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Android <5 only
Description [menu]
Please ONLY install this workaround if you have one of these problems:
1. All your DAVdroid accounts (including downloaded contacts and events) are gone after reboot.
2. All your DAVdroid accounts (including downloaded contacts and events) are gone after you update DAVdroid in Play Store.
In all other cases, this workaround app has no functionality and can cause confusion and problems.
Why?
There are bugs in Android (https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=34880 and http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=66905) that causes accounts of paid apps to be removed on start-up or on app-update (known to occur on Nexus and Motorola Moto devices with Android 4.4.2) because the (encrypted) apk files are loaded after checking for orphaned accounts. This is a well-known Android 4.1+ bug and not a DAVdroid bug.
What to do?
This workaround is free, and the bug only affects paid (and therefore encrypted) apps. So please install it, and the workaround fakes a DAVdroid sync adapter so Android doesn't delete DAVdroid related data.
If you see red DAVdroid symbols in the settings, contacts or events, it means that the fake DAVdroid adapter is active. In this case, please wait a minute and try again. The workaround should load the real DAVdroid adapter and make the icons green. If it does not, you can try to launch the workaround manually and try again.
Please see also http://davdroid.bitfire.at/faq?pk_campaign=davdroid-jbworkaround-play
You don't need this workaround…
* when you don't have the problem that your DAVdroid accounts and data are gone after reboot,
* if you didn't get DAVdroid via Play Store (but via Samsung Store, Amazon, Android Pit, F-Droid or if it's self-built).
How to install DAVdroid JB Workaround APK for Android [menu]
Download DAVdroid JB Workaround APK file (at.bitfire.davdroid.jbworkaround_3_50524.apk) from SameAPK.com, then follow these steps:
Update Phone Settings
- Go to your phone Settings page
- Tap Security or Applications (varies with device)
- Check the Unknown Sources box
- Confirm with OK
Go to Downloads
- Open Downloads on your device by going to My Files or Files
- Tap the APK file you downloaded (at.bitfire.davdroid.jbworkaround_3_50524.apk)
- Tap Install when prompted, the APK file you downloaded will be installed on your device.
How to install DAVdroid JB Workaround APK on Windows 7/8/10 or MAC PC? [menu]
Download DAVdroid JB Workaround APK file(at.bitfire.davdroid.jbworkaround_3_50524.apk) from SameAPK.com to your PC (ex: /Users/xxx/Downloads/(at.bitfire.davdroid.jbworkaround_3_50524.apk)), then follow these steps:
Using Emulator:
- Download And Install one Emulator Softwares (Ex: Bluestacks, GenyMotion, NoxPlayer)
- Simple install APK on PC by drag and drop file at.bitfire.davdroid.jbworkaround_3_50524.apk on Emulator screen
DAVdroid JB Workaround APK Pros & Cons [menu]
Pros
- This app is safe, it's not require high risk permissions
- Compatible with 32 bit device (most Emulator using 32bit arch CPU)
- Compatible with 64-bit device (some android device and current Bluestacks)
Cons
Everything is good.
