Waydroid on Xiaomi mi a2
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Hello this is just to let you know that it is working
I installed Waydroid on my Xiaomi mi a2 via apt after making the filesystem readable.
It worked out of the box after creating the container.
As a lot of people where asking if it was working I installed Whatsapp and connected to it successfully. It crashed a few times after connecting an account but now it seems to work fine.
I only used it 5 or 6 time as i do not have a lot of contacts on it but messaging was ok.
Waydroid itself is also crashing from time to time but it is manageable (I am also only testing ..)
The good thing is that after installing waydroid I found out I had no real need for any android app. -
@nodorf worked on mine too using waydroid helper. The installation hung, but apparently it was helper and because after reboot waydroid eas there and working. I've managed to get aurora store working and rested two apps. Dioptra works but no sensor information and the image is rotated to the side. Aurora forecast works, but there is no icon in the drawer.
I also started to wonder about if I really need waydroid, I've managed fine for so long. I suppose some public transport app will come in handy at some point...
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@magnargj great, I also installed Aurora store. Also Waydroid helper is a must have to remove Icons and stop waydroid when it cause problems.
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@nodorf Moved from Nexus 5 to Xiaomi Mi A2 due to the, guess what, banking app and hence Waydroid. The latter installed via Waydroid Helper, which worked quite slick at the second attempt. Not sure, what exactly happened the first time, but I had to uninstall it once again.
In Waydroid/LineageOS I installed F-Droid and Aurora Store via apk. In F-Droid Settings / Repositories I added microG F-Droid repo (https://microg.org/fdroid/repo) and turned off all the other repositories, then installed microG Service Core and microG Service Framework. From Aurora Store I installed the banking app N26, which runs nicely on cellular data and crashes on wifi after login (known current limitation).
Other then this banking app, I am happy with the UT apps and do not intend to use any further Android app.
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@mschmids i can't get waydroid apps to work on my mi a2 - the browser e.g. just crashes and i can't access any of the other (lineage) apps. I used the waydroid helper. How do i apt waydroid? Or is there a workaround?
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@bogotrax Do you try to start the waydroid apps e.g. the browser from the UT drawer, as enabled from the waydroid helper, or the LineageOS desktop?
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@bogotrax please disable wifi before starting waydroid. If all works on cellular data for you (does for me)I would call it known problem reported in other threads mi a2 related...
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@mschmids I tried fron the UT drawer. How do you enter the lineage desktop?
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@bogotrax my UT app drawer has a Waydroid, Waydroid Helper and Waydroid Stop (as installed from Waydroid Helper) icon. The first one launches the LineageOS desktop. In fact it launches an app, labeled Waydroid, with Waydroid icon, black background and spinning circle and an app, labeled Unity 8, with the LineageOS desktop. I just close the former. In my case the default LineageOS apps do not crash with wifi, only the google based app, I installed as described in my above post, requires cellular data.
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@mschmids ok waydroid icon crashes and every android icon crashes both with cellular and wifi. Sadly. Can anybody post the install over the terminal or adb. Maybe i have more luck that way. It also says xdg session not wayland when i try starting waydroid from terminal. Any idea what that means?
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@bogotrax you might want to consider uninstalling then reinstalling waydroid from the helper app. The install did not work for me on the first attempt, though I do not recall the details. If you are familiar, you can dive into the command line of waydroid and the relevant log files, which might in the end point you back to the reinstall.
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@mschmids Hello, thanks for your support! I really appreciate it. Reinstalling sadly also didn't do it. I would install through terminal if sb could point me to a tutorial on it. Again thanks for your input!
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@bogotrax ok guys, it worked through apt install + waydroid init and container start. Didn't do it through libertine, so no clue if this is an appropriate approach. But even wifi works on android so it is something. Thanks guys for support!
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@bogotrax
Installing waydroid never needed libertine, those are two very different topics and uses. -
@keneda good to know thanks
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@bogotrax
Libertine is "only" a contener for installing standard desktop GNU/L apps that can't run directly on our mobile oriented one, as it is locked on system files for security reasons and its native apps (.click) install in a specific part.Only common point with waydroid, liberine is experimental ^^
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@nodorf ive tried everything you described but after i use helper to download lineage os, the device shuts down and restarts but the waydroid app keeps crashing. The logo pops up but the app is not loading lineage os. Could you help me how you did it exactly.
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@bogotrax could you help me understand what 'container start' is and how to start it. Because waydroid app starts but displays logo and disappears
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Sorry i can't reproduce the process.
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basically what i did is
sudo -s
mount -o rw,remount / && apt update && apt install waydroid && waydroid initAnd then
sudo waydroid container startAnd followed by
sudo waydroid session startBoth give a lot of information that look like errors. I am not able to debug this. I came to the conclusion that the waydroid helper needs just endlessly long time till it installs waydroid and then suprised me with a reboot and a working lineage after all my manually installing of waydroid.
