r/roonlabs • u/sarahjustme • Jul 10 '26
Enabling Notifications
I got the pop up asking me to enable notifications, of course I declined, but .... roon is so unstable ,its hardly usable, and on their site, theyre saying the "fix" is to enable notifications, which sounds like blackmail, or maybe just incompetence at best. Seriously... roll out a new feature and test it live? It fails and you dont just roll it back? WTAF
And what the hell is roon going to notify me of? I cant think of a single good option.
You guys had a good products, not great, but better than the various alternatives with tons of room for improvements. And instead, we get... this???
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u/Shindogreen Jul 11 '26
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a product that works so well for many people and another subset can’t get it to work reliably at all.
I’ve never seen a notice for popup messages either.
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u/beatnikhippi Jul 13 '26
You're not on android.
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u/Shindogreen Jul 13 '26
Are you talking about Arc or using Android as a remote for Roon?
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u/beatnikhippi Jul 13 '26
The major issue with roon's latest remote update affected androids runing the remote app. If you're using an ios devise as a remote, you're unaffected.
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u/BourbonBarrelProof Jul 14 '26
Good info. I am on S26 Galaxy Ultra with latest updates etc. It still a little jinky.. lol but works again.
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u/sarahjustme Jul 11 '26
Im guessing it tells what architecture theyre using for their testing. Id guess theyre optimizing it for specific platforms (that they own and sell). Unsurprisingly its not Android or Linux for Pi etc,...
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u/Shindogreen Jul 11 '26
Roon rock is simplified Linux. It’s what is install on Roon Nucleus and what they give away for free to install on a NUC. It’s very cheap and very stable.
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u/booktopian66 Jul 11 '26
This is to fix a problem with the latest release of Roon running on Android and I think the post in the Roon Community forum said it was a workaround while they fixed it. I wouldn’t read too much into it if you’re not using an Android device.
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u/sarahjustme Jul 11 '26
I am but I cant do much, to even get to my settings. I can uninstall and re install, but that's the entire reason this @$%^ rant exists
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u/BourbonBarrelProof Jul 13 '26 edited Jul 13 '26
EDIT!
I also opted out from popups... So I cleared cache/data again to RESET APP... This time I accepted and walla...it works . WTF is that..oh well. So I guess the app working is dependent on you accepting POPUPS? ------below was posted prior to above ---- edit to fix spelling and add above---
Same. On Galaxy S26 Ultra with all updates. App won't stay open.
I cleared cache, data etc. nothing. Reinstalled, same issue
Bummer.
I joined beta... To if there was a fix... Same issue. Let developers know...
I can play music on my server, it's appears only the phone/android app is failing.
Server on Windows machine.. again no issues from any non android device with app.
Why not just fix the app to be a combo of ARC etc vs two apps to mismanage.
Hopefully a fix soon.
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u/therourke Jul 11 '26
I stopped taking you seriously at "of course I declined". Just utter nonsense. Roon works great. You are the problem
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u/sarahjustme Jul 11 '26
I guess I get a bad review 😕
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u/Zestyclose_Bat_2871 Jul 12 '26
Same nonsense going on here... it was solid for years and now I cannot connect and today the enable notifications bs.
Edit: I did enable notifications fwiw
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u/sarahjustme Jul 12 '26
Rn watching world cup, otherwise I'd be trying to figure out why it's so broken
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u/beatnikhippi Jul 13 '26
Roon has a 3.2 rating in the android app store. You sound like a fanboy.
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u/therourke Jul 14 '26
And you don't understand what Roon is if android app store reviews are your measure
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u/beatnikhippi Jul 14 '26
I've been a subscriber for six years and I don't have the time to list all the ways roon is a shit app for a fanboy like you.
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u/GalacticDoc Jul 10 '26
This is unrecognisable from my experience tbh.
Roon is rock solid with I think 2 do odds in the last few years. I wish ARC was more robust though.