Tweet Reader for Twitter | FAQ

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• Fail to login (Android)
• Fail to login (Browser)
• How to use "Tweet Reader for Twitter"
• Keyboard Shortcuts (Android, Win11)
• How to turn on Dark Mode / Dark theme?
• About the Bookmarks (Android)
• If you cannot display your Lists suddenly (Android)
• What is the 🧵 at the beginning of the sentence?
• Can't "Like" or "Retweet". 403 error is shown.
• When you get 429 message,
• How to Follow, Unfollow, Block or something.
• App doesn't start up.
• How many languages are supported?
• What is the difference between the two login buttons? (Browser)
• What kinds of settings can I change in Tweet Reader?
• 'TRANSLATE' option doesn't show up, when I select the text of Tweet.
• If you can not save Images  / Videos,
• The Mentions list display button doesn't respond.
• Precaution when uninstalling or re-installing.
• If the app has stopped due to some errors,

How many languages are supported?

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More than 40 languages are supported.

📱Android 5 to 13
If you select blank in the language list at login, the app language follows your device.

📱Android 13
You can override the language selection at login with your device's "App languages" setting.

If you cannot display your Lists suddenly,

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If you suddenly cannot display your Lists with the message "No Pinned Lists.",
please check the Pinned Lists settings on the official Twitter.

It seems that Lists may be unpinned due to the official app updates or some other reasons.

What is the 🧵 at the beginning of the sentence?

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When an author replied to their own tweet, the 🧵 (thread emoji) appears at the beginning of the sentence.
Touch to jump to the tweet to which they replied.

If you want to view the thread in a tree format, please move from the bird mark to the official.

How to use "Tweet Reader for Twitter"

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《Home Timeline》

①②③ Shows 'User Timeline' when you touch.
④ Like button.
⑤ Reply button*
㉑ Retweet button.
⑥ Share button.
㉓ Twitter link: to display this tweet on the Twitter official app.

㊲ If you have your "Pinned Lists", it is displayed in a list. (only for Android, Windows11 app) You can change the screen from this list or by swiping. Please set the Lists on the official Twitter, if you need it.
⑭ Touch, and go back to the top of the timeline and refresh the timeline.
㉖ Search filters. *It's displayed in the History button ⑯ depending on the device.
⑮ Shows your Mentions list.
⑲ Shows your Like list.
⑯ Shows your History.

《Settings》

Swipe to the right from the lower left edge.

⑦ Shows 'Tweet* button' at the bottom-right corner.
⑧ You can change Character size.
㉗ If you select ↓, when you refresh the timeline by swiping down, the tweet at the top is displayed. From there, you read the tweet downwards (from the newest). And, when you re-login, Home Timeline will be displayed from the latest tweet.
　 If you select ↑, when you refresh the timeline by swiping down, the tweet right above is displayed. From there, you read the tweet upwards (from the old). And, when you re-login, Home Timeline will be displayed from the tweet that was displayed last time.

㉜ When turned on, the loading position on the Home Timeline of each device such as Android version, Windows11 version, and Browser version is synchronized. You have to turn this on with each of your devices.
If you use this app with only one device, this option has no meaning. Turning this on will cause unnecessary network transactions.
* This option is displayed only when "Reading direction is ↑" and "your tweets are not protected". If this does not appear, please try to re-login.
㊳ When turned on, the Lists icon ㊲ is displayed at the top of the screen. (only for Android, Windows11 app)
⑱ You can change Theme color.
㊷ You can hide 'User icon'. (Except for certain timelines.)
㉒ You can hide 'Image/Video' attached to tweets.
㉔ Shows 'Tweet link'. (It's always displayed on the Mentions screen.)
㉘ You can hide 'Replies' in timelines. This will take effect after the timeline is updated.
㉝ You can hide 'Retweets' in timelines.

⑨ do Log out.

㊴ Add your other account. (only for Android, Windows11 app)
㊵ Switch to your other account. (only for Android, Windows11 app)
㉕ You can go back to Home Timeline screen. Same function as ㊶.

⑩ FAQ link. This link calls a web browser.

《User Timeline》

⑪ Goes back to the previous screen.
㉞ Pin to your History.
⑫ Touch, and go back to the top of the timeline and refresh the timeline.
㊶ You can go back to Home Timeline screen. Displayed when the screen is in the landscape. Same function as ㉕.
㉖ Search filters. *It's displayed in the History button ⑰ depending on the device.
⑬ Touch, and you can see 'User Timeline' on the Twitter official app.
⑲ Shows user's Like list.
⑰ Shows your History.
㉙ Shows 'Thread / Reply Timeline' when you touch. (only for Android app)
⑳ Deletes your tweet.

《Thread Timeline》
Thread of a tweet is displayed in chronological order.

This is displayed only when touching the starting tweet of a conversation.

Regardless of your Reading Direction setting, always shown from the
 latest tweet.
Due to a limitation, you can show tweets within 1 week.
Due to a limitation, protected users' tweets are basically not shown.

㉟ This icon means this screen is the "Thread Timeline".
㊱ Touch to display the action buttons.
* Thread Timeline is a function only for the Android app.

《Reply Timeline》
Replies to a tweet are displayed in chronological order.

Displayed when touching a tweet other than the start of a conversation.

Regardless of your Reading Direction setting, always shown from the
 latest tweet.
Due to a limitation, you can show tweets within 1 week.
Due to a limitation, protected users' tweets are basically not shown.

㉚ This icon means this screen is the "Reply Timeline".
㉛ This icon means there is no reply within the past week, or cannot get replies for some reason. Touch and open the official Twitter.
* Reply Timeline is a function only for the Android app.

《Hashtag Timeline》
Tweets with the hashtag are displayed in chronological order.

Regardless of your Reading Direction setting, always shown from the latest tweet.
Due to a limitation, you can show tweets within 1 week.
Due to a limitation, this does not exactly match the official Twitter's search results.
* Hashtag Timeline is a function only for the Android app.

《Lists Timeline》
Pinned List is displayed in chronological order.

Regardless of your Reading Direction setting, always shown from the latest tweet.
* Lists Timeline is a function only for the Android, Windows11 app.

*When you Tweet, Reply, Quote Tweet, or touch a hashtag (written with a # symbol) in the sentence, the official Twitter is called.

Can't "Like" or "Retweet". 403 error is shown.

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The author may have edited the article.

In that case, you can't "Like" or "Retweet" older articles before being edited, and the 403 error will be shown.

Physical Keyboard Shortcuts (Android, Win11)

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All Screens

Press this key	To do this
Alt + ←	Go to the previous screen.
F11	Maximize the window. Undo maximize.

Timeline Screen

Press this key	To do this
↓	Scroll timeline.
↑	Scroll timeline. At the top, a long press loads new tweets.
← or →	A long press goes to the left or right screen.
Alt + H	Go to Home timeline.
Alt + M	Go to Mentions timeline.
Alt + F	Go to Likes timeline.
Alt + B	Go to Bookmarks timeline.
Alt + U	Go to your User timeline.
Alt + O	Open / Close the Options Menu.
PageUp or PageDown	Scroll timeline, quickly.
Ctrl + F	Open the search box.
Esc	Close the search box.
F5	Go back to the top of the list and refresh the list.

Image Screen

Press this key	To do this
← or →	Go to the left or right image.
↑ or ↓	Exit image screen.

Video Screen

Press this key	To do this
Spacebar	Pause or Play video.
←	Rewind the video.
Ctrl + ←	Rewind to the beginning of the video.
→	Fast forward the video.
↑ or ↓	Exit video screen.

If the app has stopped due to some errors,

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1. If the app's version is not up to date, please try to Updata the App.
2. Please try to Clear App Cache or Clear App Data.
3. Please try to Restart your Device.
4. Please try to Re-install the App. * Please be careful about saving downloaded videos.
5. Please tell me how to reproduce the error and your Android version by commenting on this article, reviewing, tweeting (@HotChaiLLC), etc. I'll investigate.
   * Due to Google's specification change, even if you use "Send feedback" displayed when an error occurs, the message will not reach me.
   * Apps downloaded from other than Google Play, Microsoft store, Amazon Appstore are not supported.

About the Bookmarks (Android)

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[Additional Authentication]

- When you use multiple Twitter accounts, the following message will appear if the account logged in with Tweet Reader is different from the account used for "additional authentication". Please use the same account.

　The `id` query parameter value [0123] must be the same as the authenticating user [4567] 

- "Additional authentication" in a browser is required for using the Bookmarks.

- The Twitter app does not support "additional authentication", for now.

- If the authentication site is displayed, but the authentication itself does not work, please check that your browser version is up to date.

- The authentication site may not be displayed in the basic browser installed on Android from the beginning. In that case, please install a browser such as Chrome.

- At the time of additional authentication, the browser selection screen might be displayed. If you select Chrome, it might transition to the Twitter app in an instant and close. As a result, the authentication site might not be displayed.

- If the Twitter app is not installed, the Twitter authentication site should certainly be displayed.

[Multiple Logins]
- Additional authentication does not support multiple logins by the same account. When using Tweet Reader on multiple Android devices, the latest additional authentication will be active.

How to turn on Dark Mode / Dark theme?

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In the theme color pull-down, select either of the last 2 colors to enter Dark Mode / Dark theme. (only for Android app)

↓

After Android 10, the dark theme is automatically applied when the app is launched while the device is in the dark theme.

Fail to login (Android)

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If you fail to log in (shown errors such as "JavaScript is not available.", "Nothing to see here", and so on), please try the followings.

1. Use your "Username (e.g. 'HotChaiLLC' or '@HotChaiLLC')", not your "Email address".

2. Check your username and password.

App doesn't start up.

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If the app does not start or crashes after installation,
Try to delete all the data related to Tweet Reader.

Settings > Apps > Tweet Reader > Storage
- Clear data
- Clear cache

Fail to login (PC Browser)

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If you fail to log in on Simple Tweet Reader for PC Browser (shown an error such as "Page not found"), please try the steps below.

1. Access the official Twitter page with your browser.
https://mobile.twitter.com/

2. Complete to log in on Twitter.
https://mobile.twitter.com/login

3. After that, log in on Simple Tweet Reader for PC Browser.
https://tweet-reader.com/

What is the difference between the two login buttons? (PC Browser)

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 The twitter icon's link URL will be https://twitter.com/.

 The twitter icon's link URL will be https://mobile.twitter.com/.

Other than that are the same.

Precaution when uninstalling or re-installing.

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If you uninstall this app, the saved videos by this app may also be deleted (on some older Android models).
Please copy or move your important videos to an appropriate location before uninstalling or re-installing.

When you get 429 message,

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It looks like you have reached Twitter database Request Limit.
Please wait for 15 minutes or so.

* If you frequently have this message, please set "Reading direction" to "↓".

Reference

The Mentions list display button (at the top of the screen) doesn't respond.

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Please try to re-login.

How to Follow, Unfollow, Block or something

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Touch the "Twitter APP" button on the title bar at 'User Timeline'.
Then the targeted user's screen will be open on 'Twitter' App.
Please setup as you'd like to at that screen.

'TRANSLATE' option doesn't show up, when I select the text of Tweet.

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If Google Translate has been installed, 'TRANSLATE' option shows up. (greater than or equal to Android 6.0)

What kinds of settings can I change in android app Tweet Reader?

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Please swipe to the right from the left edge of the screen.

• You can show or hide "Tweet button".
• You can change "Font size".
• You can change "Reading direction". The display position changes, when you refresh the list by swiping down.
• You can change "Theme color". If you select the bottom color, you can enter Dark Mode / Dark theme.
• You can hide "Image/Video" attached to tweets.
• You can hide "Replies" in timelines. *This will take effect after the timeline is updated.
• You can hide "Retweets" in timelines.