Since today, Google Calendar needs Google Play services and won't start anymore - what to do?

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Same issue here, Google Calendar shows the error message and refuses to start. Interestingly, the corresponding widget still seems to work.

I also noticed that Google Maps is not working either. It doesn’t load any maps and I’m also logged out there. When I try to log in through MicroG, it says “this account already exists on your device.” So I guess Maps just can’t access my Google account through MicroG. (I had a similar issue with maps in the past where it just wouldn’t load any data, probably also due to some incompatibility with current MicroG.)

Someone on the MicroG GitHub mentioned that it could be related to changes in signature checking. I hope it can be fixed in a future MicroG update. Does anyone know if it’s possible to update MicroG manually? Or do we have to wait for the next /e/OS update?

Current advice is to downgrade the broken apps, see the GitHub link for info. Looks like anything from before December 4 or so should work, I will run some tests here.

Edit: I downgraded my apps to the following versions as suggested in the GitHub comments. After this they all work fine.

Didn’t test Gmail since I don’t use it, but procedure is the same. Just go to APKmirror, look at old releases and find one that’s old enough. Then it’s just a bit of trial&error - if it still doesn’t work, just uninstall again and try an older version.

The steps for downgrading: (copied from GitHub)

  • Uninstall the app (CAUTION: Your app permissions and settings will be lost!).
  • Find the app in Aurora Store and click on the three dots in the top right corner and select “Manual download”.
  • Enter the desired Version code and click “Check”. The app will be downloaded and installed afterwards.

Make sure to skip automatic updates for the app, since otherwise it will break again!

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