Unintentional activation of mobile power ups in single player
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Akatai
Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra on Android 15 and OneUI 7.0
When I am playing the game, the power ups activate after opening up the map to make a guess without intent to do so. I don't know how many times the power ups have successfully activated, but I became more cautious after the first time it happened. I usually have to restart the app in order to avoid spending the coins. The random activation of power ups seems to happen the most when I open the map the first time each round. It also seems to activate when I am panning and zooming on the map or have recently planned or zoomed before opening the map. When I still did mobile development I often solved issues like this by disabling precision "tap" inputs while processing and shortly after processing less precise "drag" and "pinch" inputs. There also might be a bit of UI lag on an older (Android) phone like mine contributing to it too. I can attempt to record more videos of it happening, but it is hard to intentionally trigger something unintentionally.
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Lennin
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Akatai
Lennin
This issue is definitely still present. This week I have had two radar powerups inadvertently used in the span of a half-second zoom where my fingers got nowhere near the powerup buttons. That is 800 coins down the drain from dropping powerups in the middle of the Atlantic
Akatai
It appears this was fixed in the latest update. Now I understand that these are marked complete before the push to prod. Thank you for the quick fix
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Lennin
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We apologize to hear about the recent experience you had while playing the game.
For us to further investigate the issue, can you please provide us with the following information?:
Have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling the app?
Version of the GeoGuessr App
Akatai
Lennin
I am still having the issue after uninstalling and reinstalling with the updated (9.0.1(385)) version of the game. I have noticed that I am able to exit out of the powerups without restarting the game now, so that makes it a bit more pleasant of an experience.