I wanted to update the messenger app “Signal” on my Fairphone 2 (from version 5.32.15) to the latest version (5.39.3) but the installation is failing. I’ve tried different versions and different ways to install the app and also uninstalled the old version - but unfortunately without success. The old version was installed before I upgraded to “Android 10: Fairphone Open 22.02.0-rel.0”. Currently it is even not possible to install the old version (5.32.15) again. Therefore I think that the problem is somehow related to the new Android version. I have just upgraded to “Fairphone Open 22.04.0-rel.1” but the installation of the Signal app is still failing. Some details…
My phone:
Fairphone 2
OS: Fairphone Open 22.04.0-rel.1; without any Google Mobile Services
What I already tried:
installing version 5.39.3 (and all other non-beta version between 5.32.15 and 5.39.3) via Raccoon (https://raccoon.onyxbits.de/, this is how I usually install apps not available via F-Droid store) via default profile → no error messages are shown; result: no app on phone
copied APK files of different versions (downloaded via Raccoon) to my phone and installed them → notification bubble “Fehler” (= error) is shown without any further details
To be honest, I am very doubtful this will help, but it won't hurt: After the upgrade, some "Enhanced hardware features" are disabled by default unless you activate them anew. You can find these in Settings > System > Maintenance > Enhanced hardware features. (Click for screenshot)
Is anyone out there with a Fairphone 2 + latest Fairphone Open release who can confirm or disprove a problem related to this setup in combination with the messaging app Signal? It would already be really helpful to know whether I’m the only one having that problem or not. (Maybe someone with the mentioned setup could simply try out to install the app and report whether it worked or not.)
Installing Signal via Aurora Store worked! Really great! Thanks a lot, @yvmuell!
However I don’t understand how this way differs from the other ways I have tried before. Are there different, hardware-specific versions of Signal? I though there would be only one universal version for Android 4.4+.