Standard Notes from F-Droid crashing after upgrade

[tcc56]

I've been using Standard Notes on my phone for a while. It is installed from F-Droid. It works well, it syncs well on three devices.
After updating it (on Saturday I think), it crashes first thing when opening.
The App info says it's on version 3.14.0.
The phone uses Android v 10.

[AOSPFanboy]

I get the same thing. App version 3.14.0, running on GrapheneOS, Pixel 3. App is unusable. Tried enabling network permissions, reboot phone; nothing works. Unable to downgrade too for whatever reason.

[stefan-yas]

The crash should be resolved with version 3.14.1, however the F-Droid version might be lagging behind. Feel free to sideload the .apk from here.

[Greymane96]

April 5 and still no update on FDroid.
I can't seem to sideload the .apk either. Do I need to uninstall first? I'm reluctant to do that because I don't want any chance of deleting any of my noted.
Any advice is appreciated.

[moughxyz]

Are you using the app without an account? If with an account you can sign in after deletion. If without, I'm honestly not sure how different contexts are handled with regards to uninstalling. In my experience sometimes the data is deleted and sometimes it's not, but maybe someone with more Android-specific experience can corroborate or test out the behavior of deleting the app from Fdroid.

[Yannig123]

If you uninstall the app, all the notes will be gone. If you use it without an account and want to retrieve the data:
backup the file /data/data/com.standardnotes/databases/RKStorage
uninstall standardnotes, download an older apk, reinstall standardnotes, and move the file back to it's original location

[tcc56]

I downloaded app-prod-release.apk from https://github.com/standardnotes/mobile/releases/tag/3.14.1 to my phone using Firefox and clicked to install. App wasn't installed.
Went into settings > apps & notifications > advanced > select special app access > install unknown apps. Firefox (and F-Droid) were allowed to install unknown apps. This is puzzling, as I'm using Firefox to install the APK file, and it isn't working.
I tried enabling installing unknown apps from File Manager & Files. The 3.14.1 update to Standard Notes still didn't install.
I double checked. Standard Notes didn't install the 3.14.1 update & closes as soon as I open it.
This is as far as I can get on this.

[stefan-yas]

@tcc56 Try backing up your data first and then uninstalling the F-Droid version. Then try to install the 3.14.1 version.

[dreamsyntax]

Any way you could either upload the F-Droid signature apk on the releases tab or update the F-Droid repo soon with 3.14.1?
Its the main reason we are not able to upgrade without wiping due to the signature difference

[Greymane96]

Please help a noob.
I can not find the file " /data/data/com.standardnotes/databases/RKStorage " on my phone to create a backup.
I have notes stored on my device only and will lose them all if I uninstall the FDroid version.
Is there any hope for me?
Any advice on locating this data file?
Should I wait for FDroid to publish another update and hope that the data will not be lost?
I feel like an idiot for storing so much important info on my device, never realizing that the data could be duplicated with an account.

Pixel 4a
Graphene OS

[dreamsyntax]

Please help a noob. I can not find the file " /data/data/com.standardnotes/databases/RKStorage " on my phone to create a backup. I have notes stored on my device only and will lose them all if I uninstall the FDroid version. Is there any hope for me? Any advice on locating this data file? Should I wait for FDroid to publish another update and hope that the data will not be lost? I feel like an idiot for storing so much important info on my device, never realizing that the data could be duplicated with an account.

Pixel 4a Graphene OS

Assuming Android 12, scoped storage means you need root to access it

[Emajor69]

What's the ETA for the fdroid update?

[tcc56]

@tcc56 Try backing up your data first and then uninstalling the F-Droid version. Then try to install the 3.14.1 version.

This worked like a charm.
I uninstalled the F-Droid version of Standard Notes on the smartphone and re-installed it by sideloading the .apk file. After signing in, it immediately synced with my Standard Notes installs on an ereader and laptop. I added a note to double check, and it synced.
Everything is back the way it should be.
Thank you for your help -- and thank you to all the contributors who make Standard Notes possible.

[stefan-yas]

Any way you could either upload the F-Droid signature apk on the releases tab or update the F-Droid repo soon with 3.14.1? Its the main reason we are not able to upgrade without wiping due to the signature difference

@dreamsyntax As an organization, we're not maintaining the F-Droid packages on there. They should be updated to the newest version automatically after release, so we've reached out the package maintainer on F-Droid to see if we can get it up and running again.

[LAN-SoL0]

Same issue, can't find /data/data/com.standardnotes/databases/RKStorage on GrapheneOS Pixel 4a. Unhid system folders, and even tried a Terminal emulator, can't find it at all. Can't uninstall because I didn't use an account. Glad this is getting attention, love you guys.