[Arathorn]

hah, sorry - i was trying to find out what build of EX you were on, not Android :D

That said, from these symptoms, it really sounds like you are on an older build of the app - and probably using the old sliding sync proxy rather than native sync implementation which has now landed in Synapse. The new builds also fetch in the background (whenever you get a push).

Please upgrade, try again, and failing that, file bugs on github.com/element-hq/element-x-android!