when I was experiencing these issues with the site loading, most of the time, if I closed the app and re-opened it a couple times, it would properly load the whole article(s). Last edited by blue duck butter; 05/11/2011 at 08:34 PM.
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05/11/2011, 08:37 PM	#17 (permalink)
Knsnik Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 161 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 28 Thanked 17 Times in 13 Posts	I have been having this problem as well, but mostly with the mobile version. It is becoming quite frustrating, however I am glad it's not just me. I am on a pre+ running 1.4.5.
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05/11/2011, 08:58 PM	#20 (permalink)
HenryAlan Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 300 Likes Received: 13 Thanks: 32 Thanked 76 Times in 33 Posts	I'm having the same problem - page won't load, browser freezes up completely. It's a Sprint pre-, 1.45. Newsroom stopped working at the same time, no idea if it's related. The problem is persistent, regardless of data connection. I think the only recent change I've made was adding freetether, but I'm pretty sure the problem preceded that install.
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