What's included in offline mode?

Bunpro
#1

Hello, could someone please give me an overview of what is and isn’t possible in offline mode? I will soon be in a lot of situations where I won’t have internet for a day, but will also have a lot of time to study. My question is specifically about the android app.

More specific questions:

  1. I just tried doing a review in airplane mode without downloading anything beforehand, and it worked fine. What would have been different had I clicked “Get offline data” before that?
  2. The “Get offline button” explanation describes that it’s specifically for FINISHING reviews in capslock, but that’s confusing to me because… What else could I possibly want to do with the reviews except finishing them? So the developer probably meant something different from what I’m understanding here.
  3. Does the app handle items that are already learned and staged to enter the review queue at a future time point that is after going offline? So what I mean is items that are post-lesson, but pre-review.

I’d also be interested to hear if someone in a similar situation has tips and tricks for handling offline studying that are not covered by these questions.

Thanks a lot in advance!

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#2

Hey @bennihongo !

I just tried doing a review in airplane mode without downloading anything beforehand, and it worked fine. What would have been different had I clicked “Get offline data” before that?

“Get offline data” downloads more example sentences. The app usually stores only the sentences it needs, so if you’re on a plane and open a grammar point or vocabulary item you haven’t seen before, its example sentences might not be available.

What we meant is that you can complete reviews for items already scheduled, but you can’t add new items to your reviews while offline. The wording could definitely be better!

Yes! Items already scheduled will appear in the queue when they become due, even if you’re offline. For example:

  • 09:00: You complete a lesson. The item’s first review is scheduled for 13:00.
  • 10:00: You go offline for the rest of the day (flying to Japan, of course!).
  • 13:00: The item appears in your review queue.

You can do quite a few things offline:

  • Start and finish a JLPT test. Use the download button beforehand to download the audio files and images; otherwise, only text questions will be available. Your results will sync the next time you have an internet connection.
  • Browse grammar and vocabulary.
  • Complete reviews for items already scheduled.
  • Read reading passages.
  • Play Gokana and learn kana.

Cheers!

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#3

when you complete the reviews offline, will they get bulk uploaded at the time of coming back online, or will it upload and sync the completed time to the time you actually completed it while offline?

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#4

The app sends the timestamps of the exact time the reviews were done :+1:

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#5

Thanks a lot, that’s even more offline functionality than I was hoping for!

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#6

I used a long flight from Japan to catch up on almost 500 reviews a few days ago, but it’s been glitchy since then. I keep getting an error message every time I start a new batch of reviews:

“It seems that some data is missing and some reviews may not work properly, do you want to continue the review session?”

And the only option is continue or cancel. I keep pressing continue, or else I just wouldn’t do reviews. But how can I fix this up?

I also notice my stats for that monster review day say 100% accuracy, yet it was no-where near that.

The number of reviews didn’t change much over the last day or so since I landed either.

Did I break something doing so many offline reviews? I clicked on the offline mode download thing before I got on the flight and again since landing (in case that refreshed something?)

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#7

This was on iOS app by the way

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#8

I don’t think something was broken, will be checking it.
For now, you can try:

  • in setting find ‘resync data’ and tap on the ‘resync all’
  • then find ‘get offline data’ and tap it.
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#9

Thanks so much for looking into it! I appreciate your help!

I followed what you said and the error message has gone now. Hopefully incorrect 97% review accuracy for that day will just sort itself out eventually as I do more reviews over the coming weeks :blush:

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