Description of the issue: After updating, Brave browser crashes on launch. “Manage storage” setting is also inaccessible, as it crashes. I am able to briefly see an address bar on a blank screen before it crashes. How can this issue be reproduced? Download brave Arm64Universal APK from Github. I…

Resolved after updating to 1.78.96. Thank you to the developers and the people involved for promptly fixing the issue!

Update: I managed to access and backup the bookmarks on my PC, as I had it synced on there before I reinstalled Windows. By restoring the profile data on a fresh test profile, I was able to access my bookmarks again. So, the situation is much less dire, but Brave on Android still won’t launch, and …

Hmm… Just found this issue: https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/45719 Linked from https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/45807 Might be the same issue.

Brave Beta on Android started crashing a few releases ago as well. I stupidly have been using it as my main browser and haven’t synced. As of Version 1.79.97 it still won’t launch on my Samsung SM-G998U1 (Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G) even after clearing the cache.

Hmm… Seems like a separate issue to me. I think you should create another topic for this.

1.78.94 Android Crashes on Launch

Brave Browser Mobile Support

cobalt-wonder May 3, 2025, 11:07pm 7

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