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

Mon Dec 11 00:25:05 UTC 2017

Hi all,

after I was able to resume Replicant builds again, I pushed a new
release (0003) a few minutes ago. The new images include the mentioned
patch and the reboot loops are hopefully an issue of the past now.

Cheers,
Wolfgang

Kurtis Hanna writes:

> 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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