Issue when downloading Brave from ffupdater about ffupdater

[Tobi823]

Looks like FFUpdater is downloading the wrong APK file. Is the issue still present in the latest versions (78.0.0 or later)?

[DreamingCuttlefish]

Looks like FFUpdater is downloading the wrong APK file. Is the issue still present in the latest versions (78.0.0 or later)?

Unfortunately it still happens. I just tried on 78.0.4 and when I try to open brave it says "Your device couldn't open Brave. To fix the issue, download the latest update from your app store."

[Tobi823]

Can you install and use the Brave APK from Brave's GitHub repository (https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/releases/download/v1.52.130/BraveMonoarm64.apk)? I want to rule out the possibility that the APK file is corrupted or incompatible.

[Tobi823]

Looks like Brave is publishing incorrect 64-bit versions:

I found the problem: Brave github apks are only in 32-bit, even ones that say they're 64-bit, which the Pixel 7 doesn't support :(
https://www.reddit.com/r/brave_browser/comments/zwqdjy/comment/jb5qss0/

[DreamingCuttlefish]

Can you install and use the Brave APK from Brave's GitHub repository (https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/releases/download/v1.52.130/BraveMonoarm64.apk)? I want to rule out the possibility that the APK file is corrupted or incompatible.

Just tried this out and the same problem occurs. I guess it is a problem with the apk file!?

[Tobi823]

I think too.

Should I (or do you want to) create an issue at https://github.com/brave/brave-browser? Maybe the Brave developers don't know that their 64 bit APK files don't work on "64 bit only" machines.

[Tobi823]

I think this is the same problem brave/brave-browser#28712

I will close this issue for now because only the developer of Brave can fix it.

[Rathmox]

@Tobi823 Yes, it's the same problem. I discovered it also with FFupdater