Troubleshooting for vanced

This is basic troubleshooting:

1. wipe data and cache of

1-1. Vanced and microG for non-root

1-2. Vanced and Google play services for magisk and root



2. Reinstall YouTube Vanced

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Reboot between processes



3. For notification fix or white background or Vanced doesn't under "Google Cloud Messaging", see note #nonrootfaq (credits goes to Logan for spending time writing this guide)



4. Force closing issues:-

NON-ROOT:
A) If the non-root Vanced app is force closing before installing MicroG, uninstall both Vanced app and MicroG. Then install MicroG first, then Vanced. The force closing will then stop.

B) If the non-root Vanced app is force closing without installing microg, install microg and force closing will stop. [If you don't want to login, don't login and only install microg apk as vanced has little dependency on microg for connecting with Google services]

ROOT:
A) If your root version of Vanced is force closing upon opening the app, uninstall stock YouTube app updates. If this doesn't help, disable/uninstall your substratum/swift themes overlays.
At last resort, if nothing helps, give logs.

B) If your root version of Vanced is force closing in middle of app when app is in foreground/active or playing video, grab your logs and find(If you don't know how to get logs, check #logcat note).

1- Unsatisfiedlinkerror:
Sol:- Open file manager and go to root storage.
Then open "system/app/youtube/lib" and rename

arm64-v8a to arm64

armeabi-v7a to arm

and it will get fixed.

2. Notehitelisted com.google.android.youtube:
Sol:- Check note #whitelisting from group



5. Settings crash:- Turn off your fingerprint and go in the settings and do your setting, after its done turn it back on. It wont crash again after that even if you keep going in it unless you restart your device.



6. Connection issue:- If you're having issues with Vanced saying "please check your connection" or "connect to the internet", uninstall both Vanced and MicroG, reinstall both APKs but make sure you install the MicroG APK before you install the Vanced APK or APKs(when using v15). You can find both apks in #download note.

If you’re still having issues with Vanced giving connection errors (even after installing MicroG first), receiving notifications, etc, make sure you disable battery optimization for the Vanced and MicroG app.

Instructions to do so vary on your device manufacturer, so we can’t really assist with helping you disable it. You can try using a site like "dontkillmyapp.com", or using Google and searching “[phone manufacturer] [phone model] [Android version] disable battery optimization”



7. Splash got stuck:-
If your vanced app got stuck on splash screen, try either
A)
1. Switch Airplane mode on.
2. Open Youtube Vanced.
3. Tap on close in changelog popup.
4. Turn off Airplane mode.
5. Reopen vanced.

Thanks to rocco6victor
From XDA

OR

B) Clear data and cache for both vanced app and microg, then disable battery optimization for microg using dontkillmyapp.com



8. For fixing various SAI errors that you might face in your device:-

Below are some known reasons which one of them you might face when you don't follow instructions, so read the appropriate cause with its solution and fix your problem.

A) INSTALL_FAILED_VERSION_DOWNGRADE:-

Solution: Uninstall stock yt updates. Make sure Stock YouTube version is lower than vanced version you are installing now.

B) INSTALL_FAILED_NO_MATCHING_ABIS: Failed to extract native libraries:-

Solution: Download legacy version instead of default

C) INSTALL_FAILED_INVALID_APK: Split config.en was defined multiple times

Solution: Try removing the split_config.en apk from apks file then install
(Apks file is just a zip file so you can easily remove the apk from it)


D) INSTALL_FAILED_DUPLICATE_PERMISSION:-

Solution: Uninstall microg > reboot > install vanced via sai > install microg

If microg doesn't install, install microg too via SAI.

E) Unable to install the app because it conflicts with an already installed app with same package name:-

Solution: Uninstall microg > reboot > install vanced via sai > install microg via apk package installer
If microg doesn't install, install microg too via SAI.

F) APP IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH THIS DEVICE:-

Solution: Select the legacy architecture when downloading .apks from official site instead of default architecture.
Download links are present in #download note.

G) INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_NO_CERTIFICATES:-

Solution: It seems like you didn't read instructions properly and installed vanced without disabling signature verification. or you tried some method which didn't give any positive result, so the solution to both is to disable signature verification using the best method/alternative to what you used before.
To disable signature verification, check #howtoinstall note from the group.



9. For further assistance send /notes in the chat.

If everything failed provide a bug report please by typing in the chat #bugreport to see what things to provide in a bug report. If you don't know how to take logcats, see note #logcat.

This is the most important section of the note read it very carefully:

Do not say #example didn't work for you if you:

1. Didn't read

2. Didn't follow the instructions to the letter

3. Didn't bother searching

4. If you asking us to spoonfeed you