There is a Lemmy Account Settings Instance Migrator tool:

https://github.com/CMahaff/lasim

I think this disabling of the Volume buttons is related to the Comment Navigator feature.

This is in the Settings / Comments Customization / More info / Comment Navigator

If you turn ON Comment Navigator, then when you press volume up or down it goes to the next / previous comment. However, this disables the normal volume up or down function.

If you turn OFF Comment Navigator, this ALSO disables the normal volume up or down function!

So it appears Connect may be hijacking the volume buttons, within the Connect app. If you switch to another app, the volume buttons work.

"Connect is as much your app as it is mine."

And it is that user focus and can-do attitude that makes Connect my favorite Lemmy app and Kuro an exceptional developer. Thanks to Kuro for weaving the magic bits and to fellow Connecters for your suggestions and observations!

Connect for Lemmy has such great customization features, and Kuro is a dedicated and responsive developer. Definitely my favorite Lemmy app for Android. It's exciting and rewarding to see this app improve.

If you are so inclined, go to the bottom of the Settings screen for links to Rate the app and Support the developer with a donation!

My vote for next changes would be to have granular theme customizations (choosing specific color to apply to specific screen elements), AND the ability to export / import themes and settings. Tablet UI features would also be nice (e.g., landscape mode for posts | comments in side-by-side panels).

Yeah, unfortunately that egotistic extreme response is prevalent and encouraged in current affairs.

A sad day indeed.... Joey was exceptional for its customization features, and I look forward to supporting the developer in any future projects.

+1 for Niagara. It smoothly combines simplicity of layout with under the hood features such as popup folders that can hold apps / shortcuts / widgets, and notifications that display next to the associated app.

Very much appreciate the quick attention to fixes, and ongoing fine-tuning and features. You are crafting an excellent app!

• On the feed screen, tap the 3-line menu at the top left
• Select Settings
• Scroll down to the Community filter setting
• Type the strings you want to exclude, followed by a comma
• Exit and reopen Connect, then open a feed to see if the communities with the strings in their name are excluded

Go to: Settings - Comment Customization - Default sort for comments - select either Hot, Top, New, Old

You may then need to exit Connect and reopen Connect for the default sort to take affect.

On Google Play Store, search for Connect for Lemmy, then look for Beta Tester and sign up. The next time you get app updates, the Connect beta version should be available for installation.

Yep, Connect has a lot of visual customizations (like our dear departed Joey) that I enjoy in an app. Liftoff is also quite good.

Thanks @[email protected] ! The export worked well (ran LASIM on Windows), and the JSON file contains my followed communities and profile settings. Wish I had this prior to the Vlemmy outage 🤕

• Joplin - multiplatform notes
• Feeder - RSS feed reader
• Aves Libre - image gallery
• OctoDroid - GitHub manager/viewer
• MediLog - health metrics tracker

Connect for Lemmy works well on my tablet (Lenovo P11 Pro). I like the settings options for Font size and Theming to customize the look.

I also noticed this "sorting" of saved Comments after the saved Posts.

Looks like an opportunity to Post a [Feature Request] , to either correctly sort Saved posts and Comments together, or have a selection/filter to display just the saved Posts or saved Comments.

There are some Lemmy apps that do have this option to display saved Posts or Comments separately.

Yep, solid bar issue fixed with version1.0.101 ...thanks Kuro!

Currently, I don't see a way to create a community on the sh.itjust.works instance. Perhaps contact one of the mods?
Or, if you have an account on another Lemmy instance that allows community creation, you could create one there.

Thanks for the mention of Waydroid.... will check that out!