Gboard crashes when I use voice typing in airplane mode

willie_non

I downloaded all relevant voice packs and set up them but it only works when I'm online. I can't get this working offline. Even with GOS compatibility mode crashes

type: crash
osVersion: google/cheetah/cheetah:14/UQ1A.231205.015/2023121200:user/release-keys
package: com.google.android.inputmethod.latin:130540098
process: com.google.android.inputmethod.latin
processUptime: 0 + 0 ms
installer: com.android.vending

signal 11 (SIGSEGV), code 2 (SEGV_ACCERR), fault addr 0xb400d6c4e91c7000

backtrace:
      #00 pc 0000000001414658  /data/app/~~zZNgHX62orxoaXn50two0w==/com.google.android.inputmethod.latin-8DIta-n-lIjEmGvrOKpU1g==/base.apk!libintegrated_shared_object.so (offset 0x6d7000) (BuildId: 8f07faa17d3c7367)
      #01 pc 0000000001442e98  /data/app/~~zZNgHX62orxoaXn50two0w==/com.google.android.inputmethod.latin-8DIta-n-lIjEmGvrOKpU1g==/base.apk!libintegrated_shared_object.so (offset 0x6d7000) (BuildId: 8f07faa17d3c7367)
      #02 pc 0000000001442a58  /data/app/~~zZNgHX62orxoaXn50two0w==/com.google.android.inputmethod.latin-8DIta-n-lIjEmGvrOKpU1g==/base.apk!libintegrated_shared_object.so (offset 0x6d7000) (BuildId: 8f07faa17d3c7367)
      #03 pc 00000000014438b4  /data/app/~~zZNgHX62orxoaXn50two0w==/com.google.android.inputmethod.latin-8DIta-n-lIjEmGvrOKpU1g==/base.apk!libintegrated_shared_object.so (offset 0x6d7000) (BuildId: 8f07faa17d3c7367)
      #04 pc 0000000001412d88  /data/app/~~zZNgHX62orxoaXn50two0w==/com.google.android.inputmethod.latin-8DIta-n-lIjEmGvrOKpU1g==/base.apk!libintegrated_shared_object.so (offset 0x6d7000) (BuildId: 8f07faa17d3c7367)
      #05 pc 00000000014092fc  /data/app/~~zZNgHX62orxoaXn50two0w==/com.google.android.inputmethod.latin-8DIta-n-lIjEmGvrOKpU1g==/base.apk!libintegrated_shared_object.so (offset 0x6d7000) (BuildId: 8f07faa17d3c7367)
      #06 pc 00000000013fa0e0  /data/app/~~zZNgHX62orxoaXn50two0w==/com.google.android.inputmethod.latin-8DIta-n-lIjEmGvrOKpU1g==/base.apk!libintegrated_shared_object.so (offset 0x6d7000) (BuildId: 8f07faa17d3c7367)
      #07 pc 00000000013fafbc  /data/app/~~zZNgHX62orxoaXn50two0w==/com.google.android.inputmethod.latin-8DIta-n-lIjEmGvrOKpU1g==/base.apk!libintegrated_shared_object.so (offset 0x6d7000) (BuildId: 8f07faa17d3c7367)
      #08 pc 00000000013fb4c4  /data/app/~~zZNgHX62orxoaXn50two0w==/com.google.android.inputmethod.latin-8DIta-n-lIjEmGvrOKpU1g==/base.apk!libintegrated_shared_object.so (offset 0x6d7000) (BuildId: 8f07faa17d3c7367)
      #09 pc 000000000112b0e8  /data/app/~~zZNgHX62orxoaXn50two0w==/com.google.android.inputmethod.latin-8DIta-n-lIjEmGvrOKpU1g==/base.apk!libintegrated_shared_object.so (offset 0x6d7000) (BuildId: 8f07faa17d3c7367)
      #10 pc 000000000112ade8  /data/app/~~zZNgHX62orxoaXn50two0w==/com.google.android.inputmethod.latin-8DIta-n-lIjEmGvrOKpU1g==/base.apk!libintegrated_shared_object.so (offset 0x6d7000) (BuildId: 8f07faa17d3c7367)
      #11 pc 0000000000d725a4  /data/app/~~zZNgHX62orxoaXn50two0w==/com.google.android.inputmethod.latin-8DIta-n-lIjEmGvrOKpU1g==/base.apk!libintegrated_shared_object.so (offset 0x6d7000) (BuildId: 8f07faa17d3c7367)
      #12 pc 0000000000d72340  /data/app/~~zZNgHX62orxoaXn50two0w==/com.google.android.inputmethod.latin-8DIta-n-lIjEmGvrOKpU1g==/base.apk!libintegrated_shared_object.so (offset 0x6d7000) (BuildId: 8f07faa17d3c7367)
      #13 pc 00000000011395e0  /data/app/~~zZNgHX62orxoaXn50two0w==/com.google.android.inputmethod.latin-8DIta-n-lIjEmGvrOKpU1g==/base.apk!libintegrated_shared_object.so (offset 0x6d7000) (BuildId: 8f07faa17d3c7367)
      #14 pc 0000000000f0dbc4  /data/app/~~zZNgHX62orxoaXn50two0w==/com.google.android.inputmethod.latin-8DIta-n-lIjEmGvrOKpU1g==/base.apk!libintegrated_shared_object.so (offset 0x6d7000) (BuildId: 8f07faa17d3c7367)
      #15 pc 00000000011395e0  /data/app/~~zZNgHX62orxoaXn50two0w==/com.google.android.inputmethod.latin-8DIta-n-lIjEmGvrOKpU1g==/base.apk!libintegrated_shared_object.so (offset 0x6d7000) (BuildId: 8f07faa17d3c7367)
      #16 pc 0000000000d72310  /data/app/~~zZNgHX62orxoaXn50two0w==/com.google.android.inputmethod.latin-8DIta-n-lIjEmGvrOKpU1g==/base.apk!libintegrated_shared_object.so (offset 0x6d7000) (BuildId: 8f07faa17d3c7367)
      #17 pc 00000000011395e0  /data/app/~~zZNgHX62orxoaXn50two0w==/com.google.android.inputmethod.latin-8DIta-n-lIjEmGvrOKpU1g==/base.apk!libintegrated_shared_object.so (offset 0x6d7000) (BuildId: 8f07faa17d3c7367)
      #18 pc 0000000000e51520  /data/app/~~zZNgHX62orxoaXn50two0w==/com.google.android.inputmethod.latin-8DIta-n-lIjEmGvrOKpU1g==/base.apk!libintegrated_shared_object.so (offset 0x6d7000) (BuildId: 8f07faa17d3c7367)
      #19 pc 00000000014110dc  /data/app/~~zZNgHX62orxoaXn50two0w==/com.google.android.inputmethod.latin-8DIta-n-lIjEmGvrOKpU1g==/base.apk!libintegrated_shared_object.so (offset 0x6d7000) (BuildId: 8f07faa17d3c7367)
      #20 pc 00000000000cf9ec  /apex/com.android.runtime/lib64/bionic/libc.so (__pthread_start(void*)+204) (BuildId: 118bbf54d490f2f7657459db9db7372f)
      #21 pc 0000000000064730  /apex/com.android.runtime/lib64/bionic/libc.so (__start_thread+64) (BuildId: 118bbf54d490f2f7657459db9db7372f)

other8026

willie_non I've seen others say that voice typing while offline doesn't work for them either. For some reason, GBoard still tries to access the internet. It's strange that it's doing so for you while you're in Airplane mode, though.

Regardless, if their app is crashing like this even with exploit protection compatibility mode on, then there's something wrong with their app. Not much can be done from the GrapheneOS side in that case.

willie_non

other8026 Do you know if someone got this issue on other OS except stock?

treequell

I can't reproduce this. I am able to do voice typing on GBoard with the network permission for the app disabled, and also with airplane mode enabled.

willie_non

treequell well, that's strange. Gonna disable Internet permission and try again

Update: it crashes again

treequell

To clarify, this is for the English (US) language pack.

In which language are you trying to do voice typing?

willie_non

treequell I use Italian and I properly installed language pack

I tried English and indeed it's working 🤔

treequell

From what I hear, voice typing with GBoard only works offline with English, and not other languages.

treequell

I can reproduce the same issue as you when I try to speak non-English. Except my GBoard does not crash and just tries to open Speech Services from Google.

I believe your GBoard is crashing because it is expecting Google Speech Services to be installed on your device and I presume you never installed.

Installing it on your device will stop the crash but rather than giving the network permission to GBoard you'd need to give it to Google Speech Services instead.

Because Google Speech Services doesn't seem to work at all with the network permission denied, not for English and not for other languages with the language packs downloaded.

treequell

TL;DR it seems that you'd need the network permission enabled for either GBoard or Google Speech Services to do voice typing in Italian.

Enabling for just one or them should be sufficient. GBoard would use which ever has the network available.

willie_non

treequell I reset Gboard and now it works fine. I quit Beta testing so now I'm in stable and voice typing is visibly different. I think google is trying to integrate speech recognition in gboard beta and this is one bug

treequell

willie_non Do you mean you managed to get offline voice typing in Italian!?

willie_non

treequell Yep, now it relies on Speech Services from Google rather than Gboard itself. I don't know what happened here precisely so I think it's a bug from Gboard beta version

treequell

willie_non Alright, nice one! Happy voice typing!

I'll mark this as solved now, but feel free to reopen the discussion if anything else comes up.

willie_non

treequell Alright! Thank you for invaluable insight. I wasn't hoping to get this solved quickly 👍