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Reminder to clear your Liftoff cache (i.imgflip.com)

submitted 10 months ago by slazer2au@lemmy.world to c/liftoff@lemmy.world

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It's that time again Lemmings.

Don't forget to clear your Liftoff cache. Liftoff currently doesn not have a auto clear cache feature.

For those who don't know how, Android instructions are below

Long hold the Liftoff icon and select App Info
Select Storage and Cache
Press Clear Cache

Feel free to share your cache size and not compare our addictions.

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[-] barkingspiders@infosec.pub 36 points 10 months ago

Lolz, holy shit I needed this post, ducking community service here

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[-] neveraskedforthis@lemmy.world 28 points 10 months ago

Ok, I have a feature request...

[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 27 points 10 months ago

Don't we all mate. There already is a GitHub issue for it.

https://github.com/liftoff-app/liftoff/issues/408

[-] EternalNeophyte@lemmy.nz 20 points 10 months ago

11.8 Gigs. Thanks OP.

[-] Hanabie@sh.itjust.works 11 points 10 months ago

10.4 gig here. Holy shit.

[-] 0x4E4F@infosec.pub 16 points 10 months ago

I just love announcements with a meme 😂, makes my day 😂.

[-] monkeytennis@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

Wtf .. 16gb .. please prioritise that feature.

[-] BlessedDog@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

I had 27Gb damn...

[-] NessD@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

8 gigs. Thanks for the reminder! Is this app still developed? I know that the developer got children and strives to continue, but sometimes life goes a different way. :)

[-] SeedyOne@lemm.ee 8 points 10 months ago

Not even a user but thanks for this post. My Thunder was at 8.6GB, guess that one needs an auto clear too.

[-] OldePetey@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

21GB, thanks for the heads up! Didn't know this was a thing

[-] shadowSprite@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

1.67 gbs. Haven't cleared since last time this reminder was posted. Thanks again

[-] kutsyk_alexander@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

6.27 Gb

[-] kogs@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Well, thanks very much! Just shy of 20GB!

[-] Psaldorn@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

3.3Gb, nice

[-] kratoz29@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago

You guys Lemmy hard.

[-] spiritedpause@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago

Is this an issue for the iOS app as well? I'm guessing it's not, since mine is only using 80mb of space.

[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

No idea, I don't have an ios device to check against.

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[-] Longmactoppedup@aussie.zone 4 points 10 months ago

Only 2GB... Since android 14 update bricked my phone a couple of weeks ago.

[-] thegiddystitcher@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

Ah hello friend, I feel your pain 😢

[-] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

3.48 -- less than I expected honestly.

[-] sep@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Thanks OP! 10.5GB

[-] guriinii@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Thanks doe the reminder, didn't know about this! I had over 5 gig.

[-] kaktus@feddit.nl 4 points 10 months ago

Does it clear the cache whenever there's an update or something? Because mine only uses 60MB, an i never cleared it.

[-] cron@feddit.de 4 points 10 months ago

Maybe some optimisation by your phone? I've seen phones that suggest regularly cleaning unused files (xiaomi or huawei, not sure).

[-] kaktus@feddit.nl 2 points 10 months ago

That might be it, I have a huawei.

[-] Cheems@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

15.69 nice.

[-] synae@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 10 months ago

I know this is the community specifically for the Liftoff app, but thought I'd mention Eternity which I find to be quite a similar experience and has better cache handling - it has a configurable limit and sticks to it. So, if this functionality is important to you, it might be worth trying out an alternative until Liftoff has a solution.

[-] LucyLastic@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago

I have Android 7, which doesn't have this feature ... do I need to clear the cache too? If so, does that mean I have to reinstall the app?

[-] khannie@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

If you go into settings->applications->liftoff you should see it in there. Cache clearing has been around as long as I can remember

[-] LucyLastic@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago

Thanks, I found it now, I was looking under the wrong part of the app's settings :-/

[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Cache clearing was a thing in 7

Settings -> Apps -> LiftOff -> Storage -> clear cache.

[-] LucyLastic@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

Thank you, I was looking at the wrong bit where it said permissions/storage. Turns out I had just shy of 8Gb there!

[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

9Gb for October

[-] WaxedWookie@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

What a dogshit implementation - this is egregious enough that the app should be pulled/banned until this is patched.

[-] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Oh calm down. Its still in development. If one minor issue like manual cache clearing is such a big deal, open an issue on the github page or just fork it and fix it yourself. It's a FOSS app still in active development, the unfortunate cost of living on the cutting edge is that sometimes you get shoved face first through a tomato.

[-] WaxedWookie@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

My background is as a product manager for a digital platform, not a developer. I'm not the guy to fix this issue, but I'm pretty comfy it's a meaningful issue.

While I applaud the FOSS effort (I wasn't aware), I'm not going to sit on the sidelines clapping as people's faces are shoved through tomatoes. If this is worthy of a regular reminder at risk of filling your phone, it warrants an urgent fix that appears to be taking time.

Here's hoping it gets fixed quickly though.

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[-] Katzastrophe@feddit.de 11 points 10 months ago

Mate, the official Reddit App used to do the same shit until i think 2019, calm down. Cache clearing is really not that big of a deal

[-] WaxedWookie@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

So long as you know to do it as your phone's storage is gobbled up at an alarming rate.

Most of us are here because we think reddit is shit - that's not your best point.

[-] Katzastrophe@feddit.de 2 points 10 months ago

If you want manual cache clearing to be gone, you can always do a pull request on the repo, the app is still in beta, it is not in fact officially finished. Don't expect a work in progress to be a completed product

[-] WaxedWookie@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

So if the app fills my phone's storage, and I don't know why because I don't know how to code, and didn't know this was an issue? This doesn't stop the app working properly - it stops your phone working properly pretty quickly.

If it's in beta and affecting people's phone function, maybe that beta needs to be a little tighter than just grabbing the app from the play store without any warning.

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[-] Thekingoflorda@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Why? If someone knows the issue, they can choose they want to use the app anyway, or delete it. If the app is pulled, they don’t really have that option.

[-] WaxedWookie@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

This is true (though they'd need to v know about the issue and how to fix it). I just hope the app cache is cleared when they uninstall it (though it'd be an OS issue if it didn't.

[-] BraveLittleToaster@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

NINE GIGS??!!

[-] illi@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

Well... good to know! 7 gigs for me.

[-] Telcontar@lemmy.today 3 points 10 months ago

Holy crap I have 13.23 gigs. What is stored in the cache? Do I lose anything when I clear it?

[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

When Liftoff loads a picture or video the file has to be stored somewhere on the device for it to be displayed. All that is stored in the Liftoff cache. You should not loose data by clearing your cache as the cache is suppose to be a temporary storage location.

If you have downloaded things from lemmy via liftoff those files will be unaffected as they are stored elsewhere.