Android apps all crash at startup
Hi !
Ever since I've gotten my phone, from version 1.0.0.5 to 1.0.3.x, no Android apps has ever launched. At the beginning, I couldn't even install Android apps. The newest versions of Sailfish allow me to install apks, however launching an Android app is still impossible.
Whenever I launch an Android app, any Android app (Yandex store and apks from the Jolla store included), the application first appears as a tile in the home screen, hangs in there for a little while, then disappears. No error messages or notifications are displayed anywhere.
The first thing I'd like to know is where to find and how to launch my android applications from the terminal ? There must be something logged and maybe it'll help fix the issue.
Since I know Android apps are known to have issues linked to mobile connectivity, I may have to add that 2G/3G doesn't work on my phone either. To be more precise, 2G/3G only on the first launch of the connman daemon after a factory reset, and even if I try to launch Android apps while 2G/3G still works, it fails in the same fashion. I'm hoping the two issues might not be completely unrelated.
EDIT: Tweek found a solution for people having this issue: https://together.jolla.com/question/13805/android-support-not-working-apps-not-loading/#post-id-14896
For those who cannot fix their Android issues by clearing dalvik's installation, it also seems that issues with Mobile Data network can easily cause Android applications not to launch.
At least one app behaves the same on my handset (Asus SuperNote Pro). In general however, Android apps work (as long as they have access to the resources they require), even without a SIM inserted. (I just checked by removing the SIM, downloading, installing and opening a Yandex app.)
However, if 2G/3G do not work for you, I would not wonder if there is a hardware failure that also affects Sailfish / Alien Dalvik somehow.
According to your post, you already did a full factory reset? Is there any chance to low-level test all types of memory inserted in the Jolla? (Could it be that the memory holding the ex-factory Sailfish code is corrupt without it being detected by the installation routine?)
jgr ( 2014-03-08 00:40:42 +0200 )editFor me, it's some random Android apps that fail to start. For example Waze. I'm almost sure I had it working at some point, but then removed it for some reason. Now, when I install Waze again and try to launch it the app crashes before even starting. Any idea what causes this?
JarnoF ( 2014-03-18 11:00:37 +0200 )editI do have the same problem since mid-February when Android apps stopped working (loading for few seconds before closing). I also cannot enable the Mobile Network since... To be short, I went through almost 15 factory resets (a record?) with different successes...sometimes I can get both (Android apps and the Mobile Data) working before the 1st OS update or like my last attempt, I uninstalled the Android support, cleaned up directories and files as mentioned in another post (http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=1406350#post1406350), run a factory reset, removed the battery for 1/2 hour and restarted the OS updates all the way to 1.0.4.20. I was able to use Skype and to enable the Mobile Data...for 1 day. Following my 3 reboot, I was back to square one :( Starting to get tired to reset the phone, but still have great hope with jolla :)
myjollaph ( 2014-03-20 21:02:26 +0200 )edit@myjollaph: Holy crap man, I think we have very similar issues... maybe the same problem. Have you tried debugging the Mobile Network thing using conn man's tools ? Check out this post: https://together.jolla.com/question/19824/bug-mobile-network-disappearing/ I've been reseting to factory like crazy as well... and now I pretty much gave up on 3G support. But at least knowing someone else experience similar issues would be nice (well, in a way).
plaristote ( 2014-03-21 11:41:26 +0200 )edit@plaristote: Yup I just used the connman tools and while the output is not exactly the same, the result is similar, unfortunately...I won't have time to dive deeper as I will travel for the next 7 days. However I'm planning to factory reset the device again without installing any droid support and see how it goes for the week. Droid stuff worked for 2-3 weeks following the 3rd update and I wonder if it stopped working soon after updating the mobile data settings...Will let you know if I find anything.
myjollaph ( 2014-03-22 01:20:43 +0200 )edit