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F-Droid is an installable catalogue of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) applications for the Android platform. The client makes it easy to browse, install, and keep track of updates on your device.

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How to manage installed apps without root? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 3 weeks ago by Dop@lemmy.zip to c/fdroid@lemmy.ml

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Hi!

I had an issue while installing an app through fdroid, so I shut fdroid down because the install process was going on and never ending after several minutes, but know I can't install the app from fdroid nor from the direct apk file.

I suspect there's a file stored somewhere, creating a conflict and preventing me from installing the app that I need, but i can't access the directory where apps from fdroid are stores unless I root my device, which I don't feel comfortable doing.

Has anyone had the same issue? What are my options?

Also I'm running GrapheneOS.

Thank you for your help,

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[–] Matth@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

Is it possible your file explorer use a trash bin and old apk inside it are causing problems?
With mix explorer I had such problem and solved it disabling trash bin in it's setttings. (Just emptying was also working)