Posts made by jmwking

I just upgraded from a win10 thinkpad (p51) to a win11 one (e16). I have the same problem. It was fine on my p51. I'd love a solution.

@ivanzarco

That's mostly killed my use of Mini. Night mode is about the only reason I open it now.

@jmwking said in new version:

New version dropped on my iPhone today - 16.0.9. Still has crappy news feed with no apparent way to remove...

-jk

16.0.10 Crappy news feed still there...

-jk

@debbru

Not quite sure what you're asking...

New version dropped on my iPhone today - 16.0.9. Still has crappy news feed with no apparent way to remove...

-jk

I use it for ad blocking, but only on a few ad heavy sites.

I also use it (in season) at basketball games, on site where mobile is overwhelmed and Mini squeezes through more reliably.

Where does it work for you? Or does it?

-jk

@desertratr Not sure about changing the search engine, but you can create a favorite for it...

-jk

My fallback - delete Mini, restart, reinstall Mini...

-jk

Same in iOS.

-jk

We all want to stop it...

Except, well, Opera and their owners!

-jk

@redhounds yeah, I'd love to get rid of it, too. Such a waste of time and data.

-jk

@lopro said in Opera VPN for iOS reconnection issue on wifi:

The VPN connections seems on all the time while on 4G, even when the device has auo-locked itself, while on wifi it always has to reconnect whan waking which takes 5+ seconds. Any way to fix ?

I think that's more an iOS wifi thing. Any time an iphone locks/screen blanks, it puts wifi (mostly) to sleep - unless you're running an app that keeps it going, such as tunein radio. (It's apparently a frequently-detested "feature" to save battery life - wifi is steady drain.)

As I understand it, push notifications come in as a tiny notice via mobile data that will wake wifi up very briefly to allow the bulk of the notification through via wifi. The ones who disable mobile data are the ones who most detest it.

I guess Opera could offer a switch in the vpn app to keep wifi alive in whatever way tunein radio does it (it's the only app I regularly use that keeps wifi alive even when screen locked/blanked).

-jk

@pe73 It happened to me a little while ago, and a deletion and reinstall took care of it.
-jk

I just upgraded my iphone to 11.0.3, and Mini updated to 16.0.4 (as reported in the app store) right after.

Mini crashed when I tried to open it. I got a white screen with the red O and the word Opera below it. Then it went away. If I double clicked to go to the app switcher, I got a ghost image of it open, but if I selected it it went poof, again with the white screen and stuff.

This persisted through a reboot, but a deletion and reinstallation cleared it up.

Annoying, but thought folks might want to know...

-jk

Can't be worse, right?

This is just a comment engine...

-jk

The new ads were annoying enough. The news feed is worse.

I'm using Mini less and less...

-jk

Apparently we're up to v16 for ios. This sticky seems a little old...

-jk

To quote the how to post about a problem with mini thread:

If you would like to post about a issue you are facing in Opera, please make sure to include the following information as it will help other people in trying to check the problem and help you.

Topic title/subject (if you are opening a new one): It should be a short summary of the problem. Example: 'Can't play video on site xyz' or 'Opera crashes if I open settings page'

Use one topic per issue unless they are related. Many issues being discussed on the same topic may confuse people.

In the topic body, include the following:

Description: Here you will describe what the problem is with the most details as possible but being objective and concise.

Steps to reproduce: Here you will show what people should do to try to reproduce the problem. Example: Go to page zyx; click on 'this', etc

Actual result: What do you see, what happens when you do the steps you have listed above

Expected result: What should be the correct behaviour when performing those steps

OS: Your phone's OS

Phone model: Your phone model (Samsung S7, Sony Xperia Z3, Iphone, Nokia, etc)

Country and ISP (Internet Service Provider): The country you are in and your ISP.

Data saving mode: If you are using High or Extreme mode

URL: If the problem is with a page, post its address here

Version of Opera: What Opera Mini version you are using

but why was "Thanks O.Mini devs for MHT!" closed down?

It seemed a reasonably useful thread.

Was there some policy line crossed?

-jk

Most of (real) Mini happens at Opera Central. Not on your phone.

Things change at Central much faster than on the app on your phone, which just displays what Central sends down.

-jk