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    • Closed (moved) Issue created by Trac @tracbot

    On brand new Android KitKat (2017 update) with Orfox also running (cannot close orfox yet for tabs I still need to read).

    Steps: Have Orfox running with 3 or 4 tabs. Install Tor Browser for Android (Alpha) (release from 4 days ago) via F-Droid. Click the icon to load the app, then White screen for one second then black screen for a tenth of a second, then Error dialog message pops up: " Unfortunately Tor Browser for Android (Alpha) has stopped working"

    Note: Orfox still works fine.

    Ideally I'd be able to run both TB and Orfox at the same time? One would be a different identity to the other?

    Trac:
    Username: torlove

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    • Trac
      Trac @tracbot ·
      Author

      Trac:
      Parent Ticket: #28329 (moved)

    • Trac added TorBrowserTeam201904 component::applications/tor browser owner::sysrqb parent::28329 priority::high reporter::torlove resolution::fixed severity::normal status::closed tbb-8.5-must-alpha tbb-crash tbb-mobile type::defect labels

      added TorBrowserTeam201904 component::applications/tor browser owner::sysrqb parent::28329 priority::high reporter::torlove resolution::fixed severity::normal status::closed tbb-8.5-must-alpha tbb-crash tbb-mobile type::defect labels

    • Trac
      Trac @tracbot ·
      Author

      Hello Team,

      Following up. I just tried resetting the phone.

      Steps: Trusted the Orbot VPN on startup. Attempted to open Tor Browser for Android (Alpha) but exact same problem as above.

      Therefore having Orfox open was not the problem.

      Trac:
      Username: torlove

    • Georg Koppen
      Georg Koppen @gk ·

      Hm. Does that happen as well if you don't run Orbot, just Tor Browser? Maybe that one is interfering here?

      Trac:
      Owner: N/A to tbb-team
      Priority: Medium to High
      Status: new to needs_information
      Component: - Select a component to Applications/Tor Browser
      Keywords: N/A deleted, tbb-mobile, tbb-crash added

    • Trac
      Trac @tracbot ·
      Author

      I got on the car with this one.

      Steps: Disconnecting from the tunnel. App menu in settings area. Tapped on Orbot Forced Stopped it Tried opening Tor Browser for Android (Alpha) but exact same thing happens.

      Then I tried steps: Restart device (Orbot did not try to load automatically after I forced stopped it which was helpful), Tried opening Tor Browser for Android (Alpha) but... yeah... not happening. Same thing.

      Trac:
      Username: torlove

    • Georg Koppen
      Georg Koppen @gk ·

      Replying to torlove:

      I got on the car with this one.

      Steps: Disconnecting from the tunnel. App menu in settings area. Tapped on Orbot Forced Stopped it Tried opening Tor Browser for Android (Alpha) but exact same thing happens.

      Then I tried steps: Restart device (Orbot did not try to load automatically after I forced stopped it which was helpful), Tried opening Tor Browser for Android (Alpha) but... yeah... not happening. Same thing.

      Alright, thanks. Let's find out if any of the earlier Tor Browser versions are working for you. Can you check those in https://archive.torproject.org/tor-package-archive/torbrowser/mobile/? (Note: they still require a separate Orbot which later versions don't need anymore)

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      cypherpunks @cypherpunks ·

      Have you tried installing the firefox version Tor Browser is based on? Orfox uses the old firefox esr which may be why it is working and Tor Browser isn't

    • Trac
      Trac @tracbot ·
      Author

      What is Esr?

      Thats a good idea! Which version of Firefox precisely? Maybe I'll just try to run the very latest and report back.

      Trac:
      Username: torlove

    • Trac
      Trac @tracbot ·
      Author

      gk... I almost missed your reply, that's another idea, sounds like a time consuming process though, to install parallel Orbot's but can do.

      I should update FF anyway. Will report back after that first.

      Trac:
      Username: torlove

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      cypherpunks @cypherpunks ·

      Couldn't find ESR release for mobile but closest may be version 60.0.2

    • Trac
      Trac @tracbot ·
      Author

      Ok, will try that one if I don't hear back.

      Trac:
      Username: torlove

    • Georg Koppen
      Georg Koppen @gk ·

      Replying to torlove:

      Ok, will try that one if I don't hear back.

      Yes, 60.x is the one you would want to test. There is no mobile ESR, so that's the closest to what you get from Mozilla.

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      Matthew Finkel @sysrqb ·

      Replying to torlove:

      gk... I almost missed your reply, that's another idea, sounds like a time consuming process though, to install parallel Orbot's but can do.

      I should update FF anyway. Will report back after that first.

      Try 1.0a3 as the first test. You shouldn't need to change Orbot, simply uninstall the current version of Tor Browser for Android (Alpha) and install the older versions from the website. If that crashes, then repeat this process and install the next-older version.

      Do you have any experience with getting logs from an Android device? Those would be very helpful, but getting them is not easy.

    • Trac
      Trac @tracbot ·
      Author

      Yes, version 1.0a3 (apk sha256 starts with "2db3ad33cd8b0") works!

      I may be open to logs but not sure how much info I can provide. Ideally I wouldn't have to try a older version of Firefox (it turns out I already have a newer version than 60.xx.

      I admit I'm right depressed today to find out that Bitcoin Wallet has dropped kitkat support. The phone is brand new, was expecting it to last for 4 years. :(

      Does kitkat have critical vulnerabilites that make it unsuitable for btc and anonymous activity? If so, yet another phone will need to be bought.

      Trac:
      Username: torlove

    • Georg Koppen
      Georg Koppen @gk ·

      Replying to torlove:

      Yes, version 1.0a3 (apk sha256 starts with "2db3ad33cd8b0") works!

      Great! Which of the following follow-up versions break first for you?

      https://archive.torproject.org/tor-package-archive/torbrowser/8.5a5/tor-browser-8.5a5-android-armv7.apk https://archive.torproject.org/tor-package-archive/torbrowser/8.5a5/tor-browser-8.5a5-android-armv7.apk.asc

      https://archive.torproject.org/tor-package-archive/torbrowser/8.5a6/tor-browser-8.5a6-android-armv7-multi.apk https://archive.torproject.org/tor-package-archive/torbrowser/8.5a6/tor-browser-8.5a6-android-armv7-multi.apk.asc

      https://archive.torproject.org/tor-package-archive/torbrowser/8.5a7/tor-browser-8.5a7-android-armv7-multi.apk https://archive.torproject.org/tor-package-archive/torbrowser/8.5a7/tor-browser-8.5a7-android-armv7-multi.apk.asc

      https://archive.torproject.org/tor-package-archive/torbrowser/8.5a8/tor-browser-8.5a8-android-armv7-multi.apk https://archive.torproject.org/tor-package-archive/torbrowser/8.5a8/tor-browser-8.5a8-android-armv7-multi.apk.asc

      I may be open to logs but not sure how much info I can provide. Ideally I wouldn't have to try a older version of Firefox (it turns out I already have a newer version than 60.xx.

      That's not needed anymore, now that we found a working version for you and can narrow down the problem further using that one.

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      cypherpunks @cypherpunks ·

      I have tried installing Tor Browser on an Android 4.4.4 tablet emulator, the crash on startup starts with version 8.5a9, older versions show an "Orbot" screen but they all crash after waiting about 10 seconds. The emulator didn't have internet connection while testing.

    • C
      cypherpunks @cypherpunks ·

      This emulator isn't known to be very stable, I have installed Firefox 60.0.2 and 66.0.2 and both crash a few seconds after the browser shows up, so the crashes I get for earlier Tor Browser version may not mean anything.

    • Georg Koppen
      Georg Koppen @gk ·

      Tentatively putting that as a child ticket of #28329 (moved).

      torlove: We'd still like to hear back from your experience with testing the newer version in comment:13.

      Trac:
      Parent: N/A to #28329 (moved)

    • Trac
      Trac @tracbot ·
      Author

      Hi gk, none of the 4 listed above broke. All worked fines but the last one is sometimes refered to as Always-On Notifications, instead of Tor Browser, by the operating system.

      Trac:
      Username: torlove

    • Georg Koppen
      Georg Koppen @gk ·

      Replying to torlove:

      Hi gk, none of the 4 listed above broke. All worked fines but the last one is sometimes refered to as Always-On Notifications, instead of Tor Browser, by the operating system.

      Yeah, that's a known issue, thanks for getting back to us. Thus, it seems 8.5a9 is the first broken release for you and the patch for #28329 (moved) the likely culprit.

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      Matthew Finkel @sysrqb ·

      Replying to gk:

      Replying to torlove:

      Hi gk, none of the 4 listed above broke. All worked fines but the last one is sometimes refered to as Always-On Notifications, instead of Tor Browser, by the operating system.

      Yeah, that's a known issue, thanks for getting back to us. Thus, it seems 8.5a9 is the first broken release for you and the patch for #28329 (moved) the likely culprit.

      Confirmed. This is the result of using an object method added in a more recent API-level than KitKat (18). I'll correct this in the next branch I push for review on #28329 (moved). I'll also confirm there aren't other similar errors that will trigger after we correct this one.

      E/GeckoCrashHandler( 2205): >>> REPORTING UNCAUGHT EXCEPTION FROM THREAD 1 ("main")                                       
E/GeckoCrashHandler( 2205): java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: android.widget.Button.setClipToOutline
E/GeckoCrashHandler( 2205):     at org.mozilla.gecko.torbootstrap.TorBootstrapPanel.onCreateView(TorBootstrapPanel.java:113)
E/GeckoCrashHandler( 2205):     at android.support.v4.app.Fragment.performCreateView(Fragment.java:1974)
E/GeckoCrashHandler( 2205):     at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManager.java:1067)
E/GeckoCrashHandler( 2205):     at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManager.java:1252)
E/GeckoCrashHandler( 2205):     at android.support.v4.app.BackStackRecord.run(BackStackRecord.java:742)                                             
E/GeckoCrashHandler( 2205):     at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.execPendingActions(FragmentManager.java:1617)
E/GeckoCrashHandler( 2205):     at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.executePendingTransactions(FragmentManager.java:570)
E/GeckoCrashHandler( 2205):     at android.support.v4.app.FragmentPagerAdapter.finishUpdate(FragmentPagerAdapter.java:141)
E/GeckoCrashHandler( 2205):     at android.support.v4.view.ViewPager.populate(ViewPager.java:1177)                                                
E/GeckoCrashHandler( 2205):     at android.support.v4.view.ViewPager.populate(ViewPager.java:1025)      
E/GeckoCrashHandler( 2205):     at android.support.v4.view.ViewPager.onMeasure(ViewPager.java:1545)                       
E/GeckoCrashHandler( 2205):     at android.view.View.measure(View.java:16497)                
E/GeckoCrashHandler( 2205):     at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:5125)                      
E/GeckoCrashHandler( 2205):     at android.widget.LinearLayout.measureChildBeforeLayout(LinearLayout.java:1404)
E/GeckoCrashHandler( 2205):     at android.widget.LinearLayout.measureHorizontal(LinearLayout.java:1052)                                                                                                           
E/GeckoCrashHandler( 2205):     at android.widget.LinearLayout.onMeasure(LinearLayout.java:590)                                                                                                                   
E/GeckoCrashHandler( 2205):     at android.view.View.measure(View.java:16497)                             
E/GeckoCrashHandler( 2205):     at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:5125)                     
E/GeckoCrashHandler( 2205):     at android.widget.FrameLayout.onMeasure(FrameLayout.java:310)                                     
E/GeckoCrashHandler( 2205):     at android.view.View.measure(View.java:16497)                                             
E/GeckoCrashHandler( 2205):     at android.widget.RelativeLayout.measureChildHorizontal(RelativeLayout.java:719)                                                                                                   
E/GeckoCrashHandler( 2205):     at android.widget.RelativeLayout.onMeasure(RelativeLayout.java:455)
E/GeckoCrashHandler( 2205):     at android.view.View.measure(View.java:16497)                      
E/GeckoCrashHandler( 2205):     at android.widget.RelativeLayout.measureChildHorizontal(RelativeLayout.java:719)
E/GeckoCrashHandler( 2205):     at android.widget.RelativeLayout.onMeasure(RelativeLayout.java:455)                                                                                         
E/GeckoCrashHandler( 2205):     at android.view.View.measure(View.java:16497)                                  
E/GeckoCrashHandler( 2205):     at android.widget.RelativeLayout.measureChildHorizontal(RelativeLayout.java:719)
E/GeckoCrashHandler( 2205):     at android.widget.RelativeLayout.onMeasure(RelativeLayout.java:455)
E/GeckoCrashHandler( 2205):     at android.view.View.measure(View.java:16497)                                                                     
E/GeckoCrashHandler( 2205):     at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:5125)
E/GeckoCrashHandler( 2205):     at android.widget.FrameLayout.onMeasure(FrameLayout.java:310)
E/GeckoCrashHandler( 2205):     at android.support.v7.widget.ContentFrameLayout.onMeasure(ContentFrameLayout.java:135)
E/GeckoCrashHandler( 2205):     at android.view.View.measure(View.java:16497)                                   
E/GeckoCrashHandler( 2205):     at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:5125)
E/GeckoCrashHandler( 2205):     at android.widget.LinearLayout.measureChildBeforeLayout(LinearLayout.java:1404)
E/GeckoCrashHandler( 2205):     at android.widget.LinearLayout.measureVertical(LinearLayout.java:695)
E/GeckoCrashHandler( 2205):     at android.widget.LinearLayout.onMeasure(LinearLayout.java:588)
E/GeckoCrashHandler( 2205):     at android.view.View.measure(View.java:16497)
E/GeckoCrashHandler( 2205):     at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:5125)
E/GeckoCrashHandler( 2205):     at android.widget.FrameLayout.onMeasure(FrameLayout.java:310)
E/GeckoCrashHandler( 2205):     at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:5125)                                                                                                   [193/1884]
E/GeckoCrashHandler( 2205):     at android.widget.FrameLayout.onMeasure(FrameLayout.java:310)             
E/GeckoCrashHandler( 2205):     at android.view.View.measure(View.java:16497)                                                                                              
E/GeckoCrashHandler( 2205):     at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:5125)                                                  
E/GeckoCrashHandler( 2205):     at android.widget.LinearLayout.measureChildBeforeLayout(LinearLayout.java:1404)                                          
E/GeckoCrashHandler( 2205):     at android.widget.LinearLayout.measureVertical(LinearLayout.java:695)                                                                                                              
E/GeckoCrashHandler( 2205):     at android.widget.LinearLayout.onMeasure(LinearLayout.java:588)                                                                       
E/GeckoCrashHandler( 2205):     at android.view.View.measure(View.java:16497)                                        
E/GeckoCrashHandler( 2205):     at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:5125)         
E/GeckoCrashHandler( 2205):     at android.widget.FrameLayout.onMeasure(FrameLayout.java:310)        
E/GeckoCrashHandler( 2205):     at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow$DecorView.onMeasure(PhoneWindow.java:2291)
E/GeckoCrashHandler( 2205):     at android.view.View.measure(View.java:16497)                  
E/GeckoCrashHandler( 2205):     at android.view.ViewRootImpl.performMeasure(ViewRootImpl.java:1916)                         
E/GeckoCrashHandler( 2205):     at android.view.ViewRootImpl.measureHierarchy(ViewRootImpl.java:1113)   
E/GeckoCrashHandler( 2205):     at android.view.ViewRootImpl.performTraversals(ViewRootImpl.java:1295)              
E/GeckoCrashHandler( 2205):     at android.view.ViewRootImpl.doTraversal(ViewRootImpl.java:1000)                    
E/GeckoCrashHandler( 2205):     at android.view.ViewRootImpl$TraversalRunnable.run(ViewRootImpl.java:5670)                                          
E/GeckoCrashHandler( 2205):     at android.view.Choreographer$CallbackRecord.run(Choreographer.java:761)                   
E/GeckoCrashHandler( 2205):     at android.view.Choreographer.doCallback
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      Matthew Finkel @sysrqb ·

      Accepting, resolution pending new branch for #28329 (moved)

      Trac:
      Status: needs_information to accepted
      Owner: tbb-team to sysrqb

    • Georg Koppen
      Georg Koppen @gk ·

      Trac:
      Cc: N/A to tbb-team
      Keywords: N/A deleted, tbb-8.5-must-alpha, TorBrowserTeam201904 added

    • Trac
      Trac @tracbot ·
      Author

      Good to see the problem has been identified and that I could play a small role in helping to keep this great project available to Kitkaters. Gotta keep Kitkat kicking, I say.

      Can I also add that I am very impressed with how fast the menu is on the Tor Browser for Android, compared to the older Orfox. It's instant! Wonderful!

      I encourage anyone who finds this ticket to donate to the Tor Project team at https://donate.torproject.org/ These guys are doing great things for humanity.

      My Torlove BTC address: 1KK8rGnEPeMrzD2Mq5jUUFc8wZhcd2jfbS

      Until our paths cross again. Torlove

      Trac:
      Username: torlove

    • Trac
      Trac @tracbot ·
      Author

      Trac:
      Username: belm0
      Cc: tbb-team to tbb-team, belm0

    • Georg Koppen
      Georg Koppen @gk ·

      That's fixed with commit d3ea3528ce2cde0675d297ea934090c77f4b5f76 on tor-browser-60.6.1esr-8.5-1 and will make it into the next alpha release (8.5a11).

      Trac:
      Resolution: N/A to fixed
      Status: accepted to closed

    • Trac closed

      closed

    • Trac moved to tpo/applications/tor-browser#29906 (closed)

      moved to tpo/applications/tor-browser#29906 (closed)

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