Torlando

I have noticed this too, even on other clients, but it does seem to happen more frequently with Columba.
It seems related to path request. If you have heard a node announce since you started the app, and the node is still online, it always works from my experience. If you haven't heard an announce from that node, Columba requests a path to the node from the network
The response for the path request has been inconsistent for me during development and I wasn't sure if it was a network issue on my end. But since it's happening to you too, well, I guess I have more debugging to do ;)

2026-03-14 00:55:30 UTC

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It's live in latest pre release

2026-03-12 01:26:54 UTC

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In theory yeah, would require restarting the Reticulum instance though. At least for now, while I'm still using the reference python implementation, disabling/enabling transport mode requires restarting the process. My upcoming kotlin implementation won't

2026-03-12 01:25:12 UTC

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Try playing with nomadnet. The nomadnet nodes have no concept of what your resolution is when they send their page files to you. It's an intentionally minimal and concise format to facilitate reasonable page load times over Lora

2026-03-11 15:09:46 UTC

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Generally speaking, if you have transport enabled, the more interfaces connect, the more data can pass through your node. In practice, traffic passes through your node when it's the fastest path to a given destination, or when you are rebroadcasting announces.
So on Columba in particular (or anything you're running directly on your phone) you may want to be mindful of this while using mobile data, if you have usage limits

2026-03-11 15:06:27 UTC

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Agreed. The only alternative is MeshChatX, which is web based. I self host an instance of that in my homelab, and tried browsing on mobile, and it's workable but not ideal. The whole thing just kinda feels like browsing web pages on a phone in like 2010 before there were mobile versions of pages

2026-03-11 15:04:11 UTC

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Very seldomly lol

2026-03-11 06:16:31 UTC

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I have been debating adding it to Columba. I have a mostly working branch, just unpublished. My biggest qualms with it is that it's never gonna feel as native or smooth as the rest of the app, because of the aesthetic of nomadnet pages. But at this point I think I'll just go for it since people are looking for it

2026-03-11 06:14:14 UTC

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That was entirely the goal! Glad it's working for you ☺️

2026-03-11 06:12:32 UTC

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https://github.com/torlando-tech/columba/discussions/586#discussioncomment-16028837

2026-03-11 06:10:07 UTC

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I'm down for it, just gotta get set up ;)

2026-02-05 06:19:52 UTC

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Check out #Columba if you're on Android!
https://github.com/torlando-tech/columba

2026-02-05 06:18:32 UTC

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Reticulum!

2026-01-22 04:22:25 UTC

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#RRC and #RetiBBS exist, but I'm still hoping for group messages in #LXMF

2026-01-22 04:21:43 UTC

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Hey! BLE interface dev here. The whole goal of it was for people to use the hardware they already have in their pocket (smartphone with BLE). Bitchat was an inspiration. Now that #Reticulum has #RRC, I'm quite tempted to make a nice app for that as well...

2026-01-09 19:15:15 UTC

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I am very new to nostr lol. LN is lightning network?

2026-01-07 03:04:15 UTC

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Thanks for trying it out! It's using native Android UI, while sideband is all python.

2025-12-11 05:57:41 UTC

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Glad you like it! Also glad to see the logo worked on the t-echo!

2025-12-06 03:21:53 UTC

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https://github.com/torlando-tech/columba