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Published by Pranoy Chowdhury on 2024-05-14

HACK for YC's Hacker News is the most beautiful and easy way to read about the
latest tech, startup and STEM news. - No Ads.

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Common HACK Problems & Solutions. Troubleshooting Guide

Complete guide to troubleshoot HACK app on iOS and Android devices. Solve all HACK app problems, errors, connection issues, installation problems and crashes.

Table of Contents:

HACK iPhone Issues and Solutions

HACK iOS app crashes, not working, errors
HACK iOS app network issues
HACK on iOS has black/white screen

HACK Android App Issues and Solutions

HACK has errors/crashing/not working
HACK server network connectivity issues
HACK has black screen

HACK iPhone Issues and Solutions

Here are some helpful workarounds that should work whenever HACK app keeps crashing or doesn't work as expected on your iPhone 14, 13,12,10,8,7,6, SE,XS,XR.

How to fix HACK app crashes or not working on Iphone (iOS):

Close and restart the HACK app on iPhone
Update HACK app to the Latest Version for iOS
Uninstall and reinstall HACK iPhone app
Update your iPhone to the latest iOS version

Fix HACK on iPhone unable to connect to server/internet connection issues::

To resolve HACK network issues, Reset phone network settings:
1. On iphone, Goto "Settings" » "General" » "Reset" » "Reset Network Settings".
2. Enter your device passcode. Then confirm "Reset Network Settings".

Turn off your VPN:
1. Goto "Settings" » "General" » "VPN".

Fix HACK black/white screen (blank screen) on iPhone:

Follow the HACK iOS app troubleshooting guide Here →

HACK Android App Issues and Solutions

Fix HACK not working on Android, crashes, errors or is unresponsive:

Follow these steps to resolve intermittent HACK app issues:

Force Stop the HACK App
1. On android, goto "Settings" » click HACK app. » click "Force Stop".

Update HACK to the latest version on PlayStore

Clear HACK App Cache and Data:
1. On your device, goto "Settings" » click "Apps" » select "HACK app" » click "Storage" » click "Clear Data" option. This Clears both data and cache.
2. Relaunch HACK.

Fix HACK unable to contact server/ HACK internet connection errors on Android:

This issue is usually caused by your network. Here is how to fix:

On android, goto "Settings" » "Apps" or "Manage Apps" tab.
Click HACK » "Force Stop".
Next, goto "Storage" » "Clear Data".
Again, got HACK » "Mobile Data" » "Allow Background Data Usage".
Go back to "Settings" » "Connections" » "Mobile Network" » "Network Mode".
Now, put your network on 4G e.g. LTE/3G/2G (auto connect)
Relaunch HACK on android.

Solve HACK black/white screens issue on Android:

Follow the HACK android app crash troubleshooting guide Here →

Contact Support

Some issues cannot be easily resolved through online tutorials or self help. So we made it easy to get in contact with the support team at Pranoy Chowdhury, developers of HACK.

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About this app

This is useful for when you are viewing HACK in split view / multitasking and like opening the link / story / comment in a browser side by side. - Tap the bottom button to scroll to the next root comment in the thread. - Search in comments and usernames! Search uses an CONTAINS, OR operation if multiple words are typed. - Can select / highlight the comment/post title text for lookup/copy/translate etc iOS native operations. - Powerful search (powered by Algolia API) - use @date to sort by date, #story to filter for stories, #comments to filter for comments, #author_username to filter by user etc. These tags can be separated by commas. Refer to for more tags. - Ability to change font sizes, padding etc to make the layout as compact as you like! - Archive: View an archive of the post website. archive. is, archive. org & google cache. - Articles can be opened in built in safari or 3rd party browsers. this app for YC's Hacker News is the most beautiful and easy way to read about the latest tech, startup and STEM news. - On iPads, you can drag a story / comment / story's image (link) to open it in safari in split view. Go to settings > Disable the "Use in-app Safari" setting > tap that row to change the default browser. - I run my own server for caching high quality favicons shown in HACK plus for push notifications for replies. Supports Brave, Firefox, Firefox Focus, Orion, Opera Touch, Dolphin, DuckDuckGo, iCab Mobile, Microsoft Edge and Chrome. So if you can help support the server costs, please buy the one time only in app purchase. If you are enjoying HACK , please leave me a positive rating on HACK store as that helps get the word out to others. If you would like to support development and buy me a coffee, you can purchase the one time in app purchase! No subscriptions! Search is case and diacritic insensitive and ignores punctuations. I offer an ad and analytics free and beautiful app for the absolute best experience for my users. Profile picture robots lovingly delivered by Robohash. This also unlocks custom fonts, colors & icons. Thank you for your support!