I’ve been experiencing this for a while now and it doesn’t seem to appear anywhere else on other forums, so I’ll post here. Even if this is unsolvable, it’s good to get the issue posted somewhere.
Certain internet apps stop working randomly. When one app stops working, they all stop working. None of them crash, but they lose their functionality. The Internet still works, as I can browse the web just fine when these apps are broken. The only way to fix this is a full device reboot.
The apps include but are not limited to:
- Discord
- Jerboa for Lemmy
- Dating apps (Tinder, Bumble, Hinge)
- Certain banking apps (you know it’s broken when it fails to show biometric login)
My phone is a Moto G Stylus 5G 2022, with the November 1, 2024 security patch of Android 13.
EDIT: I found another way to at least temporarily fix the issue after it happened a record 6 times in one day. Disabling (and optionally re-enabling) the DuckDuckGo app tracking protection. This is incredibly strange because the issue affects Jerboa for Lemmy which has no ads and trackers.