diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,15 +22,37 @@ Raptor codes for that file. Each piece of Raptor code then gets encoded as a QR
 displayed for a period of time on the screen. The user then holds up the receiving computer's camera
 in order to receive the QR encoded raptor codes, and, *voila*, the file has been transferred!
 
-# Current status
+# Current status (2023-08-20)
 
-The desktop transmitting application is nearly done; already it can convert text input into QR codes
-(either a single static one if the data is small enough, otherwise it will stream a never ending
-loop of them), and the mobile app has been started. Even without the mobile app, it's still
-already useful for transmitting short text strings to the phone, since the Android camera app will
-decode any detected QR codes.
+Currently, the following is done in terms of functionality:
+
+**Desktop**
+ - [x] transmit short text given on the commandline with a single qr code
+ - [x] transmit large text given on the commandline with a stream of qr codes
+ - [x] transmit small files given on the commandline with a single qr code
+ - [x] transmit large files given on the commandline with a stream of qr codes
+ - [ ] receive text or files with a single qr code
+ - [ ] receive text or files with a stream of qr codes
+
+**Android app**
+ - [ ] transmit short given text with a single qr code
+ - [ ] transmit large given text with a stream of qr codes
+ - [ ] transmit small files with a single qr code
+ - [ ] transmit large files with a stream of qr codes
+ - [x] receive text or files with a single qr code
+ - [x] receive text or files with a stream of qr codes
+
+The desktop app (unix-ish only; developed on linux, untested on anything else, but should run on macos)
+is closer to its final form in terms of UI/UX, though it currently can only transmit. The Android
+app is about halfway done in terms of functionality, but the UI is, shall we say, "hideous":
+
+![cuttle mobile app receiving data](./mobile_receiving.png) ![cuttle mobile app done receiving
+data](./mobile_finished.png)
+
+I might take a crack at making it less hideous before I start on the mobile transmitting/desktop
+receiving side of the functionality, but maybe not! I often want to transfer a file or text from my
+phone to my desktop, and I'm willing to live with an ugly UI for a little bit.
 
-The mobile app has been started, and I hope to have it decoding QR streams soon!
 
 # about the name
 
diff --git a/mobile/android/gradle.properties b/mobile/android/gradle.properties
index 94adc3a..ab017eb 100644
--- a/mobile/android/gradle.properties
+++ b/mobile/android/gradle.properties
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx1536M
 android.useAndroidX=true
 android.enableJetifier=true
+org.gradle.daemon=false
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