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@Jason-from-Videostream
Saw a new version of the Android App tonight. Grabbed it and noticed no ads and more importantly I 'm happy to report it's running stable and smooth with my ?2 year old Android version? LOVE IT!

@Jason-from-Videostream
Let's see what happens after the new version is released. Thanks for your willingness.

Hey @Jason-from-Videostream,

No popup about the app crashing. it just closes and the home screen appears. What i've pretty much concluded is it's something about the ad server causing the shut down. For whatever reason sometimes the ads don't load at the bottom and the app is perfectly stable for hours. After a few days, I'm actually convinced this is my issue but i don't know why. Are the ads removed from the remote app for premium members?

The forum didn't seem to be very active so I happened to send mostly the same information to you guys via your email address. Matthew Gardner responded. He was more hopeful that the next release would eliminate mine and many other problems with the current android remote app.

I'm happy to try and further troubleshoot this if you think it's worthwhile or I can wait for the next release and see what's up then. It's unfortunate I have a phone that Motorola decided to stop updating, but I also am in a position of having unlimited data with verizon and losing that if i upgrade with a 'new' plan' discount.

Thanks for your time, Jason.

@Jason-from-Videostream said:

@Jason-from-Videostream
Occasionally we do see cases where people's routers are running a firewall. If you feel like this is the case, send us an email and we'll get everything figured out! team@getvideostream.com

I'm wondering if this is my problem when using the Android Remote Application or if it's simply because my Android Device is ancient.
So, I should mention I am running Chromecast and Videostream from a PC with older(ish) hardware on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64 bit. Running flawlessly since your most recent Videostream update a few days ago along with a Chrome update. Prior to that I was having problems with the Adaptive feature on videos that were otherwise crushing my processors and causing the PC to freeze up. Adaptive was helping but videos were still un-watchable. Whatever ya'll did in the new release worked. I'm happy to report everything is great and running smoothly from the 'host' PC.

Attempting to run the Videostream Remote Android app on my Droid Bionic Android version 4.1.2 (yeah, i know) kind of works and kind of doesn't. The interface will load and connect and display the controls and the currently playing video is identified (assuming a video is started). What i think I've observed is if i don't immediately interact with the screen the app will close, if i make any changes using the controls,volume, or pause or play or adjust the slider, it will respect the change then immediately close. One additional piece of information, If I load the Android app with the video already in a paused state or without a video loaded, the app doesn't close. I sort of wondered if the video counter wasn't crashing the app? I don't know, then i read this about the firewall, but my guess is the firewall issues would either completely allow or completely deny the Apps functionality. I don't have antivirus running and I don't have the firewall enabled on my 'main/host' OS and as stated the app works perfectly, Seriously, Great work!

Any help is appreciated. On a side note I'm looking forward to an alternate means to purchase Videostream and support you guys . I feel I've already got my moneys worth even if y'all sell it to one of the industry giants and they promptly ruin it. LOL :)

TLDR: the android app closes almost immediately after starting.