[Replicant] Fdroid 1.0.1 with privileged extension causes crashes

maurice at prtrc.net maurice at prtrc.net
Sat Nov 4 11:09:21 UTC 2017


Hi Simon

> I am running Replicant 6.0 0002 on an i9300 and it has been working
> fine.  It came with fdroid privileged extension pre-installed.  It
> hasn't been possible to upgrade it because it was signed with a
> different key, so I have been using the version that came with 6.0
> 0002.
> 
> After upgrading fdroid to 1.0.1, replicant crashes on installing an app
> through fdroid.  Replicant doesn't come up again, and just keeps
> looping on startup (boot logo, adb works).  After a factory reset I
> reproduced this (stock 0002 image, upgrade fdroid, install any app ->
> crash), so it seems like a geniune bug.
> 
> After another factory reset, I upgraded fdroid to 1.0.1 and disabled
> use of the privileged extension and installing apps works fine and
> doesn't cause replicant crashes.
> 
> 1) Can anyone reproduce this?

I can reproduce the crashing and looping, but for me it doesn't work with factory reset and disabling the privileged extension to install apps without crashing and looping again.

Best
Marius


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