#tumblr app

[tumbleweedstillhaspanic]

[bottlesandbarricades]

The tumblr app literally just updated for me and it was like coming back into my house to find all my furniture has been moved around without my knowledge. Also who opened this shop in my living room? What the fuck. Put it back

[strawlessandbraless]

What a distinguished little gentleman 🔮

[kitti-lee]

THE EVIL IS DEFEATED

[skinside]

okay so, a lot is being said about all the shitty changes on tumblr lately. i've avoided many of these changes by downgrading to older versions of the tumblr app on android. however, there's one drawback i've faced: if you go back too far, you lose polls, one of the only good new features. so i decided to experiment version-by-version to see when certain desirable or undesirable features were added to the apk. unfortunately there's no version with polls but without tumblr live. i've compiled the detailed results here, in order of most recent version number

NOTE: to get old versions of tumblr, use apkmirror.com, which is a trustworthy, reputable source for .apk files, android's package installers. to downgrade your app you need to uninstall it and install an older apk (not necessary for upgrading to a higher version). a list of available apks for tumblr can be found here

TUMBLR .APK VERSION TESTING RESULTS

29.1.0.109

first version with new media viewer. any version before this should be okay in that department. (thanks @weeeeps for finding this!)

27.8.0.109

first version of tumblr apk with polls

still has old style media viewer

still has prev tags aka ability to navigate up reblog chain

unfortunately has tumblr live

27.4.0.12

first version with tumblr live (yuck), any version on apkmirror before this shouldn't have tumblr live

27.0.0.01

last easily installable version without tumblr live

it has the Halloween skeleton icon though

26.8.0.01

last version without tumblr live with a normal icon

**25.9.0.00** —MY PREFERRED VERSION

no tumblr live, no polls, yes old media viewer

last version of app where the "open tumblr links in app" feature functions properly even if the tracker api2.branch.io is blocked by your content blocker

if you use a version later than this, to successfully open a tumblr link from anywhere else on your phone in the you app, you have to unblock api2.branch.io from the ad/content blocker you use, otherwise opening the link in the app will fail. this took me some trial and error to figure out the issue

note: if you don't have an ad/tracker blocker on your phone, I'd recommend Blokada 5 (not 6)

again, disappointingly there isn't a version with polls but without tumblr live. if you want to see a poll you'll either have to share a post containing a poll to a web browser, or just use 27.8.0.109 (or slightly newer) and deal with snoozing tumblr live and having the live button on the navbar, but at least you get the old media viewer and can go up reblog chains again

sometime after the most recent version i tested, the new media player was also added. if anyone wants to test for the last version with the old media player, i can add that to the list as well added :)

if you want a version of the tumblr app with polls that doesn't have live, someone would probably have to mod the apk. i don't know how to do that, but there's modded versions of many popular apps out there, so maybe someone can try and see if that's possible for tumblr. otherwise just keep complaining about the shittiness and maybe staff will go back on the bad changes, though i wouldn't hold my breath on that

oh and if you're on iOS idk what to tell you, you probably have to jailbreak it to downgrade an app

[blanket-fish]

Anyway this was the down detector page when I checked it

Extremely funny graph

[depression-fork]

Besties wake up new logo just dropped

[suemooon]

The old Tumblr icon is back…

OMG

[kaliga-magna]

[urgently writing on parchment with a quill and ink]

I’ve been logged out of mobile tumblr. Forced to use tumblr dot com. If I don’t make it out alive, tell my mutuals i love them.

[agatharioscoven]

seems like the app has gone down. Thank god I didn't panic or anything 🙄

[mischiefmaverick]

Who is this green wizard fuck

WHERE THE FUCK IS MY PROFILE

[sonderhere]

tumblr mobile is down so i guess i'll go outside and like. enjoy being a normal person for a while. might even touch some grass

[strawlessandbraless]

Reblog for science 🧫🧬🔬🧪🥼🔭⚗️🧑‍🔬

[leejungjaes]

tumblr. please.

you're my last safe haven in choppy waters. please don't fuck up the app with a big update and render it useless. what about my girlies in my phone? don't ruin this.

[yawningpines]

I think my tumblr app might be haunted by the ghosts of all the dead sailors I post about.

Cos every time I open it today it keeps putting static noises from my phones speakers. My phone is on mute and I can only assume it is therefore possessed.