First, I am back online finally.
With anything I desired (F-Droid working and updated, Orbot installed, new browserâŚ).
Yesterday I was so desperate to make an appointment with a Telekom technician for today.
This morning I tried âSafe modeâ but had no Internet either, same DNS_PROBE_POSSIBLE
-thing in Brave, no F-Droid working (empty news (âNo installations for three weeksâ), empty categories.
Switching back to normal mode there were some issues, as you might expect.
So, I had to fumble with settings, got my Launcher right, found some contradictory ones (e.g., a VPN-setting that said, it required Orbot, which was not available) and the like.
After this I pocketed the FP3 and headed for my appointment at Telekoms.
In the metro I realized F-Droid downloading package sources, which lasted a bit as there was about some time to cover. Then it presented itself the way it had been at the beginning: Lists of software instead of empty pages.
The appointment was quite disappointing, the man was unable to help out, had seemingly no idea what a DNS does and how to check it. Anyway he tried to sell me things I donât need.
Since F-Droid was back online I started downloading Firefox Nightly, just to check.
Installed it, called it and - guess what? - it worked.
Now I got bold, downloaded Orbot, ordered any app to connect through its VPN, gave it a fresh start, and all is still working as intended.
Looks to me like there had been some setting conflict, sadly I canât say which one it might have been. There were quite a few after restartâŚ
In any way the road via Safe mode solved it somehow, maybe the basic inconsistency got exposed.
So, I give you âsolutionâ credits.
Still I wonder whether there is a structurized way to check for dependencies of DNS.