[Replicant] Replicant 0003 Release Delay [was: Re: Fdroid 1.0.1 with privileged extension causes crashes]

Mon Nov 27 05:38:00 UTC 2017

Wolfgang,

I'm very sorry to hear about your PC problems!

Would this problem be solved by getting a new (or 'new to you')
computer? Or is it important that this specific machine be fixed? It'd
love to try to problem shoot this with you and try to help and I'm sure
other members of the community would be willing to help out as well!

In Solidarity,
Kurtis

Wolfgang Wiedmeyer:
> 
> Kurtis Hanna writes:
> 
>> I was told on the Replicant IRC that Wolfgang has a solution to this
>> problem and it will be fixed in the next Replicant release. I forgot who
>> told me that. Is that true Wolfgang?
> 
> Yes, at least I hope so[1]. As Simon already wrote, the reason is likely
> due to aapt2 which seems to be part of more recent build tools
> versions. This issue is serious because it will affect more and more
> apps and at some point nearly every Replicant user.
> 
> Unfortunately, I'm currently not able to provide updated builds because
> the PC I use for building fails to boot. This is probably due to a
> hardware failure and I'm lacking time at the moment to debug this and to
> work on preparing a new release.
> 
> But in the meantime, it would be good to get some feedback if my patch
> actually fixes the issue for various apps. The patch will be
> automatically included if you build an image using the replicant-6.0-dev
> branch.
> 
> Best regards,
> Wolfgang
> 
> [1]  https://git.replicant.us/replicant/frameworks_base/commit/?id=953d2a3493aaceb3209afc7eef1ff1e7f7242908
> 
> 
>> In Solidarity,
>> kurtis
>>
>> Nick:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I agree this seems like a bigger issue in Replicant. I came across a 
>>> very similar issue a few days ago; I installed the latest Signal 
>>> (4.12.3), and after that the phone kept crashing, either never 
>>> getting past the replicant boot logo, or sometimes booting up but 
>>> then often showing 'Trebushet crashed' and generally crashing and 
>>> restarting itself within 5 minutes.  I solved the issue by removing 
>>> the app, using adb shell in one of those 5 minute windows to delete 
>>> the appropriate directory in /data/app. Installing the previous 
>>> version (4.12.2) worked fine.  This isn't from fdroid, these were 
>>> APKs from apkmirror.com (which makes me nervous at the best of 
>>> times...)
>>>
>>> I don't have a lot of time to look into this (hence not reporting 
>>> this sooner), but figured maybe this could act as another datapoint.
>>>
>>> Nick
>>>
>>> Quoth Simon Josefsson:
>>>> Hi all.  As far as I understand, the problem is a genuine Replicant ROM
>>>> bug that needs to be fixed.  The problematic DAVDroid version appears
>>>> to have been removed from fdroid so everything works fine now. 
>>>> Yesterday I upgraded the app 'Call Recorder', and experience something
>>>> similar to the DAVdroid boot-loop issue.  With the new Call Recorder
>>>> app, replicant crashed and on startup 'Trebuchet crashed' just keeps
>>>> looping and the background icon page just comes and goes.  Removing the
>>>> app resolves the issue.  Does anyone else see this?  Is this the same
>>>> ROM bug or something else?  It seems that whatever problem there is
>>>> with the DAVDroid/CallRecorder-apps, it should not be possible for an
>>>> app to cause these kind of problems with the phone.
>>>>
>>>> /Simon
>>>>
>>>> mån 2017-11-06 klockan 09:27 +0100 skrev Simon Josefsson:
>>>>> lör 2017-11-04 klockan 12:09 +0100 skrev maurice at prtrc.net:
>>>>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>> The privileged extension was a red herring -- the culprit is apps
>>>>> aapt2-built apk's.The DAVDroid 1.9.1 app in fdroid triggers
>>>>> this.On
>>>>> my tests above I didn't try to install DAVDroid, only some other
>>>>> apps.
>>>>>
>>>>> See more here:
>>>>>
>>>>> https://forums.bitfire.at/topic/1603/replicant-lineage-1-9-1-causing-
>>>>> in
>>>>> stant-crash-and-bootloops
>>>>>
>>>>> Indeed the way to recover from the bootloop is to (re)move the
>>>>> /data/app/*davdroid* directory.Then your phone can boot and you can
>>>>> revert back to davdroid 1.9 or (presumably) wait for 1.9.2.
>>>>>
>>>>> Hopefully replicant 6 0003 can be released to fix the OS bug too?!I
>>>>> believe Wolfgang found a patch to fix this.
>>>>>
>>>>> /Simon
>>>
>>>
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