SERIOIS Bug. Vivaldi 6.8 will crash and never able to open when changing background of homepage

boeckling

Same for me. Android 13. Vivaldi 6.8.3388.66. Already opened tabs work fine and I can create new ones by copying a tab. But when creating a new tab that displays the star page background - it immediately crashes. Trying to edit the background using "Start Page Wallpaper" under Appearance in Settings also crashes.

boeckling

@boeckling I'm not using a foldable phone.

Vigilante2084

@boeckling said in SERIOIS Bug. Vivaldi 6.8 will crash and never able to open when changing background of homepage:

Same for me. Android 13. Vivaldi 6.8.3388.66. Already opened tabs work fine and I can create new ones by copying a tab. But when creating a new tab that displays the star page background - it immediately crashes. Trying to edit the background using "Start Page Wallpaper" under Appearance in Settings also crashes.

Same problem, Android 12

mjpa

Same problem for me too. Pixel 8, latest android.

Veddu

This issue was reported a while back in the snapshots, can’t believe they released it to stable even though this bug was widespread.

The issue is that if you add a custom wallpaper background it will crash . So everytime you go to the startpage it will Crash. So for now, best would be to reinstall Vivaldi and not change the background on the wallpaper. Or use the search widget to navigate to websites or anyother way to avoid opening the start page.

vivaldigem

Experiencing the same issue after updating to 6.8 on Android. It crashed when choosing a start page wallpaper and now I'm sort of stuck trying to open the app again.

Domstert4

Same issue for me running Android 14 on Nothing OS phone, it only crashes when you open the start page so if you open websites from an external app (like Google) it can work as a temporary work around. Just to be clear this issue started from changing the background of my start page to one of the Vivaldi options in the start page customisation page.

JustABrowser58

Same on my Samsung A42 running Android 12. A workaround I found is to open Vivaldi via the "New Private Tab" option, since the private tab has its own start page. Still, I hope a fix for this comes soon cause I don't want to reinstall Vivaldi for this

stavro5

This is unacceptable!!! Who decided to release this?! This is also not the first time they release update that completely crashes the browser. Moreover, Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra reports significant battery drain of this version. I think it is time to say goodbye.

Veddu

Looks like they are pushing a fix for it

fantasybenji

@jasonwch Same problem on my Oneplus 10 Pro in the meantime, and in order not to lose the data, I put "Google" on the home page, and I go through the sidebar to access the speed dials (while waiting for it to update to fix this annoying bug).

See the attachment, to see what it feels like

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shaedrashiro

Same problem on Android 14 and samsung s24+

3dvs

@fantasybenji changing homepage to google worked. thnx

sgunhouse

@3dvs I reported it myself, saw some comment related to Landscape on it (as in, might be able to hold the device in Portrait orientation and not crash, then switch off the background).

SilverGreen93

Same bug happened to me today. I needed to reinstall Vivaldi to get rid of the crash.... Hope it is fixed soon.

HateNewOpera

Anyone got the new apk address.

Cannot download from Vivaldi page, keep saying connect reset

jasonwch

@HateNewOpera I can download with this link

https://downloads.vivaldi.com/stable/Vivaldi.6.8.3388.94_arm64-v8a.apk

ardhill

I too can't open a new tab since I changed the background colour of my homepage.

BUT...
I can open a new private tab, if that helps anyone. Plus I can open a link in a new tab. So have a spare tab open from an existing open tab till we get a fix.
Or, Just change your homepage to your favourite search engine in the settings, that works too.

In fairness, I have been using Vivaldi for years on both Android and Linux PC with few serious issues but with a lot of good features.

prinkpan

Also happens with me in Android 12. For those unable to open Vivaldi because of this bug, open a link in any other app then go to "Open in Vivaldi browser" so you land directly on that page. Then change homepage settings to Google as suggested earlier.

tuantemtinh

yea same. now i have to open link via vivaldi to use this brower.