diff --git a/app/components/channel_item/channel_item.tsx b/app/components/channel_item/channel_item.tsx
index 1627ce8b0..3037efe61 100644
--- a/app/components/channel_item/channel_item.tsx
+++ b/app/components/channel_item/channel_item.tsx
@@ -142,17 +142,17 @@ const ChannelListItem = ({
         styles.text,
         isBright && styles.highlight,
         isMuted && styles.muted,
-        isActive && !isInfo ? styles.textActive : null,
+        isActive && isTablet && !isInfo ? styles.textActive : null,
         isInfo ? styles.textInfo : null,
-    ], [isBright, styles, isMuted, isActive, isInfo]);
+    ], [isBright, styles, isMuted, isActive, isInfo, isTablet]);
 
     const containerStyle = useMemo(() => [
         styles.container,
-        isActive && !isInfo && styles.activeItem,
+        isActive && isTablet && !isInfo && styles.activeItem,
         isInfo && styles.infoItem,
         {minHeight: height},
     ],
-    [height, isActive, isInfo, styles]);
+    [height, isActive, isTablet, isInfo, styles]);
 
     if (!hasMember) {
         return null;
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ const ChannelListItem = ({
                     <View style={styles.wrapper}>
                         <ChannelIcon
                             hasDraft={hasDraft}
-                            isActive={isInfo ? false : isActive}
+                            isActive={isInfo ? false : isTablet && isActive}
                             isInfo={isInfo}
                             isUnread={isBright}
                             isArchived={channel.deleteAt > 0}
diff --git a/app/components/floating_text_input_label/index.tsx b/app/components/floating_text_input_label/index.tsx
index 81788ed1c..f38baac55 100644
--- a/app/components/floating_text_input_label/index.tsx
+++ b/app/components/floating_text_input_label/index.tsx
@@ -224,8 +224,8 @@ const FloatingTextInput = forwardRef<FloatingTextInputRef, FloatingTextInputProp
         }
 
         return {
-            top: withTiming(toValue, {duration: 250, easing: Easing.linear}),
-            fontSize: withTiming(toSize, {duration: 250, easing: Easing.linear}),
+            top: withTiming(toValue, {duration: 100, easing: Easing.linear}),
+            fontSize: withTiming(toSize, {duration: 100, easing: Easing.linear}),
             backgroundColor: focusedLabel || inputText ? theme.centerChannelBg : 'transparent',
             paddingHorizontal: focusedLabel || inputText ? 4 : 0,
             color,
diff --git a/app/components/markdown/channel_mention/channel_mention.tsx b/app/components/markdown/channel_mention/channel_mention.tsx
index 99aee0333..05d5c6220 100644
--- a/app/components/markdown/channel_mention/channel_mention.tsx
+++ b/app/components/markdown/channel_mention/channel_mention.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import {StyleProp, Text, TextStyle} from 'react-native';
 import {joinChannel, switchToChannelById} from '@actions/remote/channel';
 import {useServerUrl} from '@context/server';
 import {t} from '@i18n';
-import {dismissAllModals, popToRoot} from '@screens/navigation';
 import {alertErrorWithFallback} from '@utils/draft';
 import {preventDoubleTap} from '@utils/tap';
 
@@ -87,8 +86,6 @@ const ChannelMention = ({
 
         if (c?.id) {
             switchToChannelById(serverUrl, c.id);
-            await dismissAllModals();
-            await popToRoot();
         }
     });
 
diff --git a/app/components/post_list/post/post.tsx b/app/components/post_list/post/post.tsx
index 37c536bb8..885d45238 100644
--- a/app/components/post_list/post/post.tsx
+++ b/app/components/post_list/post/post.tsx
@@ -300,6 +300,7 @@ const Post = ({
                 testID={itemTestID}
                 onPress={handlePress}
                 onLongPress={showPostOptions}
+                delayLongPress={200}
                 underlayColor={changeOpacity(theme.centerChannelColor, 0.1)}
                 style={styles.touchableContainer}
             >
diff --git a/app/components/server_icon/__snapshots__/server_icon.test.tsx.snap b/app/components/server_icon/__snapshots__/server_icon.test.tsx.snap
index 95b0a60fe..bf82088ed 100644
--- a/app/components/server_icon/__snapshots__/server_icon.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/app/components/server_icon/__snapshots__/server_icon.test.tsx.snap
@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@ exports[`Server Icon Server Icon Component should match snapshot 1`] = `
     accessible={true}
     collapsable={false}
     focusable={false}
+    hitSlop={
+      Object {
+        "bottom": 5,
+        "left": 40,
+        "right": 20,
+        "top": 20,
+      }
+    }
     onClick={[Function]}
     onResponderGrant={[Function]}
     onResponderMove={[Function]}
@@ -44,6 +52,14 @@ exports[`Server Icon Server Icon Component should match snapshot with mentions 1
     accessible={true}
     collapsable={false}
     focusable={false}
+    hitSlop={
+      Object {
+        "bottom": 5,
+        "left": 40,
+        "right": 20,
+        "top": 20,
+      }
+    }
     onClick={[Function]}
     onResponderGrant={[Function]}
     onResponderMove={[Function]}
@@ -112,6 +128,14 @@ exports[`Server Icon Server Icon Component should match snapshot with unreads 1`
     accessible={true}
     collapsable={false}
     focusable={false}
+    hitSlop={
+      Object {
+        "bottom": 5,
+        "left": 40,
+        "right": 20,
+        "top": 20,
+      }
+    }
     onClick={[Function]}
     onResponderGrant={[Function]}
     onResponderMove={[Function]}
diff --git a/app/components/server_icon/index.tsx b/app/components/server_icon/index.tsx
index a730ab341..327c9daad 100644
--- a/app/components/server_icon/index.tsx
+++ b/app/components/server_icon/index.tsx
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ type Props = {
     unreadStyle?: StyleProp<ViewStyle>;
 }
 
+const hitSlop = {top: 20, bottom: 5, left: 40, right: 20};
+
 const styles = StyleSheet.create({
     badge: {
         left: 13,
@@ -64,6 +66,7 @@ export default function ServerIcon({
                 onPress={onPress}
                 type='opacity'
                 testID={testID}
+                hitSlop={hitSlop}
             >
                 <CompassIcon
                     size={size}
diff --git a/app/components/team_sidebar/team_list/team_item/team_item.tsx b/app/components/team_sidebar/team_list/team_item/team_item.tsx
index 7f9e02cc5..19704a8ac 100644
--- a/app/components/team_sidebar/team_list/team_item/team_item.tsx
+++ b/app/components/team_sidebar/team_list/team_item/team_item.tsx
@@ -44,15 +44,15 @@ const getStyleSheet = makeStyleSheetFromTheme((theme: Theme) => {
         },
         mentionsOneDigit: {
             top: 1,
-            left: 28,
+            left: 31,
         },
         mentionsTwoDigits: {
             top: 1,
-            left: 26,
+            left: 30,
         },
         mentionsThreeDigits: {
             top: 1,
-            left: 23,
+            left: 28,
         },
     };
 });
diff --git a/app/constants/events.ts b/app/constants/events.ts
index f27945df6..9994db2d7 100644
--- a/app/constants/events.ts
+++ b/app/constants/events.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ export default keyMirror({
     CHANNEL_DELETED: null,
     CLOSE_BOTTOM_SHEET: null,
     CONFIG_CHANGED: null,
+    FETCHING_POSTS: null,
     FREEZE_SCREEN: null,
     GALLERY_ACTIONS: null,
     LEAVE_CHANNEL: null,
diff --git a/app/screens/channel/channel.tsx b/app/screens/channel/channel.tsx
index 595e1097e..dd52980a1 100644
--- a/app/screens/channel/channel.tsx
+++ b/app/screens/channel/channel.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // See LICENSE.txt for license information.
 
 import React, {useEffect, useRef, useState} from 'react';
-import {DeviceEventEmitter, StyleSheet, View} from 'react-native';
+import {BackHandler, DeviceEventEmitter, NativeEventSubscription, StyleSheet, View} from 'react-native';
 import {KeyboardTrackingViewRef} from 'react-native-keyboard-tracking-view';
 import {Edge, SafeAreaView, useSafeAreaInsets} from 'react-native-safe-area-context';
 
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {ACCESSORIES_CONTAINER_NATIVE_ID} from '@constants/post_draft';
 import {useAppState, useIsTablet} from '@hooks/device';
 import {useDefaultHeaderHeight} from '@hooks/header';
 import {useTeamSwitch} from '@hooks/team_switch';
+import {popTopScreen} from '@screens/navigation';
 
 import ChannelPostList from './channel_post_list';
 import ChannelHeader from './header';
@@ -52,6 +53,18 @@ const Channel = ({channelId, componentId}: ChannelProps) => {
         return () => listener.remove();
     }, []);
 
+    useEffect(() => {
+        let back: NativeEventSubscription|undefined;
+        if (!isTablet && componentId) {
+            back = BackHandler.addEventListener('hardwareBackPress', () => {
+                popTopScreen(componentId);
+                return true;
+            });
+        }
+
+        return () => back?.remove();
+    }, [componentId, isTablet]);
+
     const marginTop = defaultHeight + (isTablet ? insets.top : 0);
     useEffect(() => {
         // This is done so that the header renders
diff --git a/app/screens/channel/channel_post_list/channel_post_list.tsx b/app/screens/channel/channel_post_list/channel_post_list.tsx
index 3e55710a7..8b5a582a6 100644
--- a/app/screens/channel/channel_post_list/channel_post_list.tsx
+++ b/app/screens/channel/channel_post_list/channel_post_list.tsx
@@ -54,7 +54,12 @@ const ChannelPostList = ({
         }
     }, 500), [channelId, posts]);
 
-    const intro = <Intro channelId={channelId}/>;
+    const intro = (
+        <Intro
+            channelId={channelId}
+            hasPosts={posts.length > 0}
+        />
+    );
 
     const postList = (
         <PostList
diff --git a/app/screens/channel/channel_post_list/intro/intro.tsx b/app/screens/channel/channel_post_list/intro/intro.tsx
index cad33f949..ef52fa4ce 100644
--- a/app/screens/channel/channel_post_list/intro/intro.tsx
+++ b/app/screens/channel/channel_post_list/intro/intro.tsx
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import type RoleModel from '@typings/database/models/servers/role';
 
 type Props = {
     channel: ChannelModel;
-    loading?: boolean;
+    hasPosts: boolean;
     roles: RoleModel[];
 }
 
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ const styles = StyleSheet.create({
     },
 });
 
-const Intro = ({channel, loading = false, roles}: Props) => {
-    const [fetching, setFetching] = useState(false);
+const Intro = ({channel, hasPosts, roles}: Props) => {
+    const [fetching, setFetching] = useState(!hasPosts);
     const theme = useTheme();
     const element = useMemo(() => {
         if (channel.type === General.OPEN_CHANNEL && channel.name === General.DEFAULT_CHANNEL) {
@@ -78,7 +78,23 @@ const Intro = ({channel, loading = false, roles}: Props) => {
         return () => listener.remove();
     }, []);
 
-    if (loading || fetching) {
+    // We add a timeout to remove the loading indicator
+    // Even if the channel does not have any posts
+    useEffect(() => {
+        const time = setTimeout(() => {
+            if (!hasPosts && fetching) {
+                setFetching(false);
+            }
+        }, 1000);
+
+        return () => {
+            if (time) {
+                clearTimeout(time);
+            }
+        };
+    }, [hasPosts, fetching]);
+
+    if (fetching) {
         return (
             <ActivityIndicator
                 size='small'
diff --git a/app/screens/find_channels/filtered_list/filtered_list.tsx b/app/screens/find_channels/filtered_list/filtered_list.tsx
index 8538b64a8..2979d2fc4 100644
--- a/app/screens/find_channels/filtered_list/filtered_list.tsx
+++ b/app/screens/find_channels/filtered_list/filtered_list.tsx
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ const FilteredList = ({
     });
 
     useEffect(() => {
-        bounce.current = debounce(search, 250);
+        bounce.current = debounce(search, 500);
         bounce.current();
         return () => {
             if (bounce.current) {
diff --git a/app/screens/find_channels/index.tsx b/app/screens/find_channels/index.tsx
index ad191b6e8..3b0ec8e50 100644
--- a/app/screens/find_channels/index.tsx
+++ b/app/screens/find_channels/index.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2015-present Mattermost, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
 // See LICENSE.txt for license information.
 
-import React, {useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useState} from 'react';
+import {debounce, DebouncedFunc} from 'lodash';
+import React, {useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState} from 'react';
 import {DeviceEventEmitter, Keyboard, View} from 'react-native';
 import {Navigation} from 'react-native-navigation';
 
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ const FindChannels = ({closeButtonId, componentId}: Props) => {
     const theme = useTheme();
     const [term, setTerm] = useState('');
     const [loading, setLoading] = useState(false);
+    const bounce = useRef<DebouncedFunc<() => void>>();
     const styles = getStyleSheet(theme);
     const color = useMemo(() => changeOpacity(theme.centerChannelColor, 0.72), [theme]);
     const keyboardHeight = useKeyboardHeight();
@@ -66,10 +68,18 @@ const FindChannels = ({closeButtonId, componentId}: Props) => {
     }, []);
 
     const onChangeText = useCallback((text) => {
-        setTerm(text);
-        if (!text) {
+        if (text) {
+            bounce.current?.cancel();
+            bounce.current = debounce(() => {
+                setTerm(text);
+            }, 100);
+            bounce.current();
+        } else {
+            setTerm(text);
             setLoading(false);
         }
+
+        return () => bounce.current?.cancel();
     }, []);
 
     useEffect(() => {
diff --git a/app/screens/gallery/footer/footer.tsx b/app/screens/gallery/footer/footer.tsx
index ebb3f3c1f..6dd501e7a 100644
--- a/app/screens/gallery/footer/footer.tsx
+++ b/app/screens/gallery/footer/footer.tsx
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ type Props = {
 }
 
 const AnimatedSafeAreaView = Animated.createAnimatedComponent(SafeAreaView);
-const edges: Edge[] = ['left', 'right'];
+const edges: Edge[] = ['left', 'right', 'bottom'];
 const styles = StyleSheet.create({
     container: {
         alignItems: 'center',
diff --git a/app/screens/home/channel_list/channel_list.tsx b/app/screens/home/channel_list/channel_list.tsx
index 915116333..b5d2586e8 100644
--- a/app/screens/home/channel_list/channel_list.tsx
+++ b/app/screens/home/channel_list/channel_list.tsx
@@ -2,17 +2,20 @@
 // See LICENSE.txt for license information.
 
 import {useManagedConfig} from '@mattermost/react-native-emm';
-import {useIsFocused, useRoute} from '@react-navigation/native';
-import React, {useEffect} from 'react';
-import {StyleSheet} from 'react-native';
+import {useIsFocused, useNavigation, useRoute} from '@react-navigation/native';
+import React, {useCallback, useEffect} from 'react';
+import {useIntl} from 'react-intl';
+import {BackHandler, StyleSheet, ToastAndroid} from 'react-native';
 import Animated, {useAnimatedStyle, withTiming} from 'react-native-reanimated';
 import {Edge, SafeAreaView, useSafeAreaInsets} from 'react-native-safe-area-context';
 
 import FreezeScreen from '@components/freeze_screen';
 import TeamSidebar from '@components/team_sidebar';
+import {Screens} from '@constants';
 import {useTheme} from '@context/theme';
 import {useIsTablet} from '@hooks/device';
 import {resetToTeams} from '@screens/navigation';
+import EphemeralStore from '@store/ephemeral_store';
 
 import AdditionalTabletView from './additional_tablet_view';
 import CategoriesList from './categories_list';
@@ -34,17 +37,43 @@ const styles = StyleSheet.create({
     },
 });
 
+let backPressedCount = 0;
+let backPressTimeout: NodeJS.Timeout|undefined;
+
 const ChannelListScreen = (props: ChannelProps) => {
     const theme = useTheme();
     const managedConfig = useManagedConfig<ManagedConfig>();
+    const intl = useIntl();
 
     const isTablet = useIsTablet();
     const route = useRoute();
     const isFocused = useIsFocused();
+    const navigation = useNavigation();
     const insets = useSafeAreaInsets();
     const params = route.params as {direction: string};
     const canAddOtherServers = managedConfig?.allowOtherServers !== 'false';
 
+    const handleBackPress = useCallback(() => {
+        const focused = navigation.isFocused() && EphemeralStore.getNavigationTopComponentId() === Screens.HOME;
+        if (!backPressedCount && focused) {
+            backPressedCount++;
+            ToastAndroid.show(intl.formatMessage({
+                id: 'mobile.android.back_handler_exit',
+                defaultMessage: 'Press back again to exit',
+            }), ToastAndroid.SHORT);
+
+            if (backPressTimeout) {
+                clearTimeout(backPressTimeout);
+            }
+            backPressTimeout = setTimeout(() => {
+                clearTimeout(backPressTimeout!);
+                backPressedCount = 0;
+            }, 2000);
+            return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }, [intl]);
+
     const animated = useAnimatedStyle(() => {
         if (!isFocused) {
             let initial = 0;
@@ -72,6 +101,11 @@ const ChannelListScreen = (props: ChannelProps) => {
         }
     }, [Boolean(props.teamsCount)]);
 
+    useEffect(() => {
+        const back = BackHandler.addEventListener('hardwareBackPress', handleBackPress);
+        return () => back.remove();
+    }, [handleBackPress]);
+
     return (
         <FreezeScreen freeze={!isFocused}>
             {<Animated.View style={top}/>}
diff --git a/app/screens/home/channel_list/servers/servers_list/server_item/server_item.tsx b/app/screens/home/channel_list/servers/servers_list/server_item/server_item.tsx
index 09103866e..d82c39cdd 100644
--- a/app/screens/home/channel_list/servers/servers_list/server_item/server_item.tsx
+++ b/app/screens/home/channel_list/servers/servers_list/server_item/server_item.tsx
@@ -197,9 +197,9 @@ const ServerItem = ({
         viewRef.current?.measureInWindow((x, y, w, h) => {
             const bounds: TutorialItemBounds = {
                 startX: x - 20,
-                startY: y - 5,
+                startY: y,
                 endX: x + w + 20,
-                endY: y + h + 5,
+                endY: y + h,
             };
             setShowTutorial(true);
             setItemBounds(bounds);
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ const ServerItem = ({
     useEffect(() => {
         let time: NodeJS.Timeout;
         if (highlight && !tutorialWatched) {
-            time = setTimeout(startTutorial, 300);
+            time = setTimeout(startTutorial, 650);
         }
         return () => clearTimeout(time);
     }, [highlight, tutorialWatched]);
diff --git a/app/screens/home/index.tsx b/app/screens/home/index.tsx
index b310d766b..e3aef911d 100644
--- a/app/screens/home/index.tsx
+++ b/app/screens/home/index.tsx
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ if (Platform.OS === 'ios') {
 enableFreeze(true);
 
 type HomeProps = LaunchProps & {
+    componentId: string;
     time?: number;
 };
 
diff --git a/app/screens/server/form.tsx b/app/screens/server/form.tsx
index 1cb14ee9b..e22c2aed3 100644
--- a/app/screens/server/form.tsx
+++ b/app/screens/server/form.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import {changeOpacity, makeStyleSheetFromTheme} from '@utils/theme';
 import {typography} from '@utils/typography';
 
 type Props = {
+    autoFocus?: boolean;
     buttonDisabled: boolean;
     connecting: boolean;
     displayName?: string;
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ const getStyleSheet = makeStyleSheetFromTheme((theme: Theme) => ({
 }));
 
 const ServerForm = ({
+    autoFocus = false,
     buttonDisabled,
     connecting,
     displayName = '',
@@ -163,6 +165,7 @@ const ServerForm = ({
                 <FloatingTextInput
                     autoCorrect={false}
                     autoCapitalize={'none'}
+                    autoFocus={autoFocus}
                     blurOnSubmit={false}
                     containerStyle={styles.enterServer}
                     enablesReturnKeyAutomatically={true}
diff --git a/app/screens/server/index.tsx b/app/screens/server/index.tsx
index 1c773c5ed..e5e38a5ea 100644
--- a/app/screens/server/index.tsx
+++ b/app/screens/server/index.tsx
@@ -341,6 +341,7 @@ const Server = ({
                         theme={theme}
                     />
                     <ServerForm
+                        autoFocus={launchType === LaunchType.AddServer}
                         buttonDisabled={buttonDisabled}
                         connecting={connecting}
                         displayName={displayName}