Public bug reported:
I was out and about with my phone today, away from wifi, and I didn't
realise my 3g connection had run out of credit.
I opened the Applications lens and found loads of missing icons in the "More
suggestions" category.
I tried to go online in the browser but was redirected to my carrier "pay us
money for credit" page. So I *do* have an internet connection but one which is
blocked because I don't have any credit. I imagine this happens to people all
the time.
It looks pretty terrible to have a vast screen full of empty icons (I
couldn't get a screenshot as I was afk) with only descriptions which
were cached.
I would expect that if there was no connection to the backend store, the
application lens should _not_ attempt to show applications / icons.
You could _probably_ reproduce this by unplugging your cable modem /
router, but leaving the wifi access point up. You'd have a connection
but not be able to get to the store.
** Affects: unity8 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: avengers
** Description changed:
I was out and about with my phone today, away from wifi, and I didn't
realise my 3g connection had run out of credit.
I opened the Applications lens and found loads of missing icons in the "More
suggestions" category.
- I tried to go online in the browser but was redirected to my carrier "pay us
money for credit" page. So I *do* have an internet connection but one which is
blocked because I don't have any credit. I imagine this happens to people all
the time.
+ I tried to go online in the browser but was redirected to my carrier "pay us
money for credit" page. So I *do* have an internet connection but one which is
blocked because I don't have any credit. I imagine this happens to people all
the time.
It looks pretty terrible to have a vast screen full of empty icons (I
couldn't get a screenshot as I was afk) with only descriptions which
were cached.
I would expect that if there was no connection to the backend store, the
application lens should _not_ attempt to show applications / icons.
+
+ You could _probably_ reproduce this by unplugging your cable modem /
+ router, but leaving the wifi access point up. You'd have a connection
+ but not be able to get to the store.
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Blank icons in "More suggestions" when no internet connection
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