F-Droid has been giving me some issues for a few days (that I’ve noticed). It crashes immediately upon opening. Sometimes I will see it open for less than one second before it crashes, but usually it just goes right to a crash submittal screen. I want to reinstall it, but am unsure how to handle all my apps. Will it just pick them back up? I don’t really know how to troubleshoot this, I am open to alternative paths!
Go into Android app settings, find F-droid, and clear all data + cache. That will reset the F-droid config.
If it’s a config error, clearing app data should get it to start again, and it’ll still see the apps you have installed.
If that does NOT fix the problem, the problem is probably the app itself, and not the configuration. Manually download and install a previous version of F-droid, and turn off auto update.
Thanks! That has gotten the ball rolling. Perhaps config related. This must have been going on for a while, I have many app updates pending now… This particular device is old, maybe part of the issue.
There is also the F-Droid Basic app which is totally sufficient for the “normal” user. They can be installed parallelly.
I wouldn’t call myself advanced, but I am installing an alternative OS on a replacement device, so I felt motivated to ask for direction. This is exactly what I would like to know I have as an option, thanks!
Good luck with keeping your (I assume probably older) phone up to date with a current Android.
Thanks. It’s a pixel 3a, but I recently bought a 7a with which I am working on a GrapheneOS install. I’m not waiting until my current device dies like I did five years ago.