Deleting downloaded lessons?
ausgang
March 27, 2011 at 09:46 PM posted in General DiscussionHey there,
Does anyone know how to manage the downloaded lessons on my iPhone. I mean is there a way to delete the lessons if I run out of space?
Thanks in advance,
Juergen
jennyzhu
September 07, 2011 at 06:03 AM
It works now. We apologize for the disruption and thank you very much for your understanding.
bababardwan
September 07, 2011 at 05:08 AM
just downloaded yesterdays lesson on the app and can report it's up and running again. Thanks CPod :)
johnb
September 07, 2011 at 03:42 AM
Jenny is correct, it's a temporary (we hope!) issue caused by the server problems that we've been having. We're hoping to clear up the server issues today or at latest tomorrow, and with it the mobile device log in. I'll second Jenny in saying we're very sorry about the interruption of service.
jennyzhu
September 06, 2011 at 02:14 PM
We sincerely apologize! I think the current status of the app is caused by our server breakdown and the major store switch. I am truly truly sorry about the inconvenience caused. Please be assured that we are committed to solve the problems and do things properly. I will let Johnb get back to you next morning. In the meantime, I know it's not ideal, but I am afraid app users will need to go back to the website to use the service. 对不起！谢谢大家！
johnb
September 02, 2011 at 03:18 AM
The download manager is planned for the version after next. The next version is being submitted to Apple on Monday, and will contain a variety of bug fixes (including the refresh bug that samuelsherry mentioned), and compatibility with a site update that is also coming on Monday.
We know that there are a lot of issues with the iPhone and Android apps, and we are working on them. It's a slow process and we aplogize for it, but we are working to make it better.
garethbridges
September 01, 2011 at 11:34 PM
I've given hope of them ever producing a version of the iPhone app that actually works. Generally they fix one thing, break another. None of the older lessons work properly. It's the only app which makes me nervous about upgrading iOS. I just use the website these days...unless I'm on a plane, when I can't. Rebate my subscription, highly unlikely.
samuelsherry
September 01, 2011 at 10:26 PM
Is there an expected ETA for the iPhone bug fixes?
At least for me, my mobile device is the primary way in which I interact with ChinesePod. It's a little annoying that I need to logout and login to clear the cache, but it's super-problematic that the lesson lists continuously refreshes, preventing me from seeing more than the last 10 lessons for more than a few seconds.
podster
August 21, 2011 at 07:39 PM
Good to know that iPhone app development is proceeding. I had also begun to assume that nobody at CPod was looking at it any more. The bugs that you refer to were identified many months ago. More site changes? How about restoring the mobile site, which was abandoned. It would be nice to be able to easily search and bookmark a lesson from the iPhone so that we could then use it in the mobile app. Better still, why not include that function in the mobile app itself?
johnb
August 20, 2011 at 09:53 PM
Sorry, we missed this thread.
Right now download management is rather poor -- the only way to clear the download cache is to log out and log back in again. We're planning a proper download manager for the version after next (the next small version fixes a few bugs related to loading more lessons, and adds support for some upcoming changes to the website itself).
beikaiwen26
August 18, 2011 at 04:53 PM
Is iPhone app development even active? I'd look at contracting some of this work out, its basic enough...
rcamazed
July 31, 2011 at 04:59 PM
This is quite bad! There must be a way to delete the lessons downloaded to our phones other than uninstalling the entire app. I don't want to put them on if I can't get them off in the future. Most lessons I just need to listen to three times or so, and then want to delete them off my phone.
Come on ChinesePod. As IPhone App users we are all premium subscribers and deserve better treatment. Simply being able to erase off an old lesson doesn't seem like a feature you would have forgot.
xiao_liang
March 28, 2011 at 07:46 AM
I can't see one, apart from deleting the app and reinstalling it :-(
ajr1
September 06, 2011 at 01:10 PMLooks like the iPhone App is broken - will it stay out of commission until Apple clears your updated version?